Tiger Woods has performed three tournaments this 2022: Masters, PGA and British Open, ending solely one in all them, in Augusta, however his reputation amongst golf followers stays unmatched. The enchantment of the previous world No. 1 was made clear on Tuesday when the PGA Tour introduced that the 15-time Grand Slam champion has pocketed $15 million because the winner for the second consecutive yr of the Participant Affect Program (PIP), the bonus he distributes for the second time.
adopted season based on the repercussion of every participant within the media and social networks. The full sum of money to be distributed this yr is 100 million {dollars} they usually have been awarded to a complete of 20 golfers.
The American tour makes the PIP obtainable to gamers who “generate probably the most optimistic curiosity on the PGA Tour.” The method takes under consideration Google searches, the Q-Index, the Nielsen Model Publicity Index, the MVP Index, and Meltwater mentions that measure the frequency of protection throughout a number of media retailers.
Woods positioned forty seventh on the Masters, withdrew from the PGA Championship after the third spherical and missed the reduce on the British Open in St Andrews.
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After Woods, the gamers who obtained probably the most PIP cash had been Rory McIlroy ($12 million), Jordan Spieth ($9 million), Justin Thomas ($7.5 million), Jon Rahm ($6 million), Scottie Scheffler ($5, 5 million), Xander Schauffele ($5 million), Matt Fitzpatrick ($5 million), Will Zalatoris ($5 million), and Tony Finau ($5 million).
McIlroy was a lot busier than Woods, showing in 14 PGA Tour occasions plus World Match Play and all 4 majors and has been a FedExCup winner. The PIP plan was instituted in 2021, when Woods was the primary to pocket $8 million.
Phil Mickelson obtained $6 million as runner-up, however he was ineligible for funding this yr after leaving the PGA Tour to play within the Saudi-backed LIV Golf (Tremendous League) collection. Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Bubba Watson, who had been within the prime 10 within the inaugural PIP rankings final yr, additionally left the PGA Tour to play at LIV.
Rahm will obtain a juicy bonus that joins the greater than 5 million in earnings that he achieved, solely on the PGA Tour, within the 2021-2022 season. Returning to Woods, who will flip 47 on December 30, he’s nonetheless recovering from his accidents after the intense automobile accident he suffered in February 2021.
He didn’t play the BMW Championship in August, however traveled to Wilmington, Delaware, for a key assembly of the gamers earlier than the start of the match the place the foundations of the way forward for the PGA Tour had been established.
Tiger will play the Hero World Problem within the Bahamas from December 1-4 and also will host the match. And he may additionally make his third consecutive look along with his son Charlie on the father-son PNC Championship on the Ritz-Carlton Golf Membership Orlando, Florida, from December 15-18.