Golf’s top 10 earners made an estimated $300 million over the last 12 months, and only 29% was from prize money. 6 in the Official World Golf Rankings and one of the favorites this week. “We find a lot of sponsors want to get involved with golf because they have the ability to tap into these C-suite level of executives that they want to do business with,” said Octagon’s Ross Chouler, who is the agent for Xander Schauffele, No. Corporate hospitality is another critical component of the golf sponsorship space. Those fans buy equipment, apparel, watches, financial services and cars with that disposable income. Golf offers a wildly attractive demographic for sponsors-the median household income for the sport’s TV viewers is roughly $75,000 and tops football, baseball and basketball, according to Nielsen. He also extended his agreement with Monster Energy at the end of last year. He was previously the face of Electronic Arts’ PGA Tour game franchise from 1998 to 2013. Woods signed a multi-year pact in early 2021 with Take-Two Interactive Software’s 2K franchise for its golf videogame. He counts more than a dozen brands in his endorsement portfolio, led by Nike, TaylorMade, Hero MotoCorp and Bridgestone and he’s earned more than $1.5 billion off the course since turning pro, versus $121 million in PGA Tour prize money. Yet Woods continues to be a master pitchman as brands look to align themselves with the 15-time major winner. Back surgery and a devastating February car accident limited Woods to only seven events, and his prize money was a mere $191,000. Woods is the highest-paid golfer over the last 12 months with $62.2 million. But for the superstars of the sport, the biggest paydays still come off the course. The PGA Tour will dole out more than $400 million this year, quadruple the tally from a quarter-century ago. Golf prize money has exploded since Tiger Woods burst on the scene in 1996. Open tees off Thursday at San Diego’s Torrey Pines with $12.5 million in prize money on the line, including $2.25 million for the winner, the biggest purse among golf’s four major championships. Before that, there will be a beta running sometime this spring, which you can sign up for here.The U.S. Turbo Golf Racing will also launch in early access later this year on Steam and Game Pass. It was a bridge construction game, but you were delivering physicsy skiers to their destination rather than physicsy vehicles. We covered developer Hugecalf's previous game when it entered early access and was called Carried Away, although by the time it left early access it was called When Ski Lifts Go Wrong. Some of those seem to let you go on the offensive against your rivals, similar to the rocket attack shown in the trailer above. Turbo Golf Racing will also allow you to activate wings on any vehicle and glide towards the finish line, and there are "power cores" to unlock which grant you special abilities. In the trailer above, that looks exciting, but I wonder: when you miss your ball and drive past, do you have to reverse and try again or can you reset behind the ball as you would if you crashed off track in a regular racing game? Rocket League's match and arena structure means it's not frustrating should you ever miss the ball entirely - and you will - but I worry that won't be the case in the high pressure of a race. The golf course you're competing on is a race course and you're rushing to be the first of eight players to get your ball in the hole. The key difference is that this is an actual race, rather than a scored back-and-forth in a confined arena. ![]() ![]() That does look a lot like Rocket League, even down to its cars and futuristic world design.
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