2000 PGA Championship prize money
Tiger Woods won the 2000 PGA Championship on 20 August 2000 and took $900,000. Below is every one of the 23 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $9,050 Rory Sabbatini collected for finishing 77.
Tiger Woods won it in a playoff, so the card shows the same 72-hole total at the top of the ladder twice.
Every cheque at the 2000 PGA Championship
20 August 2000
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -18 | 270 | $900,000 |
| T4 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | -12 | 276 | $198,667 |
| T4 | José María Olazábal | ESP | -12 | 276 | $198,667 |
| T4 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -12 | 276 | $198,667 |
| T9 | Davis Love III | USA | -9 | 279 | $112,500 |
| T9 | Fred Funk | USA | -9 | 279 | $112,500 |
| T9 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -9 | 279 | $112,500 |
| T15 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -8 | 280 | $77,500 |
| T15 | Stewart Cink | USA | -8 | 280 | $77,500 |
| T19 | Ángel Cabrera | ARG | -7 | 281 | $56,200 |
| T19 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -7 | 281 | $56,200 |
| T30 | Mike Weir | CAN | -4 | 284 | $28,875 |
| T34 | Ernie Els | RSA | -3 | 285 | $24,000 |
| T34 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -3 | 285 | $24,000 |
| T41 | David Toms | USA | -1 | 287 | $17,000 |
| T41 | Justin Leonard | USA | -1 | 287 | $17,000 |
| T46 | Bernhard Langer | GER | 0 | 288 | $12,650 |
| T51 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | 1 | 289 | $10,964 |
| T58 | Carlos Franco | PAR | 2 | 290 | $10,250 |
| T58 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | 2 | 290 | $10,250 |
| T64 | Jay Haas | USA | 3 | 291 | $9,700 |
| T72 | Jim Furyk | USA | 6 | 294 | $9,275 |
| 77 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | 11 | 299 | $9,050 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,194,776 between them, against $89,139 shared by the other eight players paid.
The 23 cheques above come to $2,283,915 between them. We hold 33 players for the week in all, so ten 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 1999 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Tiger Woods. The 2001 ladder is the one after, won by David Toms. The PGA Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2000 golf year
38 other tournaments we hold a 2000 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2000 was the $828,000 paid at the Masters Tournament, won by Vijay Singh.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2000 PGA Championship?
Tiger Woods, on 20 August 2000, in a playoff. The win paid $900,000.
How much did the 2000 PGA Championship pay out?
The 23 cheques on this page come to $2,283,915 between them, from $900,000 at the top down to $9,050.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2000 PGA Championship?
$9,050, which Rory Sabbatini collected for finishing 77.
How many players were paid at the 2000 PGA Championship?
23. We hold 33 players for that week in all, so ten 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.