2009 Texas Children's Houston Open prize money
Paul Casey won the 2009 Texas Children's Houston Open on 5 April 2009 and took $1,026,000. Below is every one of the 55 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $10,545 Sergio Garcia collected for finishing T77.
Paul Casey 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 Texas Children's Houston Open
5 April 2009
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Casey | ENG | -11 | 277 | $1,026,000 |
| 2 | J.B. Holmes | USA | -11 | 277 | $615,600 |
| T3 | Fred Couples | USA | -9 | 279 | $296,400 |
| T3 | Henrik Stenson | SWE | -9 | 279 | $296,400 |
| T6 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -8 | 280 | $178,410 |
| T6 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -8 | 280 | $178,410 |
| T6 | Jason Bohn | USA | -8 | 280 | $178,410 |
| T11 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -7 | 281 | $131,100 |
| T11 | Nicholas Thompson | USA | -7 | 281 | $131,100 |
| T11 | Ryan Moore | USA | -7 | 281 | $131,100 |
| T14 | Brian Davis | ENG | -6 | 282 | $96,900 |
| T14 | D.A. Points | USA | -6 | 282 | $96,900 |
| T14 | Ernie Els | RSA | -6 | 282 | $96,900 |
| T14 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | -6 | 282 | $96,900 |
| T19 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | -5 | 283 | $64,329 |
| T19 | Justin Leonard | USA | -5 | 283 | $64,329 |
| T19 | Kevin Na | USA | -5 | 283 | $64,329 |
| T19 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | -5 | 283 | $64,329 |
| T19 | Ryan Palmer | USA | -5 | 283 | $64,329 |
| T19 | Steve Marino | USA | -5 | 283 | $64,329 |
| T26 | Brian Gay | USA | -4 | 284 | $42,180 |
| T26 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | -4 | 284 | $42,180 |
| T26 | Shaun Micheel | USA | -4 | 284 | $42,180 |
| T26 | Ted Purdy | USA | -4 | 284 | $42,180 |
| T31 | Chris Stroud | USA | -3 | 285 | $29,692 |
| T31 | John Merrick | USA | -3 | 285 | $29,692 |
| T31 | John Senden | AUS | -3 | 285 | $29,692 |
| T31 | Lucas Glover | USA | -3 | 285 | $29,692 |
| T31 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -3 | 285 | $29,692 |
| T42 | Camilo Villegas | COL | -2 | 286 | $18,843 |
| T42 | Colt Knost | USA | -2 | 286 | $18,843 |
| T42 | J.J. Henry | USA | -2 | 286 | $18,843 |
| T42 | Marc Leishman | AUS | -2 | 286 | $18,843 |
| T42 | Martin Kaymer | GER | -2 | 286 | $18,843 |
| T42 | Scott Piercy | USA | -2 | 286 | $18,843 |
| T49 | Chad Campbell | USA | -1 | 287 | $14,402 |
| T49 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | -1 | 287 | $14,402 |
| T52 | Charley Hoffman | USA | 0 | 288 | $13,224 |
| T52 | Davis Love III | USA | 0 | 288 | $13,224 |
| T52 | John Rollins | USA | 0 | 288 | $13,224 |
| T52 | Justin Rose | ENG | 0 | 288 | $13,224 |
| T52 | Peter Lonard | AUS | 0 | 288 | $13,224 |
| T52 | Webb Simpson | USA | 0 | 288 | $13,224 |
| T58 | Charles Howell III | USA | 1 | 289 | $12,483 |
| T58 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | 1 | 289 | $12,483 |
| T58 | Heath Slocum | USA | 1 | 289 | $12,483 |
| T58 | Paul Goydos | USA | 1 | 289 | $12,483 |
| T64 | Alex Cejka | GER | 2 | 290 | $11,799 |
| T64 | Brendon de Jonge | ZIM | 2 | 290 | $11,799 |
| T64 | Brendon Todd | USA | 2 | 290 | $11,799 |
| T64 | Robert Garrigus | USA | 2 | 290 | $11,799 |
| T70 | Tim Wilkinson | NZL | 3 | 291 | $11,229 |
| T74 | Bob Estes | USA | 4 | 292 | $10,887 |
| T77 | Jason Dufner | USA | 7 | 295 | $10,545 |
| T77 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | 7 | 295 | $10,545 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,614,859 between them, against $1,000,365 shared by the other 40 players paid.
The 55 cheques above come to $4,615,224 between them. We hold 91 players for the week in all, so 36 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 2008 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Johnson Wagner. The 2010 ladder is the one after. The Texas Children's Houston 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 Texas Children's Houston Open?
Paul Casey, on 5 April 2009, in a playoff. The win paid $1,026,000.
How much did the 2009 Texas Children's Houston Open pay out?
The 55 cheques on this page come to $4,615,224 between them, from $1,026,000 at the top down to $10,545.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2009 Texas Children's Houston Open?
$10,545, which Sergio Garcia collected for finishing T77.
How many players were paid at the 2009 Texas Children's Houston Open?
55. We hold 91 players for that week in all, so 36 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.