Bryson DeChambeau will be £100m richer if he chooses to join the proposed Saudi-backed Super Golf League, according to reports.
The new series is set to be announced in the near future and will be a direct rival to the existing PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
In a bid to get the sport's top players on board, dozens have been offered handsome fees to sign up for the super league when it gets under way.
Phil Mickelson this week went as far as to claim that "pretty much every player in the top 100 in the world has been contacted".
The reason why such huge sums are being offered is because any golfer who does decide to join the new super league risks never being allowed to play on the PGA Tour, European Tour or in the Ryder Cup again.
Ian Poulter has already been given an offer which could be as large as £22m, while Lee Westwood revealed he has signed a non-disclosure agreement and so cannot discuss the new super league.
Dustin Johnson has also hinted that he has put pen to paper on an NDA, while several other top stars have been linked with the Saudi-backed plan.
The latest is DeChambeau, who as a charismatic and controversial figure could be a real star figure in golf's apparent revolution.
According to the Daily Mail , the American big-hitter has been offered a staggering £100m fee to sign on the dotted line.
While some of the more experience players like Poulter have been offered sums in the area of £20m, the Mail's report also states that other stars "in their prime" have received offers which "dwarf" that amount.
The Saudis have a huge pot of money at their disposal to entice players to join their new initiative, with £1.5bn estimated to be in the budget.
Mickelson did not give any indication as to whether or not he is considering an offer, but did state that he couldn't blame players for looking for a way to boost their earnings.
"Everybody is looking at it and seeing parts of it that can really help and benefit their situation, their life, their career," the American said.
"I'm appreciative of the fact that there is competition, and that leverage has allowed for a much better environment on the PGA Tour.
"We would not have an incentive programme like the PIP (Player Incentive Programme) for the top players without this type of competition. We would not have the increase in the FedExCup money.
"We would not have the increase in The Players Championship to $20m this year if it wasn't for this threat.
"My hopes are that the biggest thing, which are media rights and the way the players have been used for so long, I hope that that changes through the competitive opportunity, as well."
