After Mega LIV Golf Season, Has Phil Mickelson Surpassed $2 Billion in Career Earnings?

Skilled athletes often see huge earnings during their careers. and Phil Mickelson is no exception. He turned pro in 1992 and began on the PGA Tour. The golf legend spent 30 years playing on the tour, and despite spending the majority of it in Tiger Woods’ shadow, Mickelson did quite well for himself when it came to earnings.

He won 45 events on the PGA Tour and then went on to sign a huge deal with LIV Golf, which only added to his earnings. But has Lefty crossed over $2 billion in his career? Let’s find out.

Mickelson’s earnings on the tours

In his 30 years on the Tour, he played in 658 events and making the cut in 533 of them. His total earnings from the prize money on the tour was $94,955,060. Mickelson has the second-highest prize money earnings on the tour, again losing out to Woods.

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Earlier this year, the golf legend turned his back on the PGA Tour and defected to the other side. LIV Golf, in turn, compensated Mickelson very well. He signed a $200 million contract with them, more than double of his Tour prize earnings. He also played in seven LIV Golf events after his jump, and won $1,825,350 in total from their individual and team events.

From just his golf earnings, Mickelson earned just under $296 million. Many pros go their entire careers without seeing such high incomes. But for Lefty, that was just the tip of the iceberg. Since turning pro, the golfer also signed many endorsement deals and partnered with many sponsors.

How much did Phil Mickelson make off the course?

Phil also has a course design business, which only adds to his off-course income. Through his business, endorsements, and other minor earnings such as exhibition matches and the PGA Tour’s PIP program, the golf legend made close to $830 million. Earlier this year, Mickelson unfortunately lost all his sponsors due to his controversial comments about the Saudi League before joining them.

Since losing his sponsors, Mickelson has taken quite a blow, but he’s still gone on to make a lot. Totaling up his earnings, the former No. 2 in the world has made just over $1.1 billion throughout his career. After Woods, he is the second golfer in history to earn a billion dollars.

Lefty has not yet crossed the 2-billion-dollar mark, but if he can get new endorsement deals and sponsorships soon, it is more than likely that the American could see his earnings touch that number.

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Do you think Phil will get new sponsors? And will he ever overtake Woods in career earnings, or is the gap between them already too wide? Let us know what you think in the comments below.