Despite not playing golf on the PGA Tour in 2021, Tiger Woods still topped the First Player Impact Program, which measures a player’s popularity using lots of data. Tour essentially wants to reward its stars for being the stars, and the biggest star it has ever finished first – despite not hitting a single shot – should come as no surprise. chief.
Phil Mickelson, who tweeted in December that he won the $8 million first prize, actually came in second. Mickelson is at the forefront of the wits between the PGA Tour and emerging rival tournaments, particularly the Super Golf League, a Saudi-backed league for which Mickelson appears to have helped write the operating agreement. After speaking out about the Tour’s obnoxious greed as well as the “scary mom” who helped fund SGL, Lefty lost most of her corporate sponsors but made $6 million in second place. .
Here’s a look at the entire top 10.
1. Tiger Woods: $8 million
2. Phil Mickelson: $6 million
3. Rory McIlroy: $3.5 million
4. Jordan Spieth: $3.5 million
5. Bryson DeChambeau: $3.5 million
6. Justin Thomas: $3.5 million
7. Dustin Johnson: $3 million
8. Brooks Koepka: $3 million
9. Jon Rahm: 3 million dollars
10. Bubba Watson: 3 million dollars
Woods was injured in a serious car crash in February 2021. He had to retire from back surgery staged shortly before and is yet to return to the Tour, although he recently did. played the PNC Championship with his son, Charlie. While not an official PGA Tour event, that effort and recent appearances across the entire golf field have put Woods in the news quite a bit in the final month of the year. He’ll probably take first place regardless of those appearances, but they certainly can’t hurt him, especially given that his adorable public time with Charlie has made everyone overcome.
If you are going to think of a way to reward the stars who are the stars by giving them $40 million, this is your list. These are the players who bring in the bulk of the League’s revenue by engaging fans and enticing pay-TV networks to the League for the rights to broadcast their league. It allows these players to enjoy the same stability as other athletes who have guaranteed contracts in non-professional sports such as golf. Otherwise, McIlroy will be guaranteed no money by the PGA Tour in 2022 if he doesn’t perform well enough to earn it, but through this program he will most likely make a few million regardless of him. how to play. It is a good guarantee for elite players.
The PIP will increase this year to $50 million.
