2006 Travelers Championship prize money
J.J. Henry won the 2006 Travelers Championship on 2 July 2006 and took $792,000. Below is every one of the 29 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $8,844 Shane Bertsch collected for finishing T68.
Every cheque at the 2006 Travelers Championship
2 July 2006
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.J. Henry | USA | -14 | 266 | $792,000 |
| T2 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -11 | 269 | $387,200 |
| T2 | Ryan Moore | USA | -11 | 269 | $387,200 |
| T5 | Stewart Cink | USA | -7 | 273 | $154,550 |
| T9 | Nick Watney | USA | -6 | 274 | $101,829 |
| T9 | Peter Lonard | AUS | -6 | 274 | $101,829 |
| T16 | Brian Davis | ENG | -5 | 275 | $66,000 |
| T16 | Jason Bohn | USA | -5 | 275 | $66,000 |
| T16 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -5 | 275 | $66,000 |
| T16 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | -5 | 275 | $66,000 |
| T21 | Camilo Villegas | COL | -4 | 276 | $39,160 |
| T21 | Justin Leonard | USA | -4 | 276 | $39,160 |
| T21 | Zach Johnson | USA | -4 | 276 | $39,160 |
| T31 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -3 | 277 | $23,907 |
| T31 | Heath Slocum | USA | -3 | 277 | $23,907 |
| T40 | Olin Browne | USA | -2 | 278 | $17,600 |
| T40 | Paul Goydos | USA | -2 | 278 | $17,600 |
| T44 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -1 | 279 | $14,080 |
| T48 | Chris Couch | USA | 0 | 280 | $11,194 |
| T48 | D.J. Trahan | USA | 0 | 280 | $11,194 |
| T48 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | 0 | 280 | $11,194 |
| T53 | Alex Cejka | GER | 1 | 281 | $10,091 |
| T53 | Fred Funk | USA | 1 | 281 | $10,091 |
| T53 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | 1 | 281 | $10,091 |
| T59 | Tim Petrovic | USA | 2 | 282 | $9,636 |
| T59 | Will MacKenzie | USA | 2 | 282 | $9,636 |
| T63 | Tag Ridings | USA | 3 | 283 | $9,328 |
| T66 | Troy Matteson | USA | 4 | 284 | $9,108 |
| T68 | Shane Bertsch | USA | 5 | 285 | $8,844 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,353,902 between them, against $159,687 shared by the other fourteen players paid.
The 29 cheques above come to $2,513,589 between them. We hold 58 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 Travelers Championship years
28 editions, 1999 to 2026
The 2005 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2007 ladder is the one after, won by Hunter Mahan. The Travelers Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2006 golf year
47 other tournaments we hold a 2006 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2006 was the $1,338,480 paid at the Open Championship, won by Tiger Woods.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2006 Travelers Championship?
J.J. Henry, on 2 July 2006. The win paid $792,000.
How much did the 2006 Travelers Championship pay out?
The 29 cheques on this page come to $2,513,589 between them, from $792,000 at the top down to $8,844.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2006 Travelers Championship?
$8,844, which Shane Bertsch collected for finishing T68.
How many players were paid at the 2006 Travelers Championship?
29. We hold 58 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.