2009 Open Championship prize money
Stewart Cink won the 2009 Open Championship on 19 July 2009 and took $1,221,010. Below is every one of the 44 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $15,303 Paul Goydos collected for finishing 72.
Stewart Cink 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 Open Championship
19 July 2009
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stewart Cink | USA | -2 | 278 | $1,221,010 |
| T3 | Chris Wood | ENG | -1 | 279 | $415,142 |
| T3 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -1 | 279 | $415,142 |
| T5 | Luke Donald | ENG | 0 | 280 | $255,597 |
| T5 | Retief Goosen | RSA | 0 | 280 | $255,597 |
| T8 | Ernie Els | RSA | 1 | 281 | $147,172 |
| T8 | Justin Leonard | USA | 1 | 281 | $147,172 |
| T8 | Richard Johnson | SWE | 1 | 281 | $147,172 |
| T8 | Thomas Aiken | RSA | 1 | 281 | $147,172 |
| T13 | Andres Romero | ARG | 2 | 282 | $82,866 |
| T13 | Boo Weekley | USA | 2 | 282 | $82,866 |
| T13 | Camilo Villegas | COL | 2 | 282 | $82,866 |
| T13 | Francesco Molinari | ITA | 2 | 282 | $82,866 |
| T13 | Henrik Stenson | SWE | 2 | 282 | $82,866 |
| T13 | Justin Rose | ENG | 2 | 282 | $82,866 |
| T13 | Ross Fisher | ENG | 2 | 282 | $82,866 |
| T24 | Ángel Cabrera | ARG | 3 | 283 | $59,151 |
| T24 | Oliver Wilson | ENG | 3 | 283 | $59,151 |
| T27 | Davis Love III | USA | 4 | 284 | $47,794 |
| T27 | John Daly | USA | 4 | 284 | $47,794 |
| T27 | Nick Watney | USA | 4 | 284 | $47,794 |
| T27 | Søren Kjeldsen | DEN | 4 | 284 | $47,794 |
| T34 | Graeme McDowell | NIR | 5 | 285 | $38,258 |
| T34 | Jim Furyk | USA | 5 | 285 | $38,258 |
| T34 | Martin Kaymer | GER | 5 | 285 | $38,258 |
| T38 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | 6 | 286 | $31,176 |
| T38 | Steve Marino | USA | 6 | 286 | $31,176 |
| T38 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 6 | 286 | $31,176 |
| T43 | Branden Grace | RSA | 7 | 287 | $25,539 |
| T43 | Bryce Molder | USA | 7 | 287 | $25,539 |
| T47 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | ESP | 8 | 288 | $21,571 |
| T47 | Paul Casey | ENG | 8 | 288 | $21,571 |
| T47 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | 8 | 288 | $21,571 |
| T47 | Zach Johnson | USA | 8 | 288 | $21,571 |
| T52 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 9 | 289 | $18,295 |
| T52 | Steve Stricker | USA | 9 | 289 | $18,295 |
| T60 | Tom Lehman | USA | 10 | 290 | $17,013 |
| 64 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | 11 | 291 | $16,606 |
| T65 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | 12 | 292 | $16,199 |
| T65 | Sean O'Hair | USA | 12 | 292 | $16,199 |
| T65 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 12 | 292 | $16,199 |
| 69 | J.B. Holmes | USA | 13 | 293 | $15,792 |
| T70 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | 15 | 295 | $15,548 |
| 72 | Paul Goydos | USA | 23 | 303 | $15,303 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,648,372 between them, against $903,457 shared by the other 29 players paid.
The 44 cheques above come to $4,551,829 between them. We hold 78 players for the week in all, so 34 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 2008 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Padraig Harrington. The 2010 ladder is the one after, won by Louis Oosthuizen. The Open Championship 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 Open Championship?
Stewart Cink, on 19 July 2009, in a playoff. The win paid $1,221,010.
How much did the 2009 Open Championship pay out?
The 44 cheques on this page come to $4,551,829 between them, from $1,221,010 at the top down to $15,303.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2009 Open Championship?
$15,303, which Paul Goydos collected for finishing 72.
How many players were paid at the 2009 Open Championship?
44. We hold 78 players for that week in all, so 34 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.