1996 PGA Championship prize money
Every one of the sixteen cheques paid at the 1996 PGA Championship, in finishing order, from $86,667 down to the $3,675 Bernhard Langer collected. We hold no first place for this edition.
Every cheque at the 1996 PGA Championship
11 August 1996
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T5 | Justin Leonard | USA | -9 | 279 | $86,667 |
| T5 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -9 | 279 | $86,667 |
| T8 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -8 | 280 | $57,500 |
| T14 | Tom Lehman | USA | -7 | 281 | $39,000 |
| T17 | Jim Furyk | USA | -6 | 282 | $27,286 |
| T26 | Fred Funk | USA | -4 | 284 | $18,000 |
| T26 | Steve Stricker | USA | -4 | 284 | $18,000 |
| T31 | Jay Haas | USA | -3 | 285 | $13,000 |
| T31 | Michael Bradley | USA | -3 | 285 | $13,000 |
| T31 | Tim Herron | USA | -3 | 285 | $13,000 |
| T41 | Fred Couples | USA | -1 | 287 | $7,375 |
| T52 | Alex Cejka | GER | 1 | 289 | $4,717 |
| T52 | Neal Lancaster | USA | 1 | 289 | $4,717 |
| T61 | Ernie Els | RSA | 2 | 290 | $4,069 |
| T73 | Paul Goydos | USA | 5 | 293 | $3,738 |
| 76 | Bernhard Langer | GER | 7 | 295 | $3,675 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $396,736 between them, against $3,675 shared by the other one players paid.
The sixteen cheques above come to $400,411 between them. We hold 21 players for the week in all, so five 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 PGA Championship years
31 editions, 1996 to 2026
The 1997 ladder is the one after, won by Davis Love III. The PGA Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 1996 golf year
fourteen other tournaments we hold a 1996 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1996 was the $630,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Fred Couples.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1996 PGA Championship?
We hold no first place for the 1996 PGA Championship. The sixteen cheques we do hold start at $86,667.
How much did the 1996 PGA Championship pay out?
The sixteen cheques on this page come to $400,411 between them, from $86,667 at the top down to $3,675.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1996 PGA Championship?
$3,675, which Bernhard Langer collected for finishing 76.
How many players were paid at the 1996 PGA Championship?
sixteen. We hold 21 players for that week in all, so five 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.