2004 Memorial Tournament prize money
Ernie Els won the 2004 Memorial Tournament on 6 June 2004 and took $945,000. Below is every one of the 31 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $10,553 Shaun Micheel collected for finishing T69.
Every cheque at the 2004 Memorial Tournament
6 June 2004
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | RSA | -18 | 270 | $945,000 |
| 2 | Fred Couples | USA | -14 | 274 | $567,000 |
| 3 | Tiger Woods | USA | -12 | 276 | $357,000 |
| 4 | Justin Rose | ENG | -11 | 277 | $252,000 |
| 5 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -10 | 278 | $210,000 |
| T8 | Jay Haas | USA | -6 | 282 | $152,250 |
| T8 | Retief Goosen | RSA | -6 | 282 | $152,250 |
| T11 | John Daly | USA | -5 | 283 | $111,300 |
| T11 | Peter Lonard | AUS | -5 | 283 | $111,300 |
| T11 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | -5 | 283 | $111,300 |
| T16 | Davis Love III | USA | -4 | 284 | $84,000 |
| T16 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -4 | 284 | $84,000 |
| T19 | Tim Herron | USA | -3 | 285 | $65,888 |
| T24 | Chad Campbell | USA | -1 | 287 | $39,725 |
| T24 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -1 | 287 | $39,725 |
| T24 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -1 | 287 | $39,725 |
| T24 | Ted Purdy | USA | -1 | 287 | $39,725 |
| T24 | Tom Lehman | USA | -1 | 287 | $39,725 |
| T24 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -1 | 287 | $39,725 |
| T24 | Zach Johnson | USA | -1 | 287 | $39,725 |
| T33 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 0 | 288 | $27,150 |
| T40 | John Rollins | USA | 1 | 289 | $19,950 |
| T40 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | 1 | 289 | $19,950 |
| T40 | Rich Beem | USA | 1 | 289 | $19,950 |
| T40 | Stewart Cink | USA | 1 | 289 | $19,950 |
| T40 | Tim Petrovic | USA | 1 | 289 | $19,950 |
| T46 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | 2 | 290 | $14,553 |
| 61 | Hunter Mahan | USA | 5 | 293 | $11,445 |
| T63 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 7 | 295 | $11,130 |
| T69 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | 10 | 298 | $10,553 |
| T69 | Shaun Micheel | USA | 10 | 298 | $10,553 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,282,738 between them, against $383,759 shared by the other sixteen players paid.
The 31 cheques above come to $3,666,497 between them. We hold 44 players for the week in all, so thirteen of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.
The other Memorial Tournament years
30 editions, 1997 to 2026
The 2003 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2005 ladder is the one after. The Memorial Tournament roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2004 golf year
46 other tournaments we hold a 2004 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2004 was the $1,440,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Adam Scott.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2004 Memorial Tournament?
Ernie Els, on 6 June 2004. The win paid $945,000.
How much did the 2004 Memorial Tournament pay out?
The 31 cheques on this page come to $3,666,497 between them, from $945,000 at the top down to $10,553.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2004 Memorial Tournament?
$10,553, which Shaun Micheel collected for finishing T69.
How many players were paid at the 2004 Memorial Tournament?
31. We hold 44 players for that week in all, so thirteen of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.
Where to next
The rest of the golf money
Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players by what they have won across their careers. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.