We’re used to writing about the millions that Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Tom McKibbin earn throughout the course of a year, but it was a lucrative week several of Irish golf’s supporting cast members. The LET’s Wistron Ladies Open…
After torrential rain forced play to be suspended early in Saturday’s second round, a further three-and-a-quarter inches fell on Saturday night, forcing the tournament to be abandoned at the LPGA’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship and only players’ 18-hole scores counting.…
With the DP World Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, being held at Wentworth and the first of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Fall Series events running opposite in California, we had a rare situation where the prizemoney on offer…
Tommy Fleetwood will be feeling more than a ounce of frustration after Keegan Bradley picked his pocket on the 72nd hole of the Travelers Championship, but to add insult to injury, Russell Henley’s chip-in birdie on the last took another…
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The 2025 PGA Championship purse was once again the biggest its ever been. The PGA Championship purse has increased significantly every year over the last several years — nearly doubling over the last five. In 2020, the purse was set…
Shane Lowry cast a distraught figure as he swept in a two-foot bogey putt on the 72nd hole of the PGA Tour’s Truist Championship. He knew he’d just made Sepp Straka’s task a simple one and wasn’t thinking of the…
With the major success stories Irish golfers – Rory McIlroy in particular – have generated in recent weeks, more big payouts were promised with McIlroy and Lowry defending the Zurich Classic, Tom McKibbin and Graeme McDowell in LIV action in…
In total, $21 million in prize money was on offer for the maiden TGL campaign, with each player guaranteed a minimum of $375,000 before a ball was even struck in the SoFi Centre. “It’s completely exceeded my expectations,” said Justin…
Viktor Hovland’s last tournament victory was worth $25 million – 18 months later, he gladly settles for fraction of that. Hovland arrived at the 2025 Valspar Championship at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort lost. The 2023 FedEx Cup Champion…