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2024 LIV Golf Houston prize money payouts for each player and team

It pays to play well in the Saudi-backed league. Just ask Carlos Ortiz.

It pays to play well in the LIV Golf League, just ask Carlos Ortiz.

The 33-year-old won for the first time on the Saudi-backed circuit on Sunday after a 5-under 67 in the final round at Golf Club of Houston to claim the league’s eighth event of the 2024 season, LIV Golf Houston.

For his efforts, Ortiz will take home the top prize of $4 million. Adrian Meronk finished runner-up and will take home $2,250,000.

With $20 million up for grabs, check out how much money each player and team earned at 2024 LIV Golf Houston.

Individual prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Carlos Ortiz -15 $4,000,000
2 Adrian Meronk -14 $2,250,000
T3 Patrick Reed -13 $1,250,000
T3 David Puig -13 $1,250,000
5 Sergio Garcia -11 $800,000
T6 Anirban Lahiri -10 $608,333
T6 Graeme McDowell -10 $608,333
T6 Lucas Herbert -10 $608,333
T9 Brooks Koepka -9 $396,875
T9 Cameron Tringale -9 $396,875
T9 Martin Kaymer -9 $396,875
T9 Paul Casey -9 $396,875
13 Dustin Johnson -8 $340,000
14 Matthew Wolff -7 $320,000
T15 Talor Gooch -6 $285,000
T15 Henrik Stenson -6 $285,000
T15 Sebastian Munoz -6 $285,000
T18 Charl Schwartzel -5 $235,000
T18 Dean Burmester -5 $235,000
T18 Lee Westwood -5 $235,000
T18 Tyrrell Hatton -5 $235,000
T18 Bryson DeChambeau -5 $235,000
T18 Jason Kokrak -5 $235,000
T24 Sam Horsfield -4 $182,500
T24 Richard Bland -4 $182,500
T24 Marc Leishman -4 $182,500
T24 Abraham Ancer -4 $182,500
T24 John Catlin -4 $182,500
T24 Kieran Vincent -4 $182,500
T24 Thomas Pieters -4 $182,500
T24 Kevin Na -4 $182,500
T32 Harold Varner III -3 $151,600
T32 Jinichiro Kozuma -3 $151,600
T32 Kalle Samooja -3 $151,600
T32 Caleb Surratt -3 $151,600
T32 Joaquin Niemann -3 $151,600
T37 Phil Mickelson -2 $141,500
T37 Brendan Steele -2 $141,500
T39 Mito Pereira -1 $136,500
T39 Matt Jones -1 $136,500
41 Eugenio Lopez Chacarra E $133,000
T42 Peter Uihlein 1 $127,750
T42 Andy Ogletree 1 $127,750
T42 Scott Vincent 1 $127,750
T42 Pat Perez 1 $127,750
T46 Hudson Swafford 2 $124,000
T46 Ian Poulter 2 $124,000
T48 Anthony Kim 4 $90,000
T48 Cameron Smith 4 $90,000
50 Danny Lee 5 $60,000
51 Bubba Watson 6 $60,000
52 Branden Grace 8 $50,000
– Jon Rahm WD
– Louis Oosthuizen WD

Team prize money

Position Team Score Earnings
1 Cleeks GC -33 $3,000,000
T-2 Smash GC -31 $1,000,000
T-2 Fireballs GC -31 $1,000,000

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Carlos Ortiz wins 2024 LIV Golf Houston in same city he won lone PGA Tour event

It’s the first LIV Golf win for Ortiz.

Carlos Ortiz is a fan of the city of Houston.

Ortiz picked up the first LIV Golf win of his career Sunday, shooting 5-under 67 to finish at 15 under and capture 2024 LIV Golf Houston by one shot over Adrian Meronk.

Ortiz and Meronk started the day tied for the lead, and they remained tied with only four holes to go at Golf Club of Houston. However, on the par-5 15th, Ortiz made birdie while Meronk made bogey, and the two-shot swing was enough to give Ortiz his first win since the Asian Tour’s International Series Oman in February.

It’s Ortiz’s second professional win in the city of Houston, also capturing the PGA Tour’s 2020 Vivint Houston Open. That is his lone Tour victory.

Cleeks GC took home the team title, its first, at 33 under. Smash GC and Fireballs GC tied for second at 31 under.

The next LIV Golf event is slated for two weeks in Nashville at The Grove. Next week, Meronk will be among the 12 LIV Golf players headed to Pinehurst No. 2 to compete in the 2024 U.S. Open.

Jon Rahm withdraws from LIV Golf Houston 2024 during the second round

Will we see Rahm at Pinehurst next week?

On Friday, Jon Rahm looked extremely uncomfortable after his tee shot on the par-3 seventh at the Golf Club of Houston during the first round of LIV Golf Houston in Texas. Later on during the broadcast, LIV said Rahm was dealing with a cut between two of his toes.

Well, on Saturday, the star Spaniard withdrew from LIV Golf Houston due to an infection.

Next week, the world of golf will travel to North Carolina for the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. Rahm, the 2021 U.S. Open winner at Torrey Pines, is currently one of the betting favorites at 16/1 despite his poor performances in majors so far this season (T-45 at the Masters, MC at the PGA Championship).

Brooks Koepka had a rules discussion at LIV Golf Houston 2024 — with Patrick Reed

There was an interesting exchange after the five-time major champ dunked one in the water.

It was a rough opening day of the LIV Golf Houston event for Brooks Koepka’s Smash GC, which fell 11 strokes off the lead after the first day of play at the Golf Club of Houston, but there was an interesting exchange after the five-time major champ dunked one in the water on the par-5 fourth hole.

Koepka wasn’t sure where the ball had crossed and gone into the water, so he needed to confer with a playing partner, who happened to be Patrick Reed.

Of course, Reed has been no stranger to rules incidents. He was the center of attention for one at the Farmers Insurance Open, which followed a two-stroke penalty at the 2019 Hero World Challenge.

And at the 2018 Arnold Palmer Invitational, Reed got into a disagreement with an official over not being allowed a free drop, which led to a bit of a contentious situation. At one point, Reed blurted out, “I guess my name needs to be Jordan Spieth, guys.”

On Friday, however, Koepka and Reed finally agreed on a spot for the Florida State product to drop and after the ball rolled back into the hazard twice, he finally placed it on the edge of the bank.

Koepka made bogey and finished the opening round at 2 under, five strokes behind leaders Calen Surratt, Martin Kaymer and Adrian Meronk.

The second round begins on Saturday at 1:15 p.m.

Jon Rahm seems to be dealing with an injury at 2024 LIV Golf Houston a week before U.S. Open

Rahm won the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.

Jon Rahm has yet to finish outside the top 10 during his debut LIV Golf season (seven starts), but when he’s joined the rest of the golf world he’s tied for 45th at the Masters and missed the cut at the PGA Championship.

This week, the Saudi-backed circuit is in Texas for LIV Golf Houston at the Golf Club of Houston where Rahm, the captain of Legion XIII, looks to be dealing with an injury.

During the first round Friday, Rahm hit his approach shot into the par-3 seventh — his fifth hole of the day — and immediately started to grimace and limp away after contact.

According to Tee Times Pub on X/Twitter, he was having his foot worked on before teeing off.

This is something to keep an eye on with the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina coming up next week. Rahm won the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines and tied for 10th last season at Los Angeles Country Club. He’s currently one of the betting favorites at 14/1.

Update: The LIV broadcast said Rahm is dealing with a cut in between two toes.

What is the deal with Bryson DeChambeau’s ‘stache (and his 3D irons)?

DeChambeau has been channeling his inner-Johnson Wagner in recent days.

During Wednesday’s presser before LIV Golf Houston, someone mentioned to Bryson DeChambeau that with a number of solid recent finishes, he’s arguably the hottest golfer on the planet right now.

Without missing a beat, the enigmatic star shot back a witty one-liner:

“Is it the ‘stache?”

Indeed, DeChambeau, who rode a hot Sunday at Valhalla Golf Club to a runner-up finish at the 2024 PGA Championship, has been channeling his inner-Johnson Wagner in recent days, sporting a hairy upper lip in a series of photos that appeared on Twitter.

In fact, the two-time LIV Golf champion posted to social media in full argyle and hickory, a look that grabbed plenty of attention, something the former NCAA and U.S. Amateur champ has rarely shied away from.

“I had someone say you might look good in a ‘stache, and I was like, all right, I’ll try it,” he said. “I had a big scruff, and I shaved it all down. There’s a video that’s coming out on YouTube that is old-school style. I think I posted about it almost a week ago now, and it looked good, I thought, with the outfit. I don’t know if you guys saw it, but it’s the old school with the hickory clubs and got the beret on and the whole getup, the long socks and shoes, all that.

“It definitely fit the outfit. We’ll see how long this lasts though. If I play bad the first day, I’m probably just going to shave it.”

What’s interesting about the photo is that DeChambeau is holding hickory golf clubs, especially in light of his affection for technology.

For example, at Augusta National Golf Club DeChambeau surprised many by showing up with a custom set of single-length irons made by little-known clubmaker Avoda done by 3D printing. The clubs weren’t approved by the USGA until the Monday on which players arrived at the Masters. With no hesitation, DeChambeau inserted them into his bag and fired a 65 in the opening round, before settling for a sixth-place finish.

And while he’s been playing the clubs ever since, he’s uncertain if all golf clubs will eventually come from a 3D printer.

“I don’t know about that. I think the process as of right now is a lot easier CNC milling a lot of heads compared to 3D printing. Once it gets to a price point that makes sense, then maybe, but it is somewhat expensive. I don’t think it’s for mass consumption yet,” he said on Wednesday. “But it will get there, and I’m certainly looking forward to some improvements in the technology because man, it would be so cool.

“Imagine having a 3D printer at your house, and you just print your own iron or do whatever. You can put it together and go hit it that afternoon. That’s really cool, compared to having a six-month process of prototyping it out and measuring it up and doing a couple iterations; maybe one of them is right, one of them is wrong, but you just 3D print in an hour or so a metal head and you stick a shaft on it and you go hit it.”

2024 PGA Championship
Bryson DeChambeau tees off on the eighth hole during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Valhalla Golf Club. (Photo: Clare Grant-USA TODAY Sports)

While he thinks 3D clubs for a mass audience might be off in the distance, he’s relishing the thought.

“Those days are coming,” he said. “I don’t know how quickly it’s coming, but it’s certainly a really cool technology that we utilize, and hopefully it gets more widely known because that is the future. It’s just not here fully yet for mass consumption.

“I want it to be. I want it to be for sure. The price point just needs to come down quite a bit.”