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LIV Golf’s individual prize money list features 11 players who have earned more than $10 million

You can’t talk about LIV Golf for long without bringing up the exorbitant amount of money the players compete for each event.

With $20 million up for grabs at regular season events ($4 million to the winner), it certainly pays to play well in the LIV Golf League, just ask the likes of Talor Gooch, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith and Brooks Koepka.

The four players have each eclipsed $19 million in individual prize money across the last two LIV Golf seasons, with Gooch as the only player to hit the $20 million mark. Across 20 regular-season events, 11 players have earned more than $10 million by themselves, and that’s without including how much they each made upfront for signing with the upstart circuit financially backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

As the season comes to a close this weekend at the 2023 LIV Golf Team Championship at Trump National Doral, here’s a look at who has cashed in for the most individual prize money so far (We’re using individual prize money only as team prize money can be distributed in different ways within each squad).

Talor Gooch – $20,632,012

2023 LIV Golf Andalucia
Talor Gooch celebrates after winning the 2023 LIV Golf Andalucia at Real Club Valderrama in Cadiz, Spain. (Photo: Octavio Passos/Getty Images)

Dustin Johnson – $19,314,945

LIV Golf
Dustin Johnson reacts after putting out on the 18th green during the season finale of the LIV Golf series at Trump National Doral. (Photo: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports)

Cameron Smith – $19,271,417

LIV Golf Bedminster
Cameron Smith celebrates after winning the LIV Golf Bedminster golf tournament at Trump National Bedminster. (Photo: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports)

Brooks Koepka – $19,146,933

LIV Golf Jeddah
Brooks Koepka of the US poses with his caddy and the trophy after winning the 2023 LIV Golf Jeddah champion at Royal Greens Golf in Jeddah on October 15, 2023. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)

Bryson DeChambeau – $15,284,250

2023 LIV Golf Chicago
Bryson DeChambeau poses with the championship trophy after winning the 2023 LIV Golf Chicago event at Rich Harvest Farms. (Photo: Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports)

Branden Grace – $14,912,083

LIV Golf Portland

Patrick Reed – $12,957,047

LIV Golf Adelaide
Patrick Reed of the 4 Aces does a shoey after his team win at LIV Golf Adelaide on April 23, 2023. (Photo by Brenton Edwards / AFP)

Peter Uihlein – $12,026,416

2023 LIV Golf Orlando
Peter Uihlein of the Aces golf club plays his shot from the seventh tee during the first round of a LIV Golf event at Orange County National. (Photo: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports)

Anirban Lahiri – $11,024,750

2023 LIV Golf Bedminster
Anirban Lahiri plays his shot from the first tee during the final round of the LIV Golf Bedminster golf tournament at Trump National Bedminster. (Photo: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports)

Sergio Garcia – $10,365,917

2023 LIV Golf Tulsa
Sergio Garcia hits his shot from the fifth tee during the first round of 2023 LIV Golf Tulsa at the Cedar Ridge Country Club in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. (Photo: Katelyn Mulcahy/LIV Golf via Associated Press)

Harold Varner III – $10,333,333

2023 LIV Golf Washington D.C.
Harold Varner III celebrates with caddie Chris Rice (R) on the trophy podium after winning the individual championship of LIV Golf Washington, D.C. golf tournament at Trump National. (Photo: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports)

Full individual prize money list

Position

Player

2023 earnings

2022 earnings

Total earnings

1

Talor Gooch

$17,320,012

$3,312,000

$20,632,012

2

Dustin Johnson

$8,739,678

$10,575,267

$19,314,945

3

Cameron Smith

$13,955,417

$5,316,000

$19,271,417

4

Brooks Koepka

$13,495,833

$5,651,100

$19,146,933

5

Bryson DeChambeau

$13,335,000

$1,949,250

$15,284,250

6

Branden Grace

$8,402,417

$6,509,666

$14,912,083

7

Patrick Reed

$7,808,833

$5,148,214

$12,957,047

8

Peter Uihlein

$6,211,630

$5,814,786

$12,026,416

9

Anirban Lahiri

$8,361,250

$2,663,500

$11,024,750

10

Sergio Garcia

$6,362,131

$4,003,786

$10,365,917

11

Harold Varner III

$9,125,833

$1,207,500

$10,333,333

12

Charles Howell III

$8,078,333

$1,432,833

$9,511,166

13

Carlos Ortiz

$5,363,845

$4,010,314

$9,374,159

14

Charl Schwartzel

$2,734,166

$6,010,000

$8,744,166

15

Henrik Stenson

$4,204,750

$4,441,000

$8,645,750

16

Louis Oosthuizen

$5,237,880

$3,270,167

$8,508,047

17

Joaquin Niemann

$4,042,666

$4,274,286

$8,316,952

18

Eugenio Chacarra

$3,284,583

$4,807,000

$8,091,583

19

Mito Pereira

$7,970,583

$0

$7,970,583

20

Matthew Wolff

$3,920,833

$3,913,667

$7,834,500

21

Marc Leishman

$6,436,250

$905,500

$7,341,750

22

Sebastian Muñoz

$7,178,917

$0

$7,178,917

23

Abraham Ancer

$4,381,964

$2,320,500

$6,702,464

24

Richard Bland

$4,404,726

$2,295,833

$6,700,559

25

Danny Lee

$5,929,250

$0

$5,929,250

26

Cameron Tringale

$5,134,584

$778,700

$5,913,284

27

Scott Vincent

$4,617,917

$1,248,700

$5,866,617

28

Paul Casey

$2,871,250

$2,980,867

$5,852,117

29

Dean Burmester

$5,715,749

$0

$5,715,749

30

Kevin Na

$3,632,262

$1,664,286

$5,296,548

31

Brendan Steele

$5,260,345

$0

$5,260,345

32

Jason Kokrak

$3,916,666

$1,334,500

$5,251,166

33

Lee Westwood

$2,143,000

$2,897,914

$5,040,914

34

Pat Perez

$3,952,500

$961,000

$4,913,500

35

Ian Poulter

$2,853,333

$1,628,333

$4,481,666

36

Phil Mickelson

$2,671,250

$1,512,850

$4,184,100

37

Laurie Canter

$2,251,214

$1,906,950

$4,158,164

38

Matt Jones

$2,781,833

$1,342,200

$4,124,033

39

David Puig

$3,903,333

$139,000

$4,042,333

40

Graeme McDowell

$2,497,679

$1,498,381

$3,996,060

41

Bernd Wiesberger

$2,462,917

$1,531,000

$3,993,917

42

Sihwan Kim

$1,648,000

$2,132,000

$3,780,000

43

James Piot

$1,991,333

$1,686,000

$3,677,333

44

Chase Koepka

$1,880,714

$1,703,964

$3,584,678

45

Sam Horsfield

$1,373,333

$2,159,000

$3,532,333

46

Jediah Morgan

$1,966,250

$1,155,000

$3,121,250

47

Thomas Pieters

$3,055,666

$0

$3,055,666

48

Martin Kaymer

$1,465,833

$1,536,800

$3,002,633

49

Bubba Watson

$2,714,583

$0

$2,714,583

50

Hennie Du Plessis

$0

$2,405,000

$2,405,000

51

Turk Pettit

$0

$1,441,000

$1,441,000

52

Justin Harding

$0

$1,319,167

$1,319,167

53

Phachara Khongwatmai

$0

$1,233,333

$1,233,333

54

Jinichiro Kozuma

$0

$1,205,000

$1,205,000

55

Sadom Kaewkanjana

$0

$1,162,286

$1,162,286

56

Wade Ormsby

$40,833

$1,007,000

$1,047,833

57

Adrian Otaegui

$0

$1,044,500

$1,044,500

58

Shaun Norris

$0

$1,006,000

$1,006,000

59

Hudson Swafford

$0

$991,000

$991,000

60

Andy Ogletree

$788,333

$120,000

$908,333

61

Hideto Tanihara

$0

$752,600

$752,600

62

Oliver Bekker

$0

$737,500

$737,500

63

Ryosuke Kinoshita

$0

$624,000

$624,000

64

Yuki Inamori

$0

$501,000

$501,000

65

Travis Smyth

$0

$471,000

$471,000

66

Ian Snyman

$0

$316,000

$316,000

67

Pablo Larrazabal

$0

$315,000

$315,000

68

Blake Windred

$0

$263,000

$263,000

69

Itthipat Buranatanyarat

$0

$249,000

$249,000

70

JC Ritchie

$0

$226,000

$226,000

71

Viraj Madappa

$0

$154,000

$154,000

72

Kevin Yuan

$0

$146,000

$146,000

73

Shergo Al Kurdi

$0

$144,000

$144,000

74

Oliver Fisher

$0

$136,000

$136,000

75

Kieran Vincent

$81,666

$0

$81,666

76

Ratchanon Chantananuwat

$0

$1,000

$1,000

 

Story originally appeared on GolfWeek