2002 PGA Championship prize money
Rich Beem won the 2002 PGA Championship on 18 August 2002 and took $990,000. Below is every one of the 31 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $10,300 Pat Perez collected for finishing 70.
Every cheque at the 2002 PGA Championship
18 August 2002
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rich Beem | USA | -10 | 278 | $990,000 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | USA | -9 | 279 | $594,000 |
| T4 | Fred Funk | USA | -4 | 284 | $235,000 |
| T4 | Justin Leonard | USA | -4 | 284 | $235,000 |
| 8 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -1 | 287 | $159,000 |
| 9 | Jim Furyk | USA | 0 | 288 | $149,000 |
| T10 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 1 | 289 | $110,714 |
| T10 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | 1 | 289 | $110,714 |
| T10 | Stewart Cink | USA | 1 | 289 | $110,714 |
| T17 | Charles Howell III | USA | 2 | 290 | $72,000 |
| T17 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | 2 | 290 | $72,000 |
| T17 | Peter Lonard | AUS | 2 | 290 | $72,000 |
| T17 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 2 | 290 | $72,000 |
| 22 | Heath Slocum | USA | 3 | 291 | $57,000 |
| T23 | Adam Scott | AUS | 4 | 292 | $44,250 |
| T23 | Bernhard Langer | GER | 4 | 292 | $44,250 |
| T23 | Justin Rose | ENG | 4 | 292 | $44,250 |
| T23 | Retief Goosen | RSA | 4 | 292 | $44,250 |
| T29 | Tom Lehman | USA | 5 | 293 | $33,500 |
| T34 | Ernie Els | RSA | 6 | 294 | $26,300 |
| T34 | Mike Weir | CAN | 6 | 294 | $26,300 |
| T34 | Neal Lancaster | USA | 6 | 294 | $26,300 |
| T34 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 6 | 294 | $26,300 |
| T48 | Ángel Cabrera | ARG | 9 | 297 | $13,120 |
| T48 | Davis Love III | USA | 9 | 297 | $13,120 |
| T53 | Brian Gay | USA | 10 | 298 | $11,743 |
| T53 | Cameron Beckman | USA | 10 | 298 | $11,743 |
| T53 | Chris Smith | USA | 10 | 298 | $11,743 |
| 63 | J.J. Henry | USA | 13 | 301 | $11,000 |
| 69 | José María Olazábal | ESP | 17 | 305 | $10,400 |
| 70 | Pat Perez | USA | 21 | 309 | $10,300 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,083,392 between them, against $364,619 shared by the other sixteen players paid.
The 31 cheques above come to $3,448,011 between them. We hold 48 players for the week in all, so seventeen 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 2001 ladder is the edition before this one, won by David Toms. The 2003 ladder is the one after, won by Shaun Micheel. The PGA Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2002 golf year
45 other tournaments we hold a 2002 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2002 was the $1,106,140 paid at the Open Championship, won by Ernie Els.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2002 PGA Championship?
Rich Beem, on 18 August 2002. The win paid $990,000.
How much did the 2002 PGA Championship pay out?
The 31 cheques on this page come to $3,448,011 between them, from $990,000 at the top down to $10,300.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2002 PGA Championship?
$10,300, which Pat Perez collected for finishing 70.
How many players were paid at the 2002 PGA Championship?
31. We hold 48 players for that week in all, so seventeen 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.