2006 Open Championship prize money
Tiger Woods won the 2006 Open Championship on 23 July 2006 and took $1,338,480. Below is every one of the 36 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $16,917 Paul Casey collected for finishing 71.
Every cheque at the 2006 Open Championship
23 July 2006
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -18 | 270 | $1,338,480 |
| 3 | Ernie Els | RSA | -13 | 275 | $511,225 |
| 4 | Jim Furyk | USA | -12 | 276 | $390,390 |
| T5 | Hideto Tanihara | JPN | -11 | 277 | $296,510 |
| T5 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -11 | 277 | $296,510 |
| 7 | Ángel Cabrera | ARG | -10 | 278 | $237,952 |
| T8 | Adam Scott | AUS | -9 | 279 | $177,225 |
| T8 | Andres Romero | ARG | -9 | 279 | $177,225 |
| T8 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -9 | 279 | $177,225 |
| T11 | Ben Crane | USA | -8 | 280 | $128,891 |
| T14 | Retief Goosen | RSA | -7 | 281 | $105,034 |
| T14 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -7 | 281 | $105,034 |
| T16 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -6 | 282 | $83,655 |
| T16 | Peter Lonard | AUS | -6 | 282 | $83,655 |
| T16 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -6 | 282 | $83,655 |
| T22 | Charl Schwartzel | RSA | -5 | 283 | $65,762 |
| T22 | Greg Owen | ENG | -5 | 283 | $65,762 |
| T22 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -5 | 283 | $65,762 |
| T26 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -4 | 284 | $54,097 |
| T26 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -4 | 284 | $54,097 |
| T26 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | -4 | 284 | $54,097 |
| T31 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -3 | 285 | $45,546 |
| T35 | John Senden | AUS | -2 | 286 | $36,483 |
| T35 | Luke Donald | ENG | -2 | 286 | $36,483 |
| T35 | Marcus Fraser | AUS | -2 | 286 | $36,483 |
| T35 | Rod Pampling | AUS | -2 | 286 | $36,483 |
| T41 | Søren Kjeldsen | DEN | -1 | 287 | $27,619 |
| T48 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | ESP | 0 | 288 | $21,578 |
| T48 | Henrik Stenson | SWE | 0 | 288 | $21,578 |
| T56 | José María Olazábal | ESP | 1 | 289 | $19,148 |
| T56 | Mike Weir | CAN | 1 | 289 | $19,148 |
| T61 | Graeme McDowell | NIR | 2 | 290 | $18,497 |
| 65 | Chad Campbell | USA | 4 | 292 | $17,846 |
| T66 | Fred Funk | USA | 6 | 294 | $17,568 |
| T66 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | 6 | 294 | $17,568 |
| 71 | Paul Casey | ENG | 10 | 298 | $16,917 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $4,192,666 between them, against $748,522 shared by the other 21 players paid.
The 36 cheques above come to $4,941,188 between them. We hold 62 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 2005 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Tiger Woods. The 2007 ladder is the one after, won by Padraig Harrington. The Open Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2006 golf year
47 other tournaments we hold a 2006 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2006 was the $1,300,000 paid at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, won by Geoff Ogilvy.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2006 Open Championship?
Tiger Woods, on 23 July 2006. The win paid $1,338,480.
How much did the 2006 Open Championship pay out?
The 36 cheques on this page come to $4,941,188 between them, from $1,338,480 at the top down to $16,917.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2006 Open Championship?
$16,917, which Paul Casey collected for finishing 71.
How many players were paid at the 2006 Open Championship?
36. We hold 62 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.