RORY DID NOT SET AN ALL-TIME ONE-SEASON MONEY RECORD
FROM THE GOLF CHANNEL WEBSITE
By RYAN LAVNER
Rory McIlroy may have just completed one of the best seasons of the past decade, but it wasn't as lucrative as some believe.
The Northern Irishman’s victory Sunday at the DP World Tour Championship pushed his official tournament earnings on the 2012 European Tour to €4,738,026.
When the Race to Dubai was initiated in 2009, however, the European Tour began factoring in money from that bonus pool into players’ earnings, so the tour recognises McIlroy as having earned a single-season record €5,519,117 -- a little more than $7 million (the US PGA Tour does not lump FedExCup bonus money in its money tallies). Fair enough.
But when he stormed back to win in Dubai on Sunday, it was reported that McIlroy had earned a combined $11.9 million to become the all-time leading single-season money earner after combining both PGA and European tour earnings.
Not quite true.
For a fair comparison, FedExCup payouts would have to be included. As figures shown below from the Golf Channel Research Unit indicate, doing that would leave McIlroy more than $6 million shy of Tiger Woods' mark in 2007. Even if you take away the bonus money from both tours and focus only on tournament earnings, McIlroy's gross take-home pay on the two circuits still ranks only fifth all-time.
In fact, the world No. 1 also did not win the most money in a season on the world money list or even the most tournament prize money in a season on the European Tour (not counting bonus-pool money).
Most money won in a season, combining PGA and European tours (includes season-ending bonus money)
Tiger Woods 2007: $21,002,706
Tiger Woods 2009: $20,948,054
Vijay Singh 2008: $16,846,707
Brandt Snedeker, 2012: $15,203,943
Rory McIlroy, 2012: $14,947,402
Jim Furyk 2010: $14,809,622
Most money won in a year, combining PGA and European tours (tournament earnings only)
Tiger Woods, 2005: $11,183,574
Vijay Singh, 2004: $11,104,892
Tiger Woods, 2007: $11,002,706
Tiger Woods, 2006: $10,951,972
Rory McIlroy, 2012: $10,947,402
Tiger Woods, 2009: $10,698,163
Highest earnings on world money list last 10 years (combined money won in tournaments on the official world tours)
Tiger Woods, 2005: $11,515,939
Tiger Woods, 2006: $11,141,827
Vijay Singh, 2004: $11,104,892
Tiger Woods, 2007: $11,002,706
Tiger Woods, 2009: $10,948,054
Rory McIlroy, 2012: $10,947,402
Most money won in a season in European Tour events (does not include Race to Dubai bonus pool money)
Tiger Woods, 2000: €5,426,715
Tiger Woods, 2006: €5,264,383
Tiger Woods, 2005: €5,022,798
Ernie Els, 2004: €4,924,715
Rory McIlroy, 2012: €4,738,026
By RYAN LAVNER
Rory McIlroy may have just completed one of the best seasons of the past decade, but it wasn't as lucrative as some believe.
The Northern Irishman’s victory Sunday at the DP World Tour Championship pushed his official tournament earnings on the 2012 European Tour to €4,738,026.
When the Race to Dubai was initiated in 2009, however, the European Tour began factoring in money from that bonus pool into players’ earnings, so the tour recognises McIlroy as having earned a single-season record €5,519,117 -- a little more than $7 million (the US PGA Tour does not lump FedExCup bonus money in its money tallies). Fair enough.
But when he stormed back to win in Dubai on Sunday, it was reported that McIlroy had earned a combined $11.9 million to become the all-time leading single-season money earner after combining both PGA and European tour earnings.
Not quite true.
For a fair comparison, FedExCup payouts would have to be included. As figures shown below from the Golf Channel Research Unit indicate, doing that would leave McIlroy more than $6 million shy of Tiger Woods' mark in 2007. Even if you take away the bonus money from both tours and focus only on tournament earnings, McIlroy's gross take-home pay on the two circuits still ranks only fifth all-time.
In fact, the world No. 1 also did not win the most money in a season on the world money list or even the most tournament prize money in a season on the European Tour (not counting bonus-pool money).
Most money won in a season, combining PGA and European tours (includes season-ending bonus money)
Tiger Woods 2007: $21,002,706
Tiger Woods 2009: $20,948,054
Vijay Singh 2008: $16,846,707
Brandt Snedeker, 2012: $15,203,943
Rory McIlroy, 2012: $14,947,402
Jim Furyk 2010: $14,809,622
Most money won in a year, combining PGA and European tours (tournament earnings only)
Tiger Woods, 2005: $11,183,574
Vijay Singh, 2004: $11,104,892
Tiger Woods, 2007: $11,002,706
Tiger Woods, 2006: $10,951,972
Rory McIlroy, 2012: $10,947,402
Tiger Woods, 2009: $10,698,163
Highest earnings on world money list last 10 years (combined money won in tournaments on the official world tours)
Tiger Woods, 2005: $11,515,939
Tiger Woods, 2006: $11,141,827
Vijay Singh, 2004: $11,104,892
Tiger Woods, 2007: $11,002,706
Tiger Woods, 2009: $10,948,054
Rory McIlroy, 2012: $10,947,402
Most money won in a season in European Tour events (does not include Race to Dubai bonus pool money)
Tiger Woods, 2000: €5,426,715
Tiger Woods, 2006: €5,264,383
Tiger Woods, 2005: €5,022,798
Ernie Els, 2004: €4,924,715
Rory McIlroy, 2012: €4,738,026
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