2009 Valero Texas Open prize money
Zach Johnson won the 2009 Valero Texas Open on 17 May 2009 and took $1,098,000. Below is every one of the 36 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $11,834 Tag Ridings collected for finishing 73.
Zach Johnson won it in a playoff, so the card shows the same 72-hole total at the top of the ladder twice.
Every cheque at the 2009 Valero Texas Open
17 May 2009
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach Johnson | USA | -15 | 265 | $1,098,000 |
| 2 | James Driscoll | USA | -15 | 265 | $658,800 |
| T3 | Bill Haas | USA | -14 | 266 | $353,800 |
| T3 | Paul Goydos | USA | -14 | 266 | $353,800 |
| T5 | Brian Davis | ENG | -13 | 267 | $214,262 |
| T5 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | -13 | 267 | $214,262 |
| T5 | Justin Leonard | USA | -13 | 267 | $214,262 |
| T5 | Marc Leishman | AUS | -13 | 267 | $214,262 |
| T9 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -12 | 268 | $170,800 |
| T11 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -10 | 270 | $125,050 |
| T11 | Mark Wilson | USA | -10 | 270 | $125,050 |
| T17 | Bob Estes | USA | -9 | 271 | $79,823 |
| T24 | Bill Lunde | USA | -8 | 272 | $47,199 |
| T24 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -8 | 272 | $47,199 |
| T24 | Jimmy Walker | USA | -8 | 272 | $47,199 |
| T24 | Shaun Micheel | USA | -8 | 272 | $47,199 |
| T24 | Tim Herron | USA | -8 | 272 | $47,199 |
| T32 | Greg Owen | ENG | -7 | 273 | $32,330 |
| T32 | J.J. Henry | USA | -7 | 273 | $32,330 |
| T32 | Kevin Stadler | USA | -7 | 273 | $32,330 |
| T32 | Matt Jones | AUS | -7 | 273 | $32,330 |
| T40 | Charlie Wi | KOR | -6 | 274 | $22,570 |
| T40 | Martin Piller | USA | -6 | 274 | $22,570 |
| T47 | Bobby Gates | USA | -5 | 275 | $15,177 |
| T47 | Eric Axley | USA | -5 | 275 | $15,177 |
| T47 | Ted Purdy | USA | -5 | 275 | $15,177 |
| T47 | Troy Matteson | USA | -5 | 275 | $15,177 |
| T47 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | -5 | 275 | $15,177 |
| T57 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | -4 | 276 | $13,664 |
| T60 | Chad Campbell | USA | -3 | 277 | $13,298 |
| T60 | Gary Woodland | USA | -3 | 277 | $13,298 |
| T63 | Carlos Franco | PAR | -2 | 278 | $12,993 |
| T65 | Jason Gore | USA | -1 | 279 | $12,749 |
| T67 | Richard Johnson | SWE | 0 | 280 | $12,383 |
| T67 | Scott Gutschewski | USA | 0 | 280 | $12,383 |
| 73 | Tag Ridings | USA | 2 | 282 | $11,834 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,963,768 between them, against $447,345 shared by the other 21 players paid.
The 36 cheques above come to $4,411,113 between them. We hold 63 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 Valero Texas Open years
27 editions, 1999 to 2026
The 2008 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Zach Johnson. The 2010 ladder is the one after, won by Adam Scott. The Valero Texas Open roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2009 golf year
45 other tournaments we hold a 2009 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2009 was the $1,710,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Henrik Stenson.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2009 Valero Texas Open?
Zach Johnson, on 17 May 2009, in a playoff. The win paid $1,098,000.
How much did the 2009 Valero Texas Open pay out?
The 36 cheques on this page come to $4,411,113 between them, from $1,098,000 at the top down to $11,834.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2009 Valero Texas Open?
$11,834, which Tag Ridings collected for finishing 73.
How many players were paid at the 2009 Valero Texas Open?
36. We hold 63 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.