1998 PGA Championship prize money
Vijay Singh won the 1998 PGA Championship on 16 August 1998 and took $540,000. Below is every one of the seventeen cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $5,300 Tim Herron collected for finishing 75.
Every cheque at the 1998 PGA Championship
16 August 1998
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -9 | 271 | $540,000 |
| 2 | Steve Stricker | USA | -7 | 273 | $324,000 |
| T7 | Davis Love III | USA | -3 | 277 | $89,500 |
| T10 | Tiger Woods | USA | -1 | 279 | $69,000 |
| T13 | Fred Couples | USA | 0 | 280 | $46,000 |
| T13 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 0 | 280 | $46,000 |
| T21 | Ernie Els | RSA | 1 | 281 | $32,000 |
| T23 | Fred Funk | USA | 2 | 282 | $26,000 |
| T29 | Tom Lehman | USA | 4 | 284 | $17,100 |
| T34 | Bob Estes | USA | 5 | 285 | $14,250 |
| T34 | Paul Goydos | USA | 5 | 285 | $14,250 |
| T34 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 5 | 285 | $14,250 |
| T40 | Carlos Franco | PAR | 7 | 287 | $11,250 |
| T40 | Jay Haas | USA | 7 | 287 | $11,250 |
| T56 | Jay Don Blake | USA | 10 | 290 | $6,175 |
| T62 | Olin Browne | USA | 11 | 291 | $5,900 |
| 75 | Tim Herron | USA | 18 | 298 | $5,300 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $1,261,025 between them, against $11,200 shared by the other two players paid.
The seventeen cheques above come to $1,272,225 between them. We hold 30 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 PGA Championship years
31 editions, 1996 to 2026
The 1997 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Davis Love III. The 1999 ladder is the one after, won by Tiger Woods. The PGA Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 1998 golf year
twenty other tournaments we hold a 1998 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1998 was the $720,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Justin Leonard.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1998 PGA Championship?
Vijay Singh, on 16 August 1998. The win paid $540,000.
How much did the 1998 PGA Championship pay out?
The seventeen cheques on this page come to $1,272,225 between them, from $540,000 at the top down to $5,300.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1998 PGA Championship?
$5,300, which Tim Herron collected for finishing 75.
How many players were paid at the 1998 PGA Championship?
seventeen. We hold 30 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.