1999 PGA Championship prize money
Tiger Woods won the 1999 PGA Championship on 15 August 1999 and took $630,000. Below is every one of the 22 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $6,450 Fred Funk collected for finishing 73.
Every cheque at the 1999 PGA Championship
15 August 1999
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -11 | 277 | $630,000 |
| 2 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -10 | 278 | $378,000 |
| T3 | Jay Haas | USA | -8 | 280 | $203,000 |
| T3 | Stewart Cink | USA | -8 | 280 | $203,000 |
| T6 | Bob Estes | USA | -6 | 282 | $112,000 |
| T8 | Jim Furyk | USA | -4 | 284 | $96,500 |
| T10 | Mike Weir | CAN | -3 | 285 | $72,167 |
| T16 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -1 | 287 | $48,600 |
| T26 | Carlos Franco | PAR | 1 | 289 | $24,000 |
| T26 | Fred Couples | USA | 1 | 289 | $24,000 |
| T26 | Jerry Kelly | USA | 1 | 289 | $24,000 |
| T31 | Paul Goydos | USA | 2 | 290 | $20,000 |
| T34 | Tom Lehman | USA | 3 | 291 | $15,429 |
| T41 | Ángel Cabrera | ARG | 4 | 292 | $11,250 |
| T49 | Davis Love III | USA | 5 | 293 | $8,180 |
| T49 | Olin Browne | USA | 5 | 293 | $8,180 |
| T49 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 5 | 293 | $8,180 |
| T57 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 7 | 295 | $7,175 |
| T61 | Bernhard Langer | GER | 8 | 296 | $6,975 |
| T65 | Alex Cejka | GER | 9 | 297 | $6,800 |
| T70 | Rich Beem | USA | 11 | 299 | $6,550 |
| 73 | Fred Funk | USA | 12 | 300 | $6,450 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $1,870,126 between them, against $50,310 shared by the other seven players paid.
The 22 cheques above come to $1,920,436 between them. We hold 31 players for the week in all, so nine 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 1998 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Vijay Singh. The 2000 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 1999 golf year
37 other tournaments we hold a 1999 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1999 was the $1,000,000 paid at the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession, won by Tiger Woods.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1999 PGA Championship?
Tiger Woods, on 15 August 1999. The win paid $630,000.
How much did the 1999 PGA Championship pay out?
The 22 cheques on this page come to $1,920,436 between them, from $630,000 at the top down to $6,450.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1999 PGA Championship?
$6,450, which Fred Funk collected for finishing 73.
How many players were paid at the 1999 PGA Championship?
22. We hold 31 players for that week in all, so nine 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.