2005 PGA Championship prize money
Phil Mickelson won the 2005 PGA Championship on 14 August 2005 and took $1,170,000. Below is every one of the 45 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $12,050 Rory Sabbatini collected for finishing T74.
Every cheque at the 2005 PGA Championship
14 August 2005
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -4 | 276 | $1,170,000 |
| T4 | Davis Love III | USA | -2 | 278 | $286,000 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods | USA | -2 | 278 | $286,000 |
| T6 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -1 | 279 | $201,500 |
| T6 | Pat Perez | USA | -1 | 279 | $201,500 |
| T6 | Retief Goosen | RSA | -1 | 279 | $201,500 |
| T10 | David Toms | USA | 0 | 280 | $131,800 |
| T10 | Ted Purdy | USA | 0 | 280 | $131,800 |
| T10 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 0 | 280 | $131,800 |
| T15 | Charles Howell III | USA | 1 | 281 | $102,500 |
| T15 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 1 | 281 | $102,500 |
| T17 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | 2 | 282 | $82,500 |
| T17 | Lee Westwood | ENG | 2 | 282 | $82,500 |
| T17 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | 2 | 282 | $82,500 |
| T17 | Zach Johnson | USA | 2 | 282 | $82,500 |
| T23 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | 3 | 283 | $56,400 |
| T28 | Bob Estes | USA | 4 | 284 | $41,500 |
| T28 | Chad Campbell | USA | 4 | 284 | $41,500 |
| T28 | Stewart Cink | USA | 4 | 284 | $41,500 |
| T28 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | 4 | 284 | $41,500 |
| T34 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | 5 | 285 | $31,917 |
| T34 | Jason Bohn | USA | 5 | 285 | $31,917 |
| T34 | Jerry Kelly | USA | 5 | 285 | $31,917 |
| T34 | Jim Furyk | USA | 5 | 285 | $31,917 |
| T40 | Adam Scott | AUS | 6 | 286 | $22,300 |
| T40 | Ben Crane | USA | 6 | 286 | $22,300 |
| T40 | John Rollins | USA | 6 | 286 | $22,300 |
| T40 | K.J. Choi | KOR | 6 | 286 | $22,300 |
| T47 | Bernhard Langer | GER | 7 | 287 | $15,371 |
| T47 | Fred Funk | USA | 7 | 287 | $15,371 |
| T47 | Greg Owen | ENG | 7 | 287 | $15,371 |
| T47 | Heath Slocum | USA | 7 | 287 | $15,371 |
| T47 | Henrik Stenson | SWE | 7 | 287 | $15,371 |
| T47 | Ian Poulter | ENG | 7 | 287 | $15,371 |
| T47 | José María Olazábal | ESP | 7 | 287 | $15,371 |
| T47 | Mike Weir | CAN | 7 | 287 | $15,371 |
| T47 | Ryan Palmer | USA | 7 | 287 | $15,371 |
| T47 | Y.E. Yang | KOR | 7 | 287 | $15,371 |
| T59 | Carlos Franco | PAR | 8 | 288 | $13,343 |
| T59 | Paul Casey | ENG | 8 | 288 | $13,343 |
| T59 | Sean O'Hair | USA | 8 | 288 | $13,343 |
| T66 | Luke Donald | ENG | 9 | 289 | $12,750 |
| T70 | Fred Couples | USA | 10 | 290 | $12,450 |
| T74 | John Daly | USA | 12 | 292 | $12,050 |
| T74 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | 12 | 292 | $12,050 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,276,900 between them, against $682,307 shared by the other 30 players paid.
The 45 cheques above come to $3,959,207 between them. We hold 65 players for the week in all, so twenty 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 2004 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Vijay Singh. The 2006 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 2005 golf year
47 other tournaments we hold a 2005 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2005 was the $1,440,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Fred Funk.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2005 PGA Championship?
Phil Mickelson, on 14 August 2005. The win paid $1,170,000.
How much did the 2005 PGA Championship pay out?
The 45 cheques on this page come to $3,959,207 between them, from $1,170,000 at the top down to $12,050.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2005 PGA Championship?
$12,050, which Rory Sabbatini collected for finishing T74.
How many players were paid at the 2005 PGA Championship?
45. We hold 65 players for that week in all, so twenty 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.