2006 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational prize money
Tiger Woods won the 2006 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational on 27 August 2006 and took $1,300,000. Below is every one of the 40 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $31,750 Stuart Appleby collected for finishing T71.
Tiger Woods 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 2006 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational
27 August 2006
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -10 | 270 | $1,300,000 |
| 2 | Stewart Cink | USA | -10 | 270 | $750,000 |
| 3 | Jim Furyk | USA | -9 | 271 | $450,000 |
| T4 | Davis Love III | USA | -7 | 273 | $246,250 |
| T4 | Lucas Glover | USA | -7 | 273 | $246,250 |
| T8 | David Toms | USA | -6 | 274 | $152,500 |
| T8 | Luke Donald | ENG | -6 | 274 | $152,500 |
| T10 | Adam Scott | AUS | -5 | 275 | $120,000 |
| T10 | J.J. Henry | USA | -5 | 275 | $120,000 |
| T13 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -3 | 277 | $95,000 |
| T13 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | -3 | 277 | $95,000 |
| 16 | Ben Crane | USA | -2 | 278 | $85,000 |
| T18 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | 0 | 280 | $77,000 |
| T22 | José María Olazábal | ESP | 1 | 281 | $68,000 |
| T22 | K.J. Choi | KOR | 1 | 281 | $68,000 |
| T22 | Mike Weir | CAN | 1 | 281 | $68,000 |
| T22 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 1 | 281 | $68,000 |
| T22 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | 1 | 281 | $68,000 |
| T27 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | 2 | 282 | $60,500 |
| T27 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | 2 | 282 | $60,500 |
| T31 | Ernie Els | RSA | 3 | 283 | $56,000 |
| T31 | Justin Leonard | USA | 3 | 283 | $56,000 |
| T36 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | 4 | 284 | $50,500 |
| T36 | Jason Gore | USA | 4 | 284 | $50,500 |
| T36 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | 4 | 284 | $50,500 |
| T36 | Zach Johnson | USA | 4 | 284 | $50,500 |
| T42 | Fred Funk | USA | 5 | 285 | $46,167 |
| T42 | Tom Lehman | USA | 5 | 285 | $46,167 |
| T45 | Rod Pampling | AUS | 6 | 286 | $44,500 |
| T45 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 6 | 286 | $44,500 |
| T48 | Retief Goosen | RSA | 7 | 287 | $43,250 |
| T50 | Chad Campbell | USA | 8 | 288 | $41,750 |
| T50 | J.B. Holmes | USA | 8 | 288 | $41,750 |
| T50 | Olin Browne | USA | 8 | 288 | $41,750 |
| T54 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | 9 | 289 | $39,500 |
| T54 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 9 | 289 | $39,500 |
| T68 | Chris Couch | USA | 15 | 295 | $33,000 |
| T68 | Tim Herron | USA | 15 | 295 | $33,000 |
| T71 | Peter Lonard | AUS | 16 | 296 | $31,750 |
| T71 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 16 | 296 | $31,750 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $4,025,500 between them, against $1,197,334 shared by the other 25 players paid.
The 40 cheques above come to $5,222,834 between them. We hold 48 players for the week in all, so eight 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 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational years
seventeen editions, 2002 to 2018
The 2005 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Tiger Woods. The 2007 ladder is the one after, won by Tiger Woods. The World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational 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 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational?
Tiger Woods, on 27 August 2006, in a playoff. The win paid $1,300,000.
How much did the 2006 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational pay out?
The 40 cheques on this page come to $5,222,834 between them, from $1,300,000 at the top down to $31,750.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2006 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational?
$31,750, which Stuart Appleby collected for finishing T71.
How many players were paid at the 2006 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational?
40. We hold 48 players for that week in all, so eight 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.