The LIV Tour will wrap up its 2023 season, then change dramatically.
1.5 years of tradition will be swept aside as the Saudi-backed golf league merges with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour to end our long, global nightmare of fractured professional golf and lend some extra legitimacy to upstart teams like the Cleeks and Majesticks ™. What this means for the as-yet-unnamed merged league and it’s formats and payouts has yet to be determined.
While LIV reeled in big names with gaudy contracts, the pay structure of those deals remains shrouded in a bit of mystery. The since-abandoned legal battle between the two sides revealed that money won in tournaments is “recouped against the LIV contracts,” which makes it difficult to decipher just how much each player makes. But thanks to the league’s payout structure, we do know how much they’ve earned through tournament play — both as an individual and through their respective team winnings.
50 LIV members made at least $2 million over the last season-and-a-half in prize money, ranging from Dustin Johnson (nearly $44 million) to Martin Kaymer ($2.4 million). Here’s how the top 20 shook out pre-merger. Totals are tour winnings only and do not account for any signing bonuses or other compensation. All data comes from Spotrac.
1
Dustin Johnson: $43,988,000
Individual earnings: $16,925,500
Team earnings: $9,062,500
Includes $18 million bonus as 2022 season champion.
2
Talor Gooch: $25,830,815
Individual earnings: $16,643,315
Team earnings: $9,187,500
3
Branden Grace: $24,826,583
Individual earnings: $13,451,583
Team earnings: $3,375,000
Includes $8 million as 2022 season runner-up.
4
Peter Uihlein: $20,060,165
Individual earnings: $11,060,165
Team earnings: $5,000,000
Includes $4 million for 2022 season third place finish.
5
Patrick Reed: $18,230,714
Individual earnings: $9,168,214
Team earnings: $9,062,500
6
Brooks Koepka: $17,351,833
Individual earnings: $14,351,833
Team earnings: $3,000,000
7
Sergio Garcia: $13,771,999
Individual earnings: $10,146,999
Team earnings: $3,625,000
8
Cameron Smith: $13,195,667
Individual earnings: $11,133,167
Team earnings: $2,062,500
9
Pat Perez: $12,844,567
Individual earnings: $3,782,067
Team earnings: $9,062,500
10
Carlos Ortiz: $11,549,480
Individual earnings: $7,924,480
Team earnings: $3,625,000
11
Charl Schwartzel: $11,062,166
Individual earnings: $7,687,166
Team earnings: $3,375,000
12
Charles Howell III: $10,810,166
Individual earnings: $8,247,666
Team earnings: $2,562,500
13
Harold Varner III: $10,366,499
Individual earnings: $7,991,499
Team earnings: $2,375,000
14
Louis Oosthuizen: $10,195,880
Individual earnings: $6,820,880
Team earnings: $3,375,000
15
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra: $9,951,250
Individual earnings: $6,326,250
Team earnings: $3,625,000
16
Anirban Lahiri: $8,678,500
Individual earnings: $6,116,000
Team earnings: $2,562,500
17
Joaquin Niemann: $8,594,284
Individual earnings: $6,719,284
Team earnings: $1,875,000
18
Henrik Stenson: $8,049,000
Individual earnings: $6,924,000
Team earnings: $1,125,000
19
Abraham Ancer: $7,560,964
Individual earnings: $3,935,964
Team earnings: $3,625,000
20
Paul Casey: $7,536,367
Individual earnings: $4,973,867
Team earnings: $2,562,500
