Tiger Woods banks $10 million bonus from PGA Tour despite playing just five events

Tiger Woods’ season on the PGA Tour was another frustrating one due to injury, but he once again came out on top of the PGA Tour’s Player Impact P

Tiger Woods topped the Player Impact Program (Image: Getty Images)

Tiger Woods may have only played five events on the PGA Tour in 2024, but this has not stopped the 82-time winner from swooping a $10 million bonus from the Player Impact Program (PIP).

The program – which was first rolled out in 2021 – rewards players for generating interest in the PGA Tour, with Woods’ impact on the game still clear to see, with Sports Business Journal he has once again come out on top despite keeping himself out of the public eye for the majority of the year.

Woods played just five times on the PGA Tour in 2025, and once outside the major championships, which came at the Genesis Invitational last February where he forced to withdraw in round two due to illness.

He did play in all four majors, but made the cut just once, coming at the Masters where he eventually ended the week in 60th. Missed cuts at the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open and Open Championship followed, with his outing at Royal Troon in Scotland his last.

He was expected to play in last month’s Hero World Challenge alongside his hosting duties, but pulled out in the build-up due to a back problem he underwent surgery for in September. His year was still enough to leave him on top of the PIP standings though, seeing off Scottie Scheffler who finished second.

Scheffler enjoyed a remarkable 2024, winning nine times altogether, including the Masters, Olympic Games, and the Tour Championship, helping him clinch his first FedEx Cup. The World No. 1 finished one spot above last year’s winner Rory McIlroy, whilst double major winner Xander Schauffele came fourth.

Tiger Woods has struggled for fitness ( Image: Getty Images)
Completing the top five was Jordan Spieth, with Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood, and Wyndham Clark finishing behind him. All 10 players took a chunk of the PIP bonus pot, which was cut in half for 2024 despite the hefty payouts.

For Woods, it means he has now won the top prize three out of four times, only being pipped by his business partner McIlroy in 2023. Whilst his impact is still clear within the game, Woods himself will be hoping he can put together a more substantial year on the course of this campaign.

He did feature in the 36-hole PNC Championship with his son Charlie in December, finishing second behind Team Langer. It does however appear he still has plenty of work to do to make a full comeback to competitive PGA Tour events.

“I’m not tournament sharp yet, no. I’m still not there. These are 20 of the best players in the world and I’m not sharp enough to compete against them at this level,” he said in December at the Hero World Challenge. “So when I’m ready to compete and play at this level, then I will.”