Top golfers can earn quite a bit of money, and the richest among them are approaching millionaire status, if not yet exceeding the norm.
5 richest golfers in the world
Here we will track the golfer's highest winnings in terms of net worth in 2024.
5 Gary Player $250 million
Gary Player's prolific course design work keeps him in rarefied territory in terms of wealth.
Player's renowned firm has designed more than 400 golf courses, including both courses at Gary Player Country Club in Sun City.
As a golfer, he recorded 118 wins in international competitions and became the third man to complete a career Grand Slam.
4 Jack Nicklaus $400 million
Jack Nicklaus must now be pretty confident that his record for major wins will never be broken.
He has slipped from the top of the list of richest golfers and could fall further as many players receive huge payouts from LIV Golf.
Nicklaus still makes money by designing and renovating courses.
3 Greg Norman $400 million
Greg Norman is also involved with LIV Golf, but has not been offered the same amount of money that top players receive.
Still, his appointment as CEO of LIV Golf puts him ahead of Jack Nicklaus.
Norman's role in LIV Golf made him unpopular in certain circles, but his net worth increased.
2 Phil Mickelson $875 million
Phil Mickelson's actual net worth has been the subject of speculation, but he claims to be “almost a billionaire.”
The most generous estimates of his current net worth suggest it could exceed $900 million.
Mickelson made a huge profit from his LIV Golf contract, but the exact extent of that contract is not known.
1 Tiger Woods $1.1 billion
Tiger Woods is said to have earned nearly $2 billion as a direct result of his golf career.
In 2022, Forbes named him the first golfer to become a billionaire.
Woods reached that position despite reportedly turning down an “astonishingly large” offer from LIV Golf. LIV CEO Greg Norman told the Washington Post that the deal would be priced in the “high nine figures.”