With Brad Bryant’s surprisingly easy win in the season-ending Tour Championship yesterday, the PGA Tour’s all-important money list is final for the 2005 season. Some interesting notes:

Tiger Woods won again with over $10.6 million in winnings, which works out to be over half a million per tournament that he enteded in 2005.
It took a cool $626,736 in winnings to make the top 125, which is a coveted position because the 125 top money-winners from the 2005 season are exempt from qualifying for most PGA Tour events during the upcoming 2006 season.
Three 2004 Nationwide Tour graduates made the top 125, but ten 2004 Q-School graduates made the list and two Q-school grads (Sean O’Hair and Lucas Glover) finished in the top 30.
Apart from Gatesville’s Bryant at no. 9 with almost $3.25 million in winnings, Justin Leonard of Dallas was the top Texan money-winner at no. 12 with over $2.6 million in winnings, followed by Chad Campbell of Andrews at no. 20 with almost $2.4 million. The Woodlands resident K.J. Choi came in at no. 37 with over $1.7 million in earnings, while Steve Elkington of Houston’s Champions Golf Club had a comfortable bounce back year at no. 54 with over $1.4 million.
54 year old Tom Kite‘s plan to play the regular PGA Tour in 2005 resulted in just 11 tournaments and a bit over $100,000 in winnings, placing him 217th on the list.
The sad golfing saga of David Duval continues, as the former no. 1 golfer in the world came in 260th on the money list with just a bit over $7,500, which works out to be a Tour-low $381.50 per tournament.

Mr. Duval — who continues to have an exemption into most tournaments because of his 2001 British Open and 2000 Players’ Championship victories — may be carrying his own bag in future tournaments at that earning level.