Rory McIlroy boosts big internet price by £12m after beating golf legend Tiger Woods
Rory McIlroy has lined his pockets to the tune of almost £12million due to the PGA Tour’s ‘Player Impact Programme’.
The 34-year-old topped the PGA Tour’s 2023 prize listing, with a cool £11.9m being awarded to the Northern Irish golfer for producing essentially the most media curiosity throughout the calendar yr. That takes his reported internet price from round $170m (£134m) as much as nearer £150m.
Previously, Tiger Woods, regardless of having endured an injury-hit 2021 and 2022, gained the award throughout each years, with McIlroy coming second within the 2022 iteration. Woods completed second this time round.
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And in doing so, the 47-year-old, who is about to make his PGA Tour return from damage later this week on the Hero World Challenge occasion within the Bahamas on Thursday, pocketed £9.5million for coming second on the ‘Player Impact Programme’.
A complete of $100m (£79.3m) was distributed amongst the highest 20 gamers, with PGA Tour government VP Jason Gore stating the programme is “as objective as possible.”
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“The scoring model for the Program is intended to be as objective as possible with the goal of quantifying the impact each player has on the PGA Tour,” mentioned Gore, who can also be the PGA’s chief participant officer too.
Amongst the opposite gamers to obtain thousands and thousands from the programme had been Jon Rahm (£7.1m) in third and Jordan Spieth (£5.5m) in fourth. Scottie Scheffler (£4.8m), the present world primary, rounded out the highest 5.
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Having been established throughout the 2020-21 season, the ‘Player Impact Programme’ was launched in an effort to reward gamers on the PGA Tour who’ve the most important impression upon their enterprise. That may very well be by means of driving tickets gross sales, sponsorship or elevated fan engagement.
Additionally, the highest 20 listing can also be evaluated by different standards metrics too, similar to by Nielsen rankings in America, Google search information and rankings, and in addition the quantity media mentions of a selected participant.