2003 Sony Open in Hawaii prize money
Ernie Els won the 2003 Sony Open in Hawaii on 19 January 2003 and took $810,000. Below is every one of the 35 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $8,775 Yusaku Miyazato collected for finishing T72.
Ernie Els 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 2003 Sony Open in Hawaii
19 January 2003
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | RSA | -16 | 264 | $810,000 |
| 2 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | -16 | 264 | $486,000 |
| T4 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -12 | 268 | $198,000 |
| T4 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -12 | 268 | $198,000 |
| 6 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -11 | 269 | $162,000 |
| T7 | Fred Funk | USA | -10 | 270 | $130,950 |
| T12 | Peter Lonard | AUS | -9 | 271 | $94,500 |
| T15 | Cameron Beckman | USA | -8 | 272 | $72,000 |
| T15 | Charles Howell III | USA | -8 | 272 | $72,000 |
| T15 | Tim Petrovic | USA | -8 | 272 | $72,000 |
| T20 | Jason Gore | USA | -7 | 273 | $46,929 |
| T20 | Pat Perez | USA | -7 | 273 | $46,929 |
| T20 | Retief Goosen | RSA | -7 | 273 | $46,929 |
| T20 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -7 | 273 | $46,929 |
| T27 | Ben Crane | USA | -6 | 274 | $31,275 |
| T27 | Rod Pampling | AUS | -6 | 274 | $31,275 |
| T27 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | -6 | 274 | $31,275 |
| T27 | Tag Ridings | USA | -6 | 274 | $31,275 |
| T33 | Jim Furyk | USA | -5 | 275 | $23,271 |
| T33 | Mark Wilson | USA | -5 | 275 | $23,271 |
| T33 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -5 | 275 | $23,271 |
| T33 | Steven Alker | NZL | -5 | 275 | $23,271 |
| T40 | Dicky Pride | USA | -4 | 276 | $15,363 |
| T40 | John Rollins | USA | -4 | 276 | $15,363 |
| T40 | Tim Herron | USA | -4 | 276 | $15,363 |
| T40 | Tom Lehman | USA | -4 | 276 | $15,363 |
| T50 | Brian Gay | USA | -3 | 277 | $10,770 |
| T50 | Chad Campbell | USA | -3 | 277 | $10,770 |
| T50 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | -3 | 277 | $10,770 |
| T56 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -2 | 278 | $10,215 |
| T58 | Alex Cejka | GER | -1 | 279 | $10,035 |
| T60 | Chris Smith | USA | 0 | 280 | $9,675 |
| T60 | Olin Browne | USA | 0 | 280 | $9,675 |
| T66 | Shaun Micheel | USA | 1 | 281 | $9,315 |
| T72 | Yusaku Miyazato | JPN | 4 | 284 | $8,775 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,514,441 between them, against $338,361 shared by the other twenty players paid.
The 35 cheques above come to $2,852,802 between them. We hold 52 players for the week in all, so seventeen 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 Sony Open in Hawaii years
28 editions, 1999 to 2026
The 2002 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Jerry Kelly. The 2004 ladder is the one after, won by Ernie Els. The Sony Open in Hawaii roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2003 golf year
44 other tournaments we hold a 2003 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2003 was the $1,170,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Davis Love III.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2003 Sony Open in Hawaii?
Ernie Els, on 19 January 2003, in a playoff. The win paid $810,000.
How much did the 2003 Sony Open in Hawaii pay out?
The 35 cheques on this page come to $2,852,802 between them, from $810,000 at the top down to $8,775.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2003 Sony Open in Hawaii?
$8,775, which Yusaku Miyazato collected for finishing T72.
How many players were paid at the 2003 Sony Open in Hawaii?
35. We hold 52 players for that week in all, so seventeen 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.