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Golfer who’s heir to $1bn empire agonizingly misses out on Genesis Invitational win after flying own plane to event
Good but not good enough. Maverick McNealy narrowly missed out on this year’s Genesis Invitational victory and the $4million first-place purse that comes with being the champion. McNealy was looking for his second career PGA Tour win, but was stunned by a red-hot Ludvig AbergGetty McNealy fell to Ludvig Aberg, who made a mad dash up the leaderboard in the final round to claim first place. Aberg finished at -12, while McNealy was a stroke behind at -11. It is Aberg’s second career PGA Tour win. McNealy played a nice final round, but not good enough to hold off Aberg. Although a disappointing finish, McNealy can take solace knowing that he doesn’t exactly need the $4m. He’ll be fine without it. That’s because he is the heir to a $1billion empire. McNealy’s father, Scott, is the co-founder of technology giant Sun Microsystems. Oracle acquired McNealy’s company in 2010 for $7.4bn, thus putting the family’s net worth over the moon. The only professional golfer richer than McNealy is Tiger Woods. Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and Jack Nicklaus are all behind the McNealy fortune totem pole. McNealy took home $2.2 million for second placeGetty The only question for McNealy is how he will be leaving Torrey Pines. If he’s leaving how he arrived, then it’s going to be in style. All one has to do is look to the sky to find McNealy. He flew his own private plane himself to the tournament at Torrey Pines, in San Diego California. A pilot license that he earned in 2023. He spoke on his arrival and his life as a pilot, telling Golfweek on Saturday: “It was a really fun way to get here. “Kind of unique for me on the PGA Tour. “I’m going to use it a ton to get to La Quinta for better weather practice and up north to Tahoe in the summer when it gets too hot in Las Vegas.”
Good but not good enough.
Maverick McNealy narrowly missed out on this year’s Genesis Invitational victory and the $4million first-place purse that comes with being the champion.
McNealy fell to Ludvig Aberg, who made a mad dash up the leaderboard in the final round to claim first place.
Aberg finished at -12, while McNealy was a stroke behind at -11.
It is Aberg’s second career PGA Tour win.
McNealy played a nice final round, but not good enough to hold off Aberg.
Although a disappointing finish, McNealy can take solace knowing that he doesn’t exactly need the $4m.
He’ll be fine without it.
That’s because he is the heir to a $1billion empire.
McNealy’s father, Scott, is the co-founder of technology giant Sun Microsystems.
Oracle acquired McNealy’s company in 2010 for $7.4bn, thus putting the family’s net worth over the moon.
The only professional golfer richer than McNealy is Tiger Woods.
Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and Jack Nicklaus are all behind the McNealy fortune totem pole.
The only question for McNealy is how he will be leaving Torrey Pines.
If he’s leaving how he arrived, then it’s going to be in style.
All one has to do is look to the sky to find McNealy.
He flew his own private plane himself to the tournament at Torrey Pines, in San Diego California.
A pilot license that he earned in 2023.
He spoke on his arrival and his life as a pilot, telling Golfweek on Saturday: “It was a really fun way to get here.
“Kind of unique for me on the PGA Tour.
“I’m going to use it a ton to get to La Quinta for better weather practice and up north to Tahoe in the summer when it gets too hot in Las Vegas.”
