How much do golf Sponsors pay ?

[Jemehl]

For the average pro golfer

[jorruss]

Here's a good article on endorsement deals:

http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2008/02/gd50

[BASHERBAKER69]

I expect the worst performing player on the pga tour gets half a million dollars a year endorsements plus winnings. So he makes (before expenses) about 1.5 million dollars a year. (Thats my educated guess). There' s not a single person out there on the bread line, once they ve played a year on the tour. .

[bobsuruncle]

as with most things, we tend to look at the top 50-100 and deem that to be the norm. Most people who try golf for a living will more likely than not fall by the way side. There's only one Tiger, but for every Zach Johnson or Angel Cabrera, there are hundreds if not thousands of aspiring golfers who just won't it to the PGA, Nationwide, or other tours. Remember the story about Rich Beem before he won the PGA Championship? He had quit the game to go back to selling cars or radios or whatever he was selling... Luckily for him he "made it back on tour". Many more just disappear for good.