"This isn’t factually true" - Phil Mickelson disagrees with claim that Rory McIlroy is ranked 2nd on PGA Tour earnings with $77,945,557 to his name

Phil Mickelson recently expressed disagreement with a Golf Digest social media post claiming Rory McIlroy is the second active PGA Tour player in career earnings.

McIlroy is one of the richest golfers in the world. He has earned $77,945,557 in his career so far, following in the footsteps of 15-time Major champion Tiger Woods, who has earned $122,954,766 in his career.

Mickelson, however, said that "factually" McIlroy does not have the second-highest career earnings on the PGA Tour. He jumped into the comments section of the news outlet's post, whose caption was:

"Rory McIlroy is currently second in career earnings among active PGA Tour players. Will he ever catch Tiger?"

Denying the data, Phil Mickelson wrote:

"This isn’t factually true."

According to the PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson has earned more than McIlroy in his career. His career earnings are $96,572,310.

However, after signing a deal with LIV Golf last year, Mickelson does not play on the PGA Tour. Golf Digest was probably talking about the players who currently play on the PGA Tour and have earned the most in their career, which apparently does not include Mickelson.

Someone in the comments section told Mickelson that he is not active on the PGA Tour and thus was excluded from the list. To that, the LIV golfer replied:

"I played 4 pga tour sanctioned events this year, have not resigned my membership. I’m suspended, but still active. So there’s that."

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Who has the most career earnings on the PGA Tour?

According to the official website of the PGA Tour, Tiger Woods tops the list of the highest earners followed by Phil Mickelson.

Rory McIlroy comes in third place, followed by another LIV golfer Dustin Johnson.

Here are the highest PGA Tour career earnings of the golfers:

• 1 Tiger Woods $120,954,766
• 2 Phil Mickelson $96,572,310
• 3 Rory McIlroy $77,945,557
• 4 Dustin Johnson $75,417,837
• 5 Jim Furyk $71,507,269
• 6 Vijay Singh $71,236,216
• 7 Adam Scott $62,924,220
• 8 Justin Rose $61,357,359
• 9 Jordan Spieth $59,303,093
• 10 Matt Kuchar $57,710,567
• 11 Jason Day $56,889,445
• 12 Sergio Garcia $54,576,690
• 13 Justin Thomas $54,137,404
• 14 Jon Rahm $51,319,651
• 15 Ernie Els $49,385,600
• 16 Rickie Fowler $48,687,697
• 17 Zach Johnson $48,556,493
• 18 Bubba Watson $48,049,778
• 19 Webb Simpson $45,124,009
• 20 Davis Love III $44,959,243
• 21 Steve Stricker $44,936,354
• 22 Hideki Matsuyama $43,836,452
• 23 Stewart Cink $43,283,250
• 24 Brooks Koepka $43,044,449
• 25 Charles Howell III $42,025,458
• 26 David Toms $41,901,709
• 27 Scottie Scheffler $40,689,229
• 28 Brandt Snedeker $40,650,742
• 29 Keegan Bradley $40,208,904
• 30 Patrick Cantlay $39,531,361
• 31 Patrick Reed $38,152,515
• 32 Xander Schauffele $38,095,827
• 33 Kevin Na $37,819,638
• 34 Luke Donald $37,663,042
• 35 Tony Finau $37,228,604
• 36 Paul Casey $36,620,072
• 37 Rory Sabbatini $36,119,041
• 38 Marc Leishman $35,216,825
• 39 Billy Horschel $35,182,660
• 40 Justin Leonard $33,884,793
• 41 Gary Woodland $33,423,884
• 42 Charley Hoffman $33,310,167
• 43 Ryan Moore $33,046,981
• 44 Ryan Palmer $32,982,641
• 45 K.J. Choi $32,803,596
• 46 Henrik Stenson $32,224,921
• 47 Kenny Perry $32,123,130
• 48 Brian Harman $31,967,672
• 49 Retief Goosen $31,301,518
• 50 Bill Haas $31,011,664