Phil Edges Tiger On The 2015 Forbes Highest-Paid Athlete List

[mvmac]

Ryan Lavner breaks down where all the golfers fell on the list. Who knows how legit the numbers are.

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/phil-tiger-crack-top-10-forbes-highest-paid-athletes-list/

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Mickelson, who turns 45 next week and is the oldest active athlete on the list, earned $50.8 million over the past year, with $48 million of that total coming in endorsements. Woods, plagued by injuries over the past year, still earned $50.6 million ($50M in endorsements).

Rory McIlroy was the next golfer on the list, at No. 12. The world No. 1 raked in $48.3 million, with $32 million coming in off-the-course deals.

Also cracking the top 100 were No. 82 Justin Rose ($20.2M), No. 85 Jordan Spieth ($19.8M) and No. 96 Billy Horschel ($19M).

Not surprisingly, boxer Floyd Mayweather topped the list for the second consecutive year. He earned $300 million over the past year, which, according to Forbes, is more than double the previous record, set by Woods ($115M) in 2007-08.

[boogielicious]

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Originally Posted by mvmac

Ryan Lavner breaks down where all the golfers fell on the list. Who knows how legit the numbers are.

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/phil-tiger-crack-top-10-forbes-highest-paid-athletes-list/

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Mickelson, who turns 45 next week and is the oldest active athlete on the list, earned $50.8 million over the past year, with $48 million of that total coming in endorsements. Woods, plagued by injuries over the past year, still earned $50.6 million ($50M in endorsements).

Rory McIlroy was the next golfer on the list, at No. 12. The world No. 1 raked in $48.3 million, with $32 million coming in off-the-course deals.

Also cracking the top 100 were No. 82 Justin Rose ($20.2M), No. 85 Jordan Spieth ($19.8M) and No. 96 Billy Horschel ($19M).

Not surprisingly, boxer Floyd Mayweather topped the list for the second consecutive year. He earned $300 million over the past year, which, according to Forbes, is more than double the previous record, set by Woods ($115M) in 2007-08.

They should be leaving $100 tips all the time then!

[tmac20]

They should be leaving $100 tips all the time then!

They should be leaving $1000 tips. A $1000 tip given by Phil Mickelson is equivilent to an average Joe that makes $50,000 a year tipping $1. Having said that, Phil tips everybody $100, so it probably works out to over $1000 in tips.

[boogielicious]

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Originally Posted by boogielicious

They should be leaving $100 tips all the time then!

They should be leaving $1000 tips. A $1000 tip given by Phil Mickelson is equivilent to an average Joe that makes $50,000 a year tipping $1. Having said that, Phil tips everybody $100, so it probably works out to over $1000 in tips.

He's never tipped me a $100!

[tmac20]

He's never tipped me a $100!

Get hit by one of his balls and you'll get tipped $200.

Golf balls, of course.

[Gunther]

http://www.forbes.com/athletes/list/

List has changed a bit since last year:

Phil, #8

Jordan, #9

Tiger, still strong at #12

Rory, #17

JDay bringing up the rear at #69.  That'll improve in '17.

And, for the 1st time ever, an MMA fighter makes the top 100.  Connor MacGregor at #85.

[70sSanO]

I didn't realize that Nike was still ponying up so much in endorsements for Tiger.  Obviously if he comes back it will pay off, but I wouldn't think his name has much influence on purchases of Nike equipment right now.

John