1996 Shriners Children's Open prize money
Tiger Woods won the 1996 Shriners Children's Open on 6 October 1996 and took $297,000. Below is every one of the fifteen cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $3,630 Omar Uresti collected for finishing T58.
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 1996 Shriners Children's Open
6 October 1996
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -27 | 332 | $297,000 |
| 2 | Davis Love III | USA | -27 | 332 | $178,200 |
| T8 | Fred Couples | USA | -23 | 336 | $46,200 |
| T8 | Paul Goydos | USA | -23 | 336 | $46,200 |
| T8 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -23 | 336 | $46,200 |
| T12 | Fred Funk | USA | -22 | 337 | $31,350 |
| T12 | Stewart Cink | USA | -22 | 337 | $31,350 |
| T22 | Jay Don Blake | USA | -19 | 340 | $14,479 |
| T22 | Jim Furyk | USA | -19 | 340 | $14,479 |
| T22 | Olin Browne | USA | -19 | 340 | $14,479 |
| T30 | Michael Bradley | USA | -18 | 341 | $10,725 |
| T33 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -17 | 342 | $8,533 |
| T40 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -16 | 343 | $6,600 |
| T50 | Justin Leonard | USA | -14 | 345 | $3,898 |
| T58 | Omar Uresti | USA | -13 | 346 | $3,630 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen cheques paid came to $753,323
The fifteen cheques above come to $753,323 between them. We hold 22 players for the week in all, so seven 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 Shriners Children's Open years
27 editions, 1996 to 2024
The 1998 ladder is the one after, won by Jim Furyk. The Shriners Children's Open roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 1996 golf year
fourteen other tournaments we hold a 1996 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1996 was the $630,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Fred Couples.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1996 Shriners Children's Open?
Tiger Woods, on 6 October 1996, in a playoff. The win paid $297,000.
How much did the 1996 Shriners Children's Open pay out?
The fifteen cheques on this page come to $753,323 between them, from $297,000 at the top down to $3,630.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1996 Shriners Children's Open?
$3,630, which Omar Uresti collected for finishing T58.
How many players were paid at the 1996 Shriners Children's Open?
fifteen. We hold 22 players for that week in all, so seven 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.