2000 Valero Texas Open prize money
Justin Leonard won the 2000 Valero Texas Open on 24 September 2000 and took $468,000. Below is every one of the seventeen cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $4,862 John Daly collected for finishing T76.
Every cheque at the 2000 Valero Texas Open
24 September 2000
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Leonard | USA | -19 | 261 | $468,000 |
| T14 | Cameron Beckman | USA | -7 | 273 | $44,200 |
| T14 | Charles Howell III | USA | -7 | 273 | $44,200 |
| T14 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -7 | 273 | $44,200 |
| T19 | David Toms | USA | -6 | 274 | $25,811 |
| T19 | Paul Goydos | USA | -6 | 274 | $25,811 |
| T19 | Stewart Cink | USA | -6 | 274 | $25,811 |
| T30 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -5 | 275 | $16,900 |
| T30 | Tim Herron | USA | -5 | 275 | $16,900 |
| T33 | Craig Barlow | USA | -4 | 276 | $13,446 |
| T33 | Dicky Pride | USA | -4 | 276 | $13,446 |
| T33 | Jerry Smith | USA | -4 | 276 | $13,446 |
| T33 | Rich Beem | USA | -4 | 276 | $13,446 |
| T44 | Carlos Franco | PAR | -2 | 278 | $8,320 |
| T44 | Shaun Micheel | USA | -2 | 278 | $8,320 |
| T56 | John Rollins | USA | 1 | 281 | $5,824 |
| T76 | John Daly | USA | 6 | 286 | $4,862 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $782,257 between them, against $10,686 shared by the other two players paid.
The seventeen cheques above come to $792,943 between them. We hold 23 players for the week in all, so six 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 Valero Texas Open years
27 editions, 1999 to 2026
The 1999 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2001 ladder is the one after, won by Justin Leonard. The Valero Texas Open roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2000 golf year
38 other tournaments we hold a 2000 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2000 was the $900,000 paid at the PGA Championship, won by Tiger Woods.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2000 Valero Texas Open?
Justin Leonard, on 24 September 2000. The win paid $468,000.
How much did the 2000 Valero Texas Open pay out?
The seventeen cheques on this page come to $792,943 between them, from $468,000 at the top down to $4,862.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2000 Valero Texas Open?
$4,862, which John Daly collected for finishing T76.
How many players were paid at the 2000 Valero Texas Open?
seventeen. We hold 23 players for that week in all, so six 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.