1: SAMPLE 1999 PGA TOUR EVENT $ 2,500,000 18%-1st Place, 70 place purse Divide the total purse of the particular event being contested by $ 2,500,000. Use the result to multiply individual place prizes. 1..$ 450,000 21..$ 30,000 41..$ 10,250 61..$ 5,450 2..$ 270,000 22..$ 28,000 42..$ 9,750 62..$ 5,400 3..$ 170,000 23..$ 26,000 43..$ 9,250 63..$ 5,350 4..$ 120,000 24..$ 24,000 44..$ 8,750 64..$ 5,300 5..$ 100,000 25..$ 22,000 45..$ 8,250 65..$ 5,250 6..$ 90,000 26..$ 20,000 46..$ 7,750 66..$ 5,200 7..$ 83,750 27..$ 19,250 47..$ 7,250 67..$ 5,150 8..$ 77,500 28..$ 18,500 48..$ 6,850 68..$ 5,100 9..$ 72,500 29..$ 17,750 49..$ 6,500 69..$ 5,050 10..$ 67,500 30..$ 17,000 50..$ 6,300 70..$ 5,000 11..$ 62,500 31..$ 16,250 51..$ 6,150 3-way tie, 2nd place ... 12..$ 57,500 32..$ 15,500 52..$ 6,000 $ 186,666.66+ each 13..$ 52,500 33..$ 14,750 53..$ 5,900 14..$ 47,500 34..$ 14,125 54..$ 5,800 7-way tie, 29th place ... 15..$ 45,000 35..$ 13,500 55..$ 5,750 $ 15,553.57+ each 16..$ 42,500 36..$ 12,875 56..$ 5,700 17..$ 40,000 37..$ 12,250 57..$ 5,650 18..$ 37,500 38..$ 11,750 58..$ 5,600 19..$ 35,000 39..$ 11,250 59..$ 5,550 20..$ 32,500 40..$ 10,750 60..$ 5,500 If more than 70 pros make the 36-hole cut, then payouts are as follows .... 71..$ 4,950 75..$ 4,750 79..$ 4,550 72..$ 4,900 76..$ 4,700 80..$ 4,500 73..$ 4,850 77..$ 4,650 .... and so on down to the 74..$ 4,800 78..$ 4,600 last finishing pro. =========================================================================== 2: 1999 TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP $ 5,000,000 18%-1st Place, 30 place purse 1..$ 900,000 16..$ 106,000 Host to the PGA Tour's current 2..$ 540,000 17..$ 102,000 Top 30 Money Winners 3..$ 345,000 ** 18..$ 100,000 4..$ 240,000 19..$ 98,000 Beginning 1998, winners of this event 5..$ 200,000 20..$ 96,000 receive a 3-year PGA Tour exemption. 6..$ 180,000 21..$ 94,000 7..$ 170,000 22..$ 92,000 The Leading Money Winner, if not 8..$ 160,000 23..$ 90,000 already exempt at an equal or 9..$ 150,000 ** 24..$ 88,000 higher level, receives a 5-year 10..$ 142,000 ** 25..$ 86,000 PGA Tour exemption. 11..$ 135,000 ** 26..$ 84,000 3-way tie, 2nd place ... 12..$ 128,000 27..$ 83,000 $ 375,000.00 each 13..$ 122,000 28..$ 82,000 14..$ 116,000 29..$ 81,000 5-way tie, 15th place ... 15..$ 110,000 30..$ 80,000 $ 103,200.00 each NOTE: $ 5,000 could be taken from 3rd place and re-distributed among 9th, 10th and 11th places, as follows -- 3rd place..$ 340,000 (- 5,000), 9th place..$ 152,000 (+ 2,000), 10th place..$ 144,000 (+ 2,000), 11th place..$ 136,000 (+ 1,000). With $ 5,000 removed from 3rd place, a 3-way tie for 2nd place becomes $ 373,333.33+ each. =========================================================================== 3: 1999 ANDERSEN MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP $ 5,000,000 20%-1st Place, 64-Place Match Play purse Round-by-round single elimination format Late February at LaCosta Resort and Spa (par 72, 7022 yds), Carlsbad California Champion ..... $ 1,000,000 World Golf Championship Event Runner-Up .... $ 500,000 3rd Place .... $ 400,000 Open to players among the Top 64 4th Place .... $ 300,000 of the World Rankings one week prior Quarterfinals $ 150,000 to the start of the event. Round-3 ...... $ 75,000 Round-2 ...... $ 50,000 Winner of this event receives a Round-1 ...... $ 25,000 3-Year US PGA TOUR Exemption ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A different format could be (A) three rounds of round-robin group play, and then (B) four rounds of single elinimation play. Champion .................... $ 900,000 Runner-Up ................... $ 500,000 T-3rd, Semifinals (x 2) ..... $ 320,000 T-5th, Quarterfinals (x 4) .. $ 150,000 T-9th, Round of 16 (x 8) .... $ 80,000 T-17th, Group-2nd (x 16) .... $ 50,000 T-33rd, Group-3rd (x 16) .... $ 35,000 T-49th, Group-4th (x 16) .... $ 22,500 =========================================================================== 4: 1999 NEC INVITATIONAL Late August at Firestone Country Club (par-70, 7139 yds), Akron Ohio $ 5,000,000 20%-1st Place, 36 to 48 place purse 1..$ 1,000,000 16..$ 93,000 31..$ 37,000 2..$ 500,000 17..$ 88,000 32..$ 36,000 3..$ 360,000 18..$ 83,000 33..$ 35,000 4..$ 285,000 19..$ 78,000 34..$ 34,000 5..$ 230,000 20..$ 73,000 35..$ 33,000 6..$ 175,000 21..$ 68,000 36..$ 32,000 3-way tie, 2nd place, 7..$ 160,000 22..$ 64,000 37..$ 31,000 $ 401,666.66+ each 8..$ 150,000 23..$ 60,000 38..$ 30,000 9..$ 140,000 24..$ 56,000 39..$ 29,000 10..$ 130,000 25..$ 52,000 40..$ 28,000 11..$ 120,000 26..$ 48,000 41..$ 27,000 7-way tie, 29th place 12..$ 113,000 27..$ 44,000 42..$ 26,000 $ 36,000.00 each 13..$ 108,000 28..$ 41,000 43..$ 25,000 14..$ 103,000 29..$ 39,000 15..$ 98,000 30..$ 38,000 This World Golf Championship event is open to members of both sides of the most named Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teams. This included any alternate selection. Winner of this event receives a 3-Year US PGA TOUR Exemption 1999 PGA Tour media guide description of the prize money breakdown states that 36 to 48 places may have differing prize payouts, but regardless of this 1st place will always be $ 1,000,000 and that last place will always be $ 25,000 !!! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Of course, the distribution could have been done much differently. This is a modified 48-place method in which only 1st place would always be $ 900,000, while the money for any place 2nd or lower could be adjusted depending on how many players actually qualify. 1..$ 900,000 16..$ 90,000 31..$ 42,000 41..$ 32,000 2..$ 500,000 17..$ 84,000 32..$ 41,000 42..$ 31,000 3..$ 325,000 18..$ 78,000 33..$ 40,000 43..$ 30,000 4..$ 240,000 19..$ 74,000 34..$ 39,000 44..$ 29,000 5..$ 200,000 20..$ 70,000 35..$ 38,000 45..$ 28,000 6..$ 185,000 21..$ 66,000 36..$ 37,000 46..$ 27,000 7..$ 170,000 22..$ 62,000 37..$ 36,000 47..$ 26,000 8..$ 155,000 23..$ 58,000 38..$ 35,000 48..$ 25,000 9..$ 140,000 24..$ 54,000 39..$ 34,000 10..$ 130,000 25..$ 50,000 40..$ 33,000 11..$ 120,000 26..$ 48,000 3-way tie for 2nd place, 12..$ 114,000 27..$ 46,000 $ 355,000.00 each 13..$ 108,000 28..$ 45,000 14..$ 102,000 29..$ 44,000 7-way tie for 29th place, 15..$ 96,000 30..$ 43,000 $ 41,000.00 each =========================================================================== 5: 1999 AMERICAN EXPRESS CHAMPIONSHIP $ 5,000,000 20%-1st Place, 60 to 65-Place Purse Early November, at Valderama G.C. Sotogrande, Andalucia, Spain (par 71, 6830 yds) 1..$ 1,000,000 16..$ 74,000 31..$ 39,500 46..$ 32,000 2..$ 400,000 17..$ 70,000 32..$ 39,000 47..$ 31,500 3..$ 300,000 18..$ 66,000 33..$ 38,500 48..$ 31,000 4..$ 200,000 19..$ 63,000 34..$ 38,000 49..$ 30,500 5..$ 170,000 20..$ 60,000 35..$ 37,500 50..$ 30,000 6..$ 160,000 21..$ 57,000 36..$ 37,000 51..$ 29,500 7..$ 150,000 22..$ 54,000 37..$ 36,500 52..$ 29,000 8..$ 140,000 23..$ 51,000 38..$ 36,000 53..$ 28,500 9..$ 130,000 24..$ 48,000 39..$ 35,500 54..$ 28,000 10..$ 120,000 25..$ 46,000 40..$ 35,000 55..$ 27,500 11..$ 110,000 26..$ 44,000 41..$ 34,500 56..$ 27,000 12..$ 100,000 27..$ 42,500 42..$ 34,000 57..$ 26,500 13..$ 92,000 28..$ 41,500 43..$ 33,500 58..$ 26,000 14..$ 85,000 29..$ 40,500 44..$ 33,000 59..$ 25,500 15..$ 78,000 30..$ 40,000 45..$ 32,500 60..$ 25,000 3-way tie, 2nd place .... $ 300,000.00 each 7-way tie, 29th place ... $ 39,000.00 each This World Golf Championship event is open to the Top 60-65 players in the world for 1999. Winner of this event receives a 3-Year US PGA TOUR Exemption 1999 PGA Tour media guide description of the prize money breakdown states that 60 to 65 places may have differing prize payouts, but regardless of this 1st place will always be $ 1,000,000 and that last place will always be $ 25,000 !!! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Of course, the distribution could have been done much differently. This is a modified 60-place method in which only 1st place would always be $ 900,000. If less than 60 players qualify, then several places would see their amounts adjusted. If more than 60 players qualify, then all 60 places would be "as is" and each player beyond the 60th would receive at least as money as offered for 60th place. 1..$ 900,000 16..$ 72,000 31..$ 37,000 46..$ 27,000 2..$ 500,000 17..$ 68,000 32..$ 36,000 47..$ 26,500 3..$ 320,000 18..$ 64,000 33..$ 35,000 48..$ 26,000 4..$ 260,000 19..$ 60,000 34..$ 34,000 49..$ 25,500 5..$ 220,000 20..$ 56,000 35..$ 33,000 50..$ 25,000 6..$ 180,000 21..$ 52,000 36..$ 32,000 51..$ 24,500 7..$ 165,000 22..$ 50,000 37..$ 31,500 52..$ 24,000 8..$ 150,000 23..$ 48,000 38..$ 31,000 53..$ 23,500 9..$ 135,000 24..$ 46,000 39..$ 30,500 54..$ 23,000 10..$ 120,000 25..$ 44,000 40..$ 30,000 55..$ 22,500 11..$ 110,000 26..$ 44,000 41..$ 29,500 56..$ 22,000 12..$ 100,000 27..$ 42,000 42..$ 29,000 57..$ 21,500 13..$ 90,000 28..$ 40,000 43..$ 28,500 58..$ 21,000 14..$ 84,000 29..$ 39,000 44..$ 28,000 59..$ 20,500 15..$ 78,000 30..$ 38,000 45..$ 27,500 60..$ 20,000 3-way tie, 2nd place .... $ 360,000.00 each 7-way tie, 29th place ... $ 36,000.00 each =========================================================================== 6: OLDER PGA TOUR PURSE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM $ 2,000,0000 20%-1st place, 70-place purse Used 1973 to 1978 Divide the total purse of the particular event being contested by $ 2,000,000. Use the result to multiply individual place prizes. 1..$ 400,000 21..$ 22,000 41..$ 8,200 61..$ 3,900 2..$ 228,000 22..$ 20,000 42..$ 7,800 62..$ 3,800 3..$ 142,000 23..$ 18,800 43..$ 7,400 63..$ 3,700 4..$ 94,000 24..$ 17,600 44..$ 7,000 64..$ 3,600 5..$ 82,000 25..$ 16,600 45..$ 6,600 65..$ 3,500 6..$ 72,000 26..$ 16,000 46..$ 6,200 66..$ 3,400 7..$ 64,000 27..$ 15,400 47..$ 5,800 67..$ 3,300 8..$ 59,000 28..$ 14,800 48..$ 5,400 68..$ 3,200 9..$ 54,000 29..$ 14,200 49..$ 5,200 69..$ 3,100 10..$ 50,000 30..$ 13,600 50..$ 5,000 70..$ 3,000 11..$ 46,000 31..$ 13,000 51..$ 4,900 No provision in 12..$ 42,000 32..$ 12,400 52..$ 4,800 place for any pro 13..$ 38,000 33..$ 11,800 53..$ 4,700 beyond the Top 70 14..$ 36,000 34..$ 11,300 54..$ 4,600 and ties to receive 15..$ 34,000 35..$ 10,800 55..$ 4,500 prize money. 16..$ 32,000 36..$ 10,300 56..$ 4,400 17..$ 30,000 37..$ 9,800 57..$ 4,300 18..$ 28,000 38..$ 9,400 58..$ 4,200 19..$ 26,000 39..$ 9,000 59..$ 4,100 20..$ 24,000 40..$ 8,600 60..$ 4,000 |