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Maverick McNealy Co-Leads PGA Championship, Billionaire Son

5/17/2026

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Maverick McNealy co-led the PGA Championship after his Friday round at Aronimink Golf Club.
The tournament winner’s cheque is $3.89 million, a modest addition to his $1 billion net worth.
McNealy has earned $22.5 million on the PGA Tour and was ranked 10th in the world.
His father, Scott McNealy, co-founded Sun Microsystems, which sold to Oracle for $7.4 billion, and saw his family’s California home sell for $35 million last year.

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Maverick McNealy co-led the PGA Championship after his Friday round at Aronimink Golf Club.
The tournament winner’s cheque is $3.89 million, a modest addition to his $1 billion net worth.
McNealy has earned $22.5 million on the PGA Tour and was ranked 10th in the world.
His father, Scott McNealy, co-founded Sun Microsystems, which sold to Oracle for $7.4 billion, and saw his family’s California home sell for $35 million last year.