Nov. 14, 2008
The final score posted in the 2008 season was a 64 by Davis Love III to clinch the title at the Children's Miracle Network Classic at Walt Disney World. But there were loads of other numbers pertinent to the 2008 season and PGATOUR.COM's ShotLink analyst Kin Lo takes a look at some of the most interesting.
| Money |
| 20 |
Number of times since 1980 (29 years) that the leading money winner on the PGA TOUR has earned more than one million dollars. |
| 617 |
The total number of unique players that competed in an official PGA TOUR event this year. Of these players, 243 did not earn a single dollar in prize money. |
| 1,710,000 |
The biggest winner's paycheck of the year, collected by Sergio Garcia at THE PLAYERS Championship. Garcia took 283 strokes in regulation play and three more in the playoff with Paul Goydos, for a total of 286 strokes at the event. That works out to approximately $5,979 dollars per stroke - not bad for a weekend on the golf course. |
| 6,601,094 |
Earnings of leading money winner Vijay Singh. This is the third time in his career that Singh has led the money list for a season (2008, 2004, and 2003). It is also the lowest dollar amount to lead the money list since 2001 when Tiger Woods ranked first with $5,687,777. |
| 60,709,312 |
All-time career earnings of Vijay Singh, second only to Tiger Woods $82,354,376. Singh has now held the second-place position for the fifth consecutive year since he passed Davis Love III in 2004. |
| 281,105,051 |
Total prize money in 2008 paid out at official events in 2008, up over three percent from the $272,304,891 paid in 2007. |
|
| Percentage of money won |
| Top fifth |
53% |
61% |
64% |
73% |
| 2nd fifth |
25% |
21% |
23% |
19% |
| 3rd fifth |
15% |
12% |
10% |
6% |
| 4th fifth |
6% |
5% |
2% |
2% |
| Bottom fifth |
1% |
1% |
0.29% |
0.34% |
|
| Tiger -- By the Numbers |
| 1.67 |
Tiger Woods average ranking on the year-end money list in the 12 seasons after his rookie year in 1996. If you include his 1996 finish of 24th, Woods career average finish on the money list is third. |
| 2 |
Tiger Woods final rank on the 2008 money list. Woods competed in just six events this year - the highest rank of any player since 1980 competing in less than 10 events. In this time period, the average rank of players competing in 10 events or less (not including Tiger Woods) is 85th. The next highest finish was seventh by Jose Maria Olazabal in 1994 in eight events. The highest rank of any other player competing in less than 10 events in 2008 is 151st (Greg Norman in four events). |
| 366,019 |
Average money per event for Tiger Woods in his 13 seasons on TOUR. Woods has earned a total of $82, 354,376 in 225 events. This is more than double the next highest of Adam Scott with an average of $175,757 with $17,927,178 in career earnings in 102 events. |
| 962,500 |
Average money per event Tiger Woods earned in 2008 - the highest average in history. Woods earned $5,775,000 in six events played. To put this figure in context, consider that second on the list for this season is two-time major winner Padraig Harrington with $4,313,551 earned in 15 events for an average of $287,570 per event - 70 percent less than Woods's average. For all players that earned money on TOUR in 2008, the average per event was $42,603, slightly more than 4 percent of Tiger's average. In his 13 years on TOUR, Tiger Woods has led in average money per event 10 times, and led the money list outright seven times. |
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| Events, Rounds and Holes |
| Official events |
48 |
| Courses played |
54 |
| Course holes played |
972 |
| Par 3s played |
219 |
| Par 4s played |
578 |
| Par 5s played |
175 |
| Events played - total (cumulative, all players) |
6,165 |
| Events played - under par |
2,302 |
| Events played - even par |
360 |
| Events played - over par |
3,503 |
| Events played - bogey-free |
0 |
| Rounds played - total |
19,330 |
| Rounds played - under par |
8,047 |
| Rounds played - even par |
2,393 |
| Rounds played - over par |
8,890 |
| Rounds played - bogey-free |
813 |
| Holes played - total |
347,940 |
| Holes played - under par |
64,362 |
| Holes played - even par |
218,908 |
| Holes played - over par |
63,670 |
|
| Scoring Breakdown |
| 1 stroke |
26 |
|
|
| 2 strokes |
9,363 |
228 |
1 |
| 3 strokes |
53,718 |
31,598 |
1,018 |
| 4 strokes |
13,557 |
134,274 |
22,128 |
| 5 strokes |
1,487 |
37,925 |
30,916 |
| 6 strokes |
171 |
4567 |
5,364 |
| 7 strokes |
27 |
567 |
753 |
| 8 strokes |
1 |
101 |
101 |
| 9 strokes |
2 |
18 |
20 |
| 10 strokes |
|
3 |
3 |
| 11 strokes |
|
1 |
1 |
| 12 strokes |
|
1 |
|
| Total |
78,352 |
209,283 |
60,305 |
|
| Far from par |
| Par 3s |
| 8 strokes needed |
• John Merrick, BMW Championship, Bellerive CC, Round 1, Hole 6 |
| 9 strokes needed |
• Frank Lickliter II, Stanford St. Jude Championship, TPC Southwind, Round 2, Hole 11
• Chris Stroud, The Honda Classic, PGA National Champion Course, Round 2, Hole 15 |
| Par 4s |
| 10 strokes needed |
• Nicholas Thompson, Stanford St. Jude Championship, TPC Southwind, Round 2, Hole 12
• Steve Allan, Stanford St. Jude Championship, TPC Southwind, Round 1, Hole 12
• Tommy Gainey, Verizon Heritage, Harbour Town Golf Links, Round 2, Hole 10 |
| 11 strokes needed |
• Andres Romero, Shell Houston Open, Redstone GC Tournament Course, Round 2, Hole 18 |
| 12 strokes needed |
• Alejandro Canizares, Shell Houston Open, Redstone GC Tournament Course, Round 2, Hole 18 |
| Par 5s |
| 2 strokes needed (dbl. eagle) |
• Daniel Chopra, Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, TPC Summerlin, Round 2, Hole 9 |
| 10 strokes needed |
• Peter Fowler, British Open Championship, Royal Birkdale GC (Lancashire), Round 2, Hole 15
• Garrett Willis, AT&T Classic, TPC Sugarloaf, Round 1, Hole 4
• Tim Clark, THE PLAYERS Championship, TPC Sawgrass, Round 2, Hole 9 |
| 11 strokes needed |
• Phil Mickelson, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Round 3, Hole 14 |
|
| Trends |
| Total prize money |
281,105,055 |
164,698,444 |
46,251,839 |
12,216,453 |
| Leading money winner |
6,601,094 |
9,188,321 |
1,165,477 |
530,808 |
| No. of players earning> than $1M |
105 |
47 |
2 |
0 |
| Average earnings - all players |
751,618 |
471,915 |
148,720 |
38,660 |
| Average earnings - top-125 |
1,844,052 |
1,098,779 |
323,669 |
88,951 |
| Average earnings - top-30 |
3,362,465 |
2,369,853 |
664,647 |
193,133 |
| 125th position on money list |
852,752 |
391,075 |
123,908 |
19,895 |
| No. of players earning money |
374 |
349 |
311 |
316 |
| Scoring Average (actual) |
71.48 |
71.42 |
72.03 |
72.59 |
| Driving Distance |
287 |
272 |
262 |
257 |
| Driving Accuracy Pct. |
63 |
68 |
65 |
63 |
| Greens in Regulation Pct. |
64 |
65 |
64 |
64 |
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