Golf fans left furious with ScotRail after lengthy queues hold up travel to and from Royal Troon for The Open

Golf fans were left furious on Wednesday after being left to queue for 90 minutes for trains taking them to and from Troon.

Thousands of people had to wait outside Glasgow’s Central Station in the morning for transport to the Open venue.

Despite ScotRail promising that it would cope with the huge numbers, there was no evidence of any extra services.

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It’s believed that the operator was bargaining on around 2,000 fans travelling by train to Ayrshire only for 10,000 to turn up.

Despite the early warning on what was the final practice day, the situation was no better when fans tried to make the return journey.

Initially good natured, the atmosphere threatened to turn ugly when one train was allowed to leave the platform with carriages that were almost empty.
One fan said: ‘It’s simply embarrassing. There are people here from all over the world.

‘They’ve known for years that the Open is on this week and it’s as if they’ve been completely taken by surprise.’

Around 250,000 fans will flock to Troon this week for the 152nd Open.

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The list of top 18 money winners in PGA Tour history has plenty of surprises
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There’s a lot of money to be made in professional golf.

Tiger Woods maintains his overall lead atop the PGA Tour’s all-time money list. He is the first golfer to surpass the $120,000,000 mark in on-course career earnings and the only one over the $100 million mark.

Phil Mickelson, before departing for the LIV Golf League, surpassed the $90 million mark. Rory McIlroy is third on this list. He has gone past $90 million as well. Scottie Scheffler is now the seventh to break the $70 million mark. Jason Day was the 11th to surpass the $60 million mark. Every golfer on this top 18 list is now a member of the $50 million club.

With the bigger pots at stake in the PGA Tour’s signature events, expect a lot of movement up in the next few years on this list. There are now 83 golfers who have surpassed the $25 million mark in career on-course earnings.
With that in mind, let’s look at the top money earners of all-time, as measured by on-course winnings. Some of the names may surprise you.

Editor’s note: This list is updated through the 2024 Open Championship.

Rickie Fowler – $50,113,648
Hideki Matsuyama – $51,801,807
Jon Rahm – $52,055,684
Xander Schauffele – $54,777,483
Sergio Garcia – $54,985,969
Justin Thomas – $58,725,364
Matt Kuchar – $59,309,347
Jason Day – $60,836,196
Jordan Spieth – $62,701,370
Justin Rose – $64,702,542
Adam Scott – $66,182,831
Scottie Scheffler – $70,713,920
Vijay Singh – $71,281,216
Photo by Andrew Redington/Allsport

Jim Furyk – $71,507,269
Dustin Johnson – $75,557,026
Dustin Johnson celebrates after winning the 2020 Masters at Augusta National GC. (Photo: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports)

Rory McIlroy – $90,448,748
Phil Mickelson – $96,685,635
Tiger Woods – $120,999,166
Source: pgatour.com

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: The list of top 18 money winners in PGA Tour history has plenty of surprises

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