🏌🏻Why Is Scheffler Getting $8M Bonus?

Good morning! Round 2 of the the women’s event at the Olympics is in progress - you can watch all the action live on Golf Channel and Peacock.

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Fun Fact: Celine Boutier gained 4.83 strokes putting in round 1 at Le Golf National, most of any player in the field.

⛳ This day in history: In the more than 100 playings of the PGA Championship, the PGA of America's showcase event began on this date, August 8, six times: 1933, 1974, 1985, 1991, 1996 and 2013.

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Olympics: Can Team US Chase Down Home Favorite Boutier?

France's Celine Boutier holds a three-shot lead after Round 1 at Le Golf National. At last year’s Amundi Evian Championship, Boutier became the first woman to win a major on French soil - she now has her eyes on an Olympic Gold.

Boutier leads the field in strokes gained putting and scrambling in the first round. Her 65 was nine shots better than the field average - only a dozen players broke par.

⛳️ Team US In Contention: The US trio of Lilia Vu, Rose Zhang and Nelly Korda are very much in contention of finishing on the podium after the opening round. Vu is on 2-under after 18 holes while Zhang and Korda are on par.

Tokyo gold medalist Korda, the World No 1, shot a level-par round of 72 as she recovered from three early bogies.

📍Hall Of Fame Watch: The only golfer – male or female – with two Olympic medals, Lydia Ko’s journey to try to complete the set began with an opening 72. She’s currently in a share of 13th with Korda, Zhang and a host of others seven strokes back.

A gold medal this week would give Ko the 27th point needed to qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame.

🚫 No Smoking: Great Britain's Charley Hull is playing with a disadvantage — at least for her. She won't be having any smokes at the 2024 Olympics, as it is banned at the international competition.

Hull went viral at the 2024 US Women's Open when she was seen ripping a cigarette at Lancaster Country Club during the major. And she has openly admitted - the secret to her success isn't a club, but a smoke.

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Scheffler Set To Pocket $8 Million Bonus

Scottie Scheffler is set for another seven-figure sum to add to his stunning 2024 earnings. While victory at the Olympic Games barely added to his net worth, Scheffler has already racked up $28,148,691 in prize money from other tournaments.

He will now receive an additional $8 million bonus because he's guaranteed to claim the top prize from the Comcast Business Top 10. That sees a $20m sum shared among the top-10 finishers in the FedEx Cup regular season standings.

There are two $20m purse events left - the FedEx St. Jude Championship and BMW Championship later this month. He'll then head into the season-concluding Tour Championship, where the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings will battle it out to become FedEx champion.

As top seed, Scheffler will start ahead of his rivals on 10-under par in a strokes-based system to reward those who have had the best seasons. And given how he's been playing, you wouldn't bet against him claiming the top prize of $25m.

On top of all that, there's also the Player Impact Program, introduced in 2020/21 to reward members who generate the most positive influence on the tour.

All in all, there's still $42.2m, up for grabs for Scheffler. He's already broken his own record from the 2022/23 season for money won in a PGA Tour season, which was previously $21m, but it could reach a staggering level by the year end.

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What else is making news

Wyndham C'ship: The PGA Tour's final event of the regular season, the Wyndham Championship, will start on Thursday without fans due to the expected dangerous weather conditions from Tropical Storm Debby.

Collab: Bryson DeChambeau is likely to invite John Daly as the next guest on his YouTube channel. The date of release has not been revealed yet.

DP World Tour: LIV Golf star Richard Bland has admitted he has no intention of paying off fines handed to him by the DP World Tour, revealing his penalty bill stands at $1 million.

TV Ratings: For the four rounds of the Paris Games men’s golf competition, Golf Channel averaged around 427,000 viewers, down sharply from 672,000 for Tokyo Getty Images The men’s Olympic golf competition saw viewership decline this year on Golf Channel.

APGA Tour: The APGA Tour, committed to bringing greater diversity to the game of golf, will showcase 48 top diverse professional golfers as they compete for the $155,000 purse at the Mastercard APGA Tour Championship.

TGL: Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's TGL has a new founding partner. Businessolver is the latest company to partner up with the golf venture and is considered a leader in the HR technology solutions field.

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Rory McIlroy vs Jon Rahm: Who's Richer In 2024?

The world of professional golf is now divided into two camps: LIV Golf and PGA Tour. Today, we take a look at the net worth of two of the biggest stars from each of these camps - PGA's Rory McIlroy and LIV Golf's Jon Rahm.

💰 Rory McIlroy has earned a net worth of about $170 million, at the age of 35. He is popular for his commitment to the PGA Tour; he has successfully played and earned about $90,448,748 from official PGA Tour tournaments.

Nike and TaylorMade are some of the brands endorsed by McIlroy, and these are said to generate about $40 million every year.

💰 Jon Rahm is worth approximately $100 million, thanks to his $540 million deal with LIV Golf. This golfer has earned over $77 million from professional golf, out of which $52,055,684 came from the PGA Tour.

Endorsement deals with Callaway, Rolex, and VistaJet, among other brands have also helped the golfer reach the financial zenith.

The two golfers live luxurious lives with beautiful homes and fancy cars. Scottsdale, Arizona, is the place where Jon Rahm lives. He is usually seen driving his Mercedes-Benz G-Class car.

Rory McIlroy resides in a $11 million mansion in Jupiter, Florida. He has a collection of fast cars in his garage, such as the BMW i8 and the Lamborghini Aventador. McIlroy has also shown his business acumen through his investments in Alpine F1 and Symphony Ventures.

McIlroy also has stakes in technology firms such as Whoop. He has partnered with Tiger Woods at TMRW Sports to introduce a technology-infused golf league, TGL, to prime-time TV.

Both golfers are also involved in charity in one way or another. McIlroy notably contributed $5 million for COVID relief.

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