Soon after the PGA announced Tiger as the winner of PIP, the GOAT took to Twitter reacting to it. He posted the screenshot of Mickelson’s tweet in which he disclosed himself as the winner of the PIP money.
As per Dan, Tiger cannot win the PIP money because of certain rules from the PGA Tour. “Tiger technically isn’t eligible to receive his money until he plays an event he hasn’t played in the last 4 years,” Dan tweeted. “That’s why Phil went to Kapalua, to satisfy that requirement.”
Woods will receive $8 million as a reward as the first prize winner. Meanwhile, Mickelson has won the second prize and bagged the $6 million prize money. The organization distributed $3.5 million for the 3-6 positions, which Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Bryson DeChambeau, and Justin Thomas won, in order
The Five criteria's that the PGA took to measure the winners were Internet searches, earned media, social media, TV sponsor exposure, and awareness