2005 PLAYERS Championship prize money
Fred Funk won the 2005 PLAYERS Championship on 27 March 2005 and took $1,440,000. Below is every one of the 39 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $14,080 Tag Ridings collected for finishing 82.
Every cheque at the 2005 PLAYERS Championship
27 March 2005
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Funk | USA | -9 | 279 | $1,440,000$1.4m |
| T2 | Luke Donald | ENG | -8 | 280 | $597,333 |
| T2 | Tom Lehman | USA | -8 | 280 | $597,333 |
| T6 | Tim Herron | USA | -6 | 282 | $278,000 |
| T8 | Adam Scott | AUS | -5 | 283 | $224,000 |
| T8 | Davis Love III | USA | -5 | 283 | $224,000 |
| T8 | Zach Johnson | USA | -5 | 283 | $224,000 |
| T12 | Alex Cejka | GER | -4 | 284 | $156,800 |
| T12 | Retief Goosen | RSA | -4 | 284 | $156,800 |
| T12 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -4 | 284 | $156,800 |
| T17 | Bob Estes | USA | -3 | 285 | $112,000 |
| T17 | Ernie Els | RSA | -3 | 285 | $112,000 |
| T17 | Mike Weir | CAN | -3 | 285 | $112,000 |
| T22 | John Senden | AUS | -2 | 286 | $86,400 |
| T22 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -2 | 286 | $86,400 |
| T24 | Jay Haas | USA | -1 | 287 | $70,400 |
| T27 | Rod Pampling | AUS | 0 | 288 | $56,800 |
| T27 | Tim Petrovic | USA | 0 | 288 | $56,800 |
| T32 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | 1 | 289 | $42,400 |
| T32 | Pat Perez | USA | 1 | 289 | $42,400 |
| T32 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | 1 | 289 | $42,400 |
| T32 | Stewart Cink | USA | 1 | 289 | $42,400 |
| T32 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | 1 | 289 | $42,400 |
| T40 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | 2 | 290 | $30,400 |
| T40 | Graeme McDowell | NIR | 2 | 290 | $30,400 |
| T40 | Hunter Mahan | USA | 2 | 290 | $30,400 |
| T40 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 2 | 290 | $30,400 |
| T53 | Heath Slocum | USA | 5 | 293 | $18,613 |
| T53 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | 5 | 293 | $18,613 |
| T53 | Tiger Woods | USA | 5 | 293 | $18,613 |
| T56 | Ted Purdy | USA | 6 | 294 | $17,760 |
| T63 | Craig Barlow | USA | 7 | 295 | $16,800 |
| T63 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | 7 | 295 | $16,800 |
| T68 | David Toms | USA | 8 | 296 | $16,160 |
| T71 | Shaun Micheel | USA | 9 | 297 | $15,760 |
| T73 | Cameron Beckman | USA | 10 | 298 | $15,440 |
| T75 | Brian Gay | USA | 11 | 299 | $15,040 |
| 78 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | 12 | 300 | $14,720 |
| 82 | Tag Ridings | USA | 16 | 304 | $14,080 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $4,563,866 between them, against $715,999 shared by the other 24 players paid.
The 39 cheques above come to $5,279,865 between them. We hold 69 players for the week in all, so 30 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 PLAYERS Championship years
31 editions, 1995 to 2026
The 2004 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Adam Scott. The 2006 ladder is the one after. The PLAYERS 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 $1,300,000 paid at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, won by David Toms.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2005 PLAYERS Championship?
Fred Funk, on 27 March 2005. The win paid $1,440,000.
How much did the 2005 PLAYERS Championship pay out?
The 39 cheques on this page come to $5,279,865 between them, from $1,440,000 at the top down to $14,080.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2005 PLAYERS Championship?
$14,080, which Tag Ridings collected for finishing 82.
How many players were paid at the 2005 PLAYERS Championship?
39. We hold 69 players for that week in all, so 30 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.