Jon Rahm has earned more than he earned Rory McIlroy This year by a significant margin. East masters The prize money for the champion almost doubled due to participation in LIV Golf League instead of pga tour,
mercy Earnings totaled approximately £25 million, reducing the current Green Jacket holder’s total winnings to approximately £13 million. Remarkably, the Spaniard achieved this feat without winning a single tournament outright. His consistent performance in almost all 20 starts earned him substantial prize money. Rahm’s most lucrative salary came when he was crowned LIV Golf Individual Champion for the second consecutive season, earning him a whopping £13.4 million bonus.
The victory came at LIV Golf Indianapolis, where the Spaniard finished second behind Sebastián Munoz, who later won a play-off between the pair. Rahm received an additional £1.68 million as runner-up, meaning he earned more that Sunday than McIlroy did in the entire year.
The Northern Irishman took his share of the winnings to £9.9 million by mid-April after winning the Masters, Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Players Championship. However, similar success proved elusive after the excitement of completing a career Grand Slam at Augusta National.
Rahm also enjoyed other important wins at LIV Golf Riyadh (£1.4 million), LIV Golf Andalusia (£1.68 million) and LIV Golf Chicago (£1.4 million). His second-place finish at these events – tied for first and last for that place – earned him a further £4.5 million.
Despite facing criticism for his move to the LIV Golf League, he is now laughing all the way to the bank two years later. This change did not hinder his performance for Team Europe ryder cupOne of the two.
Former captain Paul McGinley had criticized the Spaniard’s decision in May. Speaking to Golf Channel, he said, “Nothing in life is easy. Yes, they can say they have made a lot of money, but on the other hand they are making a loss in terms of getting into these major championships, as they would have if they had stayed on the PGA Tour.”
McGinley added: “It’s not that easy to come back with the whole jet lag thing. It’s a lot easier to stay in one country and then play a major in the same country. Going to LIV, yes, there’s a lot of stuff and they have a lot of money to do that, but because it’s a start-up and they have to travel all over the world, it gives a lot of disadvantages when it comes to these major championships. Bar Brooks (Koepka) and Bryson (DeChambeau), the rest have not come seriously into these major championships since moving to LIV.”
Rahm hit back at the time, saying, “Me going to LIV and playing poorly in the majors had nothing to do with where I was playing golf. My swing wasn’t at the level it needed to be for me to compete.
“It’s easy to post scores on non-major championship courses and venues, and I think when you get to the biggest stages like this and these courses, those flaws are going to be exposed, and that’s what happened. There have been weeks where I was able to play better, like last year at the Open Masters, obviously, it wasn’t a good start, but it got better as the weeks went on, and I’m still Just working and trying to get my swing in a better place.”
