There volition be millions of pounds at pale when Tiger Woods and co tee off at the US PGA Championship this week.

The 104th edition of the major tournament will be held at the Southern Hills Country Club in Oklahoma, with Woods once more defying the odds to be among the entrants. The American icon played all iv rounds at the US Masters in April, his outset professional person tournament since his harrowing high-speed car crash in February 2021.

However, another legendary veteran won't be in omnipresence. Defending champion Phil Mickleson, who became the oldest player to win a major when he triumphed at Kiawah Island in 2021, has withdrawn from the event as the fallout over his comments on the Saudi-backed breakaway tour continues.

Information technology will be world No 1 Scottie Scheffler, superb in winning at Augusta last month, who will be among the favourites. The man he displaced at the top of the rankings, Jon Rahm, is also existence heavily backed.

Scheffler's win at The Masters earned him £two.16 one thousand thousand and cemented his reputation as a ascent star of the sport. The winner of the U.s. PGA however, won't be quite every bit well reimbursed.

Overall, there volition be virtually £10 1000000 in prize money available this week. Mickleson'due south success last twelvemonth saw him purse effectually £one.73 million - the same corporeality that the top players will be vying for this time around.

Tiger Wood will line-up at the The states PGA Championship this week (

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Winning the PGA too means automatic inclusion into the other three majors and The Players Championship for the next five years. Second identify is worth simply short of £ane.04m and 3rd £654,000.

There is then quite a significant gap to fourth place, which is worth just over £461,000, with the fifth place finisher taking dwelling house £385,000.Sixth place is worth £331,000, seventh £305,000, 8th £280,00, and ninth £265,000.

The reward for creeping inside the top ten is but over £238,000. The prize money for finishing style back in 70th place mean a modest prize of just £15,700 - barely enough to embrace the weekly expenses for an overseas golfer.

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The figures of class, are dwarfed by what's on offering from Greg Norman'southward Liv Golf venture. His countdown tournament takes place at The Centurion Order from June 9-11, with around £3 million bachelor to the winner.

Overall, almost £twenty million will exist distributed to the field. Even the terminal placed finisher will exist well reimbursed, earning £120,000.

Despite the numbers on offer, Norman has thus far failed to attract the earth's meridian stars. The upshot is proving divisive, with the DP World and PGA Tours refusing to grant any players permission to be released to play.

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