Former PGA Tour Commissioner TIM FINCHEM tops GOLF DIGEST's biennial report on salaries from around the game of golf. Golf in the U.S. is nearly a $70B industry that "employs about two million people" and pays out $55.6B in annual wage income. From the "richly compensated executives at golf's leading associations to the minimum-wage workers" who keep courses in playing shape, the chart below offers a "peek into paychecks of people in golf" (GOLF DIGEST, 2/'17 issue).
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GOLF DIGEST: TOP SALARIES AMONG GOLF EXECS
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RANK
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EXEC |
SALARY
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1
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Former PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem |
$5,655,352
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2
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Acushnet President & CEO Wally Uihlein |
$4,978,638
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3
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Callaway President & CEO Chip Brewer |
$4,305,268
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4
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PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan |
$2,116,875
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5
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PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua |
$1,444,331
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6
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PGA Tour CMO Ty Votaw |
$1,252,536
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7
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LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan |
$966,742
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8
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USGA Exec Dir & CEO Mike Davis |
$854,803
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9
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PGA of America Chief Championship Officer Kerry Haigh |
$744,260
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10
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First Tee CEO Joe Barrow |
$618,853
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