2008 Valspar Championship prize money
Sean O'Hair won the 2008 Valspar Championship on 9 March 2008 and took $954,000. Below is every one of the 54 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $9,646 Kevin Streelman collected for finishing 79.
Every cheque at the 2008 Valspar Championship
9 March 2008
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -4 | 280 | $954,000 |
| T2 | George McNeill | USA | -2 | 282 | $294,592 |
| T2 | John Senden | AUS | -2 | 282 | $294,592 |
| T2 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | -2 | 282 | $294,592 |
| T2 | Stewart Cink | USA | -2 | 282 | $294,592 |
| T2 | Troy Matteson | USA | -2 | 282 | $294,592 |
| T8 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | -1 | 283 | $159,000 |
| T8 | Rod Pampling | AUS | -1 | 283 | $159,000 |
| T10 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | 0 | 284 | $127,200 |
| T10 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 0 | 284 | $127,200 |
| T14 | Justin Rose | ENG | 1 | 285 | $79,618 |
| T14 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 1 | 285 | $79,618 |
| T14 | Steve Marino | USA | 1 | 285 | $79,618 |
| T14 | Steve Stricker | USA | 1 | 285 | $79,618 |
| T23 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | 2 | 286 | $44,671 |
| T23 | Charlie Wi | KOR | 2 | 286 | $44,671 |
| T23 | Hunter Mahan | USA | 2 | 286 | $44,671 |
| T23 | Nick Watney | USA | 2 | 286 | $44,671 |
| T23 | Rich Beem | USA | 2 | 286 | $44,671 |
| T23 | Ryan Armour | USA | 2 | 286 | $44,671 |
| T30 | Bill Haas | USA | 3 | 287 | $32,198 |
| T30 | Heath Slocum | USA | 3 | 287 | $32,198 |
| T30 | Jerry Kelly | USA | 3 | 287 | $32,198 |
| T36 | Chez Reavie | USA | 4 | 288 | $24,424 |
| T36 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | 4 | 288 | $24,424 |
| T36 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | 4 | 288 | $24,424 |
| T36 | Shane Bertsch | USA | 4 | 288 | $24,424 |
| T36 | Tim Petrovic | USA | 4 | 288 | $24,424 |
| T42 | Ben Crane | USA | 5 | 289 | $18,550 |
| T42 | Fred Couples | USA | 5 | 289 | $18,550 |
| T42 | Paul Casey | ENG | 5 | 289 | $18,550 |
| T42 | Robert Garrigus | USA | 5 | 289 | $18,550 |
| T47 | Alex Cejka | GER | 6 | 290 | $14,013 |
| T47 | Chad Campbell | USA | 6 | 290 | $14,013 |
| T47 | Mark Wilson | USA | 6 | 290 | $14,013 |
| T52 | Bob Estes | USA | 7 | 291 | $12,235 |
| T52 | D.J. Trahan | USA | 7 | 291 | $12,235 |
| T52 | Lucas Glover | USA | 7 | 291 | $12,235 |
| T52 | Nicholas Thompson | USA | 7 | 291 | $12,235 |
| T59 | Matt Jones | AUS | 8 | 292 | $11,713 |
| T59 | Peter Lonard | AUS | 8 | 292 | $11,713 |
| T61 | James Driscoll | USA | 9 | 293 | $11,395 |
| T61 | Olin Browne | USA | 9 | 293 | $11,395 |
| T65 | Charles Howell III | USA | 10 | 294 | $11,077 |
| T65 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | 10 | 294 | $11,077 |
| T67 | Ken Duke | USA | 11 | 295 | $10,865 |
| T67 | Tag Ridings | USA | 11 | 295 | $10,865 |
| 71 | Derek Lamely | USA | 15 | 299 | $10,494 |
| T72 | Cameron Beckman | USA | 8 | 221 | $10,335 |
| T72 | Paul Goydos | USA | 8 | 221 | $10,335 |
| T74 | Tim Herron | USA | 9 | 222 | $10,123 |
| 77 | Ted Purdy | USA | 11 | 224 | $9,858 |
| 78 | Jason Gore | USA | 12 | 225 | $9,752 |
| 79 | Kevin Streelman | USA | 15 | 228 | $9,646 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,362,503 between them, against $767,891 shared by the other 39 players paid.
The 54 cheques above come to $4,130,394 between them. We hold 83 players for the week in all, so 29 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 2007 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2009 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 2008 golf year
46 other tournaments we hold a 2008 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2008 was the $1,710,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Sergio Garcia.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2008 Valspar Championship?
Sean O'Hair, on 9 March 2008. The win paid $954,000.
How much did the 2008 Valspar Championship pay out?
The 54 cheques on this page come to $4,130,394 between them, from $954,000 at the top down to $9,646.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2008 Valspar Championship?
$9,646, which Kevin Streelman collected for finishing 79.
How many players were paid at the 2008 Valspar Championship?
54. We hold 83 players for that week in all, so 29 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.