Older 1999 Prize Money Charts
Includes original 1999 World Golf Championship distributions
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 If more than 70 pros make the 36-hole
12..$ 57,500 32..$ 15,500 52..$ 6,000 cut, then payouts are as follows ....
13..$ 52,500 33..$ 14,750 53..$ 5,900
14..$ 47,500 34..$ 14,125 54..$ 5,800 71..$ 4,950
15..$ 45,000 35..$ 13,500 55..$ 5,750 72..$ 4,900
16..$ 42,500 36..$ 12,875 56..$ 5,700 73..$ 4,850
17..$ 40,000 37..$ 12,250 57..$ 5,650 74..$ 4,800
18..$ 37,500 38..$ 11,750 58..$ 5,600
19..$ 35,000 39..$ 11,250 59..$ 5,550 ... and so on down to
20..$ 32,500 40..$ 10,750 60..$ 5,500 the last finishing pro.
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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
5..$ 200,000 20..$ 96,000
6..$ 180,000 21..$ 94,000 Beginning in 1998 the
7..$ 170,000 22..$ 92,000 Winner of this event receives a
8..$ 160,000 23..$ 90,000 3-Year US PGA TOUR Exemption
9..$ 150,000 24..$ 88,000
10..$ 142,000 25..$ 86,000
11..$ 135,000 26..$ 84,000
12..$ 128,000 27..$ 83,000 The Leading Money Winner, if he is not
13..$ 122,000 28..$ 82,000 already exempt at an equal or higher
14..$ 116,000 29..$ 81,000 level, receives a 5-year exemption
15..$ 110,000 30..$ 80,000 on the US PGA TOUR.
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3: 1999 NEC INVITATIONAL--$ 5,000,000 20%-1st Place, 36 to 48 place purse
1..$ 1,000,000 21..$ 68,000 41..$ 27,000
2..$ 500,000 22..$ 64,000 42..$ 26,000
3..$ 360,000 23..$ 60,000 43..$ 25,000
4..$ 285,000 24..$ 56,000
5..$ 230,000 25..$ 52,000
6..$ 175,000 26..$ 48,000
7..$ 160,000 27..$ 44,000
8..$ 150,000 28..$ 41,000
9..$ 140,000 29..$ 39,000
10..$ 130,000 30..$ 38,000 World Golf Championship Event
11..$ 120,000 31..$ 37,000
12..$ 113,000 32..$ 36,000 Open to Members on Both Sides
13..$ 108,000 33..$ 35,000 of most recently named teams on
14..$ 103,000 34..$ 34,000 Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup
15..$ 98,000 35..$ 33,000 {including alternates, if any}
16..$ 93,000 36..$ 32,000
17..$ 88,000 37..$ 31,000
18..$ 83,000 38..$ 30,000 Winner of this event receives a
19..$ 78,000 39..$ 29,000 3-Year US PGA TOUR Exemption
20..$ 73,000 40..$ 28,000
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4: 1999 ANDERSEN MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP--$ 5,000,000
20%-1st Place, 64-Place Match Play purse
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 to
Quarterfinals $ 150,000 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
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5: 1999 AMERICAN EXPRESS CHAMPIONSHIP--$ 5,000,000
20%-1st Place, 60 to 65-Place Purse
1..$ 1,000,000 21..$ 57,000 41..$ 34,500 World Golf
2..$ 400,000 22..$ 54,000 42..$ 34,000 Championship Event
3..$ 300,000 23..$ 51,000 43..$ 33,500
4..$ 200,000 24..$ 48,000 44..$ 33,000 Host to World's Top 60
5..$ 170,000 25..$ 46,000 45..$ 32,500 to 65 Players of 1999
6..$ 160,000 26..$ 44,000 46..$ 32,000
7..$ 150,000 27..$ 42,500 47..$ 31,500
8..$ 140,000 28..$ 41,500 48..$ 31,000
9..$ 130,000 29..$ 40,500 49..$ 30,500
10..$ 120,000 30..$ 40,000 50..$ 30,000
11..$ 110,000 31..$ 39,500 51..$ 29,500 Winner receives a
12..$ 100,000 32..$ 39,000 52..$ 29,000 3-Year US PGA
13..$ 92,000 33..$ 38,500 53..$ 28,500 TOUR Exemption
14..$ 85,000 34..$ 38,000 54..$ 28,000
15..$ 78,000 35..$ 37,500 55..$ 27,500 -- as well as --
16..$ 74,000 36..$ 37,000 56..$ 27,000
17..$ 70,000 37..$ 36,500 57..$ 26,500 Enhanced Points from
18..$ 66,000 38..$ 36,000 58..$ 26,000 the World Rankings
19..$ 63,000 39..$ 35,500 59..$ 25,500
20..$ 60,000 40..$ 35,000 60..$ 25,000
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6: PGA TOUR PURSE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM USED PRIOR TO 1979 :: $2,000,000
20%-1st place, 70-place purse
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
12..$ 42,000 32..$ 12,400 52..$ 4,800
13..$ 38,000 33..$ 11,800 53..$ 4,700
14..$ 36,000 34..$ 11,300 54..$ 4,600
15..$ 34,000 35..$ 10,800 55..$ 4,500
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