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Charl Schwartzel
Career Earnings: $22.3 million
Charl Schwartzel, whose major triumph came in the United States when he lifted the Masters trophy in 2011, has total earnings of $22.3 million from the PGA Championship and European Tour.
The breakdown of his earnings shows that he earned a total of $1.6 million from the PGA Championship and $20.7 million from the European Tour.
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Branden Grace
Career Earnings: $27.8 million
Grace, who has consistently been a top player for years, has received total earnings of $27.8 million from the PGA Championship and European Tour.
His career earnings are split into $11.1 million earned from PGA Championship and $16.7 million from the European Tour.
In 2016, Grace won the 2016 Puerto Rico Open. In 2020, he won the South African Open. He tied for seventh at the U.S. Open this year.
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Louis Oosthuizen
Career Earnings: $52.4 million
Louis Oosthuize, a top-ranked golfer in South Africa, earned $52.4 million from the PGA Championship and European Tour.
A breakdown of his earnings indicates that he earned $26.2 million from the PGA Championship and another $26.2 million from the European Tour, making him the most successful in terms of earnings.
Forbes noted that despite his eye-watering earnings, the Mossel Bay-born player has never won on the PGA Championship, losing three times in a playoff. However, he did win The British Open in 2010.