MajorMoney
A weekly golf money tracker that follows the PGA Tour's top earners through the season — showing who's quietly banking the most, who's underperforming their career average, and how a player's Open purse fits into their annual earnings picture.
Casual golf fans who follow the PGA Tour season-long and care about player earnings beyond just wins
- Season-long earnings leaderboard updated after every cut and purse distribution
- Career-earnings trajectory charts for the top 50 players
- 'Value vs Salary' view showing which big names are over- or under-performing their season expectations
- Year-end money-title race tracker with push alerts when someone takes the lead
The Open's purse bump is the latest in a year of money-focused golf headlines (Masters $22.5M, US Open $22.5M), and fans are increasingly treating earnings as a story line of its own.
Multiple major outlets (Golf.com, SI, CBS Sports, FanSided) publish full payout breakdowns each major, but Google Trends cited at only 2,000+ searches for 'the open prize money' is modest — niche within casual fans.2024 Open Championship money: How much money every player made ↗British Open payout distribution 2024: Prize money, purse ↗
PGA Tour's own stats site, Spotrac, ESPN, and StatMuse all already publish full season-long earnings rankings for free — the 'narrative/quietly banking' angle is editorial, not a data gap.Money/Finishes | PGA TOUR Stats ↗2024 PGA TOUR Earnings - Spotrac.com ↗PGA Tour Earnings 2024 | StatMuse ↗
Golf.com runs an InsideGOLF paid membership showing some willingness to pay in golf, but web search for paid golf earnings/money apps returned no results and free authoritative alternatives make subscription conversion hard for casual fans.2024 Open Championship money: How much money every player made (InsideGOLF membership prompt) ↗
Open purses have risen every year from $11.5M (2021) → $14M → $16.5M → $17M (2024), and the Players/Majors purses keep climbing — money is a sustained multi-year storyline.2024 Open Championship money: How much money every player made ↗2024 Open Championship purse, payout breakdown, winner's share ↗
All required earnings and payout data is publicly published by PGA Tour, the R&A, and aggregators — build is essentially a scraping + editorial/AI summarization layer.Money/Finishes | PGA TOUR Stats ↗