LIV payouts to golfers is $4 million for the winner of an individual event. Each LIV Golf tournament offers a total prize purse of $25 million.
Launched as the direct competitor to PGA Tour Golf in 2022, LIV events are providing significantly higher prize money to golfers compared to the PGA Tour.
PGA Tour events have an average purse of $7.5 million, with the winner bagging home $1.5 million.
Meanwhile, the LIV Golf tournaments offer a guaranteed minimum of $25 million per event, with $20M going to the individual competition and $5 M for the team contest.
The player who wins an individual tournament gets $4 million and the runner-up receives $2.25 million. Anyone who comes in last place in the 48-player tournaments gets $120,000.
Similarly, the team prize money is $3 million for the champions, which they share among their four players.
List Of LIV Golf Money Leaders
LIV golf leaderboard prize money so far:
- Dustin Johnson - $40M
- Talor Gooch - $22.5M
- Branden Grace - $20M
- Cameron Smith - $17.3M
- Patrick Reed - $15.3M
- Peter Uihlein - $15.2M
- Brooks Koepka - $8.5M
- Charl Schwartzel - $8.3M
- Pat Perez - $8.2M
- Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra - $7M
The 2020 Masters champion Dustin Johnson leads the LIV Golf prize money standings with $35.6 million he earned from all the events since the league's inception in 2022.
During the first season of the LIV Golf Tour, Johnson was part of the 4 Aces GC team. Under his captaincy, he led 4 Aces to four straight tournament wins.
Besides, his first LIV events individual trophy came in September 2022 when he registered victory over Anirban Lahiri and Joaquín Niemann at the LIV Golf Invitational Boston.
Moreover, in 2023, Johnson won the LIV Golf Tulsa at the Cedar Ridge Country Club in May.
Up in second place is Johnson's 4 Aces teammate Talor Gooch who has bagged around $22.5 million in prize money from LIV Golf events. Gooch earned $12 million from winning three competitions in 2023 alone.
One of the accomplished professional golfers associated with LIV is Branden Grace from South Africa. He has earned a whopping $20 million in prize money after joining LIV in 2022.
Grace managed a 2 strokes victory against Carlos Ortiz in July 2022 at LIV Golf Invitational Portland.
On the other hand, Cameron Smith, the 2023 LIV Golf London and Bedminster winner, has claimed up to fourth place in the all-time money list. This year, he added 10 million dollars, bringing his total gross earnings to 17 million dollars.
LIV Tournament Results And Payouts
LIV individual payouts 2023 up to August are:
- Talor Gooch - $14,410,011
- Cameron Smith - $13,611,667
- Brooks Koepka - 9,293,333
- Bryson DeChambeau - $8,995,000
- Branden Grace - $7,970,917
- Harold Varner III - $7,845,833
- Dustin Johnson - $7,688,844
- Patrick Reed - $7,313,833
- Charles Howell III - $7,220,000
- Mito Pereira - $7,197,250
- Anirban Lahiri - $6,350,000
- Sebastian Munoz - $6,042,667
- Danny Lee - $5,636,750
- Dean Burmester - $5,220,749
- Peter Uihlein - $5,193,130
- Sergio Garcia - $4,959,631
- Louis Oosthuizen - $4,820,380
- Carlos Ortiz - $4,743,844
- Brendan Steele - $4,640,344
- Cameron Tringale - $4,553,334
- Marc Leishman - $4,388,750
- Matthew Wolff - $3,647,083
- Pat Perez - $3,636,250
- Richard Bland - $3,627,225
- David Puig - $3,543,333
- Jason Kokrak - $3,464,166
- Henrik Stenson - $3,392,250
- Abraham Ancer - $3,381,964
- Joaquin Niemann - $3,360,166
- Kevin Na - $3,319,761
- Scott Vincent - $3,215,417
- Eugenio Chacarra - $2,642,083
- Thomas Pieters - $2,513,166
- Paul Casey - $2,511,250
- Ian Poulter - $2,507,083
- Matt Jones - $2,392,833
- Bubba Watson - $2,375,833
- Phil Mickelson - $2,371,250
- Laurie Canter - $2,251,214
- Charl Schwartzel - $2,239,166
- Graeme McDowell - $2,165,178
- Bernd Wiesberger - $1,979,167
- Lee Westwood - $1,758,000
- James Piot - $1,731,333
- Jediah Morgan - $1,700,000
- Chase Koepka - $1,638,214
- Sihwan Kim - $1,394,250
- Martin Kaymer - $1,130,833
- Sam Horsfield - $942,083
- Andy Ogletree - $942,083
- Kieran Vincent - $81,666
- Wade Orsmby - $40,833
As the Liv Golf Bedminster came to an end on August 13, Talor Gooch sits at the top of the 2023 money list, having secured three impressive victories in the LIV Golf League.
Gooch finished at the top of the LIV Golf Adelaide that took place at The Grange Gold Club, Australia. The Oklahoma native continued his success in the following event clinching LIV Golf Singapore in April, making it two wins in a row.
His third victory came in Spain at the LIV Golf Anadalucia when he defeated Bryson DeChambeau by one point.
Gooch is followed by Cameron Smith, who recently won the LIV Golf Bedminster at the Trump National Golf Club, USA. With the addition of a $4 million winner's share, his total earning for 2023 has reached 13.6 million USD.
LIV Golf Player Contracts List
LIV Golf biggest contracts include:
| Dustin Johnson | Signed 4 year contract worth $125 million on June 1 2022 |
| Phil Mickelson | Signed a contract worth $200 million on June 6 2022 |
| Bryson Dechambeau | Contract worth $125 million on June 10 2022 |
| Pat Perez | Contract worth $10 million on June 10 2022 |
| Patrick Reed | Contract worth $12 million on June 11 2022 |
| Abraham Ancer | Contract worth $50 million on June 21 2022 |
| Brooks Koepka | Contract worth $100 million on June 22 2022 |
| Matthew Wolff | Contract agreed on June 26 2022 |
| Paul Casey | Contract agreed on July 2 2022 |
| Cameron Smith | Contract worth $100 million on August 9 2022 |
| Sergio Garcia | Contract worth $40 million in April 2023 |
| Ian Poulter | Contract worth $30 million in 2023 |
Although the details of the LIV Golf contracts are confidential, a recent report has revealed some information about the substantial agreements that players like Phil Mickelson, Cameron Smith, and Dustin Johnson have entered into.
Mickelson is the most decorated golfer to have signed for the Saudi-backed golf tour. He agreed on a $200 million worth contract spanning over 3 years till 2025.
Kevin Na became the first PGA Tour member to leave in order to associate with LIV Golf on June 4, 2022,
Similarly, in June 2022, Dustin Johnson decided to switch from playing in the PGA Tour to joining LIV. During his 14-year experience on PGA Tour, he claimed 24 wins alongside two major championships, the 2016 US Open and the 2020 Masters Tournament.
Johnson received $125 million for his four-year agreement with LIV.
In June 2022, Bryson DeChambeau shared news of his partnership with LIV Golf. This comes after he previously dismissed rumors of his departure from the PGA to join LIV a few months prior.
The 2020 US Open victor reportedly amassed $125 million from his contract, which is even bigger than his total career prize money combined.
Brooks Koepka joined LIV after Bryson on June 22, 2022. It has been reported that his contract deal is worth $100 million. So far in his career, the 33-year-old athlete has won five major championships, including two US Open and the 3 PGA Championships.
There has been a growing trend of PGA players joining LIV Golf, and it recently reached a new climax when James Piot, the 2021 US Amateur champion James Piot, transitioned to the professional ranks in May 2022.
Piot made the decision to participate in the inaugural LIV Golf tournament despite not yet being a member of the PGA Tour.
Furthermore, in August 2022, just before the fourth event in Boston, LIV Golf welcomed six new players to their tour. One of them was Cameron Smith, who had won the Open championship and was the second-best golfer in the world.
Another new player was Joaquín Niemann, a golfer from Chile who was ranked 19th in the world. Sergio Garcia, the Spanish professional, joined LIV in April 2023 for a substantial sum of $40 million.
