2006 Valero Texas Open prize money
Eric Axley won the 2006 Valero Texas Open on 24 September 2006 and took $720,000. Below is every one of the 31 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $7,560 Chris Smith collected for finishing T75.
Every cheque at the 2006 Valero Texas Open
24 September 2006
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Axley | USA | -15 | 265 | $720,000 |
| T2 | Justin Rose | ENG | -12 | 268 | $298,667 |
| T8 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -9 | 271 | $120,000 |
| T8 | Paul Goydos | USA | -9 | 271 | $120,000 |
| T12 | Cameron Beckman | USA | -7 | 273 | $84,000 |
| T15 | Bob Estes | USA | -5 | 275 | $62,000 |
| T15 | D.A. Points | USA | -5 | 275 | $62,000 |
| T15 | Richard Johnson | SWE | -5 | 275 | $62,000 |
| T21 | Arjun Atwal | IND | -4 | 276 | $36,533 |
| T21 | Bernhard Langer | GER | -4 | 276 | $36,533 |
| T21 | Brian Gay | USA | -4 | 276 | $36,533 |
| T21 | Fred Funk | USA | -4 | 276 | $36,533 |
| T21 | Ted Purdy | USA | -4 | 276 | $36,533 |
| T30 | D.J. Trahan | USA | -3 | 277 | $23,771 |
| T30 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -3 | 277 | $23,771 |
| T37 | Justin Leonard | USA | -2 | 278 | $17,600 |
| T37 | Olin Browne | USA | -2 | 278 | $17,600 |
| T43 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -1 | 279 | $12,480 |
| T43 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -1 | 279 | $12,480 |
| T43 | John Senden | AUS | -1 | 279 | $12,480 |
| T50 | Alex Cejka | GER | 0 | 280 | $9,450 |
| T50 | Nicholas Thompson | USA | 0 | 280 | $9,450 |
| T50 | Shaun Micheel | USA | 0 | 280 | $9,450 |
| T60 | Dicky Pride | USA | 2 | 282 | $8,560 |
| T60 | Jimmy Walker | USA | 2 | 282 | $8,560 |
| T60 | Ryan Palmer | USA | 2 | 282 | $8,560 |
| T67 | Brian Davis | ENG | 3 | 283 | $8,120 |
| T67 | John Rollins | USA | 3 | 283 | $8,120 |
| T71 | Mark Wilson | USA | 6 | 286 | $7,840 |
| T71 | Omar Uresti | USA | 6 | 286 | $7,840 |
| T75 | Chris Smith | USA | 9 | 289 | $7,560 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $1,758,874 between them, against $166,150 shared by the other sixteen players paid.
The 31 cheques above come to $1,925,024 between them. We hold 45 players for the week in all, so fourteen 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 2005 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2007 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 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 Valero Texas Open?
Eric Axley, on 24 September 2006. The win paid $720,000.
How much did the 2006 Valero Texas Open pay out?
The 31 cheques on this page come to $1,925,024 between them, from $720,000 at the top down to $7,560.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2006 Valero Texas Open?
$7,560, which Chris Smith collected for finishing T75.
How many players were paid at the 2006 Valero Texas Open?
31. We hold 45 players for that week in all, so fourteen 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.