The power of oil money. LIV Golf players earned significantly more money in the past year than players on the U.S. Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour, according to a new study.
LIV Golf players dominated the list of professional golfers’ most recent yearly earnings, released today by U.S. business publication Forbes.
Earnings were broken down into “on-course” earnings from playing and “off-course” earnings from other sources such as advertising and sponsorships, with LIV Golf players Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson (USA) ranking first and second.
Johnson topped the list with $111 million ($143.5 billion) in earnings over the past year, while Mickelson came in second with $107 million 메이저놀이터 (about $13.78 billion). In monthly salary terms, that’s an average of more than $11 billion each.
Johnson and Mickelson received huge signing bonuses when they moved to the Saudi Arabian-sponsored LIV Golf in June last year. Johnson made $106 million in on-course earnings and $5 million off-course. Mickelson earned $150 million in on-course earnings and $2 million in off-course earnings.
Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), who plays on the PGA Tour, rounds out the top five at No. 3, earning $80 million over the past year. He earned $40 million each on and off the course.
Brooks Koepka ($77 million-USA) and Cameron Smith ($76 million-AUS) rounded out the top four.
Tiger Woods (USA), the “Emperor of Golf” who has dominated the annual earnings list, came in at number six, earning $75 million last year.
Most of Woods’ earnings came from off-course sources. While his on-course earnings were only $15 million, he made $60 million off-course.
Bryson DeChambeau ($71 million), Patrick Reed ($53 million), and Jon Rahm ($52 million) rounded out the top 8-10.