It was a windfall of cash for Charl Schwartzel who went wire-to-wire to win the 54-hole debut LIV Golf event. The former Masters champion walked away with a cool $4 million first prize. Cash prizes were also awarded for the team event, making for a very happy ending for several players of the controversial inaugural tournament.
LIV is offering large payouts to its competitors, and because there is no cut, every player in the field earned a check.
The money comes from the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, which invests in companies around the world and uses its resources to contribute to projects that help the country’s reputation. Here is the breakdown:
Full breakdown of prize money and payouts from the LIV Golf Event in London
Win: $4,000,000 – Charl Schwartzel
2: $2,125,000 – Hennie Du Plessis
T3: $1,500,000 – Branden Grace, Peter Uihlein
5: $975,000 – Sam Horsfield
T6: $800,000 – Oliver Bekker, Adrian Otaegui
8: $625,000 – Dustin Johnson
9: $580,000 – Talor Gooch
T10: $560,000 – Graeme McDowell, Justin Harding, Louis Oosthuizen
T13: $360,000 – Pablo Larrazabal, Ryosuke Kinoshita
T15: $250,000 – Martin Kaymer, Jinichiro Kozuma
T17: $232,000 – Richard Bland, JC Ritchie, Laurie Canter
T20: $200,000 – Ian Poulter, Scott Vincent
T22: $172,000 – Shaun Norris, Wade Orsmby, Sergio Garcia
T25: $166,000 – James Piot, Matt Jones, Ian Snyman, Phachara Khongwatmai
29: $158,000 – Lee Westwood
T30: $156,000 – Hudson Swafford, Viraj Madappa, Jediah Morgan
T33: $150,000 – Kevin Yuan, Phil Mickelson, Travis Smyth, Kevin Na, Chase Koepka
T38: $140,000 – Oliver Fisher, Blake Windred, David Puig, Hideto Tanihara, Ratchanon Chantananuwat
T43: $130,000 – Bernd Wiesberger, Sihwan Kim
45: $126,000 – Turk Pettit
46: $124,000 – Sadom Kaewkanjana
47: $122,000 – Itthipat Buranatanyarat
48: $120,000 – Andy Ogletree
There’s also a team component with separate prizes. Fellow Stingers Schwartzel, Du Plessis and Grace made that competition a rout. Here’s the breakdown.
Team-Event Payouts at LIV Golf Event in London
Win: $3,000,000 – Stinger GC, -20 (Schwartzel, Du Plessis, Grace, Oosthuizen)
2: $1,500,000 – Crushers GC, -6 (Uihlien, Bland, Smyth, Khongwatmai)
3: $500,000 – Majesticks GC, -5 (Horsfield, Poulter, Westwoon, Canter)
