"This isn’t factually true" - Phil Mickelson disagrees with claim that Rory McIlroy is ranked 2nd on PGA Tour earnings with $77,945,557 to his name

Phil Mickelson recently expressed disagreement with a Golf Digest social media post claiming Rory McIlroy is the second active PGA Tour player in career earnings.

McIlroy is one of the richest golfers in the world. He has earned $77,945,557 in his career so far, following in the footsteps of 15-time Major champion Tiger Woods, who has earned $122,954,766 in his career.

Mickelson, however, said that "factually" McIlroy does not have the second-highest career earnings on the PGA Tour. He jumped into the comments section of the news outlet's post, whose caption was:

"Rory McIlroy is currently second in career earnings among active PGA Tour players. Will he ever catch Tiger?"

Rory McIlroy is currently second in career earnings among active PGA Tour players.

Will he ever catch Tiger? 💰 pic.twitter.com/io7fb94YvI

Denying the data, Phil Mickelson wrote:

"This isn’t factually true."

@GolfDigest This isn’t factually true. 🤷‍♂️

According to the PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson has earned more than McIlroy in his career. His career earnings are $96,572,310.

However, after signing a deal with LIV Golf last year, Mickelson does not play on the PGA Tour. Golf Digest was probably talking about the players who currently play on the PGA Tour and have earned the most in their career, which apparently does not include Mickelson.

Someone in the comments section told Mickelson that he is not active on the PGA Tour and thus was excluded from the list. To that, the LIV golfer replied:

"I played 4 pga tour sanctioned events this year, have not resigned my membership. I’m suspended, but still active. So there’s that."

@sharkwinger @GolfDigest I played 4 pga tour sanctioned events this year, have not resigned my membership. I’m suspended, but still active. So there’s that 😎

Who has the most career earnings on the PGA Tour?

According to the official website of the PGA Tour, Tiger Woods tops the list of the highest earners followed by Phil Mickelson.

Rory McIlroy comes in third place, followed by another LIV golfer Dustin Johnson.

Here are the highest PGA Tour career earnings of the golfers:

1 Tiger Woods $120,954,766
2 Phil Mickelson $96,572,310
3 Rory McIlroy $77,945,557
4 Dustin Johnson $75,417,837
5 Jim Furyk $71,507,269
6 Vijay Singh $71,236,216
7 Adam Scott $62,924,220
8 Justin Rose $61,357,359
9 Jordan Spieth $59,303,093
10 Matt Kuchar $57,710,567
11 Jason Day $56,889,445
12 Sergio Garcia $54,576,690
13 Justin Thomas $54,137,404
14 Jon Rahm $51,319,651
15 Ernie Els $49,385,600
16 Rickie Fowler $48,687,697
17 Zach Johnson $48,556,493
18 Bubba Watson $48,049,778
19 Webb Simpson $45,124,009
20 Davis Love III $44,959,243
21 Steve Stricker $44,936,354
22 Hideki Matsuyama $43,836,452
23 Stewart Cink $43,283,250
24 Brooks Koepka $43,044,449
25 Charles Howell III $42,025,458
26 David Toms $41,901,709
27 Scottie Scheffler $40,689,229
28 Brandt Snedeker $40,650,742
29 Keegan Bradley $40,208,904
30 Patrick Cantlay $39,531,361
31 Patrick Reed $38,152,515
32 Xander Schauffele $38,095,827
33 Kevin Na $37,819,638
34 Luke Donald $37,663,042
35 Tony Finau $37,228,604
36 Paul Casey $36,620,072
37 Rory Sabbatini $36,119,041
38 Marc Leishman $35,216,825
39 Billy Horschel $35,182,660
40 Justin Leonard $33,884,793
41 Gary Woodland $33,423,884
42 Charley Hoffman $33,310,167
43 Ryan Moore $33,046,981
44 Ryan Palmer $32,982,641
45 K.J. Choi $32,803,596
46 Henrik Stenson $32,224,921
47 Kenny Perry $32,123,130
48 Brian Harman $31,967,672
49 Retief Goosen $31,301,518
50 Bill Haas $31,011,664