Dustin Johnson has taken home an eye-watering £16million bonus after being confirmed as the inaugural LIV Golf individual champion. Johnson secured the jackpot with two events still to play after finishing in a tie for 15th in Bangkok last weekend.
The American has enjoyed plenty of success since joining the Saudi-backed series, finishing in the top five across the opening six events which included a maiden LIV victory in Boston last month. With his success has come plenty of financial reward.
The 2020 Masters champion has accumulated a remarkable £11.7million across the maiden season of the breakaway circuit, and now has a cool £16million to go on top with two events still left to play.
After being crowned champion, Johnson described becoming LIV's inaugural winner as an 'honour'. He said via the series' website : "Locking up the individual competition is big. It’s an honour to be LIV’s first individual season champion.
"I’d like to thank Greg Norman and LIV for their confidence in me, my brother and caddie Austin, my wife Paulina, my Four Aces teammates Pat, Patrick, and Talor, as well as LIV’s growing legion of fans around the world. Our team is in a really good position with two events to go and I’m looking forward to further contributing to LIV Golf’s exciting story and continued growth.”
LIV CEO Norman also paid tribute to his maiden champion, commenting: "The first chapter of LIV Golf’s history could not be written without Dustin Johnson’s name. By any measure, DJ is among the elite players in the world. From the start, he’s been a LIV Golf cornerstone.
"He has more than lived up to his billing and he deserves immense credit for clinching LIV’s first individual season title. We look forward to a celebration befitting such a champion in Miami at the end of October.” Johnson will have two more attempts to add to his ever-increasing LIV earnings, with the final two events still to come in Jeddah and Miami.
