2004 PGA Championship prize money
Vijay Singh won the 2004 PGA Championship on 15 August 2004 and took $1,125,000. Below is every one of the 29 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $12,350 Bernhard Langer collected for finishing T66.
Vijay Singh 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 2004 PGA Championship
15 August 2004
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -8 | 280 | $1,125,000 |
| 2 | Justin Leonard | USA | -8 | 280 | $550,000 |
| T4 | Ernie Els | RSA | -7 | 281 | $267,500 |
| T6 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -6 | 282 | $196,000 |
| T6 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -6 | 282 | $196,000 |
| T9 | Adam Scott | AUS | -5 | 283 | $152,000 |
| T9 | Ben Crane | USA | -5 | 283 | $152,000 |
| T9 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -5 | 283 | $152,000 |
| T13 | Brian Davis | ENG | -4 | 284 | $110,250 |
| T17 | David Toms | USA | -3 | 285 | $76,857 |
| T17 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | -3 | 285 | $76,857 |
| T17 | Stewart Cink | USA | -3 | 285 | $76,857 |
| T17 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -3 | 285 | $76,857 |
| T24 | Chad Campbell | USA | -2 | 286 | $46,714 |
| T24 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -2 | 286 | $46,714 |
| T24 | Luke Donald | ENG | -2 | 286 | $46,714 |
| T24 | Shaun Micheel | USA | -2 | 286 | $46,714 |
| T24 | Tiger Woods | USA | -2 | 286 | $46,714 |
| T31 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | -1 | 287 | $34,250 |
| T31 | Carlos Franco | PAR | -1 | 287 | $34,250 |
| T31 | Charles Howell III | USA | -1 | 287 | $34,250 |
| T37 | Ian Poulter | ENG | 0 | 288 | $24,688 |
| T37 | Jay Haas | USA | 0 | 288 | $24,688 |
| T37 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | 0 | 288 | $24,688 |
| T37 | Zach Johnson | USA | 0 | 288 | $24,688 |
| T45 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | 1 | 289 | $18,500 |
| 54 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | 3 | 291 | $13,600 |
| T55 | Rod Pampling | AUS | 4 | 292 | $13,200 |
| T66 | Bernhard Langer | GER | 6 | 294 | $12,350 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,301,606 between them, against $399,294 shared by the other fourteen players paid.
The 29 cheques above come to $3,700,900 between them. We hold 53 players for the week in all, so 24 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 2003 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Shaun Micheel. The 2005 ladder is the one after, won by Phil Mickelson. The PGA Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2004 golf year
46 other tournaments we hold a 2004 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2004 was the $1,440,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Adam Scott.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2004 PGA Championship?
Vijay Singh, on 15 August 2004, in a playoff. The win paid $1,125,000.
How much did the 2004 PGA Championship pay out?
The 29 cheques on this page come to $3,700,900 between them, from $1,125,000 at the top down to $12,350.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2004 PGA Championship?
$12,350, which Bernhard Langer collected for finishing T66.
How many players were paid at the 2004 PGA Championship?
29. We hold 53 players for that week in all, so 24 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.