Tiger beats Mickelson to $8m PGA Tour 'player impact' top prize, McIlroy gets $3.5m for third

Woods wins top prize in golf's popularity contest despite not hitting a ball in an official PGA Tour event in 2021

Tiger Woods claimed the $8m top prize on the PGA Tour's inaugural Player Impact Programme. Picture: AP Photo/Ryan Kang

Phil Mickelson has suffered another setback after finishing runner-up to Tiger Woods in the PGA Tour's inaugural Player Impact Programme (PIP).

Mickelson, who has lost several sponsors since his explosive comments about the PGA Tour and a potential Saudi-backed rival circuit, claimed in December that he had scooped the $8m (€7.21m) first prize from the PIP, a bonus scheme designed to reward the Tour's most popular stars.