Why LIV Golf Won’t Be Paying Dustin Johnson His $125M Upfront

Dustin Johnson was among the first few players to join the LIV Golf league putting his entire PGA Tour career at stake. The golfer has no plans on quitting the PGA Tour but was suspended after Jay Monahan’s statement regarding the ban of LIV Golf players. However, for most LIV Golf rebels, the highly-paying contract was alluring enough to drag them to the league. But the contracts of these players including Johnson have turned out to be a little more complicated than they seemed.

What does Dustin Johnson’s LIV Golf contract say?

Not just Johnson, but every player is in a dilemma after finding out the terms mentioned in the LIV Golf contract. From where fans saw it, the new league was signing players to join the league for a higher amount of money, shorter schedules, and a better game format. Johnson signed a deal for around $125 million with Greg Norman’s LIV Golf league, but it came at a cost.

According to the terms in the LIV Golf contracts of all players revealed by the Wall Street Journal, there are certain obligations that the players will have to fulfill. The contract said that the players will receive bonuses of $1 million from the league for winning majors. However, it does not look like the LIV Golf players will be playing in any majors soon.

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Moving forward are the media rights of the players that LIV Golf has gotten them to sign for. As per previous interviews, players had problems with PGA using their clips from matches worth millions of dollars. However, the same players have surprisingly signed with LIV Golf giving them “exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide” rights to “exhibit, exploit, copy, reproduce and otherwise use” their image. Dustin Johnson is one of these players and seems to have no problem with the condition.

Dustin Johnson and other players are required to play a role outside the game

The golfers in the LIV Golf league are very happy with the amount of money they are receiving. But it is not easy for the league to directly crack a deal with all players on the PGA Tour. And according to the revelation, the league is using the players as agents for new golfers to join the LIV series.

Nonetheless, Dustin Johnson and his fellow golfers will also be obligated to wear LIV golf logos at every tournament. Moreover, they will need the league’s permission to wear or represent any other logos on their clothing or caps. The players are also not allowed to appear in interviews without the permission of the tour.

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