Despite playing just nine rounds in three major championships last season, Tiger Woods once again earned the top bonus in the PGA Tour’s Player Impact Program, according to documents obtained by ESPN on Tuesday.
World No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy let the cat out of the bag when he told The Associated Press on Nov. 8 that he finished second to Woods in the $100 million bonus program. Very positive interest on the PGA Tour.” Woods, a 15-time major champion, earned a $15 million bonus.
Woods, who is expected to play in next week’s Hero World Championship in the Bahamas He won his first PIP bonus in 2021 and collected $8 million. He has not played since missing the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews in July. In the year He is still recovering from injuries sustained in a car accident outside Los Angeles in February 2021.
A record 23 players have earned at least $2 million in PIP bonuses this season, including three (Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Young and Sam Burns) who finished in the top 20 of the revised qualifying criteria, which the tour will advance.
McIlroy collected $12 million for second place, followed by Jordan Spieth ($9 million), PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas ($7.5 million) and John Rahm ($6 million). Masters champion Scotty Scheffler finished sixth and was awarded $5.5 million.
According to a memo sent to PGA Tour members on Tuesday, players will receive 25% of their PIP bonus at the Sentry Tournament of Champions purse payout in January. The remaining 75% is paid after a player fulfills three criteria: – Plays in a tournament designated by the agreed PIP; Participates in PIP service event; and meets the mandatory participation requirements.
The original PIP scheme used metrics such as player popularity in Google searches, Q rating, Nielsen brand exposure rating, MVP index and Meltwater mentions, which measure the frequency with which a player generates coverage on various media platforms. The new standards put more weight on media mentions and television broadcasts than on social media.
Five players who finished in the top 10 of the inaugural PIP — Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Bubba Watson — are now playing on the LIV golf circuit and did not qualify for the program.
