The Bubba Watson net worth figure of $34.1 million comes from golf winnings and endorsement deals based on a long drive and dogged excellence. Watson went pro way back in 2003 and has since earned $46.27 million in confirmed golf prize money and another $21 million in estimated endorsement earnings from companies like Oakley, Ping, Titleist and EA Sports. A zero Florida state tax rate has held his tax bill to “only” $26.6 million. Okay, that’s a lot of money but if he’d lived in California he would have paid another $9 million. Expenses take another $10 million while investments add back nearly half that much. As of 8/12/16, Watson’s standings in the Rio Olympics are less than stellar.
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Bubba Watson Net Worth Facts
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Bubba Watson net worth | $34,162,085 |
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Bubba Watson Net Worth Timeline
Bubba Watson Net Worth by Year | |
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Bubba Watson net worth 2005 | $199,288 |
Bubba Watson net worth 2006 | $669,256 |
Bubba Watson net worth 2007 | $1,538,762 |
Bubba Watson net worth 2008 | $2,322,628 |
Bubba Watson net worth 2009 | $3,119,170 |
Bubba Watson net worth 2010 | $5,022,525 |
Bubba Watson net worth 2011 | $7,974,102 |
Bubba Watson net worth 2012 | $12,539,361 |
Bubba Watson net worth 2013 | $15,370,835 |
Bubba Watson net worth 2014 | $22,123,870 |
Bubba Watson net worth 2015 | $28,895,439 |
Bubba Watson net worth 2016 | $34,162,085 |
- Golf winnings: $46,271,110
- Endorsement income: $21,000,000
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Bubba Watson Net Worth from Golf Winnings
Golf is the primary source of the Bubba Watson net worth total. Watson has earned $46.27 million from golf since the start of his career. He actually started his long earnings drive on the Web.com tour. That’s the PGA’s starter tour, kind of like the minor leagues for golf players who can’t yet break into the full PGA tour. Watson spent his first three years as a pro golfer on that tour, gradually increasing his earnings each year to the $200,000 mark as the table below shows. In 2006 Watson finally cracked into the full PGA tour. He never returned to Web.com, but he did add the European tour to his docket in 2007. Between both the PGA and the European Tours, Watson’s earnings gradually ratcheted up from $1 million a year in the mid-2000’s to the $4 to $9 million range in 2010 and beyond.
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Year | PGA Tour | Other Tours | Total Earnings |
2003 | $0 | $79,854 | $79,854 |
2004 | $0 | $143,820 | $143,820 |
2005 | $0 | $202,437 | $202,437 |
2006 | $1,019,264 | $0 | $1,019,264 |
2007 | $1,654,807 | $206,983 | $1,861,790 |
2008 | $1,533,523 | $70,223 | $1,603,746 |
2009 | $1,430,244 | $138,854 | $1,569,098 |
2010 | $3,198,998 | $744,429 | $3,943,427 |
2011 | $3,477,811 | $622,543 | $4,100,354 |
2012 | $4,644,997 | $2,274,116 | $6,919,113 |
2013 | $1,759,276 | $476,512 | $2,235,788 |
2014 | $6,336,978 | $3,310,591 | $9,647,569 |
2015 | $6,876,797 | $1,772,541 | $8,649,338 |
2016 | $3,020,497 | $1,273,502 | $4,293,999 |
Total Bubba Watson Net Worth from Golf Winnings | $46,271,110 |
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Bubba Watson Net Worth from Endorsement Deals
- Oakley
- Richard Mille
- Ping
- Titleist
- EA Sports
- Greenbrier Resort
- Garia
- eBay
- Travis Matthew
- Footjoy
- Kentwoll
- Schuco
- Marquis Jet
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Bubba Watson Net Worth Calculations
Can our Bubba Watson net worth calculations be trusted? Let’s put it this way: Nobody knows Bubba Watson’s real exact net worth except Watson and his accountant. The numbers splashed about on the internet are all either estimates or outright guesses. That said, we know for a fact that Watson has earned $46.27 million in his lifetime from golf prize money. We also know what companies he did endorsement deals with and how big the deals were and we’ll stand by our estimates for those deals. We also know Watson lives in Florida and pays no state income taxes. He does sit in the nation’s highest federal income tax bracket of 39.6%, so we’ve included that calculation in the table below. We’ve also cut out 15% for expenses like agent fees and other costs and put back 6% of net worth every year for probable investment income. In short, our number is very probably the best on the web.
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Year | Bubba Watson Total Earnings | Adjustments (Tax, Expense, Investment) | Bubba Watson Net Worth |
2005 | $202,437 | -$106,775 | $199,288 |
2006 | $1,019,264 | -$549,296 | $669,256 |
2007 | $1,861,790 | -$992,283 | $1,538,762 |
2008 | $1,603,746 | -$819,881 | $2,322,628 |
2009 | $1,569,098 | -$772,556 | $3,119,170 |
2010 | $3,943,427 | -$2,040,073 | $5,022,525 |
2011 | $6,100,354 | -$3,148,777 | $7,974,102 |
2012 | $9,419,113 | -$4,853,854 | $12,539,361 |
2013 | $5,235,788 | -$2,404,314 | $15,370,835 |
2014 | $13,647,569 | -$6,894,533 | $22,123,870 |
2015 | $13,149,338 | -$6,377,770 | $28,895,439 |
2016 | $9,293,999 | -$4,027,353 | $34,162,085 |
Bubba Watson Net Worth Totals | $67,271,110 | -$33,109,025 | $34,162,085 |
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