Regardless of enjoying solely 9 rounds in three main championships this previous season, Tiger Woods has as soon as once more claimed the highest bonus within the PGA Tour’s Participant Affect Program, in accordance with paperwork obtained by ESPN on Tuesday.
World No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy let the cat out of the bag on Nov. 8 when he advised The Related Press that he completed second to Woods within the $100 million bonus program, which is designed to reward members who’ve “proven to generate essentially the most constructive curiosity within the PGA Tour.” Woods, a 15-time main champion, obtained a $15 million bonus.
Woods, who is anticipated to play in subsequent week’s Hero World Problem within the Bahamas, collected $8 million for successful the inaugural PIP bonus in 2021. He hasn’t performed since lacking the lower on the a hundred and fiftieth Open Championship at St. Andrews in July. He’s nonetheless recovering from accidents he suffered in a automotive wreck exterior Los Angeles in February 2021.
A document 23 gamers obtained no less than $2 million in PIP bonuses this season, together with three (Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Younger and Sam Burns) who completed within the prime 20 of a modified standards measurement, which will likely be utilized by the tour going ahead.
McIlroy collected $12 million for second place, adopted by Jordan Spieth ($9 million), PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas ($7.5 million) and Jon Rahm ($6 million). Masters champion Scottie Scheffler completed sixth and was awarded $5.5 million, adopted by Xander Schauffele ($5 million), U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick ($5 million), Will Zalatoris ($5 million) and Tony Finau ($5 million).
Gamers will obtain 25% of their PIP bonus within the Sentry Match of Champions purse fee in January, in accordance with a memo despatched to PGA Tour members Tuesday. The remaining 75% will likely be paid as soon as a participant completes three necessities: performs in a mutually agreed-upon PIP designated event; participates in a PIP service occasion; and fulfills the necessary participation requirement.
The unique PIP plan used metrics equivalent to a participant’s reputation in Google searches, Q ranking, Nielsen model publicity ranking, MVP index ranking and their Meltwater mentions, which measure the frequency {that a} participant generates protection throughout varied media platforms. The brand new standards put extra weight on media mentions and broadcast TV publicity than social media.
5 gamers who completed within the prime 10 of the inaugural PIP standings — Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Bubba Watson — are actually enjoying on the LIV Golf circuit and have been ineligible for this system.
