SPORT - GENERAL
| 2013-07-23Els tops South Africa’s sport rich list
JOHANNESBURG - The Sunday Times newspaper says Ernie Els was South Africa’s highest-earning sportsman in 2012, making N$179 million last year.
The Times says the four-time major champion earned over a N$145 million from endorsements and the remaining N$34 million in tournament winnings, boosted by his victory at the British Open.
The top four on the list were golfers. Louis Oosthuizen made N$96 million in 2012, Retief Goosen N$59 million and Charl Schwartzel N$58 million.
While the list underlined the earning power of golf, it also showed the financial pull of cricket’s Indian Premier League and European and Japanese rugby clubs for South Africans.
The newspaper says cricketer Jacques Kallis makes N$3 million a year playing for his country and N$1 million a season from the IPL’s Kolkata Knight Riders. -Nampa-AP
The Times says the four-time major champion earned over a N$145 million from endorsements and the remaining N$34 million in tournament winnings, boosted by his victory at the British Open.
The top four on the list were golfers. Louis Oosthuizen made N$96 million in 2012, Retief Goosen N$59 million and Charl Schwartzel N$58 million.
While the list underlined the earning power of golf, it also showed the financial pull of cricket’s Indian Premier League and European and Japanese rugby clubs for South Africans.
The newspaper says cricketer Jacques Kallis makes N$3 million a year playing for his country and N$1 million a season from the IPL’s Kolkata Knight Riders. -Nampa-AP
