2009 PLAYERS Championship prize money
Henrik Stenson won the 2009 PLAYERS Championship on 10 May 2009 and took $1,710,000. Below is every one of the 60 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $17,005 Steve Marino collected for finishing T79.
Every cheque at the 2009 PLAYERS Championship
10 May 2009
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henrik Stenson | SWE | -12 | 276 | $1,710,000$1.7m |
| 2 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -8 | 280 | $1,026,000 |
| T3 | Kevin Na | USA | -7 | 281 | $551,000 |
| T5 | Ben Crane | USA | -6 | 282 | $346,750 |
| T5 | Brian Davis | ENG | -6 | 282 | $346,750 |
| T5 | Jim Furyk | USA | -6 | 282 | $346,750 |
| 8 | Tiger Woods | USA | -5 | 283 | $294,500 |
| T9 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | -4 | 284 | $237,500 |
| T9 | Alex Cejka | GER | -4 | 284 | $237,500 |
| T9 | David Toms | USA | -4 | 284 | $237,500 |
| T9 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -4 | 284 | $237,500 |
| T14 | Ángel Cabrera | ARG | -3 | 285 | $147,250 |
| T14 | Camilo Villegas | COL | -3 | 285 | $147,250 |
| T14 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | -3 | 285 | $147,250 |
| T14 | Matt Kuchar | USA | -3 | 285 | $147,250 |
| T14 | Mike Weir | CAN | -3 | 285 | $147,250 |
| T14 | Paul Casey | ENG | -3 | 285 | $147,250 |
| T14 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -3 | 285 | $147,250 |
| T22 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -2 | 286 | $79,325 |
| T22 | Justin Rose | ENG | -2 | 286 | $79,325 |
| T22 | Retief Goosen | RSA | -2 | 286 | $79,325 |
| T22 | Scott Piercy | USA | -2 | 286 | $79,325 |
| T22 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -2 | 286 | $79,325 |
| T22 | Steve Stricker | USA | -2 | 286 | $79,325 |
| T32 | Jason Dufner | USA | -1 | 287 | $53,770 |
| T32 | Justin Leonard | USA | -1 | 287 | $53,770 |
| T32 | Zach Johnson | USA | -1 | 287 | $53,770 |
| T37 | Bubba Watson | USA | 0 | 288 | $39,900 |
| T37 | Charley Hoffman | USA | 0 | 288 | $39,900 |
| T37 | John Rollins | USA | 0 | 288 | $39,900 |
| T37 | John Senden | AUS | 0 | 288 | $39,900 |
| T37 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | 0 | 288 | $39,900 |
| T37 | Luke Donald | ENG | 0 | 288 | $39,900 |
| T37 | Tim Petrovic | USA | 0 | 288 | $39,900 |
| T45 | Ernie Els | RSA | 1 | 289 | $28,595 |
| T45 | Richard Johnson | SWE | 1 | 289 | $28,595 |
| T45 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | 1 | 289 | $28,595 |
| T49 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | 2 | 290 | $23,212 |
| T49 | Jason Bohn | USA | 2 | 290 | $23,212 |
| T49 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | 2 | 290 | $23,212 |
| T55 | Heath Slocum | USA | 3 | 291 | $21,470 |
| T55 | Mark Wilson | USA | 3 | 291 | $21,470 |
| T55 | Martin Kaymer | GER | 3 | 291 | $21,470 |
| T55 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 3 | 291 | $21,470 |
| T60 | Chez Reavie | USA | 4 | 292 | $20,710 |
| T60 | Johnson Wagner | USA | 4 | 292 | $20,710 |
| T66 | Cameron Beckman | USA | 7 | 295 | $19,665 |
| T66 | John Merrick | USA | 7 | 295 | $19,665 |
| T68 | Pat Perez | USA | 8 | 296 | $19,285 |
| 70 | Ryan Moore | USA | 10 | 298 | $19,000 |
| T71 | Hunter Mahan | USA | 3 | 219 | $18,430 |
| T71 | K.J. Choi | KOR | 3 | 219 | $18,430 |
| T71 | Martin Laird | SCO | 3 | 219 | $18,430 |
| T76 | Bob Estes | USA | 4 | 220 | $17,765 |
| T76 | Stewart Cink | USA | 4 | 220 | $17,765 |
| 78 | Graeme McDowell | NIR | 5 | 221 | $17,480 |
| T79 | Dustin Johnson | USA | 6 | 222 | $17,005 |
| T79 | Fred Funk | USA | 6 | 222 | $17,005 |
| T79 | Rod Pampling | AUS | 6 | 222 | $17,005 |
| T79 | Steve Marino | USA | 6 | 222 | $17,005 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $6,160,750 between them, against $1,894,966 shared by the other 45 players paid.
The 60 cheques above come to $8,055,716 between them. We hold 102 players for the week in all, so 42 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 2008 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Sergio Garcia. The 2010 ladder is the one after. The PLAYERS 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 $1,400,000 paid at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, won by Geoff Ogilvy.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2009 PLAYERS Championship?
Henrik Stenson, on 10 May 2009. The win paid $1,710,000.
How much did the 2009 PLAYERS Championship pay out?
The 60 cheques on this page come to $8,055,716 between them, from $1,710,000 at the top down to $17,005.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2009 PLAYERS Championship?
$17,005, which Steve Marino collected for finishing T79.
How many players were paid at the 2009 PLAYERS Championship?
60. We hold 102 players for that week in all, so 42 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.