McIlroy second player to earn $100m on PGA Tour

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are the only other golfers to have earned more than $100 million (£77 million) on the PGA Tour than Rory McIlroy.

The Northern Irishman won the $338, 000 prize at last week’s Houston Open, placing him fourth overall in the standings.

Since making his first appearance on the Tour in 2010, the 35-year-old has amassed 28 victories in 262 different events.

Woods, 49, passed $100m in prize money in 2012 and currently stands on $120m, with 82 wins in 378 events.

Phil Mickelson, who earned $97 million, left the PGA Tour in 2022 to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tour for a rumored $ 200 million.

The PGA Tour increased prize money at 12 events to match the breakaway tour’s in 2022 as a result of the launch of LIV.

Since June 2023, the PGA Tour and the European-based DP World Tour have been in discussions about a merger.

Only the four majors offer players from the rival tours the chance to compete against one another, the Masters, US PGA Championship, Open Championship, and US Open.

McIlroy has won three of his four majors, the 2014 Open Championship being his final one.