American business magazine, Forbes, have released their top-10 'Highest-Paid Female Athletes' for 2021, with athletes earning a combined $167 million before taxes in 2021. Unsurprisingly, half of the list was filled with female tennis stars, with Naomi Osaka ($57.3 million), Serena ($45.9 million) and Venus Williams ($11.3 million) and Garbine Mugurzura ($8.8 million) occupying four of the top five places. In golf terms, Jin Young Ko placed sixth, with Olympic gold medal winner, Nelly Korda, three spots behind the South Korean in ninth, both earning $7.5 and $5.9 million respectively. Other future venues revealed in the announcement were Riviera Country Club, The Inverness Club, Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Interlachen Country Club and Oakland Hills Country Club. Venus Williams, who is the third-highest-paid woman on the list, missed the cut-off for the overall top 50 athletes by more than $20 million.

Source: Forbes January 15, 2022 23:28 UTC