2006 Valspar Championship prize money
K.J. Choi won the 2006 Valspar Championship on 29 October 2006 and took $954,000. Below is every one of the 44 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $10,600 Tag Ridings collected for finishing 70.
Every cheque at the 2006 Valspar Championship
29 October 2006
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -13 | 271 | $954,000 |
| T2 | Paul Goydos | USA | -9 | 275 | $466,400 |
| T4 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | -8 | 276 | $233,200 |
| T6 | Ernie Els | RSA | -7 | 277 | $177,550 |
| T6 | Rod Pampling | AUS | -7 | 277 | $177,550 |
| T9 | Brian Gay | USA | -6 | 278 | $148,400 |
| T9 | Troy Matteson | USA | -6 | 278 | $148,400 |
| T11 | Heath Slocum | USA | -5 | 279 | $127,200 |
| T13 | Jason Bohn | USA | -4 | 280 | $93,633 |
| T13 | Richard Johnson | SWE | -4 | 280 | $93,633 |
| T13 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | -4 | 280 | $93,633 |
| T13 | Shaun Micheel | USA | -4 | 280 | $93,633 |
| T13 | Ted Purdy | USA | -4 | 280 | $93,633 |
| T13 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | -4 | 280 | $93,633 |
| T19 | Chad Campbell | USA | -3 | 281 | $62,010 |
| T19 | Stewart Cink | USA | -3 | 281 | $62,010 |
| T19 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -3 | 281 | $62,010 |
| T25 | Ben Crane | USA | -2 | 282 | $40,457 |
| T25 | Bernhard Langer | GER | -2 | 282 | $40,457 |
| T25 | Justin Leonard | USA | -2 | 282 | $40,457 |
| T25 | Justin Rose | ENG | -2 | 282 | $40,457 |
| T25 | Mike Weir | CAN | -2 | 282 | $40,457 |
| T25 | Ryan Palmer | USA | -2 | 282 | $40,457 |
| T31 | Camilo Villegas | COL | -1 | 283 | $29,415 |
| T31 | J.J. Henry | USA | -1 | 283 | $29,415 |
| T31 | Lucas Glover | USA | -1 | 283 | $29,415 |
| T31 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -1 | 283 | $29,415 |
| T31 | Will MacKenzie | USA | -1 | 283 | $29,415 |
| T39 | Tim Petrovic | USA | 0 | 284 | $22,790 |
| T42 | Peter Lonard | AUS | 1 | 285 | $20,140 |
| T44 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | 2 | 286 | $15,643 |
| T44 | Hunter Mahan | USA | 2 | 286 | $15,643 |
| T44 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | 2 | 286 | $15,643 |
| T51 | Fred Funk | USA | 3 | 287 | $12,641 |
| T55 | Bob Estes | USA | 4 | 288 | $12,084 |
| T55 | Zach Johnson | USA | 4 | 288 | $12,084 |
| T58 | Bill Haas | USA | 5 | 289 | $11,713 |
| T58 | Eric Axley | USA | 5 | 289 | $11,713 |
| T58 | Nick Watney | USA | 5 | 289 | $11,713 |
| T58 | Shane Bertsch | USA | 5 | 289 | $11,713 |
| T62 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | 6 | 290 | $11,395 |
| T65 | John Rollins | USA | 9 | 293 | $11,077 |
| 69 | Tom Lehman | USA | 11 | 295 | $10,706 |
| 70 | Tag Ridings | USA | 13 | 297 | $10,600 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,056,508 between them, against $731,135 shared by the other 29 players paid.
The 44 cheques above come to $3,787,643 between them. We hold 70 players for the week in all, so 26 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 2005 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Carl Pettersson. The 2007 ladder is the one after. The Valspar Championship 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 Valspar Championship?
K.J. Choi, on 29 October 2006. The win paid $954,000.
How much did the 2006 Valspar Championship pay out?
The 44 cheques on this page come to $3,787,643 between them, from $954,000 at the top down to $10,600.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2006 Valspar Championship?
$10,600, which Tag Ridings collected for finishing 70.
How many players were paid at the 2006 Valspar Championship?
44. We hold 70 players for that week in all, so 26 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.