Golf star who is heir to £749m fortune beats Rory McIlroy after flying own plane to event
f you arrive at a golf course in your own private jet, then you best be able to back it up with a performance. And to the credit of Maverick McNealy, he did just that at the Genesis Invitational on the weekend as he narrowly missed out on his second PGA Tour win.
The American shot a superb 64 in his final round to finish 11-under par, one behind the eventual winner Ludvig Aberg.
The Swedish star birdied four of the final six holes to card a 66, leaving McNealy to rue a costly bogey on the 14th.
It meant the 29-year-old missed out on prize money of around £3.2million, although it’s not a factor likely to overly bother him. McNealy is the heir to a £749m fortune, with his father Scott the co-founder of technology giants Sun Microsystems.
The company was purchased by Oracle in 2010 for a huge £5.8billion, with the family’s net worth inevitably soaring as a result. Indeed, only Tiger Woods is said to be worth more than the world No.31.
