Tour News
Many Surprises Among the Top-50 Earners in Golf in 2016
We’ve come a long way from the days of Walter Hagen, when pros weren’t even allowed in the clubhouse at tour stops… or even Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, when touring pros were still club pros when not on Tour. Such was the way the game paid until the television era. It’s not just a matter of adjusting for today’s dollars; those guys made peanuts on course.
Cruising along in Tiger Woods’ wide wake, today’s top pros can not only stack serious cash on course, but also ink lucrative endorsement deals that the Harry Vardons and James Braids of golf history could never have fathomed.
Golf Digest put together its annual rundown of the game’s top earners, which includes on-course income and an estimate of off-course earnings. Here are some highlights, and you can check out the full article here.
At number 50…well, what would you guess the No. 50 earner pocketed? It’s Padraig Harrington at more than $5 million.
World No. 1 Lydia Ko is 44th at $5.9 million, earning more off course ($3.25 million) than on ($2.69 million).
Davis Love III (No. 38) earned $6 million off the course in 2016.
Martin Kaymer (No. 35) plays on the European Tour primarily and makes six times as much off course ($6 million) as on ($1.78 million).
Miguel Angel Jimenez (No. 32) doesn’t just look like he lives the good life, he can afford to, grossing nearly $8 million last year.
Not surprisingly, few golfers inside the top-30 earned more on course than off.
Colin Montgomerie (No. 20) earned $7.5 million off the course last year.
At No. 19, Greg Norman earned $10 million off course. A little surprising it wasn’t more given the range of his business interests.
Jack Nicklaus (No. 6) and Arnold Palmer (No. 2) combined for more than $60 million in earnings.
Phil Mickelson ($33.5 million) and Tiger Woods ($34.6 million) earned nearly the same amount off course.
Rory McIlroy (No. 1) earned $17.5 million on course. He earned nearly twice that amount off ($32 million).
Again: Full article here
And here are Golf Digest’s top 10 earners
10. Gary Player: $15 million total
9. Adam Scott: $15 million total
8. Jason Day: $19.5 million total
7. Dustin Johnson: $19.7 million total
6. Jack Nicklaus: $20 million total
5. Jordan Spieth: $30.4 million total
4. Tiger Woods: $34.6 million total
3. Phil Mickelson: $37.7 million total
2. Arnold Palmer: $40 million total
1. Rory McIlroy: $49.5 million total
Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2026 OccuNet Classic
With the PGA Tour across the border in Canada this week, GolfWRX Tour Photographer Greg Moore stayed stateside and headed to the OccuNet Classic presented by Amarillo National Bank in Amarillo, Texas.
It’s always interesting to see what the guys are playing on the KFT, and this week certainly hasn’t disappointed so far, with some incredible wedge stamping on display.
Check out links to all our albums below.

General Albums
WITB Albums
- Ryan Palmer – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Mahanth Chirravuri – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Josh Creel – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Phichaksn Maichon – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Brandon Berry – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Ryan Burnett – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- James Song – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Andrew McLauchlan – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Ian Gilligan – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Alvaro Ortiz – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Russell Knox – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Ian Holt – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Mitchell Meissner – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Travis Trace – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
- Bryce Lewis – WITB – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
Pullout Albums

Luke Potter’s custom Cameron putter – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)
Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2026 U.S. Women’s Open
GolfWRX Tour Photographer made the trip from the Memorial Tournament across the country to the U.S. Women’s Open at Riviera. Check out links to all the photos below!

General Albums
- 2026 US Women’s Open – Wednesday #1
- 2026 US Women’s Open – Wednesday #2
- 2026 US Women’s Open – Wednesday #3
- 2026 US Women’s Open – Wednesday #4
- 2026 US Women’s Open – Wednesday #5
WITB Albums
- Chloe Kovelesky – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
Asterisk Talley – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open - Sarah Hammett – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Rio Takeda – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Hannah Green – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Amy Yang – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Auston Kim – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Paula Francisco – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Athena Singh – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Brianna Do – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Meja Ortengren – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Opens
- A Furue – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Katelyn Kong – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Natalia Guseva – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Cass Alexander – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
- Johanna Sjursen – WITB – 2026 US Women’s Open
Pullout Albums
- Scotty Cameron putter covers – 2026 US Women’s Open
- TaylorMade’s US Women’s Open staff bag & covers – 2026 US Women’s Open

Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2026 Memorial Tournament
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Memorial Tournament, with both Alistair Cameron and Tour Photographer Greg Moore on the ground in Dublin, Ohio, where a strong field is assembled to pay homage to the Golden Bear.
In addition to WITB galleries, we’ve already been treated to an in-hand look at Tommy Fleetwood’s new TaylorMade Spider putters.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2026 The Memorial – Monday #1
- 2026 The Memorial – Tuesday #1
- 2026 The Memorial – Tuesday #2
- 2026 The Memorial – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Jason Day – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- SungJae Im – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Alex Noren – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Jacob Bridgeman – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Lucas Glover – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Bud Cauley – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
- Alex Smalley – WITB – 2026 The Memorial
Pullout Albums
- Jason Day’s 1off Payntr golf shoes – 2026 The Memorial
- JT Poston’s TaylorMade Spider – 2026 The Memorial
- Cameron putter – 2026 The Memorial
- Tommy Fleetwood’s TM Spider putters – 2026 The Memorial
- New Mitsubishi Chemical 1K Pro Orange shaft – 2026 The Memorial
- Bettinardi putter – 2026 The Memorial
- Min Woo Lee’s Callaway Apex 18* UT iron – 2026 The Memorial
- Wyndham Clark’s putter – 2026 The Memorial
- Lucas Glover putters – 2026 The Memorial
- Nicolai Hojgaard’s new Callaway 4 iron – 2026 The Memorial
- Adam Scott’s L.A.B. Golf putter – 2026 The Memorial
- Scotty Cameron Xperimental Prototype 11+ putter – 2026 The Memorial
- JJ Spaun’s updated/newest L.A.B. Golf putter – 2026 The Memorial
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Messico 9
Feb 13, 2017 at 6:46 pm
Spieth will get to number 4 this year….
After he starts charging for autographs
Charlie
Feb 14, 2017 at 10:44 am
Haha! Love this…