In the 2024 season, Scottie Scheffler earned $62 million (with bonuses), making him the highest-paid golfer across all tours.
With $29.2 million in official earnings, Scheffler led the PGA Tour by a wide margin, leaving second-highest earner Xander Schauffele in his dust at $18.4 million.
On the LPGA Tour, Nelly Korda also had an impressive season, claiming six tournament victories and totaling just under $3.7 million. Korda’s performance left her far ahead of the competition, with second-place earner Yuka Saso trailing at $2.8 million.
Over on the LIV Tour, Jon Rahm took top honors with $16.8 million ($34 million with bonuses).
Let’s look at the top five money earners on the PGA, LPGA and LIV tours this season.
| Tour | Player | Country | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGA | Scottie Scheffler | USA | $29,228,357 |
| LIV | Jon Rahm | Spain | $16,754,488 |
| LPGA | Nelly Korda | USA | $3,676,930 |
| Champions | Ernie Els | South Africa | $2,289,476 |
| Korn Ferry | Matt McCarty | USA | $1,001,602 |
PGA Tour Top 5
- Scottie Scheffler – $29,228,357 (USA) ($62 million after bonus)
- Xander Schauffele – $18,385,320 (USA)
- Hideki Matsuyama – $11,257,969 (Japan)
- Wyndham Clark – $10,901,416 (USA)
- Rory McIlroy – $10,893,790 (Northern Ireland)
LPGA Tour Top 5
- Nelly Korda – $3,676,930 (USA)
- Yuka Saso – $2,810,035 (Japan)
- Haeran Ryu – $2,714,812 (South Korea)
- Ayaka Furue – $2,660,138 (Japan)
- Lydia Ko – $2,606,755 (New Zealand)
LIV Tour Top 5
- Jon Rahm – $16,754,488 (Spain) ($34 million after bonus)
- Joaquin Niemann – $16,544,167 (Chile)
- Sergio Garcia – $13,634,643 (Spain)
- Tyrrell Hatton – $12,030,263 (England)
- Brooks Koepka – $11,633,115 (USA)
Ron
2 years ago
Massive pay gap between male and females. Yes, I know, I’m stating the obvious. But only because it’s so bloody obvious.
CI
2 years ago
I don’t know that it’s a pay gap between male and female – just a factor of popularity and revenue. Look at the Champions and Korn Ferry tour leaders, both of which are male. They are just less popular tours, bringing in less revenue. If it was based on gender I’d expect them to also outpace Nelly, but she’s got them beat.
Rich
2 years ago
Seems like it’s about even when you compare the viewership numbers- just to grab a random one, Sunday for the LPGA US Open had a little under a million viewers, and Sunday on the men’s side had almost 6 million. So a 6x viewership difference. Looks like the pay gap is about 6x as well if you roughly compare each of the top 5.
CI
2 years ago
I don’t know that it’s a pay gap between male and female – just a factor of popularity and revenue. Look at the Champions and Korn Ferry tour leaders, both of which are male. They are just less popular tours, bringing in less revenue. If it was based on gender I’d expect them to also outpace Nelly, but she’s got them beat.