Highest-Paid Athletes List: LIV Golfers Score Big

Highest-Paid Athletes List: LIV Golfers Score Big
Dustin Johnson of Aces GC celebrates after winning the LIV Golf-Tulsa individual championship during Day Three of the LIV Golf Invitational- Tulsa at Cedar Ridge Country Club in Broken Arrow, Okla., on May 14, 2023. Ian Maule/Getty Images
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The controversial move from the PGA Tour to the upstart LIV Golf League paid off handsomely for Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson.

The two golfers ranked Nos. 6 and 7, respectively, on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s highest-paid athletes. Johnson raked in $107 million and Mickelson $106 million over the past 12 months, almost all of it on the course with little in endorsements.