Tiger Woods transformed the sport of golf in several ways, but one of the biggest influences he’s had is the rapid ballooning of event purses over the course of his career. Woods made golf popular, and in turn, made his competitors a ton of money.
According to Business Insider, a total of $101 million in event prize money was earned by PGA Tour golfers in 1996, the year before Woods’ dominant Masters victory. By 2008, that figure had risen to $292 million.
The result? Many PGA Tour stars who were at their best in the 2000s became incredibly rich. The PGA Tour keeps an updated weekly list of its all-time money list, and it’s filled with golfers who battled Woods week in and week out. Woods and Phil Mickelson are the obvious top two, but the rest of the top 10 may surprise you.
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