2007 American Express prize money
Charley Hoffman won the 2007 American Express on 21 January 2007 and took $900,000. Below is every one of the 41 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $9,500 Hunter Mahan collected for finishing 75.
Charley Hoffman 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 2007 American Express
21 January 2007
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -17 | 343 | $900,000 |
| 2 | John Rollins | USA | -17 | 343 | $540,000 |
| 3 | Justin Rose | ENG | -16 | 344 | $340,000 |
| T4 | Heath Slocum | USA | -15 | 345 | $220,000 |
| T8 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -13 | 347 | $135,000 |
| T13 | Bernhard Langer | GER | -12 | 348 | $91,000 |
| T13 | Johnson Wagner | USA | -12 | 348 | $91,000 |
| T13 | Lucas Glover | USA | -12 | 348 | $91,000 |
| T13 | Nick Watney | USA | -12 | 348 | $91,000 |
| T13 | Ted Purdy | USA | -12 | 348 | $91,000 |
| T18 | Tom Johnson | USA | -11 | 349 | $56,667 |
| T18 | Will MacKenzie | USA | -11 | 349 | $56,667 |
| T27 | Bill Haas | USA | -10 | 350 | $34,750 |
| T27 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | -10 | 350 | $34,750 |
| T27 | Matt Kuchar | USA | -10 | 350 | $34,750 |
| T33 | Cameron Beckman | USA | -9 | 351 | $26,417 |
| T33 | George McNeill | USA | -9 | 351 | $26,417 |
| T33 | John Senden | AUS | -9 | 351 | $26,417 |
| T33 | Mark Wilson | USA | -9 | 351 | $26,417 |
| T33 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | -9 | 351 | $26,417 |
| T39 | Peter Lonard | AUS | -8 | 352 | $20,000 |
| T39 | Richard Johnson | SWE | -8 | 352 | $20,000 |
| T39 | Shane Bertsch | USA | -8 | 352 | $20,000 |
| T45 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | -7 | 353 | $15,500 |
| T45 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -7 | 353 | $15,500 |
| T48 | Mike Weir | CAN | -5 | 355 | $12,720 |
| T48 | Paul Goydos | USA | -5 | 355 | $12,720 |
| T48 | Ryan Armour | USA | -5 | 355 | $12,720 |
| T48 | Shaun Micheel | USA | -5 | 355 | $12,720 |
| T53 | Brian Gay | USA | -4 | 356 | $11,414 |
| T53 | Craig Barlow | USA | -4 | 356 | $11,414 |
| T53 | Jason Dufner | USA | -4 | 356 | $11,414 |
| T53 | Ken Duke | USA | -4 | 356 | $11,414 |
| T60 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | -3 | 357 | $10,800 |
| T60 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -3 | 357 | $10,800 |
| T60 | Kevin Stadler | USA | -3 | 357 | $10,800 |
| T60 | Steve Marino | USA | -3 | 357 | $10,800 |
| T65 | Charles Howell III | USA | -2 | 358 | $10,250 |
| T65 | Jason Gore | USA | -2 | 358 | $10,250 |
| 73 | Kevin Na | USA | 0 | 360 | $9,700 |
| 75 | Hunter Mahan | USA | 2 | 362 | $9,500 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,807,584 between them, against $402,521 shared by the other 26 players paid.
The 41 cheques above come to $3,210,105 between them. We hold 59 players for the week in all, so eighteen 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 American Express years
28 editions, 1999 to 2026
The 2006 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Chad Campbell. The 2008 ladder is the one after, won by D.J. Trahan. The American Express roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2007 golf year
45 other tournaments we hold a 2007 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2007 was the $1,620,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Phil Mickelson.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2007 American Express?
Charley Hoffman, on 21 January 2007, in a playoff. The win paid $900,000.
How much did the 2007 American Express pay out?
The 41 cheques on this page come to $3,210,105 between them, from $900,000 at the top down to $9,500.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2007 American Express?
$9,500, which Hunter Mahan collected for finishing 75.
How many players were paid at the 2007 American Express?
41. We hold 59 players for that week in all, so eighteen 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.