Despite His Latest Setback at $20,000,000 Event, Rory McIlroy Achieves a Major Financial Milestone

Jun 26, 2023 | 11:48 AM EDT

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Golf World is incomplete without its notable players. This list also includes Rory McIlroy. Following a difficult start to the year, McIlroy is back with his ferocious gameplay. In this field, he has displayed some outstanding performances. At the US Open 2023, the third major competition, he came in second. He then demonstrated his talent once more by placing seventh at the Travelers Championship which has a purse of $20,000,000.

Many are pleased with McIlroy’s game, but unfortunately, he is not able to snap an almost nine-year major drought. Though we can expect his best in the future, in the middle of the great game, McIlroy’s managed to add another feather to his cap. Let’s find out!

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McIlroy’s new feat in his career

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Due to his finishes at the RBC Canadian Open (T-9) and U.S. Open, McIlroy was fourth in overall earnings prior to the Travelers Championship. He trailed Dustin Johnson, who was in third place, by just $248,530.

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And now McIlroy’s recent finish at the Travelers Championship has earned him $650,000. This made him pass the barrier of $75 million last week, making him just the third player to earn that much. He is currently ranked third, but he is still lagging behind Tiger Woods, who is ranked first with $120,954,766, and Phil Mickelson, who is ranked second with $96,572,310.

Since Dustin Johnson is now banned from the PGA Tour and can only add to his totals at majors right now, it would be difficult for him to overtake McIlroy for third place. This is not the only accomplishment McIlroy made this week; at the Travelers Championship, he did something that elevated him to stardom. Keep going!

McIlroy’s first hole-in-one

By the time he was 25 years old, the Irishman had won four major championships and held the top spot in the OWR for 122 weeks. But one thing was always lacking in his illustrative career: a hole-in-one.

Finally, he accomplished this at the Travelers Championship last week. On the 214-yard, par-3 eighth hole of the course, the golfer made an ace. Tiger Woods hit his first hole-in-one when he was just 21 years old. In contrast, McIlroy had to wait roughly 16 years for that moment.

Surely this year’s Travelers Championship can be Rory McIlroy’s favorite event since he made two personal achievements in this event.

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