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Forbes estimates the ten highest-paid golfers earned a combined $536 million in the 12 months ending June 2026. The total fell 12 percent from the prior year as several large LIV contracts expired.
cnbc.comForbes estimates the ten highest-paid golfers earned a combined $536 million in the 12 months ending June 2026. The figure is 12 percent below the $612 million recorded for the previous period and 29 percent below the $752 million peak reached in 2023.
Rahm led the list with an estimated $111 million, including $101 million from on-course sources and $10 million from endorsements. Rahm's compensation also included an $18 million bonus as LIV's individual champion. Scottie Scheffler ranked second at $79 million, with $49 million earned on the course and $30 million from off-course deals. Rory McIlroy placed third at $77 million.
Johnson and Phil Mickelson dropped from the ranking after their original LIV contracts expired. Bryson DeChambeau and Joaquin Niemann remained the only other LIV players in the top ten. Increased parity on the PGA Tour, limited playing schedules, and changes to bonus structures reduced earnings for several established players compared with the prior year.
The PGA Tour has expanded its player equity program, granting more than $1 billion in equity value to nearly 200 players since 2024. Brooks Koepka returned to the PGA Tour under conditions that bar him from equity grants and FedEx Cup bonuses.
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washingtonpost.comEva Clarke, Hana Berger-Moran and Mark Olsky were born to Jewish mothers who hid their pregnancies at Auschwitz and survived a 16-day death train to Mauthausen.