By his own high standards, Rory McIlroy made an incredibly profitable year on the PGA Tour.
He won the victory at Cobblestone Beach Pro-AM in February, and then the Players Championship started in March.
It was his good preparation for the Masters attack, where he finished his professional grand slam with a playoff win over Justin Rose, becoming the only sixth man and the first European to reach a milestone.
After that, it was a bit downhill, tied for second at the Genesis Scottish Open, where he scored the highest mark for the rest of the calendar year.
Despite a year-high and more close misses, McIlroy managed to raise his vault to $16,992,418. That’s $7.3 million more than his $9,607,741 in 2024.
This is McIlroy’s revenue per game, starting with the maximum amount of bonuses.
1. Player Championship (Post-Season Winner) Prize – $4,500,000
McIlroy won his second win in the player in March, despite starting a final day of four goals from US JJ Spaun.
He returned to the lead after 11 holes in the day of weather forecasting, but Spaun struggled on the 16th and attracted the level.
Spaun missed a 30-foot putt to win the championship and was forced to complete the three-hole playoffs due to poor lighting.
McIlroy won the playoffs by par, and the four-pointer game (PAR Spaun) didn’t bother to finish the final hole.
2. Master (winner) – $4.2 million
McIlroy became the first European to win the Masters in April to win a professional grand slam.
He joined Americans Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as well as Gary players in South Africa to reach the milestone.
After missing the standard putt to win in the regulation game, he needed a birdie on the first playoff hole to steal Justin Rose’s mastery green jacket.
3. AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Winner) – $3,600,000
McIlroy started the year with a victory in his first PGA event – Pebble Beach Pro-AM.
He beat good friend Shane Lowry in two shots to finish his 27th victory on the PGA Tour and first on the iconic California field.
4. Genesis Scottish Open (T2) – $788,175
McIlroy rediscovered his momentum and form at the Genesis Scottish Open in mid-July, trailing second place at Chris Gotterup.
He took the lead at the start of the final round of the Renaissance club and scored 2 with 68. However, Gotterup nailed more birdies, scored under 66 and won the trophy with two shots.
5. Travelers Championship (T6) – $695,000
After a mid-season downturn, McIlroy appears to be heading in the right direction at the TPC River Heights Tournament in late June.
McIlroy finished with the final round of 65, reaching 12 under par and tied for sixth place with Scottie Scheffler.
6. Truist Champion (T7) $602,500
In early May, McIlroy finished sixth in the final day of the Truist Championship by eight points, behind his close friend Shane Lowry, who made the rankings with 14 shots.
But the final round of 68 left McIlroy six shots behind and eventually won Sepp Straka and couldn’t keep the title he won in 2024.
Lowry tied for second, followed by two shots from Straka.
7. Open (T7) – $451,833
After finishing second in the Scottish Open, McIlroy heads to the Royal Portrait with good spirits.
He cut comfortably before firing a shot in Saturday’s third round break of 66, straight into the last day’s six.
But McIlroy and his challengers couldn’t get involved with the Americans as the ultimate winner Scottie Scheffler is under cruise control in the field.
He finished the final day with 69-under 2, finishing with a score of seven, behind Scheffler.
8. BMW Champion (T12) – $441,000
After skipping the FedEx St. Jude Championship and spending nearly a month under the Tour, McIlroy returned to Cave Valley Golf Club to win the BMW Championship.
McIlroy admitted to feeling bad in the first round, where he played 70, but he scored 66 times in the second round.
But in the last two rounds, the 71 and 70s put him outside the top ten and tied for 12th.
9. Tour Championship (T23) – $395,000
Rory McIlroy spent a weekend at the Tour Championship, with his weekend scores of 70 and 71, meaning he was T23 in the 30-man game.
He cut $395,000 in the most lucrative PGA Tour of the season, which will be difficult to play.
McIlroy’s decision to skip the first FedEx Cup playoffs could be wrong.
10. ArnoldPalmer Invitational (T15) – $349,000
The Woods changes did not help improve McIlroy’s fate before the Arnold Palmer Invitational, as he ended his 15th-time champion Russell Henley in early March.
He failed to face a serious challenge at Bay Hill at the start of the final day, ending a disappointing 72 with a 72-shot.
11. Texas Children’s Houston Open (T5) – $337,844
McIlroy finished fifth at the Houston Open after a low-high 64-shot final in the Houston Open in late March.
He almost missed the layoffs after the second round, but assembled at 15 on Saturday and Sunday, trailing first-time PGA Tour champion Min Woo Lee.
12. Genesis Invitational (T17) – $270,714
McIlroy tied for 17th in the Genesis Invitational Tournament in Torrey Pines in February.
He finished the game at Level 72 in the final round, holding three points, well behind Championship champion Ludvig Aberg (-12), who hit four birdies in his final six holes for his second PGA Tour title.
13. US Open (T19) – $243,070
McIlroy struggled to get through steals and cuts at the Canadian Open, scuffing the line and entering the U.S. Open weekend games at speeds as low as 74 and 72.
He admitted to being “frustrated” after 74 points in the third round put him on the rankings. But he found some motivation in the final round, scoring 3 with 67, scoring 7 points in the game, tied for 19th.
He described his performance at Oakmont Country Club as “quite average.”
14. PGA Champion (T47) – $49,190
McIlroy bombed the course he usually excelled in at Quail Hollow, where he won his first PGA Tour title in 2010, and three more Tour titles there.
He struggled to start with a 74-shot start and worked hard with a second round of 69, just saw him heading into the weekend.
McIlroy then put together a row of 72-hit troop to put him over three games and tied for 47th, his first all-year away from the age of 20 and his worst performance this year so far.
15. New Orleans Zurich Classic (T12) – $34,546
Defending champion McIlroy and teammate Shane Lowry are ranked 12th after struggling in a tough nine games.
The disappointing performance only won them $69,092 so we split it into the middle and added the $34,546 price to the total number of Northern Irish people.
16. Royal Canadian Bank of Canada Open – Missed
McIlroy has won twice in the Canadian Open in TPC Toronto after a disappointing PGA title.
McIlroy missed the layoffs with 9 points in the game and tied for No. 149. His worst result of his PGA Tour career since opening at Royal Troon in 2024 was also his first layoff.
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