Spieth Top Earner in 2015, Passes Tiger Woods

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Published on January 13 2016 6:50 am
Last Updated on January 13 2016 6:50 am
Written by Millie Lange

For the first time in 13 years, Tiger Woods was not the top earner in golf.

At $53 million in on-course winnings and off-the-course endorsements, Jordan Spieth was the top earner in 2015, according to estimates by Golf Digest.

Spieth earned more than $23 million on the course, thanks in part to winning the Masters, the U.S. Open and the Tour Championship and picking up the $10 million FedEx Cup bonus. Golf Digest estimates that Spieth made $30 million off the course. He also signed a new 10-year deal with Under Armour that included equity in the company earlier in the year for an undisclosed sum. His other major deals include AT&T, Titleist and Rolex.

Phil Mickelson finished at No. 2 with $52.3 million in total take despite not winning a tournament.

Woods, who has been on top of the list since it was started in 2002, finished third with $48.5 million. It's the first time Woods -- who had his second straight year of making less than $1 million on the course in 2015 -- finished with less than $50 million in a year since 2001. The magazine has tabulated the 14-time major champion's earnings for each year of his career.

Woods, who Golf Digest estimates has made $1.4 billion on and off the course in his 20-year career, made more than $100 million per year from 2007 through 2009.