Top 10 PGA Tour Earners Take Home $220m Between Them In Total Winnings

Viktor Hovland took home the most overall money on the PGA Tour this season, closely followed by Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler as the top 10 won $220m between them

The top earners on the PGA Tour in 2023
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The money being splashed about in LIV Golf may get the headlines, but it's still a lucrative business being successful on PGA Tour as the top 10 in total earnings took home $220 million between them in 2023.

Taking into account PGA Tour earnings across the regular season, the FedEx Cup playoffs and also the recent Player Impact Program (PIP) bonuses then it was a good year for golf's elite.

Viktor Hovland banked the most money overall thanks to his $18m victory at the FedEx Cup taking his total earnings to $37.1m.

Rory McIlroy came in second after winning the top prize of $15m in the PIP bonus to swell his coffers to $32.9m, while Scottie Scheffler came third overall with $29m thanks to topping the money list during the regular PGA Tour campaign.

Top earners ranked by total winnings

PGA Tour money list

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Jon Rahm's relatively poor display in the FedEx Cup, by his standards, saw him finish in fourth with a still eye-watering $26.2m in total earnings, with then a big drop-off to Xander Schauffele's $18m.

Wyndham Clark is a fine example of just what you can achieve by peaking at the right time, as the surprise US Open champion made a total of $17.8m during the season.

Clark won just $1.5m the season before his maiden Major victory, and had never previously eclipsed $2m, and when he does he goes on to pocket $17.8m!

Top earners ranked by PGA Tour regular season winnings

PGA Tour money list

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It's Scheffler who led the way in terms of just PGA Tour money during the regular part of the season, as the World No.1 pocketed a whopping $21m from an ultra-consistent season including a win at the Players Championship.

That $21m was still the highest amount won by itself even across the FedEx Cup and PIP, but it took Scheffler a long, hard season to compile.

Rahm was second in pure PGA Tour money terms, but was overtaken by Hovland after his FedEx Cup success and then McIlroy by his PIP bonus.

Max Homa and Patrick Cantlay were the only two other players to win over $10m in regular season earnings, while Open champion Brian Harman made $9.2m - and surprised many by grabbing $2m in PIP bonuses. 

Matt Fitzpatrick and Tyrrell Hatton both won just over $8m on the PGA Tour, while Rickie Fowler $7.9m as he got back to form on the course and showed he still moves the needle off the course too with $5.5m from the PIP fund.

Paul Higham
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Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website.  Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush. 

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