Charles Howell III earned $42,025,458 during a PGA Tour career that spanned more than 20 years and 609 starts.
After just a handful of LIV Golf events, he’s already a sixth of the way there.
The 43-year-old won the 2023 LIV Golf season opener at Mayakoba’s El Camaleon Golf Course on Mexico’s Riviera Maya on Sunday at 16 under to earn the top prize of $4 million. Howell earned $2,991,000 over six starts last year and now has earned just under $7 million on the upstart circuit led by Greg Norman and financially backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Runner-up Peter Uihlein (12 under) will take home $2.125 million, with Branden Grace (10 under) earning $1.5 million in third. Even fourth-place Paul Casey (7 under) cleared $1.05 million for his efforts.
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Check out the prize money payouts for each team and player at LIV Golf Mayakoba.
LIV Golf Mayakoba individual prize money
| Place | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Charles Howell III | -16 | $4 million |
| 2 | Peter Uihlein | -12 | $2.125 million |
| 3 | Branden Grace | -10 | $1.5 million |
| 4 | Paul Casey | -7 | $1.05 million |
| T5 | Brendan Steele | -6 | $887,500 |
| T5 | Cameron Smith | -6 | $887,500 |
| T7 | Pat Perez | -5 | $610,000 |
| T7 | Carlos Ortiz | -5 | $610,000 |
| T7 | Sebastian Munoz | -5 | $610,000 |
| T7 | Matthew Wolff | -5 | $610,000 |
| T11 | Graeme McDowell | -4 | $405,000 |
| T11 | Ian Poulter | -4 | $405,000 |
| T11 | Talor Gooch | -4 | $405,000 |
| T11 | Joaquin Niemann | -4 | $405,000 |
| T15 | Marc Leishman | -3 | $237,000 |
| T15 | Abraham Ancer | -3 | $237,000 |
| T15 | Mito Pereira | -3 | $237,000 |
| T15 | Scott Vincent | -3 | $237,000 |
| 19 | Jason Kokrak | -2 | $220,000 |
| T20 | Kevin Na | -1 | $184,000 |
| T20 | Cameron Tringale | -1 | $184,000 |
| T20 | Dean Burmester | -1 | $184,000 |
| T23 | Sergio Garcia | E | $167,000 |
| T23 | Henrik Stenson | E | $167,000 |
| T23 | Matt Jones | E | $167,000 |
| T23 | Bryson DeChambeau | E | $167,000 |
| T27 | Phil Mickelson | 1 | $158,000 |
| T27 | Richard Bland | 1 | $158,000 |
| T27 | Brooks Koepka | 1 | $158,000 |
| T27 | Harold Varner III | 1 | $158,000 |
| T27 | Eugenio Chacarra | 1 | $158,000 |
| T32 | Anirban Lahiri | 2 | $151,000 |
| T32 | Thomas Pieters | 2 | $151,000 |
| 34 | Danny Lee | 3 | $148,000 |
| T35 | Charl Schwartzel | 4 | $144,000 |
| T35 | Dustin Johnson | 4 | $144,000 |
| T35 | James Piot | 4 | $144,000 |
| T38 | Patrick Reed | 5 | $139,000 |
| T38 | David Puig | 5 | $139,000 |
| 40 | Bubba Watson | 6 | $136,000 |
| T41 | Lee Westwood | 8 | $133,000 |
| T41 | Louis Oosthuizen | 8 | $133,000 |
| 43 | Jediah Morgan | 10 | $130,000 |
| T44 | Bernd Wiesberger | 11 | $127,000 |
| T44 | Sam Horsfield | 11 | $127,000 |
| 46 | Laurie Canter | 12 | $124,000 |
| 47 | Chase Koepka | 15 | $122,000 |
| 48 | Sihwan Kim | 23 | $120,000 |
LIV Golf Mayakoba team prize money
| Place | Team | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Crushers GC | -26 | $3 million |
| 2 | 4 Aces GC | -17 | $1.5 million |
| 3 | Torque GC | -13 | $500,000 |
LIV owns a 75 percent stake in each franchise and provided teams with an undisclosed amount of operating capital for the year. The teams are expected to largely run on their own dime this season, with team prize earnings going directly towards its day-to-day costs.
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