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U.S. OPEN · 2005

2005 U.S. Open prize money

Every one of the 40 cheques paid at the 2005 U.S. Open, in finishing order, from $700,000 down to the $9,921 Jerry Kelly collected. We hold no first place for this edition.

BIGGEST CHEQUE $700,000
PLAYERS PAID 40
SMALLEST CHEQUE $9,921

Every cheque at the 2005 U.S. Open

19 June 2005

40 paid of 67 held
Every player paid at the 2005 U.S. Open, in finishing order, with the country played for, the score and the cheque.
PLACE PLAYER COUNTRY TO PAR TOTAL PRIZE MONEY
2 Tiger Woods USA 2 282 $700,000
T3 Sergio Garcia ESP 5 285 $320,039
T6 Davis Love III USA 6 286 $187,813
T6 Vijay Singh FIJ 6 286 $187,813
T11 Bob Estes USA 8 288 $123,857
T11 Retief Goosen RSA 8 288 $123,857
T15 David Toms USA 9 289 $88,120
T15 Ernie Els RSA 9 289 $88,120
T15 Fred Couples USA 9 289 $88,120
T15 K.J. Choi KOR 9 289 $88,120
T15 Ryuji Imada JPN 9 289 $88,120
T15 Stewart Cink USA 9 289 $88,120
T23 Fred Funk USA 10 290 $59,633
T23 Justin Leonard USA 10 290 $59,633
T23 Olin Browne USA 10 290 $59,633
T28 Adam Scott AUS 11 291 $44,486
T28 Geoff Ogilvy AUS 11 291 $44,486
T28 Jim Furyk USA 11 291 $44,486
T28 Steve Allan AUS 11 291 $44,486
T33 Ángel Cabrera ARG 12 292 $35,759
T33 Bernhard Langer GER 12 292 $35,759
T33 Lee Westwood ENG 12 292 $35,759
T33 Phil Mickelson USA 12 292 $35,759
T33 Ted Purdy USA 12 292 $35,759
T33 Tim Herron USA 12 292 $35,759
T42 Chad Campbell USA 13 293 $26,223
T42 Mike Weir CAN 13 293 $26,223
T42 Peter Lonard AUS 13 293 $26,223
T49 Jason Gore USA 14 294 $20,275
T52 Søren Kjeldsen DEN 15 295 $17,667
T57 Ian Poulter ENG 16 296 $15,223
T57 J.J. Henry USA 16 296 $15,223
T57 Luke Donald ENG 16 296 $15,223
T71 Rory Sabbatini SVK 18 298 $12,551
T75 Charles Howell III USA 19 299 $11,674
T75 John Daly USA 19 299 $11,674
T75 Omar Uresti USA 19 299 $11,674
T80 Graeme McDowell NIR 21 301 $10,547
82 Craig Barlow USA 23 303 $10,171
83 Jerry Kelly USA 25 305 $9,921

The top of the ladder

Tiger Woods $700k Sergio Garcia $320k Davis Love III $188k Vijay Singh $188k Bob Estes $124k Retief Goosen $124k David Toms $88k Ernie Els $88k Fred Couples $88k K.J. Choi $88k Ryuji Imada $88k Stewart Cink $88k Fred Funk $60k Justin Leonard $60k Olin Browne $60k

The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,350,998 between them, against $632,990 shared by the other 25 players paid.

The 40 cheques above come to $2,983,988 between them. We hold 67 players for the week in all, so 27 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 U.S. Open years

31 editions, 1996 to 2026

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The 2004 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Retief Goosen. The 2006 ladder is the one after, won by Geoff Ogilvy. The U.S. Open 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.

SentrySony Open in HawaiiFarmers Insurance OpenAmerican ExpressWM Phoenix OpenAT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AmGenesis InvitationalChrysler Classic of TucsonWorld Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match PlayDoral-Ryder OpenCognizant Classic in The Palm BeachesArnold Palmer InvitationalPLAYERS ChampionshipBellSouth ClassicMasters TournamentRBC HeritageTexas Children's Houston OpenZurich Classic of New OrleansTruist ChampionshipCJ CUP Byron NelsonCharles Schwab ChallengeFedEx St. Jude ChampionshipMemorial TournamentKemper OpenNORTHERN TRUSTBMW ChampionshipJohn Deere ClassicB.C. OpenOpen ChampionshipGreater Milwaukee OpenBuick OpenInternationalPGA ChampionshipBarracuda ChampionshipWorld Golf Championships-Bridgestone InvitationalTravelers ChampionshipDeutsche Bank ChampionshipRBC Canadian Open84 LUMBER ClassicValero Texas OpenWyndham ChampionshipWorld Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The ConcessionShriners Children's OpenChildren's Miracle Network Hospitals ClassicValspar ChampionshipSanderson Farms ChampionshipTOUR Championship

The biggest cheque of 2005 was the $1,440,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Fred Funk.

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 2005 U.S. Open?

We hold no first place for the 2005 U.S. Open. The 40 cheques we do hold start at $700,000.

How much did the 2005 U.S. Open pay out?

The 40 cheques on this page come to $2,983,988 between them, from $700,000 at the top down to $9,921.

What was the smallest cheque at the 2005 U.S. Open?

$9,921, which Jerry Kelly collected for finishing 83.

How many players were paid at the 2005 U.S. Open?

40. We hold 67 players for that week in all, so 27 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.