2004 TOUR Championship prize money
Retief Goosen won the 2004 TOUR Championship on 7 November 2004 and took $1,080,000. Below is every one of the twenty cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $94,800 K.J. Choi collected for finishing 27.
Every cheque at the 2004 TOUR Championship
7 November 2004
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retief Goosen | RSA | -11 | 269 | $1,080,000 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | USA | -7 | 273 | $648,000 |
| 3 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -6 | 274 | $414,000 |
| T4 | Mike Weir | CAN | -5 | 275 | $248,000 |
| T7 | Jay Haas | USA | -4 | 276 | $198,000 |
| 9 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -3 | 277 | $180,000 |
| T10 | David Toms | USA | -2 | 278 | $158,200 |
| T10 | Ernie Els | RSA | -2 | 278 | $158,200 |
| T10 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | -2 | 278 | $158,200 |
| 13 | Zach Johnson | USA | -1 | 279 | $141,600 |
| 14 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | 0 | 280 | $134,400 |
| T15 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | 1 | 281 | $123,800 |
| T15 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 1 | 281 | $123,800 |
| 18 | John Daly | USA | 2 | 282 | $117,000 |
| T19 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 4 | 284 | $112,500 |
| T21 | Adam Scott | AUS | 5 | 285 | $105,600 |
| T21 | Stewart Cink | USA | 5 | 285 | $105,600 |
| T24 | Carlos Franco | PAR | 6 | 286 | $98,400 |
| T24 | Fred Funk | USA | 6 | 286 | $98,400 |
| 27 | K.J. Choi | KOR | 8 | 288 | $94,800 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,995,700 between them, against $502,800 shared by the other five players paid.
The twenty cheques above come to $4,498,500 between them. We hold 22 players for the week in all, so two 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 TOUR Championship years
22 editions, 2004 to 2025
The 2005 ladder is the one after. The TOUR Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2004 golf year
46 other tournaments we hold a 2004 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2004 was the $1,440,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Adam Scott.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2004 TOUR Championship?
Retief Goosen, on 7 November 2004. The win paid $1,080,000.
How much did the 2004 TOUR Championship pay out?
The twenty cheques on this page come to $4,498,500 between them, from $1,080,000 at the top down to $94,800.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2004 TOUR Championship?
$94,800, which K.J. Choi collected for finishing 27.
How many players were paid at the 2004 TOUR Championship?
twenty. We hold 22 players for that week in all, so two 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.