2002 Valspar Championship prize money
K.J. Choi won the 2002 Valspar Championship on 22 September 2002 and took $468,000. Below is every one of the nineteen cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $4,680 Bo Van Pelt collected for finishing 80.
Every cheque at the 2002 Valspar Championship
22 September 2002
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -17 | 267 | $468,000 |
| T4 | Rod Pampling | AUS | -8 | 276 | $114,400 |
| T7 | Craig Barlow | USA | -6 | 278 | $83,850 |
| T7 | Pat Perez | USA | -6 | 278 | $83,850 |
| T9 | Matt Kuchar | USA | -5 | 279 | $67,600 |
| T13 | Jay Haas | USA | -4 | 280 | $41,889 |
| T13 | Olin Browne | USA | -4 | 280 | $41,889 |
| T22 | Boo Weekley | USA | -3 | 281 | $24,960 |
| T22 | Jay Don Blake | USA | -3 | 281 | $24,960 |
| T22 | Luke Donald | ENG | -3 | 281 | $24,960 |
| T31 | Ken Duke | USA | -1 | 283 | $15,763 |
| T35 | John Senden | AUS | 0 | 284 | $12,545 |
| T35 | Tim Petrovic | USA | 0 | 284 | $12,545 |
| T41 | Stewart Cink | USA | 1 | 285 | $8,620 |
| T50 | Shaun Micheel | USA | 2 | 286 | $6,396 |
| T59 | Heath Slocum | USA | 4 | 288 | $5,668 |
| T59 | Michael Bradley | USA | 4 | 288 | $5,668 |
| T72 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | 8 | 292 | $5,070 |
| 80 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | 13 | 297 | $4,680 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $1,032,227 between them, against $21,086 shared by the other four players paid.
The nineteen cheques above come to $1,053,313 between them. We hold 30 players for the week in all, so eleven 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 Valspar Championship years
25 editions, 2000 to 2026
The 2000 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2003 ladder is the one after, won by Retief Goosen. The Valspar Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2002 golf year
45 other tournaments we hold a 2002 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2002 was the $1,106,140 paid at the Open Championship, won by Ernie Els.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2002 Valspar Championship?
K.J. Choi, on 22 September 2002. The win paid $468,000.
How much did the 2002 Valspar Championship pay out?
The nineteen cheques on this page come to $1,053,313 between them, from $468,000 at the top down to $4,680.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2002 Valspar Championship?
$4,680, which Bo Van Pelt collected for finishing 80.
How many players were paid at the 2002 Valspar Championship?
nineteen. We hold 30 players for that week in all, so eleven 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.