MAD MONEY: LIV GOLF'S $800-MILLION SPENDING SPREE SHAKES UP OUR RANKING OF THE GAME'S HIGHEST EARNERS.

Autor: RUDY, MATTHEW
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Zdroj: Golf Digest; Mar/Apr2023, Vol. 74 Issue 2, p70-78, 7p
Abstrakt: Regardless of whether Phil Mickelsoncollected half or a third of his estimated$210-million LIV Golf "playerparticipation agreement" fee in 2022,the impact on the financial structureof professional golf has been profound. GOLF DIGEST 50 The $800 million of opaque spendinginto men's professional golf by a secretiveregime has transformed the GolfDigest 50--our periodic look at thegame's highest earners--and madethe data behind the rankings harderto parse. Some of the socialforces reshaping sports as a whole--fromthe U.S. Women's National SoccerTeam winning pay equal to their malecounterparts to female NCAA athleteslike LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne dominatingthe name-image-likeness market--areworking their way into golf.". [Extracted from the article]
Databáze: Complementary Index