2009 Shriners Children's Open prize money
Martin Laird won the 2009 Shriners Children's Open on 18 October 2009 and took $756,000. Below is every one of the 47 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $8,442 Cameron Beckman collected for finishing T69.
Martin Laird 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 2009 Shriners Children's Open
18 October 2009
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Laird | SCO | -19 | 265 | $756,000 |
| 2 | Chad Campbell | USA | -19 | 265 | $369,600 |
| 2 | George McNeill | USA | -19 | 265 | $369,600 |
| T4 | Jim Furyk | USA | -18 | 266 | $184,800 |
| 6 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -17 | 267 | $151,200 |
| T7 | Andres Romero | ARG | -16 | 268 | $113,700 |
| T7 | D.J. Trahan | USA | -16 | 268 | $113,700 |
| T7 | Matt Kuchar | USA | -16 | 268 | $113,700 |
| T7 | Rickie Fowler | USA | -16 | 268 | $113,700 |
| T7 | Ryan Moore | USA | -16 | 268 | $113,700 |
| T7 | Tim Petrovic | USA | -16 | 268 | $113,700 |
| T14 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | -15 | 269 | $71,400 |
| T14 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -15 | 269 | $71,400 |
| T14 | Jason Bohn | USA | -15 | 269 | $71,400 |
| T14 | Kevin Streelman | USA | -15 | 269 | $71,400 |
| T14 | Scott Piercy | USA | -15 | 269 | $71,400 |
| T19 | Ben Crane | USA | -14 | 270 | $50,904 |
| T19 | Chris Stroud | USA | -14 | 270 | $50,904 |
| T24 | Alex Cejka | GER | -13 | 271 | $36,960 |
| T24 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | -13 | 271 | $36,960 |
| T24 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | -13 | 271 | $36,960 |
| T27 | Bill Lunde | USA | -12 | 272 | $26,231 |
| T27 | Brian Gay | USA | -12 | 272 | $26,231 |
| T27 | Kyle Stanley | USA | -12 | 272 | $26,231 |
| T27 | Rich Beem | USA | -12 | 272 | $26,231 |
| T27 | Tim Herron | USA | -12 | 272 | $26,231 |
| T27 | Troy Matteson | USA | -12 | 272 | $26,231 |
| T38 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | -11 | 273 | $16,800 |
| T38 | D.A. Points | USA | -11 | 273 | $16,800 |
| T38 | Mark Wilson | USA | -11 | 273 | $16,800 |
| T38 | Parker McLachlin | USA | -11 | 273 | $16,800 |
| T38 | Tag Ridings | USA | -11 | 273 | $16,800 |
| 46 | J.J. Henry | USA | -10 | 274 | $13,020 |
| T47 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | -9 | 275 | $10,788 |
| T47 | Greg Owen | ENG | -9 | 275 | $10,788 |
| T47 | Johnson Wagner | USA | -9 | 275 | $10,788 |
| T47 | Robert Garrigus | USA | -9 | 275 | $10,788 |
| T54 | Charles Howell III | USA | -8 | 276 | $9,618 |
| T54 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -8 | 276 | $9,618 |
| T54 | Spencer Levin | USA | -8 | 276 | $9,618 |
| T58 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | -7 | 277 | $9,282 |
| T58 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | -7 | 277 | $9,282 |
| T58 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -7 | 277 | $9,282 |
| T58 | Ted Purdy | USA | -7 | 277 | $9,282 |
| T62 | David Toms | USA | -6 | 278 | $8,904 |
| T67 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -5 | 279 | $8,610 |
| T69 | Cameron Beckman | USA | -3 | 281 | $8,442 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,799,000 between them, against $673,584 shared by the other 32 players paid.
The 47 cheques above come to $3,472,584 between them. We hold 76 players for the week in all, so 29 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 2008 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2010 ladder is the one after, won by Jonathan Byrd. The Shriners Children's Open roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2009 golf year
45 other tournaments we hold a 2009 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2009 was the $1,710,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Henrik Stenson.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2009 Shriners Children's Open?
Martin Laird, on 18 October 2009, in a playoff. The win paid $756,000.
How much did the 2009 Shriners Children's Open pay out?
The 47 cheques on this page come to $3,472,584 between them, from $756,000 at the top down to $8,442.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2009 Shriners Children's Open?
$8,442, which Cameron Beckman collected for finishing T69.
How many players were paid at the 2009 Shriners Children's Open?
47. We hold 76 players for that week in all, so 29 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.