Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, or Dustin Johnson: Who Got the Richer LIV Golf Deal?

LIV Golf has made offers that most golfers couldn’t refuse. CEO Greg Norman has been successful in luring some of the most talented players to play in the Saudi-backed series. Among the first few talents was Phil Mickelson who happily sacrificed his PGA Tour legacy for a few million dollars.

Following Mickelson was two-time major champion Dustin “Hunter” Johnson, who was in this case, hunted by Norman to join his league. And if we talk about the latest additions in the LIV Golf series, it would be 43-year-old Bubba Watson. But who out of these champions made the biggest LIV Golf deal?

How much will Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, and Dustin Johnson earn from LIV?

Bubba Watson was officially announced as a member of the LIV community on Friday at Donald Trump’s Bedminster Golf Club. It makes him the most recent member of the LIV Golf league. Thanks to Saudi Arabia’s ‘petrodollars’, there is no limit to how much the LIV Tour can pay to its golfers. Let’s try and compare how much each of these golfers is earning from the LIV Golf Tour.

Dustin Johnson has been paid around $125 million on signing a deal with the LIV Golf Series. However, a few reports also state that the number is close to $150 million. While Phil Mickelson has made a spectacular deal of $200 million with Norman. And if we talk about Bubba Watson, the golfer has reportedly made a deal of around $50 million.

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The LIV Tour has 12 teams of four men each. And according to reports, Watson will be the captain of one of those teams in the league. But besides this, it is clear that Phil Mickelson is in the lead when it comes to making the most money from LIV Golf.

Mickelson defends LIV Golf despite human rights violations by Saudi Arabia

The face of the Saudi-backed tour, Phil Mickelson expressed that he does not support human rights violations during the first LIV Golf event. He stated that he very well knew about the “horrible record on human rights” of Saudi Arabia. But the fact that he is still among the initial players to join the league is mystifying. He added in support of his LIV Golf deal, “I earned my lifetime membership and I don’t want to give that up, I don’t believe I should have to,”.

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