2010 PGA Championship prize money
Martin Kaymer won the 2010 PGA Championship on 15 August 2010 and took $1,350,000. Below is every one of the 55 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $14,150 Stuart Appleby collected for finishing T68.
Martin Kaymer 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 2010 PGA Championship
15 August 2010
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Kaymer | GER | -11 | 277 | $1,350,000$1.4m |
| 2 | Bubba Watson | USA | -11 | 277 | $810,000 |
| T3 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | -10 | 278 | $435,000 |
| T3 | Zach Johnson | USA | -10 | 278 | $435,000 |
| T5 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -9 | 279 | $270,833 |
| T5 | Jason Dufner | USA | -9 | 279 | $270,833 |
| T8 | Camilo Villegas | COL | -8 | 280 | $210,000 |
| T10 | Jason Day | AUS | -7 | 281 | $175,800 |
| T10 | Matt Kuchar | USA | -7 | 281 | $175,800 |
| T12 | Bryce Molder | USA | -6 | 282 | $138,050 |
| T12 | Paul Casey | ENG | -6 | 282 | $138,050 |
| T12 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -6 | 282 | $138,050 |
| T16 | D.A. Points | USA | -5 | 283 | $110,050 |
| T18 | Charl Schwartzel | RSA | -4 | 284 | $84,733 |
| T18 | Ernie Els | RSA | -4 | 284 | $84,733 |
| T18 | Nick Watney | USA | -4 | 284 | $84,733 |
| T18 | Steve Stricker | USA | -4 | 284 | $84,733 |
| T18 | Stewart Cink | USA | -4 | 284 | $84,733 |
| T24 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -3 | 285 | $58,600 |
| T24 | J.B. Holmes | USA | -3 | 285 | $58,600 |
| T24 | Jim Furyk | USA | -3 | 285 | $58,600 |
| T28 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | -2 | 286 | $46,700 |
| T28 | Seung-Yul Noh | KOR | -2 | 286 | $46,700 |
| T28 | Tiger Woods | USA | -2 | 286 | $46,700 |
| T28 | Troy Matteson | USA | -2 | 286 | $46,700 |
| T33 | David Toms | USA | -1 | 287 | $37,133 |
| T33 | Edoardo Molinari | ITA | -1 | 287 | $37,133 |
| T33 | Francesco Molinari | ITA | -1 | 287 | $37,133 |
| T33 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | ESP | -1 | 287 | $37,133 |
| T33 | Heath Slocum | USA | -1 | 287 | $37,133 |
| T33 | Ryan Palmer | USA | -1 | 287 | $37,133 |
| T39 | Adam Scott | AUS | 0 | 288 | $25,933 |
| T39 | Ben Crane | USA | 0 | 288 | $25,933 |
| T39 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | 0 | 288 | $25,933 |
| T39 | Brian Davis | ENG | 0 | 288 | $25,933 |
| T39 | Hunter Mahan | USA | 0 | 288 | $25,933 |
| T39 | Justin Leonard | USA | 0 | 288 | $25,933 |
| T39 | K.J. Choi | KOR | 0 | 288 | $25,933 |
| T39 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 0 | 288 | $25,933 |
| T48 | Brendon de Jonge | ZIM | 1 | 289 | $16,971 |
| T48 | Charles Howell III | USA | 1 | 289 | $16,971 |
| T48 | K.T. Kim | KOR | 1 | 289 | $16,971 |
| T48 | Marc Leishman | AUS | 1 | 289 | $16,971 |
| T48 | Martin Laird | SCO | 1 | 289 | $16,971 |
| T48 | Shaun Micheel | USA | 1 | 289 | $16,971 |
| T55 | Davis Love III | USA | 2 | 290 | $15,750 |
| T55 | Retief Goosen | RSA | 2 | 290 | $15,750 |
| T55 | Tom Lehman | USA | 2 | 290 | $15,750 |
| T58 | Kevin Na | USA | 3 | 291 | $15,225 |
| T58 | Rickie Fowler | USA | 3 | 291 | $15,225 |
| T62 | Chad Campbell | USA | 4 | 292 | $14,717 |
| T65 | Brian Gay | USA | 5 | 293 | $14,450 |
| T65 | Ryan Moore | USA | 5 | 293 | $14,450 |
| 67 | D.J. Trahan | USA | 6 | 294 | $14,300 |
| T68 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 7 | 295 | $14,150 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $4,826,932 between them, against $1,298,654 shared by the other 40 players paid.
The 55 cheques above come to $6,125,586 between them. We hold 100 players for the week in all, so 45 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 2009 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Y.E. Yang. The 2011 ladder is the one after, won by Keegan Bradley. The PGA Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2010 golf year
47 other tournaments we hold a 2010 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2010 was the $1,400,000 paid at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, won by Ian Poulter.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2010 PGA Championship?
Martin Kaymer, on 15 August 2010, in a playoff. The win paid $1,350,000.
How much did the 2010 PGA Championship pay out?
The 55 cheques on this page come to $6,125,586 between them, from $1,350,000 at the top down to $14,150.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2010 PGA Championship?
$14,150, which Stuart Appleby collected for finishing T68.
How many players were paid at the 2010 PGA Championship?
55. We hold 100 players for that week in all, so 45 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.