2009 PGA Tour

The 2009 PGA Tour was the 94th season of

2009 PGA Tour season
the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour
in the United States. It was also the 41st Duration January 8, 2009 –
season since separating from the PGA of November 15, 2009
America, and the third edition of the FedEx Number of official 45[a]
Cup. events
Most wins Tiger Woods (6)
FedEx Cup Tiger Woods
Schedule
Money list Tiger Woods
The following table lists official events during PGA Tour Player of Tiger Woods
the 2009 season.[1][2] the Year
PGA Player of the Tiger Woods
Year
Rookie of the Year Marc Leishman
← 2008 2010 →
 Purse OWGR
Date Tournament Location
(US$) Winner[b] points
Notes

Jan Mercedes-Benz Geoff Winners-only

Hawaii 5,600,000 44
11 Championship Ogilvy (5) event
Zach
Jan Sony Open in
Hawaii 5,400,000 Johnson 44
18 Hawaii
(5)

Jan Bob Hope Pat

California 5,100,000 32 Pro-Am
25 Classic Perez (1)
Feb Kenny
FBR Open Arizona 6,000,000 54
1 Perry (13)
Feb Buick Nick
California 5,300,000 44
8 Invitational Watney (2)
AT&T Pebble Dustin
Feb
Beach National California 6,100,000 Johnson 46 Pro-Am
15
Pro-Am (2)
Phil
Feb Northern Trust
California 6,300,000 Mickelson 62
22 Open
(35)
WGC-
Mar Accenture Geoff World Golf
Arizona 8,500,000 76
1 Match Play Ogilvy (6) Championship
Championship
Mar Mayakoba Golf Mark Alternate
Mexico 3,600,000 24
1 Classic Wilson (2) event

Yang
Mar The Honda
Florida 5,600,000 Yong-eun 46
8 Classic
(1)
Phil
Mar WGC-CA World Golf
Florida 8,500,000 Mickelson 78
15 Championship Championship
(36)

Mar Puerto Rico Alternate

Puerto Rico 3,500,000 Michael 24
15 Open event
Bradley (3)

Mar Transitions Retief

Florida 5,400,000 46
22 Championship Goosen (7)
Mar Arnold Palmer Tiger
Florida 6,000,000 60 Invitational
29 Invitational Woods (66)
Apr Shell Houston Paul
Texas 5,700,000 62
5 Open Casey (1)

Ángel
Apr Masters Major
Georgia 7,500,000 Cabrera 100
12 Tournament championship
(2)
Apr Verizon Brian
South Carolina 5,700,000 48 Invitational
19 Heritage Gay (2)
Apr Zurich Classic Jerry
Louisiana 6,300,000 38
26 of New Orleans Kelly (3)
May Quail Hollow Sean
North Carolina 6,500,000 68
3 Championship O'Hair (3)
Henrik
May The Players Flagship
Florida 9,500,000 Stenson 80
10 Championship event
(2)
Zach
May Valero Texas
Texas 6,100,000 Johnson 26
17 Open
(6)
HP Byron Rory
May
Nelson Texas 6,500,000 Sabbatini 44
24
Championship (5)
Crowne Plaza
May Steve
Invitational at Texas 6,200,000 58 Invitational
31 Stricker (5)
Colonial
Jun Memorial Tiger
Ohio 6,000,000 62 Invitational
7 Tournament Woods (67)
Jun St. Jude Brian
Tennessee 5,600,000 46
14 Classic Gay (3)
Jun Lucas Major
U.S. Open New York 7,500,000 100
22 Glover (2) championship
Jun Travelers Kenny
Connecticut 6,000,000 48
28 Championship Perry (14)

Tiger
Jul 5 AT&T National Maryland 6,000,000 50 Invitational
Woods (68)
Jul John Deere Steve
Illinois 4,300,000 34
12 Classic Stricker (6)

Jul The Open Major

Scotland £4,200,000 Stewart 100
19 Championship championship
Cink (6)
U.S. Bank
Jul Bo Van Alternate
Championship Wisconsin 4,000,000 24
19 Pelt (1) event
in Milwaukee
Jul RBC Canadian Nathan
Canada 5,100,000 34
26 Open Green (1)
Aug Tiger
Buick Open Michigan 5,100,000 36
2 Woods (69)

WGC-
Aug Tiger World Golf
Bridgestone Ohio 8,500,000 76
9 Woods (70) Championship
Invitational
Aug Legends Reno– John Alternate
Nevada 3,000,000 24
9 Tahoe Open Rollins (3) event
 Yang
Aug PGA Major
Minnesota 7,500,000 Yong-eun 100
16 Championship championship
(2)
Aug Wyndham Ryan
North Carolina 5,200,000 32
23 Championship Moore (1)
Aug Heath FedEx Cup
The Barclays New Jersey 7,500,000 70
30 Slocum (3) playoff event

Sep Deutsche Bank Steve FedEx Cup

Massachusetts 7,500,000 70
7 Championship Stricker (7) playoff event
Sep BMW Tiger FedEx Cup
Illinois 7,500,000 68
13 Championship Woods (71) playoff event
Phil
Sep The Tour FedEx Cup
Georgia 7,500,000 Mickelson 56
27 Championship playoff event
(37)
Turning Stone
Oct Matt
Resort New York 6,000,000 30 Fall Series
5 Kuchar (2)
Championship
Justin
Timberlake
Oct Martin
Shriners Nevada 4,200,000 40 Fall Series
18 Laird (1)
Hospitals for
Children Open
Troy
Oct
Frys.com Open Arizona 5,000,000 Matteson 28 Fall Series
25
(2)
Nov
1
Viking Classic Mississippi – Canceled[3] – Fall Series

Children's
Nov Miracle
Florida 4,700,000 Stephen 24 Fall Series
15 Network
Ames (4)
Classic

Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official
money, nor were wins official.
 Purse OWGR
Date Tournament Location Winner(s) Notes
($) points
Mar Team Lake
Tavistock Cup Florida 2,500,000 n/a Team event
17 Nona
Nick
Jun CVS Caremark Rhode Price and
1,500,000 n/a Team event
23 Charity Classic Island David
Toms

Oct Team
Presidents Cup California n/a n/a Team event
11 USA
Oct PGA Grand Lucas Limited-field
Bermuda 1,350,000 n/a
21 Slam of Golf Glover event
Nov WGC-HSBC Phil World Golf
China 7,000,000 66
8 Champions Mickelson Championship
Nov Wendy's 3-Tour
Nevada 1,000,000 LPGA Tour n/a Team event
10 Challenge
Nov New Anthony Limited-field
Kiwi Challenge 2,000,000 n/a
11 Zealand Kim event
Edoardo
Molinari and
Nov Omega Mission
China 5,500,000 n/a Team event
29 Hills World Cup
Francesco
Molinari
Dec Chevron World Jim Limited-field
California 5,750,000 48
6 Challenge Furyk event

Jerry
Dec Kelly and
Shark Shootout Florida 3,000,000 n/a Team event
13 Steve
Stricker
Location of tournaments

Location of official tournaments of the 2009 PGA Tour in the continental United
States and Canada.
600-point event (Players & Majors)
550-point event (World Golf Championships)
500-point event (Regular events)
250-point event (Alternate events)
FedEx Cup playoff event
Fall Series event

Location of official tournaments of the 2009 PGA Tour outside the continental
United States and Canada.
600-point event (Players & Majors)
500-point event (Regular events)
250-point event (Alternate events)
FedEx Cup

Final standings
For full rankings, see 2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Final top 10 players in the FedEx Cup:[4][5]

Position Player Points Bonus money ($)

1 Tiger Woods 4,000 10,000,000

2 Phil Mickelson 2,920 3,000,000

3 Steve Stricker 2,750 2,000,000

4 Jim Furyk 2,437 1,500,000

5 Sean O'Hair 2,200 1,000,000

6 Zach Johnson 2,072 800,000

7 Pádraig Harrington 2,050 700,000

8 Heath Slocum 1,855 600,000

9 Kenny Perry 1,450 550,000

10 Scott Verplank 1,245 500,000

Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[6][7]

Position Player Prize money ($)

1 Tiger Woods 10,508,163

2 Steve Stricker 6,332,636

3 Phil Mickelson 5,332,755

4 Zach Johnson 4,714,813

5 Kenny Perry 4,445,562

6 Sean O'Hair 4,316,493

7 Jim Furyk 3,946,515

8 Geoff Ogilvy 3,866,270

9 Lucas Glover 3,692,580

10 Yang Yong-eun 3,489,516

Awards

Award Winner Ref.

PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Tiger Woods [7]

PGA Player of the Year Tiger Woods [8]

Rookie of the Year Marc Leishman [9]

Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Tiger Woods [8]

Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Tiger Woods [8]

See also
2009 in golf
2009 Champions Tour
2009 Nationwide Tour

Notes
a. One further tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
b. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events
they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA
Tour members.

References
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7. "Woods Wins PGA Tour Player Of The Year" (https://www.golfdigest.com/story/golf_tiger_pg
a_tour_1218). Golf Digest. December 17, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2023. "...won the
money title for the ninth time in his career with over $10.5 million..."
8. Korologos, Tony (October 21, 2009). "Tiger Woods awarded PGA of America player of the
year" (https://www.hookedongolfblog.com/2009/10/21/twpgapoy09). Hooked on Golf Blog.
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9. Lynch, Jared (December 19, 2009). "Top class: Leishman claims US PGA's rookie of the
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kie-of-the-year-title/). The Standard. Victoria, Australia. Retrieved October 27, 2023.

External links
Official website (https://www.pgatour.com/)

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