Tiger Woods has a staggering net worth(Image: Tracy Wilcox, PGA TOUR via Getty Images)
No golfer in history has banked more on the course than Tiger Woods. However, an unlikely figure on the PGA Tour can at least count himself in the ballpark of the 15-time major winner’s colossal net worth.
Golfing legend Woods is believed to be worth nearly £1billion, with approximately 10 per cent of that coming from his PGA Tour winnings. Yet the overwhelming majority of his fortune has been generated through his partnership with Nike and other brand deals, alongside numerous investments that have yielded returns over the years.
Woods, 50, can say he amassed his wealth almost entirely through his own endeavours. The same cannot be said for Maverick McNealy, though he’s still positioned high on golf’s wealth rankings given he’s poised to inherit a substantial portion of his father’s £750million empire.
McNealy’s father, Scott, is worth approaching 10 figures after creating a fortune in the technology sector. In many respects, it only makes Maverick’s achievements on the course more remarkable considering he faced few concerns in the financial realm before he ever took up a club.
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Without insight into the allowance arrangements in the McNealy household, it’s reasonable to assume Maverick would have been financially secure had he not pursued professional golf. Nevertheless, he remains a self-made triumph in that respect and is enjoying the form of his career ahead of the first major of 2026.
Father Scott jumped into the tech revolution before Silicon Valley took off in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He’s best known as the co-founder of Sun MicroSystems, which produced computer hardware, software and IT services before being sold in 2009.
Tech giant Oracle bought Sun for $5.6bn, equivalent to approximately £6.3bn in current values. It’s unclear precisely how much Scott pocketed as his personal portion of that transaction, though it made a substantial contribution to his estimated current net worth of nearly £1bn.
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To illustrate Sun’s magnitude, the firm’s former 1,000,000,000-square-foot headquarters in California was purchased by Facebook in 2011. Following Sun’s sale, McNealy Sr became involved in various other startups, including a golf app called 18Birdies.
Nevertheless, Maverick is the family’s real powerhouse on the greens. And it was evident in 2025 after the 30-year-old participated in all four majors in the same calendar year for the first time in his career.
McNealy Jr, who also studied at Harvard, was formerly the world’s top-ranked amateur and presently sits 24th in the OWGR standings. His only PGA Tour victory came at the RSM Classic in 2024, but he’s gradually strengthening his credentials to challenge for more silverware going forward.
McNealy has banked approximately £15.6m in PGA earnings since joining the Tour in 2017, less than a fifth of Woods’ career prize haul. There’s still plenty of time to narrow the divide, though, as he aims to continue forging his own remarkable legacy in the game.
