I know you can see any persons winnings for the year and lifetime on the PDGA website just by clicking on a players name on any results posted.
Pauls tourney winnings are listed as $40,906.96. Not that much in the sense of being the most dominate player on tour this year...That is all before he is taxed on it, I hear the state likes their share of the money in CA.
Side note about taxes: My wife teaches Yoga and makes up to $3000 a year as a side job, not her 9 to 5. She is paid as a contracted employee (no taxes withheld) at the studio. Come tax time the Feds take about 35/40% of that money. We now OVER pay our federal taxes at or other jobs to break about even at tax time, that makes our tax refund about $100 or so when its done, so we don't OWE anything.
I don't know about any of his sponsorship earnings and any expenses they cover or reimburse him for.
I can imagine touring can take a hit out of even that amount of winnings. Gas, food, lodging and living on the road for periods of time cant be cheap.
I say to Paul, you are only going around once, take all the world will provide you with! I really don't care how much the man makes, that's his business.
Money is not everything, it damn sure helps in this existence though! Doing something you love AND not working for the MAN in the daily grind is worth more than anything. I have done the same job for 26 years and I feel that is about 6 years too long. I will have a chance to buy the business I work for/manage in a year or so...I don't even care, now I don't even want to own the place, I don't even want to go to work there everyday! I am tired of working the 10 to 6, Tuesday thru Saturday!