2009 U.S. Open Prize Money

Deciding how to spread a cool US$7 million amongst the final days players at the 2009 U.S. Open can’t be an easy task I’m sure…

Anyway, the breakdown comes out as follows: (Australians in bold)

1 - Lucas Glover $1,350,000
T2 - Phil Mickelson $559,830
T2 - David Duval $559,830
T2 - Ricky Barnes $559,830
5 - Ross Fisher $289,146
T6 - Tiger Woods $233,350
T6 - Soren Hansen $233,350
T6 - Hunter Mahan $233,350
9 - Henrik Stenson $194,794
T10 - Rory McIlroy $154,600
T10 - Matt Bettencourt $154,600
T10 - Sergio Garcia $154,600
T10 - Ryan Moore $154,600
T10 - Stephen Ames $154,600
T10 - Mike Weir $154,600
T16 - Anthony Kim $122,128
T16 - Retief Goosen $122,128
T18 - Michael Sim $100,308
T18 - Peter Hanson $100,308
T18 - Ian Poulter $100,308
T18 - Graeme McDowell $100,308
T18 - Bubba Watson $100,308
T23 - Lee Westwood $76,422
T23 - Steve Stricker $76,422
T23 - Oliver Wilson $76,422
T23 - Sean O’Hair $76,422
T27 - J.B. Holmes $56,041
T27 - Azuma Yano $56,041
T27 - Johan Edfors $56,041
T27 - Francesco Molinari $56,041
T27 - Stewart Cink $56,041
T27 - Vijay Singh $56,041
T33 - Camilo Villegas $47,404
T33 - Jim Furyk $47,404
T33 - Kevin Sutherland $47,404
T36 - Nick Taylor (am)
T36 - Adam Scott $42,935
T36 - Carl Pettersson $42,935
T36 - Todd Hamilton $42,935
T40 - Drew Weaver (am)
T40 - Billy Mayfair $38,492
T40 - Dustin Johnson $38,492
T40 - Tim Clark $38,492
44 - Kenny Perry $35,536
T45 - John Mallinger $33,319
T45 - Thomas Levet $33,319
T47 - Gary Woodland $27,409
T47 - Geoff Ogilvy $27,409
T47 - Tom Lehman $27,409
T47 - K.J. Choi $27,409
T47 - Rocco Mediate $27,409
T47 - Andres Romero $27,409
53 - Kyle Stanley (am)
T54 - Andrew McLardy $22,501
T54 - Angel Cabrera $22,501
T54 - Jean-Francois Lucquin $22,501
57 - Ben Curtis $21,385
T58 - Trevor Murphy $20,630
T58 - Jeff Brehaut $20,630
60 - Fred Funk $19,921

Surprising everyone, except perhaps himself, Adam Scott is sitting at two under about halfway through the second round and is tied for sixth.
Watching the telecast this morning, and what limited shots there were of him, he seemed very relaxed, even sharing low fives with Sergio after both birdied the 12th in their first round.
Other Australians:
Michael […]

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Okay, who isn’t on Twitter at the U.S. Open?
You can follow Stuart over here.
His latest entry -
My pools drier then BethPage right now. Wetter then an otters pocket. Poor spectators will be in slop by the end of tomorrow.

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Not a great start to the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. Only half the field has got a start and they are spread from the 2nd to the 11th, before play was halted due to torrential rain.
Ian Poulter has a good photo of the practice putting green that you could probably row over… […]

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Missed qualifying for the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black? Want to see how you would go if you were to play the course? Well now you can. Sort of.
From the 25th May 2009 to 21st June 2009 you can go to the official site of the U.S. Open and play qualifying […]

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Always a popular thing for people to look for, so for a full list see Augusta.com
The top 10 were:
1 Angel Cabrera $1,350,000
2 Chad Campbell $660,000
2 Kenny Perry
4 Shingo Katayama $360,000
5 Phil Mickelson $300,000
6 John Merrick $242,813
6 Steve Flesch
6 Tiger Woods
6 Steve Stricker
10 Hunter Mahan $187,500
10 Sean O’Hair
10 Jim Furyk
2008 results.
2007 results.

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Aussie Golfer and TYIG bring you the final wrapup for the year in the shape of the European Tour.
This week Aussie Golfer has done an excellent summary.
Overall, 2008 will be looked back on as a very disappointing year for Australian golfers on the Euro Tour. The Euro tour stretches far and wide these days and […]

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This week The Year In Golf and Aussie Golfer have a look at the PGA Tour.
It was fair to say that after 2008, big things were expected from the Aussies in 2009. Unfortunately they failed to materialise, with only two wins being put on the board in 2009.
We had to wait until March for […]

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Final positions and prize money won at the 2008 Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship:

Pos.

Score

-Par+

Name

R1

R2

R3

R4

AU$

1

274

-14

Geoff Ogilvy (AUS)

67

71

67

69

270,000.00

2

276
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Final positions and prize money won at the 2008 Australian Masters:

Position
Score
Par
Name
R1
R2
R3
R4
AU$

1
276
-12
Rod Pampling
71
68
70
67
270,000

2
276
-12
Marcus Fraser
73
67
71
65
153,000

3
279
-9
Robert Allenby
73
66
67
73
101,250

T4
280
-8
Tim Clark
67
70
76
67
62,000

T4
280
-8
Alexander Noren
73
71
68
68
62,000

T4
280
-8
Nathan Green
72
68
70
70
62,000

7
271
-7
David McKenzie
72
70
71
68
48,000

T8
282
-6
Marc Leishman
71
70
71
68
40,500

T8
282
-6
Martin Erlandsson
74
71
70
67
40,500

T8
282
-6
Anthony Summers
70
68
71
73
40,500

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