John Lam, '72nd in the World' Why Do You Earn More Than '1st' Scheffler?...$60 million a year in installment transfer fees alone
John Lam, '72nd in the World' Why Do You Earn More Than '1st' Scheffler?...$60 million a year in installment transfer fees alone
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Jon Rahm (Spain), who plays in LIV Golf, has earned the most money in the past year among golfers.안전놀이터
Scottie Scheffler (U.S.), world No. 1 in men's golf, Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), "Golf Emperor" Tiger Woods (U.S.), and Xander Shopley (U.S.) ranked third. John Rahm is currently ranked 72nd in the world.
According to Golfmansley, a golf media outlet on the 22nd, five golfers were among the top 50 highest-income sports players recently selected by Forbes.
Forbes estimated earnings from May 1 last year to May 1 this year. To verify golfers' earnings, Forbes met with industry insiders including PGA Tour, TGL, and LIV Golf. In addition to their earnings from the course, Forbes included non-course income such as sponsorship contracts, performance fees, souvenirs and licenses as well as business income.
As a result, John Lam has earned $100 million (about 137.8 billion won) in total income over the past year, ranking 12th among all sports players and 1st among golfers.
Out of 100 million dollars in total income, Lam earned 90 million dollars from the course. The biggest is the transfer fee. Lam, who joined LIV Golf in December 2023, is estimated to have received more than $500 million in transfer fees. Forbes calculated that half of this is paid in a lump sum and the other half is paid equally every year for a four-year contract period. In this way, Lam receives more than $60 million per year as a portion of the transfer fee.
In addition, Lam has received $4 million each in prize money for two wins and $18 million as a bonus for winning the individual championship.
However, non-course income, including sponsorship contracts, was relatively small at $10 million.
Schaeffler earned 92.5 million dollars during the same period, ranking 14th among all sports players and second among golfers. Of the total, 62.5 million dollars is from golf courses. He won championships with high prize money, including Memorial Tournament and Travelers Championship, and received 25 million dollars in bonuses from winning the FedEx Cup. He also earned 30 million dollars from non-course training.
McIlroy earned 87.9 million dollars, ranking 17th among all sports players and third among golfers. Of this total, 42.9 million dollars came from participating in PGA Tour events and other events. McIlroy earned 3.6 million dollars from winning the Wells Fargo Championship and more than 3 million dollars from winning the DP World Tour Championship. He also added 2 million dollars from winning the Race to Dubai, which runs during the season. He earned 3.6 million dollars from winning the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 4.5 million dollars from the Players Championship, and 4.2 million dollars from the Masters.
McIlroy also created a screen golf league TGL with Tiger Woods. McIlroy's out-of-course income over the past year is estimated at 45 million U.S. dollars.
Tiger Woods earned 55.4 million U.S. dollars to rank 45th among all players. As he rarely participated in competitions during the period, most of his income is from non-course training. Revenue from TGL, which he co-founded with McIlroy, is also included.
Shoppley earned 53.6 million dollars to rank 49th overall. Shoppley, who won the PGA Championship and The Open last year, earned 33.6 million dollars from the course. Off-course income is estimated at around 20 million dollars.
In terms of the results of the tournament in which four players except Woods participated together during this period, Scheffler won the Olympics last year, McIlroy won the Masters this year, and Shopley won the PGA Championship and The Open last year, while Rahm did not win, but he was ahead of them in terms of income.