2008 PGA Tour

The 2008 PGA Tour season ran from January 3 to November 9. The season consisted of 49 official money events. This included four major championships and three World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the European Tour. There were also five unofficial events played in November and December.

Schedule

The following table lists the main season events for 2008. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event.

Week	Tournament	Location	Winner	OWGR points^[1]	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)	Notes
Jan 6	Mercedes-Benz Championship	Hawaii	Daniel Chopra (2)	48	5,500,000	1,100,000	Winners-only event
Jan 13	Sony Open in Hawaii	Hawaii	K. J. Choi (7)	50	5,300,000	954,000
Jan 20	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	California	D. J. Trahan (2)	34	5,100,000	918,000	Celebrity pro-am
Jan 27	Buick Invitational	California	Tiger Woods (62)	60	5,200,000	936,000
Feb 3	FBR Open	Arizona	J. B. Holmes (2)	58	6,000,000	1,080,000
Feb 10	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	California	Steve Lowery (3)	40	6,000,000	1,080,000	Celebrity pro-am
Feb 17	Northern Trust Open	California	Phil Mickelson (33)	68	6,200,000	1,116,000
Feb 24	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	Arizona	Tiger Woods (63)	76	8,000,000	1,350,000	World Golf Championships
Feb 24	Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun	Mexico	Brian Gay (1)	24	3,500,000	630,000	Alternate event
Mar 2	The Honda Classic	Florida	Ernie Els (16)	48	5,500,000	990,000
Mar 9	PODS Championship	Florida	Sean O'Hair (2)	52	5,300,000	954,000
Mar 16	Arnold Palmer Invitational	Florida	Tiger Woods (64)	62	5,800,000	1,044,000	Invitational
Mar 24	WGC-CA Championship	Florida	Geoff Ogilvy (4)	76	8,000,000	1,350,000	World Golf Championships
Mar 23	Puerto Rico Open	Puerto Rico	Greg Kraft (1)	24	3,500,000	630,000	New tournament Alternate event
Mar 30	Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Louisiana	Andrés Romero (1)	46	6,200,000	1,116,000
Apr 6	Shell Houston Open	Texas	Johnson Wagner (1)	52	5,600,000	1,008,000
Apr 13	Masters Tournament	Georgia	Trevor Immelman (2)	100	7,000,000	1,350,000	Major championship
Apr 20	Verizon Heritage	South Carolina	Boo Weekley (2)	54	5,500,000	990,000	Invitational
Apr 27	EDS Byron Nelson Championship	Texas	Adam Scott (6)	44	6,400,000	1,152,000
May 4	Wachovia Championship	North Carolina	Anthony Kim (1)	66	6,400,000	1,152,000
May 11	The Players Championship	Florida	Sergio García (7)	80	9,500,000	1,710,000	Flagship event
May 18	AT&T Classic	Georgia	Ryuji Imada (1)	26	5,500,000	990,000
May 25	Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial	Texas	Phil Mickelson (34)	54	6,100,000	1,098,000	Invitational
June 1	The Memorial Tournament	Ohio	Kenny Perry (10)	62	6,000,000	1,080,000	Invitational
June 8	Stanford St. Jude Championship	Tennessee	Justin Leonard (12)	44	6,000,000	1,080,000
June 15	U.S. Open	California	Tiger Woods (65)	100	7,000,000	1,350,000	Major championship
June 22	Travelers Championship	Connecticut	Stewart Cink (5)	36	6,000,000	1,080,000
June 29	Buick Open	Michigan	Kenny Perry (11)	34	5,000,000	900,000
July 6	AT&T National	Maryland	Anthony Kim (2)	48	6,000,000	1,080,000	Invitational
July 13	John Deere Classic	Illinois	Kenny Perry (12)	32	4,200,000	756,000
July 20	The Open Championship (British Open)	England	Pádraig Harrington (4)	100	8,161,174	1,498,875	Major championship
July 20	U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Richard S. Johnson (1)	24	4,000,000	720,000	Alternate event
July 27	RBC Canadian Open	Ontario	Chez Reavie (1)	30	5,000,000	900,000
Aug 3	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	Ohio	Vijay Singh (32)	74	8,000,000	1,350,000	World Golf Championships
Aug 3	Legends Reno-Tahoe Open	Nevada	Parker McLachlin (1)	24	3,000,000	540,000	Alternate event
Aug 10	PGA Championship	Michigan	Pádraig Harrington (5)	100	7,500,000	1,350,000	Major championship
Aug 17	Wyndham Championship	North Carolina	Carl Pettersson (3)	30	5,100,000	918,000
Aug 24	The Barclays	New Jersey	Vijay Singh (33)	72	7,000,000	1,260,000	FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 1	Deutsche Bank Championship	Massachusetts	Vijay Singh (34)	70	7,000,000	1,260,000	FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 7	BMW Championship	Missouri	Camilo Villegas (1)	66	7,000,000	1,260,000	FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 21	Viking Classic	Mississippi	Will MacKenzie (2)	24	3,600,000	648,000	Fall Series
Sep 28	The Tour Championship	Georgia	Camilo Villegas (2)	54	7,000,000	1,260,000	FedEx Cup Playoffs
Oct 5	Turning Stone Resort Championship	New York	Dustin Johnson (1)	26	6,000,000	1,080,000	Fall Series
Oct 12	Valero Texas Open	Texas	Zach Johnson (4)	28	4,500,000	810,000	Fall Series
Oct 19	Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open	Nevada	Marc Turnesa (1)	34	4,100,000	738,000	Fall Series
Oct 26	Frys.com Open	Arizona	Cameron Beckman (2)	30	5,000,000	900,000	Fall Series
Nov 2	Ginn sur Mer Classic	Florida	Ryan Palmer (2)	24	4,600,000	828,000	Fall Series
Nov 9	Children's Miracle Network Classic	Florida	Davis Love III (20)	32	4,600,000	828,000	Fall Series

Unofficial events

The following events did not carry official money.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner(s)	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)	Notes
Mar 25	Tavistock Cup	Florida	Team Isleworth	2,600,000	1,000,000	Two 10-player teams
Jun 24	CVS Caremark Charity Classic	Rhode Island	Camilo Villegas & Bubba Watson	1,350,000	125,000	10 two-player teams
Sep 21	Ryder Cup	Kentucky	Team USA	n/a		Two 12-man teams
Oct 15	PGA Grand Slam of Golf	Bermuda	Jim Furyk	1,350,000	600,000	Four-player field
Oct 28	Kiwi Challenge	New Zealand	Hunter Mahan	2,600,000	1,500,000	Four-player field
Nov 3	ADT Skills Challenge	Florida	Greg Norman & Gregory Norman	800,000	145,000
Nov 11	Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge	Nevada	Champions Tour team	1,000,000	166,666	Three three-player teams
Nov 30	Omega Mission Hills World Cup	China	Robert Karlsson & Henrik Stenson	5,500,000	1,700,000	28 two-man teams
Nov 30	LG Skins Game	California	K. J. Choi	1,000,000	415,000	Four-player field
Dec 7	Del Webb Father/Son Challenge	Florida	Larry Nelson & Drew Nelson	1,100,000	100,000
Dec 8	PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament	California	Harrison Frazar	1,057,500	50,000
Dec 14	Merrill Lynch Shootout	Florida	Scott Hoch & Kenny Perry	3,000,000	365,000	12 two-player teams
Dec 21	Chevron World Challenge	California	Vijay Singh	5,750,000	1,350,000	18-player field

Money leaders

This shows the money leaders for the 2008 PGA Tour season. These figures do not include FedEx Cup bonus money.

Rank	Player	Country	Events	Prize money ($)
1	Vijay Singh	Fiji	23	6,601,094
2	Tiger Woods	United States	6	5,775,000
3	Phil Mickelson	United States	21	5,118,875
4	Sergio García	Spain	19	4,858,224
5	Kenny Perry	United States	26	4,663,794
6	Anthony Kim	United States	22	4,656,265
7	Camilo Villegas	Colombia	22	4,422,641
8	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	15	4,313,551
9	Stewart Cink	United States	22	3,963,661
10	Justin Leonard	United States	25	3,943,542

There is a full list on the PGA Tour's website here.

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland
PGA Player of the Year	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland
Scoring leader (PGA - Vardon Trophy)	Sergio García	Spain
Scoring leader (PGA Tour - Byron Nelson Award)	Sergio García	Spain
Rookie of the Year	Andrés Romero	Argentina
Comeback Player of the Year	Dudley Hart	United States
FedEx Cup	Vijay Singh	Fiji

References

↑ Each tournament is allocated a certain number of Official World Golf Rankings points for its champion, and points for lower finishes are based on a sliding scale. The major championships and the Players Championship have fixed allocations, but the points of the other tournaments depend on the strength of the field.

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