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GOLF · 47 COUNTRIES

Golf prize money by country

$9,977,279,554 won by 926 golfers between 1980 and 2026, split by the flag on the entry. United States has taken $5,945,054,348 of it.

Golf is the most one-sided money map in this database. One country holds 59.6% of everything the sport has paid, three hold 71.5% between them, and 12 of the 47 on the list have had a single golfer paid in their history.

WON IN ALL $9.98bn
TOP COUNTRY $5.95bn
COUNTRIES PAID 47
TOP THREE HOLD 71.5%
GOLFERS RANKED 926

The fifteen richest golfing countries

Prize money won by their players, 1980 to 2026

Top three hold 71.5%

United States $5.95bn Australia $610m England $583m South Africa $365m Spain $336m Northern Ireland $260m South Korea $242m Canada $202m Sweden $196m Chile $126m Japan $123m Mexico $99m Ireland $93m Norway $86m Germany $76m

The chart is one bar and a rounding error, which is what 59.6% looks like when it is drawn.

The same countries, per golfer

Average career prize money, countries with 3 or more paid

28 countries qualify

Chile $31m Spain $24m Norway $22m Australia $19m Ireland $15m South Africa $15m England $13m Austria $13m United States $13m India $11m Colombia $9.4m Sweden $8.9m Mexico $8.3m Canada $7.8m South Korea $6.9m

Divide by the number of golfers and the table turns over. Chile averages $31,471,514 a career against $12,649,052 for United States, because a country that sends three or four players sends the ones who were always going to be paid, while a country with a hundred tour cards carries everybody who ever held one.

Every country the tour has paid

Ranked by prize money won by its golfers

47 countries

# Country Golfers Per golfer Majors share LIV share Top earner Prize money
01 United States 470 $12.6m 8.3% 9.1% Scottie Scheffler $5,945,054,348$5.95bn
02 Australia 32 $19.1m 9.5% 19.5% Cameron Smith $609,902,055$609.9m
03 England 44 $13.3m 15.3% 17.8% Justin Rose $583,067,206$583.1m
04 South Africa 25 $14.6m 13.4% 39.0% Louis Oosthuizen $364,760,277$364.8m
05 Spain 14 $24.0m 9.3% 48.6% Jon Rahm $335,867,105$335.9m
06 Northern Ireland 2 $129.9m 14.7% 7.0% Rory McIlroy $259,827,494$259.8m
07 South Korea 35 $6.9m 8.5% Sungjae Im $241,944,953$241.9m
08 Canada 26 $7.8m 7.0% Corey Conners $201,904,995$201.9m
09 Sweden 22 $8.9m 11.6% 5.6% Henrik Stenson $196,493,182$196.5m
10 Chile 4 $31.5m 3.0% 82.2% Joaquin Niemann $125,886,055$125.9m
11 Japan 37 $3.3m 10.0% 7.1% Hideki Matsuyama $122,673,242$122.7m
12 Mexico 12 $8.3m 2.5% 69.4% Abraham Ancer $99,136,906$99.1m
13 Ireland 6 $15.4m 20.3% Shane Lowry $92,630,249$92.6m
14 Norway 4 $21.6m 9.0% Viktor Hovland $86,353,739$86.4m
15 Germany 14 $5.5m 15.5% 14.5% Martin Kaymer $76,414,140$76.4m
16 Fiji 1 $74.9m 10.4% Vijay Singh $74,912,344$74.9m
17 Scotland 14 $4.7m 9.2% Martin Laird $65,438,533$65.4m
18 Argentina 13 $4.5m 16.8% Emiliano Grillo $58,190,142$58.2m
19 India 5 $11.0m 2.2% 70.2% Anirban Lahiri $54,908,026$54.9m
20 Austria 4 $13.1m 6.7% 9.2% Sepp Straka $52,268,048$52.3m
21 Colombia 5 $9.4m 4.6% Camilo Villegas $47,212,993$47.2m
22 Slovakia 1 $39.2m 3.0% Rory Sabbatini $39,188,971$39.2m
23 New Zealand 6 $5.6m 16.7% Danny Lee $33,855,235$33.9m
24 Zimbabwe 2 $13.6m 1.2% 55.5% Scott Vincent $27,299,852$27.3m
25 Denmark 11 $2.4m 18.7% Nicolai Hojgaard $26,274,561$26.3m
26 Italy 10 $2.5m 28.2% Francesco Molinari $25,253,544$25.3m
27 Venezuela 1 $22.5m 4.7% Jhonattan Vegas $22,517,164$22.5m
28 Chinese Taipei 3 $6.7m 2.1% C.T. Pan $20,213,984$20.2m
29 France 16 $1.1m 17.5% Matthieu Pavon $17,014,775$17.0m
30 Belgium 3 $5.4m 21.5% Thomas Detry $16,088,308$16.1m
31 China 8 $1.3m 20.3% Haotong Li $10,674,055$10.7m
32 Paraguay 2 $5.1m 5.5% Carlos Franco $10,261,314$10.3m
33 Finland 4 $1.4m 3.4% Sami Valimaki $5,530,561$5.5m
34 Thailand 5 $936k 19.2% Kiradech Aphibarnrat $4,681,717$4.7m
35 Puerto Rico 2 $1.7m 0.9% Rafael Campos $3,465,421$3.5m
36 Wales 1 $2.5m 33.0% Jamie Donaldson $2,462,603$2.5m
37 Netherlands 2 $590k 44.3% Joost Luiten $1,180,672
38 Poland 1 $681k 38.9% Adrian Meronk $680,607
39 Brazil 1 $305k 0.0% Fred Biondi $304,764
40 Jamaica 1 $301k 0.0% John Chin $300,798
41 Malaysia 2 $63k 15.2% Danny Chia $125,226
42 Portugal 1 $118k 0.0% Ricardo Gouveia $118,225
43 Philippines 1 $60k 0.0% Miguel Tabuena $60,036
44 Dominican Republic 2 $15k 0.0% Willy Pumarol $29,543
45 Czechia 1 $23k 0.0% Petr Hruby $22,886
46 Great Britain 1 $16k 0.0% Matthew Short $15,721
47 El Salvador 1 $8k 0.0% Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez $8,000

A country is linked where two or more of its golfers are on the ranking. Below that the country page would be one player's page with a flag on it, so the row points at the player instead.

Where LIV money landed

LIV Golf as a share of each country's total

14 countries paid by LIV

Chile 82.2% India 70.2% Mexico 69.4% Zimbabwe 55.5% Spain 48.6% South Africa 39.0% Australia 19.5% England 17.8% Germany 14.5% Austria 9.2% United States 9.1% Japan 7.1% Northern Ireland 7.0% Sweden 5.6%

Chile is the clearest case at 82.2%, against 13.5% for the sport as a whole. A closed roster of fifty does this to a small country's total: one signing is worth more than a decade of tour cards, and the LIV page has the roster and what each seat has paid.

What the tour pays out each season

Every player of every year added together

31 seasons with a page

Frequently asked questions

Which country has won the most golf prize money?

United States, $5,945,054,348 across 470 golfers, which is 59.6% of all the prize money on this site. Australia is second on $609,902,055.

How concentrated is golf prize money by country?

The top three hold 71.5% of everything paid out, out of 47 countries that have been paid at all. 12 of them have had exactly one golfer paid, ever.

Which country produces the richest golfers on average?

Chile, $31,471,514 a golfer across 4, among countries with 3 or more. United States averages $12,649,052 across 470.

Which country leans on LIV Golf most?

Chile. 82.2% of its $125,886,055 came from LIV, against 13.5% for the sport as a whole.

Which countries have a golf prize money page of their own?

The 35 with two or more golfers on the ranking. With one golfer a country page is that player's page with a flag on it, so the other 12 sit on the table here and link to the player instead.

Where to next

The countries, the players and the rest of the money

Every country with a page

The fifty richest golfers

Every season

The money, cut four ways