Woods claims $15M PGA Tour bonus

Tiger Woods is making a bigger impact off the course than inside the ropes, and he was rewarded with a $15 million bonus from the PGA Tour’s Player Impact Program. Woods won the award for the second straight year. He was recovering from a car crash in 2021 and played only two rounds of the PNC Championship with his son. This year, he played in three majors, making it to the weekend in two of them, finishing 72 holes only in the Masters. Woods still ranked No. 1 in four of the five PIP categories. The exception was “TV Sponsor Exposure,” which is the length of time a player’s sponsor logos appear on the screen during weekend rounds. He played only three of those. The PGA Tour used two sets of criteria — the one used last year, and the new one going forward that uses “general population awareness” and “golf fan awareness” to replace Q-rating and social media. Those who won PIP money must play in a designated tournament, take part in a PIP service event and play 15 times, 12 of them in elevated events. Woods was an approved exception as he plays a limited schedule.