2009 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational prize money
Tiger Woods won the 2009 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational on 9 August 2009 and took $1,400,000. Below is every one of the 42 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $35,500 Brian Gay collected for finishing 79.
Every cheque at the 2009 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational
9 August 2009
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -12 | 268 | $1,400,000$1.4m |
| T2 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | -8 | 272 | $665,000 |
| T2 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -8 | 272 | $665,000 |
| T4 | Ángel Cabrera | ARG | -7 | 273 | $332,000 |
| T4 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -7 | 273 | $332,000 |
| T6 | Steve Stricker | USA | -6 | 274 | $214,333 |
| T6 | Stewart Cink | USA | -6 | 274 | $214,333 |
| 10 | Mike Weir | CAN | -4 | 276 | $145,000 |
| T11 | Chad Campbell | USA | -3 | 277 | $112,500 |
| T11 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -3 | 277 | $112,500 |
| T15 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -2 | 278 | $91,125 |
| T15 | Zach Johnson | USA | -2 | 278 | $91,125 |
| T19 | Davis Love III | USA | -1 | 279 | $83,000 |
| T19 | Lucas Glover | USA | -1 | 279 | $83,000 |
| T19 | Y.E. Yang | KOR | -1 | 279 | $83,000 |
| T22 | David Toms | USA | 0 | 280 | $74,429 |
| T22 | Dustin Johnson | USA | 0 | 280 | $74,429 |
| T22 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | 0 | 280 | $74,429 |
| T22 | Pat Perez | USA | 0 | 280 | $74,429 |
| T22 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | 0 | 280 | $74,429 |
| T29 | Charles Howell III | USA | 1 | 281 | $67,000 |
| T29 | Ernie Els | RSA | 1 | 281 | $67,000 |
| T29 | Justin Rose | ENG | 1 | 281 | $67,000 |
| T29 | Retief Goosen | RSA | 1 | 281 | $67,000 |
| T29 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 1 | 281 | $67,000 |
| T36 | Camilo Villegas | COL | 2 | 282 | $60,000 |
| T36 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | 2 | 282 | $60,000 |
| T36 | J.B. Holmes | USA | 2 | 282 | $60,000 |
| T36 | Nick Watney | USA | 2 | 282 | $60,000 |
| 44 | Justin Leonard | USA | 4 | 284 | $55,000 |
| T45 | K.J. Choi | KOR | 5 | 285 | $51,500 |
| T45 | Luke Donald | ENG | 5 | 285 | $51,500 |
| T45 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | 5 | 285 | $51,500 |
| T51 | Adam Scott | AUS | 6 | 286 | $46,500 |
| T51 | Jim Furyk | USA | 6 | 286 | $46,500 |
| T51 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 6 | 286 | $46,500 |
| T58 | Boo Weekley | USA | 7 | 287 | $44,250 |
| T58 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 7 | 287 | $44,250 |
| T60 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | 8 | 288 | $42,750 |
| T64 | Cameron Beckman | USA | 9 | 289 | $40,750 |
| T70 | Sean O'Hair | USA | 11 | 291 | $38,250 |
| 79 | Brian Gay | USA | 24 | 304 | $35,500 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $4,623,916 between them, against $1,541,895 shared by the other 27 players paid.
The 42 cheques above come to $6,165,811 between them. We hold 54 players for the week in all, so twelve 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 2008 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Vijay Singh. The 2010 ladder is the one after, won by Hunter Mahan. The World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational 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 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational?
Tiger Woods, on 9 August 2009. The win paid $1,400,000.
How much did the 2009 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational pay out?
The 42 cheques on this page come to $6,165,811 between them, from $1,400,000 at the top down to $35,500.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2009 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational?
$35,500, which Brian Gay collected for finishing 79.
How many players were paid at the 2009 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational?
42. We hold 54 players for that week in all, so twelve 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.