170 golfers participated in golf’s four Major tournaments during 2008. 101 golfers played in more than one major during 2008. I thought it would be interesting to see the 2008 Golf Majors Top 10 Finishers by event and how much prize earnings they won.
| Augusta National GC, Augusta, GA |
| Position |
Masters April 10-13 |
Prize |
| 1 |
Trevor Immelman |
$1,350,000 |
| 2 |
Tiger Woods |
$810,000 |
| T3 |
Brandt Snedeker |
$435,000 |
| T3 |
Stewart Cink |
$435,000 |
| T5 |
Padraig Harrington |
$273,750 |
| T5 |
Steve Flesch |
$273,750 |
| T5 |
Phil Mickelson |
$273,750 |
| T8 |
Miguel Angel Jimenez |
$217,500 |
| T8 |
Robert Karlsson |
$217,500 |
| T8 |
Andres Romero |
$217,500 |
| Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA |
| Position |
U.S. OpenJune 12-15 |
Prize |
| 1 |
Tiger Woods |
$1,350,000 |
| 2 |
Rocco Mediate |
$810,000 |
| 3 |
Lee Westwood |
$491,995 |
| T4 |
D.J. Trahan |
$307,303 |
| T4 |
Robert Karlsson |
$307,303 |
| T6 |
Miguel Angel Jimenez |
$220,686 |
| T6 |
Carl Pettersson |
$220,686 |
| T6 |
John Merrick |
$220,686 |
| T9 |
Eric Axley |
$160,769 |
| T9 |
Geoff Ogilvy |
$160,769 |
| T9 |
Camilo Villagas |
$160,769 |
| T9 |
Heath Slocum |
$160,769 |
| T9 |
Brandt Snedeker |
$160,769 |
| Royal Birkdale, Southport, England |
| Position |
British Open July 17-20 |
Prize |
| 1 |
Padraig Harrington |
$1,498,875 |
| 2 |
Ian Poulter |
$899,325 |
| T3 |
Greg Norman |
$509,617 |
| T3 |
Henrik Stenson |
$509,617 |
| T5 |
Jim Furyk |
$359,730 |
| T5 |
Chris Wood |
Amateur |
| T7 |
Stephen Ames |
$193,743 |
| T7 |
Ernie Els |
$193,743 |
| T7 |
Steve Stricker |
$193,743 |
| T7 |
Robert Allenby |
$193,743 |
| T7 |
Robert Karlsson |
$193,743 |
| T7 |
David Howell |
$193,743 |
| T7 |
Ben Curtis |
$193,743 |
| T7 |
Paul Casey |
$193,743 |
| T7 |
Anthony Kim |
$193,743 |
| Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Township, MI |
| Position |
PGA August 7-10 |
Prize |
| 1 |
Padraig Harrington |
$1,350,000 |
| T2 |
Sergio Garcia |
$660,000 |
| T2 |
Ben Curtis |
$660,000 |
| T4 |
Henrik Stenson |
$330,000 |
| T4 |
Camilo Villagas |
$330,000 |
| 6 |
Steve Flesch |
$270,000 |
| T7 |
Phil Mickelson |
$231,250 |
| T7 |
Andres Romero |
$231,250 |
| T9 |
Charlie Wi |
$176,725 |
| T9 |
Jeev Milkha Singh |
$176,725 |
| T9 |
Justin Rose |
$176,725 |
| T9 |
Alastair Forsyth |
$176,725 |
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