A record number of tour pros will earn $1 million in 2023 There’s no getting around money in men’s professional golf.
ย ย The launch of LIV Golf and its $20 million in tournament prize money impacted PGA Tour purses, exploding the amount earned by the top players in a given year.
ย ย Meanwhile, it also affected the linebackers as the proverbial lifted all boats. At LIV Golf, Talor Gooch finished the 2023 season with three wins from 13 starts for individual earnings of $35.3 million, including an $18 million bonus for the circuit’s top points winners.
ย ย What makes that number so remarkable is when you consider that the 32-year-old Gooch has earned $9.25 million in his PGA Tour career … in 123 starts. Scottie Scheffler, meanwhile, set the all-time PGA Tour record for prize money earned, earning $21,014,342 in tournament paydays playing in 23 events.
ย ย That broke the tour’s previous single-season record, set by Scheffler a year ago with $14.04 million. (And it broke Jordan Spieth’s record of $12.03 million in 2015.) Launching more than half a dozen “title” events with $20 million in purses in 2023 helps explain Scheffler’s metric rise. Meanwhile, we don’t even count the FedEx Cup bonus money distributed.
ย ย Viktor Hovland paid $32.1 million when his own course earnings are added to his $18 million win during the Tour Championship in August. (Next year, the FedEx Cup champion will receive a $25 million bonus.)
