LIV Golf star has by no means gained event however nonetheless raked in almost £20m earnings
Golf star Cameron Tringale has managed to amass a powerful $25m (£19.69m) in profession earnings – regardless of by no means profitable a event.
Since turning professional in 2009, the Californian golfer has made 338 begins on the PGA Tour and not using a single particular person victory. For two years, Tringale, 36, held the report for the best profession earnings and not using a win earlier than leaving the tour in 2022 to affix LIV Golf.
Tommy Fleetwood has since surpassed Tringale’s $17m (£13.38m) earnings, reaching over $20m (£15.75m) final 12 months. However, in contrast to Fleetwood who boasts ten skilled wins, together with seven on the European Tour, Tringale’s solely victory got here in a workforce occasion. In December 2014, he and Jason Day gained the Franklin Templeton Shootout, an unofficial cash occasion performed in the course of the low season.
Earlier that very same 12 months, Tringale completed second for the primary of 4 instances after tying with Day and Stuart Appleby, two photographs behind Hunter Mahan at The Barclays. He narrowly missed out on his first win the next 12 months on the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, ending as runner-up, only one shot behind winner Justin Rose.
Eighteen months later, on the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, he completed in a six-way tie for second behind Smylie Kaufman, who shot a ultimate spherical of 61 that includes eight birdies and an eagle. The final close to miss got here three years in the past on the Zozo Championship in Japan, ending as a runner-up alongside Brendan Steele, 5 photographs behind Hideki Matsuyama, who gained in his homeland.
Tringale had 17 top-five finishes – together with 5 in third place alongside the 4 runner-up finishes – and 31 within the prime ten. He made 216-of-338 (64%) cuts and formally earned $17,310,004 (£13,530,278.08).
Now a part of Phil Mickelson’s HyFlyers GC workforce, the California native added one other top-five end in Adelaide, Australia and an extra 4 top-10 finishes throughout his first full season within the league final 12 months. Tringale has 23 begins for the reason that change and has earned $7,474,298 (£5,842,247.66).
But a 12 months in the past, he additionally turned the butt of a joke from European Tour professional Eddie Pepperell. The distinguished LIV Golf critic talked about Tringale when slicing down a declare on social media that “the future growth is unlimited” for the league.
“Well, if you spend in a year a significant chunk of what another institution has (probably) spent in nearly a century, it shouldn’t be surprising you’d get players like Cameron Tringale in return,” Pepperell posted on Twitter. “It almost definitely isn’t the future.”
The American golfer selected to let his efficiency on the course do the speaking, with all of these top-ten finishes coming within the weeks and months after these feedback. However, Tringale remains to be ready for his first win, with the following alternative to assert victory arising subsequent month in Miami at Trump National Doral.