Rory McIlroy in comparison with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson after large milestone hit
Rory McIlroy has reached one other unbelievable milestone following the 2023 Travelers Championship. Although his efforts weren’t sufficient to go residence with the winners prize, he has now joined fellow heavyweights Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in a prestigious membership, however not when it comes to silverware.
McIlroy began off the Travelers Championship event strongly, however over a low scoring 4 days his 18-under-par whole was solely ok to tie for seventh. Despite coming 5 pictures behind the eventual winner Keegan Bradley, McIlroy nonetheless had lots to smile about.
His end in Connecticut meant the four-time main winner took residence £510,000 for his efforts. Although it is not fairly on par with Bradley’s whopping take residence of £2,825,000, McIlroy is additional forward within the long-game.
The Northern Irishman now has the privilege of changing into the PGA Tour’s third highest earner of all time in prize cash alone. His newest cheque from the tour has edged him previous 24-time PGA Tour winner Dustin Johnson, whose PGA Tour earnings can solely be sourced via main championships after being suspended following his transfer to LIV Golf.
McIlroy now has an eye-watering £59 million in on-course earnings following years of success. The huge sum comes due to nearly twenty years acting at golf’s highest degree.
Sat simply forward of McIlroy is 45-time PGA Tour and six-time main championship winner Phil Mickelson. The outspoken 53-year-old has a cool £75.9 million in on-course earnings earlier than a profitable transfer to affix the Saudi-backed LIV Golf.
It comes as little shock that Tiger Woods sits on the prime of the listing following 27 years {of professional} golf and 82 PGA Tour wins, the joint most alongside the late Sam Snead.
Woods has earned a staggering £95 million in his time on the PGA Tour. Even after his participation over latest years has dwindled, it’s going to take some doing for anybody to get anyplace near that sum.
It stays to be seen as as to if golf’s prize cash will enhance following the controversial merger of LIV Golf and the PGA Tour. The deal has put an end to a bitter fued and ongoing legal battle.
The merger shocked each followers and gamers when the news broke and means the likes of Mickelson and Johnson can probably stay up for a PGA Tour return and the possibility so as to add to their financial institution accounts following their multi-million pound strikes to affix LIV. However, the pair have some activity on their palms to achieve Woods’ degree any time quickly.