2005 Open Championship prize money
Tiger Woods won the 2005 Open Championship on 17 July 2005 and took $1,261,580. Below is every one of the 31 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $14,806 Rod Pampling collected for finishing T78.
Every cheque at the 2005 Open Championship
17 July 2005
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -14 | 274 | $1,261,580 |
| T3 | Fred Couples | USA | -8 | 280 | $424,908 |
| T3 | José María Olazábal | ESP | -8 | 280 | $424,908 |
| T5 | Bernhard Langer | GER | -7 | 281 | $214,060 |
| T5 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -7 | 281 | $214,060 |
| T5 | Retief Goosen | RSA | -7 | 281 | $214,060 |
| T5 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -7 | 281 | $214,060 |
| T5 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -7 | 281 | $214,060 |
| T11 | Graeme McDowell | NIR | -6 | 282 | $116,959 |
| T11 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -6 | 282 | $116,959 |
| T15 | John Daly | USA | -5 | 283 | $81,102 |
| T15 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -5 | 283 | $81,102 |
| T15 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | -5 | 283 | $81,102 |
| T23 | Tom Lehman | USA | -4 | 284 | $56,947 |
| T34 | Adam Scott | AUS | -2 | 286 | $38,548 |
| T34 | Ernie Els | RSA | -2 | 286 | $38,548 |
| T34 | Henrik Stenson | SWE | -2 | 286 | $38,548 |
| T41 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -1 | 287 | $26,243 |
| T41 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -1 | 287 | $26,243 |
| T41 | Tim Herron | USA | -1 | 287 | $26,243 |
| T52 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | 0 | 288 | $19,154 |
| T52 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | 0 | 288 | $19,154 |
| T52 | Justin Leonard | USA | 0 | 288 | $19,154 |
| T52 | Luke Donald | ENG | 0 | 288 | $19,154 |
| T52 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 0 | 288 | $19,154 |
| T60 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 1 | 289 | $17,522 |
| 66 | Peter Lonard | AUS | 2 | 290 | $16,996 |
| T67 | Pat Perez | USA | 3 | 291 | $16,383 |
| T74 | Scott Gutschewski | USA | 5 | 293 | $15,419 |
| T74 | Ted Purdy | USA | 5 | 293 | $15,419 |
| T78 | Rod Pampling | AUS | 8 | 296 | $14,806 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,754,415 between them, against $348,140 shared by the other sixteen players paid.
The 31 cheques above come to $4,102,555 between them. We hold 57 players for the week in all, so 26 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 Open Championship years
30 editions, 1996 to 2026
The 2004 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2006 ladder is the one after, won by Tiger Woods. The Open Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2005 golf year
47 other tournaments we hold a 2005 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2005 was the $1,440,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Fred Funk.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2005 Open Championship?
Tiger Woods, on 17 July 2005. The win paid $1,261,580.
How much did the 2005 Open Championship pay out?
The 31 cheques on this page come to $4,102,555 between them, from $1,261,580 at the top down to $14,806.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2005 Open Championship?
$14,806, which Rod Pampling collected for finishing T78.
How many players were paid at the 2005 Open Championship?
31. We hold 57 players for that week in all, so 26 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.