2007 Open Championship prize money
Padraig Harrington won the 2007 Open Championship on 22 July 2007 and took $1,542,450. Below is every one of the 40 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $20,258 Sean O'Hair collected for finishing T67.
Padraig Harrington 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 Open Championship
22 July 2007
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | -7 | 277 | $1,542,450$1.5m |
| 2 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -7 | 277 | $925,470 |
| 3 | Andres Romero | ARG | -6 | 278 | $596,414 |
| T4 | Ernie Els | RSA | -5 | 279 | $411,320 |
| T6 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -4 | 280 | $299,235 |
| T6 | Stewart Cink | USA | -4 | 280 | $299,235 |
| T8 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -3 | 281 | $194,863 |
| T8 | Mike Weir | CAN | -3 | 281 | $194,863 |
| T8 | Steve Stricker | USA | -3 | 281 | $194,863 |
| T12 | Jim Furyk | USA | -2 | 282 | $120,458 |
| T12 | Justin Rose | ENG | -2 | 282 | $120,458 |
| T12 | Tiger Woods | USA | -2 | 282 | $120,458 |
| T20 | Pat Perez | USA | 0 | 284 | $86,377 |
| T20 | Rich Beem | USA | 0 | 284 | $86,377 |
| T20 | Zach Johnson | USA | 0 | 284 | $86,377 |
| T23 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | 1 | 285 | $73,112 |
| T23 | Retief Goosen | RSA | 1 | 285 | $73,112 |
| T27 | Adam Scott | AUS | 2 | 286 | $57,952 |
| T27 | Ian Poulter | ENG | 2 | 286 | $57,952 |
| T27 | J.J. Henry | USA | 2 | 286 | $57,952 |
| T27 | Lucas Glover | USA | 2 | 286 | $57,952 |
| T27 | Paul Casey | ENG | 2 | 286 | $57,952 |
| T27 | Rod Pampling | AUS | 2 | 286 | $57,952 |
| T27 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 2 | 286 | $57,952 |
| 34 | Ángel Cabrera | ARG | 3 | 287 | $49,358 |
| T35 | Boo Weekley | USA | 4 | 288 | $41,352 |
| T35 | Charley Hoffman | USA | 4 | 288 | $41,352 |
| T35 | Lee Westwood | ENG | 4 | 288 | $41,352 |
| T35 | Nick Watney | USA | 4 | 288 | $41,352 |
| T35 | Shaun Micheel | USA | 4 | 288 | $41,352 |
| T42 | Ryan Moore | USA | 5 | 289 | $33,677 |
| T45 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | 6 | 290 | $29,821 |
| T45 | John Senden | AUS | 6 | 290 | $29,821 |
| T49 | Jerry Kelly | USA | 7 | 291 | $26,736 |
| T51 | Kevin Stadler | USA | 9 | 293 | $24,936 |
| T51 | Tom Lehman | USA | 9 | 293 | $24,936 |
| T53 | Brian Davis | ENG | 10 | 294 | $23,394 |
| T60 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | 12 | 296 | $21,594 |
| T63 | Luke Donald | ENG | 13 | 297 | $21,080 |
| T67 | Sean O'Hair | USA | 15 | 299 | $20,258 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $5,279,218 between them, against $1,064,259 shared by the other 25 players paid.
The 40 cheques above come to $6,343,477 between them. We hold 69 players for the week in all, so 29 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 2006 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Tiger Woods. The 2008 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 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 Open Championship?
Padraig Harrington, on 22 July 2007, in a playoff. The win paid $1,542,450.
How much did the 2007 Open Championship pay out?
The 40 cheques on this page come to $6,343,477 between them, from $1,542,450 at the top down to $20,258.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2007 Open Championship?
$20,258, which Sean O'Hair collected for finishing T67.
How many players were paid at the 2007 Open Championship?
40. We hold 69 players for that week in all, so 29 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.