2002 Texas Children's Houston Open prize money
Vijay Singh won the 2002 Texas Children's Houston Open on 31 March 2002 and took $720,000. Below is every one of the nineteen cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $8,280 Jerry Smith collected for finishing T66.
Every cheque at the 2002 Texas Children's Houston Open
31 March 2002
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -22 | 266 | $720,000 |
| 3 | José María Olazábal | ESP | -15 | 273 | $272,000 |
| T4 | Jay Haas | USA | -13 | 275 | $176,000 |
| T6 | Adam Scott | AUS | -11 | 277 | $129,500 |
| T6 | Justin Leonard | USA | -11 | 277 | $129,500 |
| T12 | Fred Funk | USA | -9 | 279 | $88,000 |
| T17 | David Toms | USA | -7 | 281 | $54,133 |
| T17 | Fred Couples | USA | -7 | 281 | $54,133 |
| T17 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | -7 | 281 | $54,133 |
| T17 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | -7 | 281 | $54,133 |
| T23 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -6 | 282 | $33,714 |
| T23 | Rod Pampling | AUS | -6 | 282 | $33,714 |
| T31 | Chad Campbell | USA | -4 | 284 | $24,800 |
| T31 | Luke Donald | ENG | -4 | 284 | $24,800 |
| T34 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -3 | 285 | $18,109 |
| T34 | Heath Slocum | USA | -3 | 285 | $18,109 |
| T34 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -3 | 285 | $18,109 |
| T51 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -1 | 287 | $9,472 |
| T66 | Jerry Smith | USA | 3 | 291 | $8,280 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $1,866,669 between them, against $53,970 shared by the other four players paid.
The nineteen cheques above come to $1,920,639 between them. We hold 39 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 Texas Children's Houston Open years
27 editions, 1999 to 2026
The 2001 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2003 ladder is the one after, won by Fred Couples. The Texas Children's Houston Open roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2002 golf year
45 other tournaments we hold a 2002 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2002 was the $1,106,140 paid at the Open Championship, won by Ernie Els.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2002 Texas Children's Houston Open?
Vijay Singh, on 31 March 2002. The win paid $720,000.
How much did the 2002 Texas Children's Houston Open pay out?
The nineteen cheques on this page come to $1,920,639 between them, from $720,000 at the top down to $8,280.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2002 Texas Children's Houston Open?
$8,280, which Jerry Smith collected for finishing T66.
How many players were paid at the 2002 Texas Children's Houston Open?
nineteen. We hold 39 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.