Earnings For PGA Tour, 1981
Earnings Years:
Below is the rank of earnings for the PGA Tour during the 1981 tournament year.
| Rank | Player | Location | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Kite | $375,699 | |
| 2 | Ray Floyd | $359,360 | |
| 3 | Tom Watson | $347,660 | |
| 4 | Bruce Lietzke | $343,446 | |
| 5 | Bill Rogers | $315,411 | |
| 6 | Jerry Pate | $280,627 | |
| 7 | Hale Irwin | $276,499 | |
| 8 | Craig Stadler | $218,829 | |
| 9 | Curtis Strange | $201,513 | |
| 10 | Larry Nelson | $193,342 | |
| 11 | Jack Renner | $193,292 | |
| 12 | Johnny Miller | $193,167 | |
| 13 | David Graham | $188,286 | |
| 14 | Bobby Clampett | $184,710 | |
| 15 | Jay Haas | $181,894 | |
| 16 | Jack Nicklaus | $178,213 | |
| 17 | Tom Weiskopf | $177,396 | |
| 18 | Gil Morgan | $171,184 | |
| 19 | Fuzzy Zoeller | $151,571 | |
| 20 | Ben Crenshaw | $151,038 | |
| 21 | Keith Fergus | $150,792 | |
| 22 | Lon Hinkle | $144,307 | |
| 23 | Lee Trevino | $134,801 | |
| 24 | John Mahaffey | $128,795 | |
| 25 | John Cook | $127,608 | |
| 26 | J.c. Snead | $126,175 | |
| 27 | Tom Purtzer | $122,812 | |
| 28 | Peter Oosterhuis | $115,862 | |
| 29 | Ron Streck | $114,895 | |
| 30 | Andy North | $111,401 | |
| 31 | George Archer | $111,093 | |
| 32 | Hubert Green | $110,133 | |
| 33 | Jim Simons | $109,210 | |
| 34 | Scott Simpson | $108,793 | |
| 35 | Andy Bean | $105,755 | |
| 36 | Ed Fiori | $105,510 | |
| 37 | George Burns | $105,395 | |
| 38 | Jim Colbert | $100,847 | |
| 39 | Tommy Valentine | $97,323 | |
| 40 | Leonard Thompson | $95,517 | |
| 41 | Mike Sullivan | $94,844 | |
| 42 | Dan Pohl | $94,303 | |
| 43 | Calvin Peete | $93,243 | |
| 44 | Mike Reid | $93,037 | |
| 45 | Isao Aoki | $92,918 | |
| 46 | D.a. Weibring | $92,365 | |
| 47 | Mark Hayes | $91,624 | |
| 48 | Dan Halldorson | $90,064 | |
| 49 | Barry Jaeckel | $87,931 | |
| 50 | Bob Murphy | $87,192 | |
| 51 | Peter Jacobsen | $85,624 | |
| 52 | Frank Conner | $85,009 | |
| 53 | Greg Powers | $82,210 | |
| 54 | Fred Couples | $78,939 | |
| 55 | Tom Jenkins | $78,127 | |
| 56 | Mark O'meara | $76,063 | |
| 57 | Mark Lye | $76,044 | |
| 58 | Don Pooley | $75,730 | |
| 59 | Roger Maltbie | $75,009 | |
| 60 | Bob Gilder | $74,756 | |
| 61 | Vance Heafner | $73,244 | |
| 62 | Gibby Gilbert | $73,088 | |
| 63 | Jeff Mitchell | $70,344 | |
| 64 | Morris Hatalsky | $70,186 | |
| 65 | Bruce Fleisher | $69,221 | |
| 66 | David Edwards | $68,211 |
