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LIV Golf heads to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for its third event of the season, and the event will carry a hefty $25 million purse. The tournament, held at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, will feature top talents like Jon Rahm, Cameron Smith, and Dustin Johnson while marking the return of Anthony Kim to competitive golf after 12 years.
They will be competing for a $4 million winner’s cheque while the team event will have a prize money of $5 million on the line.
Prize money breakdown of LIV Golf Jeddah
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The purse is divided into a pool of $20 million for the individual winner and $5 million for the team winner. The individual winner will be taking home a whopping $4,000,000. This standard 20 percent payout aligns with LIV Golf’s prize money distribution chart, ensuring that all 54 players in the field, regardless of their finishing position, earn a share of the purse.
The team competition further spices up the event, with the top three teams splitting the $5 million team purse. The winning team will get a share of $3 million. The runner-up team will get $1.5 million to take home, and the third team will get $50,000.
With the winner taking the major chunk of the winning purse home, what will the other members of the field get?
The runner-up of the event will take home $2.25 million home, and the second runner-up will win $1.5 million. For the remaining field, the prize money breakdown is as follows:
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| Position | Prize Money |
| 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 2 | $2,250,000 |
| 3 | $1,500,000 |
| 4 | $1,000,000 |
| 5 | $800,000 |
| 6 | $700,000 |
| 7 | $600,000 |
| 8 | $525,000 |
| 9 | $442,500 |
| 10 | $405,000 |
| 11 | $380,000 |
| 12 | $360,000 |
| 13 | $340,000 |
| 14 | $320,000 |
| 15 | $300,000 |
| 16 | $285,000 |
| 17 | $270,000 |
| 18 | $260,000 |
| 19 | $250,000 |
| 20 | $240,000 |
| 21 | $230,000 |
| 22 | $220,000 |
| 23 | $210,000 |
| 24 | $200,000 |
| 25 | $195,000 |
| 26 | $190,000 |
| 27 | $185,000 |
| 28 | $180,000 |
| 29 | $175,000 |
| 30 | $170,000 |
| 31 | $165,000 |
| 32 | $160,000 |
| 33 | $155,000 |
| 34 | $150,000 |
| 35 | $148,000 |
| 36 | $145,000 |
| 37 | $143,000 |
| 38 | $140,000 |
| 39 | $138,000 |
| 40 | $135,000 |
| 41 | $133,000 |
| 42 | $130,000 |
| 43 | $128,000 |
| 44 | $128,000 |
| 45 | $125,000 |
| 46 | $125,000 |
| 47 | $123,000 |
| 48 | $120,000 |
| 49 | $60,000 |
| 50 | $60,000 |
| 51 | $60,000 |
| 52 | $50,000 |
| 53 | $50,000 |
| 54 | $50,000 |
Team prize money
1: $3,000,000 ($750,000 per player)
2: $1,500,000 ($375,000 per player)
3: $500,000 ($125,000 per player)
This distribution model not only highlights the lucrative nature of the LIV Golf events but also emphasizes the league’s commitment to providing substantial financial incentives to its players. The winner of any LIV Golf tournament gets no Official World Golf Ranking points, but what they get are the points that come in handy to count towards the end for season-long bonuses and the team championship.
Last year Brooks Koepka won the Jeddah event for the second time in a row and will be hoping to make it a hattrick of wins at this year’s event.
Koepka chases third win in a row at Jeddah
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Last year Koepka topped Peter Uihlein on the third hole of a playoff in 2022 and then defeated Talor Gooch on the second playoff hole last year to win at Jeddah. He will be eyeing yet another win but it will be far from easy. Bryson DeChambeau, Talor Gooch, Patrick Reed, Peter Uihlein, Carlos Ortiz, Graeme McDowell, and Abraham Ancer will also be vying for the big victor’s payout.
Anthony Kim will be making his return to the course having won three PGA Tour events during his short career, the last coming in 2010.
So far this season, Joaquin Niemann and Dustin Johnson have won the first two individual titles of the third LIV Golf season. Niemann won the season-opening event in the dark in Mayakoba. He defeated Sergio Garcia on the fourth playoff hole. Dustin Johnson captured the second LIV event of the season, at Las Vegas Country Club. Both players will once again pose a challenge in Jeddah.
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Who do you think will take home the big prize, and which three teams will split the $5 million? Let us know down below.
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