Known to be a rich peoples game, golf players take home a hefty sum. From Justin Thomas to Phill Mickelson, the golfers are widely known to earn in seven digits figure. The male dominant sport, in general, has a number of professional females whose earnings might give you goosebumps.
Our list goes with Michelle Sung Wie, an American professional golfer is on the top of the game. She plays on the LPGA Tour and has registered 5 LPGA Tour wins, including one major championship and 4 LPGA Tour to her name.
Let's decode how much Michelle earns as a professional golfer along with her net worth in 2018.
Michelle Wie turned professionally just a few weeks after she lit the candles for the 16th birthday. Since then, Michelle has registered 247 career events.
Michelle's total career earnings stand at $$6,785,731, which ranks her 37th in the LPGA's list of Female Golfers' Highest Career Earnings.
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Check out her annual earnings since the year 2009.
Year | Earnings |
2009 | $918,659 |
2010 | $888,017 |
2011 | $627,936 |
2012 | $158,546 |
2013 | $355,853 |
2014 | $1,924,796 |
2015 | $348,918 |
2016 | $76,019 |
2017 | $930,175 |
2018 | $551,815 |
So far, Michelle has five professional wins and here is the list of her earnings from each win.
Date | Tournament | Winner Share |
November 15, 2009 | Lorena Ochoa Invitational HSBC | 220,000 |
August 29, 2010 | CN Canadian | 337,000 |
April 19, 2014 | Women's Open LPGA Lotte Championship | 255,000 |
June 22, 2014 | U.S. Women's Open | 720,000 |
March 4, 2018 | Women's World Championship | 225,000 |
With lurcutive win earnings and over the top endorsement deals, Michelle enjoys a net worth of $12 million, as of 2018.
Michelle Wie's early years were so fruitful when it comes to endorsement deals. A few weeks after she turned professional, Michelle penned sponsorship contracts with Nike and Sony, which in total are worth over $10 million annually.
However, Nike announced to produce golf products in 2016. Thereafter, Michelle signed with Callaway. Her sponsor earnings add a lot to her net worth.
Michelle's sponsorship deals go along with McDonald's Omega, and StarKist. Michelle's association with the StarKist was a year-long deal for 2016, which she signed to promote tuna and salmon products.
Good going girl!
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