{"id":7312,"date":"2019-05-11T08:37:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T12:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7312"},"modified":"2019-05-11T09:41:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T13:41:53","slug":"mcilroy-tops-list-of-richest-young-sports-stars-in-britain-and-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7312","title":{"rendered":"McIlroy Tops List of Richest Young Sports Stars in Britain and Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.38862918-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.38862918-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.38862918-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Rory McIlroy has been named as the richest young sports star in Britain and Ireland for the second consecutive year, according to The Sunday Times Rich List in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The golfer, who is one of only two non-football players on the list of stars aged 30 or under along with world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, saw his wealth for 2019 increase to \u00a3138 million.<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy\u2019s earnings put him comfortably in front of second-placed Gareth Bale, whose earnings rose \u00a320m to \u00a394m, and third-placed Sergio Aguero on \u00a358m.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Irishman\u2019s victory at the Players Championship in March made him the third player after Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods to win four majors and 15 PGA Tour titles before the age of 30.<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy turned 30 earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>In fourth place, boxing star Joshua saw his earnings rise \u00a314m to \u00a349m this year, a sum significantly supplemented by a reported \u00a37m annual income from sponsors including Jaguar, Lynx and Lucozade.<\/p>\n<p>Behind Real Madrid forward Bale and Manchester City striker Aguero, the next best-ranked footballers are Mesut Ozil (\u00a342m), Eden Hazard (\u00a340m) and Alexis Sanchez (\u00a339m).<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-7312\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7312&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7312\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7312&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-7312\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7312&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7312\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rory McIlroy has been named as the richest young sports star in Britain and Ireland for the second consecutive year, according to The Sunday Times Rich List in the UK. 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