A professional golfer from the PGA Tour has made an astonishing assertion regarding Jack Nicklaus following the release of a recent report.
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Professional golfer Min Woo Lee recently made a humorous remark on Twitter regarding Jack Nicklaus after reviewing the latest figures on career earnings.
While Jack Nicklaus is celebrated for his remarkable achievement of 18 major championships and is often regarded as the greatest golfer in history, he has now been surpassed in estimated prize money on the PGA Tour by Ted Scott, the caddie for Scottie Scheffler.
Interestingly, Min Woo Lee is now only about $100,000 away from matching the legendary Jack Nicklaus in terms of earnings.
It is worth noting that we will refrain from discussing inflation or the fact that the top players are now competing for hundreds of millions of dollars on the PGA Tour in 2024.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler concluded his outstanding 2024 PGA Tour season with a victory at the Tour Championship on Sunday.
This triumph allowed him to secure the FedEx Cup and a record-setting first prize of $25 million on the PGA Tour.
This victory marked his seventh official win of the season, and if one includes his Olympic gold medal from Paris last month, it totals eight.
To provide context, Nicklaus earned only $144,000 when he claimed his 18th and final major title at the 1976 Masters.
In 2024, Scheffler amassed $29,228,357 in official prize money from PGA Tour events.
When factoring in the bonus from the Tour Championship, his total earnings for the season reach $64,228,357.
It is reported that Scheffler’s caddie, Ted Scott, has received nearly 10% of that amount, resulting in approximately $6 million in his pocket.
Despite not yet having a PGA Tour title, Min Woo Lee is just one paycheck away from surpassing Nicklaus’ career earnings on the circuit.
Ranked 42nd in the world, Lee expressed his excitement upon seeing his name closely associated with Nicklaus in a recent financial update shared by Monday Q Info on X / Twitter.
Jack Nicklaus, now 84 years old, holds the record for 18 major titles and a total of 73 PGA Tour victories, placing him third on the all-time list behind Tiger Woods and Sam Snead, who each have 82 titles.
He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.
