{"id":1513700,"date":"2022-06-09T13:16:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T17:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1513700"},"modified":"2022-06-29T11:28:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T15:28:28","slug":"liv-golf-will-make-phil-mickelson-more-than-double-money-earned-three-decades-pga-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/liv-golf-will-make-phil-mickelson-more-than-double-money-earned-three-decades-pga-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf Will Make Phil Mickelson More Than Double the Money He Earned in Three Decades on the PGA Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Easily one of the most successful and influential golfers<\/a> of all time, Phil Mickelson<\/a> has made a ton of money smacking a little white ball around on the PGA Tour for the last three decades. In fact, taking just on-course earnings into account, only Tiger Woods has made more than Lefty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as it stands now, Mickelson will never earn another dollar on the PGA Tour as he's signed a lucrative contract with LIV Golf, the controversial Saudi-backed upstart league making its debut this week in London. You know, the league he essentially almost killed before it ever got off the ground with his comments a few months back. But I'm not here to rehash all that nonsense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, I'm simply here to point out that Phil's ridiculous contract with LIV Golf will pay him more than he made in three decades on the PGA Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil Mickelson's LIV Golf contract will pay him more than double what he made in three decades on the PGA Tour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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ST ALBANS, ENGLAND - JUNE 09: Phil Mickelson looks on during day one of the LIV Golf Invitational - London at The Centurion Club on June 09, 2022 | Aitor Alcalde\/LIV Golf\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mickelson, who recorded his first PGA Tour victory as a 20-year-old amateur in January 1991, earned his first check a year and a half later, turning pro in June 1992. And over the next three decades, he became a very rich man while becoming one of the most successful players in the long and storied history of the sport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lefty's six major championship victories are good for 12th on the all-time list, tying him with fellow Hall of Famers Nick Faldo and Lee Trevino. His 45 PGA Tour victories put him in a tie for eighth with Walter Hagen. And, as mentioned, Mickelson trails only Tiger in all-time PGA Tour earnings, racking up $94,955,060 over the last 30 years. He's certainly made a lot more money than that in endorsements, but we're sticking to his on-course earnings for the purposes of this piece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We obviously don't yet know how much the soon-to-be-52-year-old will make on the course with LIV Golf<\/a>. But we do know Mickelson is getting $200 million just to show up. Now, we haven't yet heard how long his contract with LIV Golf is, but does it really matter? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just to be one of the faces of this new league, Phil Mickelson will make more than double what he made in 30 years on the PGA Tour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three-time Masters champ didn't go the route of some of the other LIV members, most notably Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia, and resign from the PGA Tour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan informed the TOUR membership today that players competing without releases are suspended and ineligible to participate in TOUR-sanctioned competition.<\/p>— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>