Since LIV Golf entered the world of golf in 2022, cash has undoubtedly been the dominant matter, sparking a battle between excursions that, by the way, exhibits no indicators of abating. The Saudis burst onto the golf scene with a large monetary windfall, and with a deluge of tens of millions, they have been capable of lure a number of of the largest stars from the PGA Tour, the opposite main participant tour. The North American tour reacted to stop an extra lack of expertise, and 12 months after 12 months, the prize cash for gamers has elevated, with some tournaments even providing greater than LIV's ($4 million for the winner), similar to The Gamers Championship, which awarded $4.5 million to the victor.
Rahm, outcomes
Nonetheless, the Saudi Arabian Tour continues to be the one which makes probably the most millionaires amongst its gamers, as the 2 golfers who earned probably the most prize cash this previous season—the quantity acquired based mostly on the result of every match—belong to LIV. Jon Rahm and Joaquín Niemann completed 2025 as the 2 gamers who acquired probably the most match cash, whereas Scottie Scheffler occupies third place, though in observe, including varied varieties of bonuses that aren’t a part of the prize cash, the American could possibly be primary.
When it comes to pure match winnings, Rahm holds first place, with the paradox that the participant from Barrika completed 2025 with out successful a single match, one thing uncommon for him. The important thing to the Spaniard's prime rating amongst golf's richest gamers lies in his consistency (12 top-10 finishes in 13 LIV Golf tournaments), which allowed him to win the Saudi circuit's total particular person rating for the second consecutive 12 months. This success earned him $18 million (roughly €15.4 million) in earnings. In whole, Rahmbo completed final season with performance-based earnings of $33.4 million (roughly €28.4 million). The overwhelming majority of the remaining quantity got here from his LIV outcomes, the place he additionally secured a staff title, netting him $1.4 million. Moreover, his efficiency within the 4 majors, with a seventh-place end on the U.S. Open as his finest consequence, earned him almost $1.5 million. Two appearances on the DP World Tour, certainly one of them on the Spanish Open, added one other €157,000. He additionally competed within the Ryder Cup, though European gamers don’t obtain prize cash for taking part.
The person from Barrika amassed a fortune in 2025, a 12 months wherein he didn't have to win tournaments to develop into much more of a multimillionaire. That cash is his variable revenue, however Rahm's fastened revenue, past sponsors, comes from his stratospheric contract to affix the LIV, estimated at 500 million over 4 seasons. The second highest-paid golfer of the 12 months additionally comes from the Saudi circuit: Joaquín Niemann, second within the LIV standings and winner of 4 common tournaments, completed 2025 having earned 30.2 million {dollars} (roughly 25.7 million euros).
The third place amongst all excursions is held by the PGA Tour chief, Scottie Scheffler, who completed the 12 months with official earnings of $27.9 million (roughly €23.6 million) because of his six victories in 20 tournaments performed, together with The Gamers Championship and two majors, the PGA Championship and the British Open. Nonetheless, the New Jersey native's determine is considerably deceptive, because it consists of varied bonuses awarded by the PGA Tour, such because the Comcast Enterprise Tour Prime 10 bonus, which is given on the finish of the common season and earned him $8 million. Including all of Scheffler's additional earnings brings the entire for the American star as much as $50 million. The identical applies to Rory McIlroy, who completed 2015 with nearly $17 million in PGA prize cash, however with bonuses and DP World Tour prizes, his whole reached $36 million. Exorbitant figures, no doubt, in a sport that advances by throwing cash at it.
