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Former PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem Tops Golf Digest's Report On Golf Salaries

Former PGA Tour Commissioner TIM FINCHEM tops GOLF DIGEST's biennial report on salaries from around the game of golf. Golf in the U.S. is nearly a $70B industry that "employs about two million people" and pays out $55.6B in annual wage income. From the "richly compensated executives at golf's leading associations to the minimum-wage workers" who keep courses in playing shape, the chart below offers a "peek into paychecks of people in golf" (GOLF DIGEST, 2/'17 issue).

GOLF DIGEST: TOP SALARIES AMONG GOLF EXECS
RANK
EXEC
SALARY
1
Former PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem
$5,655,352
2
Acushnet President & CEO Wally Uihlein
$4,978,638
3
Callaway President & CEO Chip Brewer
$4,305,268
4
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan
$2,116,875
5
PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua
$1,444,331
6
PGA Tour CMO Ty Votaw
$1,252,536
7
LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan
$966,742
8
USGA Exec Dir & CEO Mike Davis
$854,803
9
PGA of America Chief Championship Officer Kerry Haigh
$744,260
10
First Tee CEO Joe Barrow
$618,853

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