Yellow Fever Facts and History. 1  Yellow fever is a viral hemorrhagic infection transmitted by mosquitoes of the Aedes genus. 2  Yellow fever has and continues to affect the equatorial tropics and is believed to have been imported to the Americas with the West African slave trade.
Prize money on the Nationwide is only about 10% of the tourâs. Last yearâs top moneymaker on the PGA Tour, Luke Donald, made $6.7 million on the golf course; the top player on the Nationwide Tour made $414,000. Most Nationwide events are not televised, and endorsement deals are one-third as big, if not smaller.
Palmerâs total tally is $1.3 billion on an inflation-adjusted basis. Forbes has closely tracked the earnings of athletes since 1990 and Palmer has been a staple on those lists even though his last PGA Tour win was the 1973 Bob Hope Desert Classic. He ranked No. 9 on our inaugural athletes list with earnings of $8.1 million, although that total excluded golf-course design income.