Woods, Mickelson Top List Of Golf's Top Earners On- And Off-Course

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson made a combined $131.5M in on-and-off-course earnings in ’12, according to a ranking of the top 50 earners in the sport compiled by GOLF DIGEST. The top 50 collectively earned more than $400M off the course last year. Despite Woods’ loss of “a half-dozen endorsements following his scandal and tens of millions in off-course money,” he still “bounces back in 2012 with new overseas deals and bonus money triggered by his three victories.” On-course income includes “all money earned on the PGA Tour and the five international tours and the Champions Tour, LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour and the Japan LPGA.” It also includes “unofficial money won in non-tour events.” Off-course income includes “estimates of all money earned from endorsements, bonuses, appearance fees, corporate outings, speaking engagements, licensing fees (video games, trading cards, etc.), course architecture, books, instructional videos and businesses that capitalize on a person's status as a player, such as product lines including clothing, wine and turfgrass” (GOLF DIGEST, 3/ '13 issue).

TOP EARNERS IN GOLF
RK	GOLFER	ON COURSE	OFF COURSE	TOTAL
1	Tiger Woods	$9,124,386	$77,000,000	$86,124,386
2	Phil Mickelson	$5,335,267	$40,000,000	$45,335,267
3	Arnold Palmer	$40,000	$36,000,000	$36,040,000
4	Jack Nicklaus	$47,000	$28,000,000	$28,047,000
5	Rory McIlroy	$15,582,782	$7,000,000	$22,582,782
6	Ernie Els	$4,610,625	$14,000,000	$18,610,625
7	Brandt Snedeker	$15,427,444	$2,000,000	$17,427,444
8	Greg Norman	$78,710	$17,000,000	$17,078,710
9	Luke Donald	$6,787,901	$7,500,000	$14,287,901
10	Gary Player	$12,000	$14,000,000	$14,012,000
11	Lee Westwood	$5,866,484	$7,500,000	$13,366,484
12	Sergio Garcia	$3,342,248	$10,000,000	$13,342,248
13	Justin Rose	$9,413,407	$3,750,000	$13,163,407
14	Louis Oosthuizen	$7,294,695	$2,500,000	$9,794,695
15	Ryo Ishikawa	$1,636,143	$8,000,000	$9,636,143
16	Jim Furyk	$4,075,472	$5,550,000	$9,625,472
17	Graeme McDowell	$4,601,827	$4,500,000	$9,101,827
18	Bubba Watson	$5,512,036	$3,500,000	$9,012,036
19	Adam Scott	$3,800,286	$5,000,000	$8,800,286
20	Dustin Johnson	$4,269,527	$4,500,000	$8,769,527
21	Padraig Harrington	$2,725,612	$6,000,000	$8,725,612
22	Davis Love III	$1,523,919	$7,000,000	$8,523,919
23	Keegan Bradley	$5,003,646	$3,500,000	$8,503,646
24	Hunter Mahan	$4,852,043	$3,500,000	$8,352,043
25	Matt Kuchar	$4,631,428	$3,500,000	$8,131,428
26	Ian Poulter	$4,452,452	$3,500,000	$7,952,452
27	Zach Johnson	$5,057,244	$2,500,000	$7,557,244
28	Fred Couples	$1,735,794	$5,750,000	$7,485,794
29	Nick Watney	$4,923,575	$2,500,000	$7,423,575
30	Jason Dufner	$5,899,586	$1,500,000	$7,399,586
31	Nick Faldo	$41,000	$7,250,000	$7,291,000
32	K.J. Choi	$1,055,492	$6,000,000	$7,055,492
33	Webb Simpson	$4,441,758	$2,500,000	$6,941,758
34	Steve Stricker	$3,892,521	$2,500,000	$6,392,521
35	Tom Watson	$195,739	$6,000,000	$6,195,739
36	Colin Montgomerie	$176,895	$6,000,000	$6,176,895
37	Retief Goosen	$1,399,410	$4,650,000	$6,049,410
38	Rickie Fowler	$3,510,459	$2,500,000	$6,010,459
39	Charl Schwartzel	$3,545,328	$2,450,000	$5,995,328
40	Camilo Villegas	$553,359	$5,000,000	$5,553,359
41	Bo Van Pelt	$3,971,380	$1,500,000	$5,471,380
42	Carl Pettersson	$4,136,156	$1,250,000	$5,386,156
43	Ai Miyazato	$1,384,977	$4,000,000	$5,384,977
44	Paula Creamer	$875,574	$4,500,000	$5,385,574
45	Bernhard Langer	$2,824,541	$2,500,000	$5,324,541
46	Darren Clarke	$276,187	$5,000,000	$5,276,187
47	Branden Grace	$3,522,152	$1,500,000	$5,022,152
48	Yani Tseng	$1,515,159	$3,500,000	$5,015,159
49	Miguel Angel Jimenez	$900,058	$4,000,000	$4,900,058
50	Tom Lehman	$3,106,231	$1,750,000	$4,856,231

TEEING UP: GOLF magazine’s Jessica Marksbury notes CBS golf analyst Nick Faldo “decided to partner” with N.Y.-based Bernette Textile Co. to launch golf apparel venture Claret & Green, which “will debut this spring.” Bernette President Jeffrey Siskind said, “Claret & Green is very much in the image of Nick. He’s had a lot of input into the kind of products that are going to embody the brand, so they are classic.” Faldo said, “I’ve always been interested in the clothing side of golf. I love the detail. You can say you want buttons and zips and all sorts of things, and they go, ‘Yeah, we’ll give it a go.’ So I think that’s the most exciting thing.” Both Faldo and Siskind are “confident that the brand will carve a niche for itself.” Faldo said of the Claret & Green logo, “The shield represents the knighthood bit, which is cool. And the stripes are my six major wins in the order I won them (maroon for the Open and green for the Masters)” (GOLF, 2/ ’13 issue).