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

It pays to play well in the Saudi-backed league. Just ask Brooks Koepka.

It pays to play well in the LIV Golf League, just ask Brooks Koepka.

The 34-year-old won for the fourth time on the Saudi-backed circuit on Sunday after a 3-under 68 in the final round at Sentosa Golf Club to claim the league’s seventh event of the 2024 season, LIV Golf Singapore.

For his efforts, Koepka will take home the top prize of $4 million. Ripper GC captain Cameron Smith and teammate Marc Leishman, who finished T-2, two shots behind Koepka at 13 under, banked $1.875 million each.

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

Individual prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1  Brooks Koepka -15 $4,000,000
T2  Cameron Smith -13 $1,875,000
T2  Marc Leishman -13 $1,875,000
4  Talor Gooch -12 $1,000,000
T5  Tyrrell Hatton -11 $750,000
T5  Thomas Pieters -11 $750,000
T7  Dustin Johnson -10 $522,500
T7  Joaquín Niemann -10 $522,500
T7  Kevin Na -10 $522,500
T10  Jon Rahm -9 $371,250
T10  Eugenio Chacarra -9 $371,250
T10  Adrian Meronk -9 $371,250
T10  Abraham Ancer -9 $371,250
T14  Kalle Samooja -8 $287,000
T14  Patrick Reed -8 $287,000
T14  Sergio Garcia -8 $287,000
T14  Dean Burmester -8 $287,000
T14  Cameron Tringale -8 $287,000
T19  Carlos Ortiz -7 $240,000
T19  Martin Kaymer -7 $240,000
T19  Sebastián Muñoz -7 $240,000
T22  Phil Mickelson -6 $203,000
T22  Peter Uihlein -6 $203,000
T22  Richard Bland -6 $203,000
T22  Kieran Vincent -6 $203,000
T22  Louis Oosthuizen -6 $203,000
T27  David Puig -5 $180,000
T27  Bryson DeChambeau -5 $180,000
T27  Lucas Herbert -5 $180,000
T30  Anirban Lahiri -4 $167,500
T30  Matthew Wolff -4 $167,500
T32  Branden Grace -3 $155,000
T32  Paul Casey -3 $155,000
T32  Harold Varner III -3 $155,000
T35  Charl Schwartzel -2 $146,500
T35  Ian Poulter -2 $146,500
T37  Matt Jones -1 $140,333
T37  Graeme McDowell -1 $140,333
T37  Scott Vincent -1 $140,333
T40  Charles Howell III E $131,500
T40  Caleb Surratt E $131,500
T40  Brendan Steele E $131,500
T40  Jason Kokrak E $131,500
44  Henrik Stenson 1 $128,000
T45  Andy Ogletree 2 $125,000
T45  Bubba Watson 2 $125,000
T47  Mito Pereira 3 $121,500
T47  Sam Horsfield 3 $121,500
T49  Danny Lee 4 $60,000
T49  Hudson Swafford 4 $60,000
T49  Lee Westwood 4 $60,000
T52  Pat Perez 6 $50,000
T52  Anthony Kim 6 $50,000
54  Jinichiro Kozuma 8 $50,000

Team prize money

Position Team Score Earnings
1 Ripper GC -32 $3,000,000
2 Fireballs GC -29 $1,000,000
3 Cleeks GC -29 $1,000,000

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Brooks Koepka wins 2024 LIV Golf Singapore; Ripper GC claim back-to-back team titles

The win is Koepka’s fourth since he joined the Saudi-backed circuit in 2022.

A pair of Aussie’s made a late charge but it wasn’t enough to catch Brooks Koepka.

Earlier in the week the five-time major champion was downplaying his chances to defend at the upcoming PGA Championship and just a few days later he was raising his fourth LIV Golf trophy after he won 2024 LIV Golf Singapore at Sentosa Golf Club on Sunday. Koepka shot a 3-under 68 in the final round to finish at 15 under, two shots clear of Ripper GC teammates Cameron Smith (64) and Marc Leishman (66) T-2 at 13 under. Defending champion Talor Gooch (67) finished fourth at 12 under, with Tyrrell Hatton (66) and Thomas Pieters (69) T-5 at 11 under.

Koepka previously won LIV Golf Jeddah (2022, 2023) and LIV Golf Orlando (2023).

Thanks to their captain Smith and his first mate Leishman, the Ripper GC boys took the team title at 32 under, three shots clear of runner-up Fireballs GC and Cleeks GC at 29 under. It’s the second consecutive win for the all-Australian squad after they won their home event last week in Adelaide.

The league is now off for a month until LIV Golf Houston makes its debut, June 7-9 at Golf Club of Houston.

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

It pays to play well in the Saudi-backed league. Just ask Brendan Steele.

It pays to play well in the LIV Golf League, just ask Brendan Steele.

The 41-year-old won for the first time on the Saudi-backed circuit on Sunday after a 4-under 68 in the final round at the Grange Golf Club to claim the league’s sixth event of the 2024 season, LIV Golf Adelaide.

For his efforts, Steele will take home the top prize of $4 million. Louis Oosthuizen, who finished a shot behind Steele at 17 under, banked $2,250,000 while five players finished T-3 and earned $920,000: Charl Schwartzel, Jon Rahm, Andy Ogletree, Joaquín Niemann, Dean Burmester.

Check out how much money each player and team earned at 2024 LIV Golf Adelaide.

Individual prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1  Brendan Steele -18 $4,000,000
2  Louis Oosthuizen -17 $2,250,000
T3  Charl Schwartzel -16 $920,000
T3  Jon Rahm -16 $920,000
T3  Andy Ogletree -16 $920,000
T3  Joaquín Niemann -16 $920,000
T3  Dean Burmester -16 $920,000
8  Mito Pereira -15 $525,000
T9  Abraham Ancer -14 $385,500
T9  Brooks Koepka -14 $385,500
T9  Matt Jones -14 $385,500
T9  Jinichiro Kozuma -14 $385,500
T9  Danny Lee -14 $385,500
T14  Martin Kaymer -13 $275,000
T14  Lucas Herbert -13 $275,000
T14  Marc Leishman -13 $275,000
T14  Tyrrell Hatton -13 $275,000
T14  Thomas Pieters -13 $275,000
T14  Anirban Lahiri -13 $275,000
T14  Cameron Smith -13 $275,000
21  Cameron Tringale -12 $230,000
T22  Caleb Surratt -11 $206,250
T22  Richard Bland -11 $206,250
T22  Patrick Reed -11 $206,250
T22  Carlos Ortiz -11 $206,250
T26  Adrian Meronk -10 180,000
T26  Matthew Wolff -10 180,000
T26  Talor Gooch -10 180,000
T26  Bryson DeChambeau -10 180,000
T26  Charles Howell III -10 180,000
T31  Pat Perez -9 160,000
T31  Paul Casey -9 160,000
T31  Dustin Johnson -9 160,000
T34  Kevin Na -8 146,250
T34  Lee Westwood -8 146,250
T34  Bubba Watson -8 146,250
T34  Peter Uihlein -8 146,250
T38  Sebastián Muñoz -7 138,750
T38  Phil Mickelson -7 138,750
T40  Sergio Garcia -6 130,500
T40  Branden Grace -6 130,500
T40  David Puig -6 130,500
T40  Kalle Samooja -6 130,500
T40  Sam Horsfield -6 130,500
45  Eugenio Chacarra -5 125,000
T46  Graeme McDowell -4 123,750
T46  Scott Vincent -4 123,750
48  Harold Varner III -3 120,000
49  Jason Kokrak -2 $60,000
50  Kieran Vincent -1 $60,000
51  Henrik Stenson 3 $60,000
T52  Hudson Swafford 4 $50,000
T52  Ian Poulter 4 $50,000
54  Anthony Kim 6 $50,000

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Brendan Steele wins 2024 LIV Golf Adelaide, Cameron Smith’s Ripper GC claim first ever team playoff

For the first time in 28 tournaments a LIV Golf event came down to a team playoff.

After 28 tournaments a LIV Golf event finally came down to a team playoff.

Ripper GC, the all-Australian team led by Cameron Smith, beat the South African Stinger GC squad on the second playoff hole on Sunday to win 2024 LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide, Australia.

“This is unreal,” said Smith after the playoff alongside teammates and countrymen Marc Leishman, Matt Jones and Lucas Herbert. “It’s a dream come true for us.”

In LIV’s team playoff format, the lowest cumulative score wins, all four players compete and each score counts.

“You couldn’t have staged a better place to do the first playoff,” said Oosthuizen. “Probably couldn’t script it better with the Rippers winning. We had chances. We had two putts on the first hole. And I hit a good putt on the second playoff hole as well. Some days they go in, some days they don’t.”

On the individual side, 41-year-old Brendan Steele took home the trophy, and the $4 million first-place prize, after a 4-under 68 to win by one shot at 18 under over Stinger captain Louis Oosthuizen.

“Really surreal,” said Steele of his first win since the 2017 Safeway Open on the PGA Tour (now the Fortinet Championship). “I’m pretty overwhelmed, but to win this event is really special. I can’t say enough good things about the fans and the golf course and the whole experience this week.”

According to LIV, more than 90,000 fans attended the tournament over the three days of play.

Oosthuizen (65) finished at 17 under just ahead of five players T-3 at 16 under: Andy Ogletree (65), Jon Rahm (64), Charl Schwartzel (64), Dean Burmester (67) and Joaquin Niemann (66).

The league heads to Sentosa Golf Club next week, May 3-5, for 2024 LIV Golf Singapore, where Talor Gooch and RangeGoats GC will look to defend their individual and team titles.

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How has Cam Smith performed in LIV ahead of the 2024 Masters?

How has Cam Smith fared at LIV the past couple of years?

Australian golfer Cam Smith has something to prove at this year’s Masters tournament.

He entered last year’s annual tournament at Augusta as the world’s sixth-best golfer, but LIV Golf currently isn’t accredited by the Official World Golf Rankings, so he’ll undoubtedly want to regain some momentum on the global stage with a strong showing at The Masters.

Masters Leaderboard: Live leaderboard, Schedule, Tee times

Smith won two tournaments outright last year in the Saudi-backed league, but let’s take a look at some of his best finishes in LIV before he competes at the Masters this month.

2024

  • Hong Kong: 67-64-66 — 2nd
  • Mayakoba: 69-70-67 — tied for 8th place
  • Las Vegas: 67-66-72 — tied for 15th place

2023

  • London: 63-67-68 — 1st
  • Bedminster: 66-67-68 — 1st
  • Tulsa: 64-68-61 — tied for 2nd (y)
  • Adelaide: 69-66-66 — tied for 3rd
  • Mayakoba: 69-71-67 — tied for 5th

We’ll see how Smith does once he hits the green for The Masters this week.

LIV Golf’s Cameron Smith has chopped off his signature mullet

The party in the back is no longer.

Cameron Smith has a big couple of weeks of golf ahead, and the Aussie will be a bit more aerodynamic when he walks the fairways at LIV Golf Miami and the Masters.

The 30-year-old captain of Ripper GC in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf League is known for his 2022 Open Championship victory at St. Andrews, and of course for his signature mullet hairstyle. Let me rephrase that: his former signature hairstyle.

Smith has chopped off his business in the front, party in the back style for a more reserved, spiked look ahead of his return to the golf course this week. The reason? Boredom.

Smith is currently eighth in the season-long LIV standings with finishes of T8-T15-T41-T2 so far. Following this week’s 2024 LIV Golf Miami event at Trump National Doral, Smith will return to Augusta National, where he finished T-34 last season after finishes of T2-T10-T3 in the three years prior.

It’s a real shame, as the mullet and green jacket combination in Butler Cabin would’ve been quite the sight to see.

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2024 LIV Golf Hong Kong prize money payouts for each player and team

It pays to play well in the Saudi-backed league.

It pays to play well in the LIV Golf League, just ask Abraham Ancer.

The 33-year-old won for the first time on the Saudi Arabia-backed circuit after a three-way playoff on Sunday to claim 2024 LIV Golf Hong Kong at Hong Kong Golf Club’s Fanling Course.

For his efforts, Ancer will take home the top prize of $4 million. Paul Casey and Cameron Smith each earned $1.875 million for their runner-up finishes. Joaquin Niemann and Carlos Ortiz round out the top five at T-4 and banked $900,000.

Check out how much money each player and team earned at 2024 LIV Golf Hong Kong.

MORE: Best shots from LIV Golf Hong Kong

Individual prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1  Abraham Ancer -13 $4,000,000
2  Paul Casey -13 $1,875,000
2  Cameron Smith -13 $1,875,000
T4  Joaquin Niemann -12 $900,000
T4  Carlos Ortiz -12 $900,000
T6  Kevin Na -11 $650,000
T6  Bryson DeChambeau -11 $650,000
T8  Richard Bland -10 $396,071
T8  Graeme McDowell -10 $396,071
T8  Charles Howell III -10 $396,071
T8  Ian Poulter -10 $396,071
T8  Dean Burmester -10 $396,071
T8  Jon Rahm -10 $396,071
T8  Henrik Stenson -10 $396,071
T15  Lucas Herbert -9 $278,750
T15  Adrian Meronk -9 $278,750
T15  Harold Varner III -9 $278,750
T15  Eugenio Chacarra -9 $278,750
T19  Sam Horsfield -8 $245,000
T19  Louis Oosthuizen -8 $245,000
T21  Dustin Johnson -7 $204,286
T21  Talor Gooch -7 $204,286
T21  Martin Kaymer -7 $204,286
T21  Scott Vincent -7 $204,286
T21  Tyrrell Hatton -7 $204,286
T21  Sebastián Muñoz -7 $204,286
T21  Matt Jones -7 $204,286
28  Brooks Koepka -6 $180,000
T29  Peter Uihlein -5 $165,000
T29  Marc Leishman -5 $165,000
T29  Patrick Reed -5 $165,000
T29  Andy Ogletree -5 $165,000
T29  Bubba Watson -5 $165,000
T34  Brendan Steele -4 $146,250
T34  David Puig -4 $146,250
T34  Cameron Tringale -4 $146,250
T34  Anirban Lahiri -4 $146,250
T38  Caleb Surratt -3 $137,500
T38  Sergio Garcia -3 $137,500
T38  Pat Perez -3 $137,500
T41  Charl Schwartzel -2 $129,375
T41  Danny Lee -2 $129,375
T41  Jinichiro Kozuma -2 $129,375
T41  Kalle Samooja -2 $129,375
T45  Lee Westwood -1 $124,167
T45  Matthew Wolff -1 $124,167
T45  Branden Grace -1 $124,167
T48  Mito Pereira E $90,000
T48  Thomas Pieters E $90,000
50  Anthony Kim 3 $60,000
51  Jason Kokrak 6 $60,000
T52  Hudson Swafford 8 $50,000
T52  Phil Mickelson 8 $50,000
54  Kieran Vincent 9 $50,000

Team prize money

Position Team Score Earnings
1 Crushers GC -35 $3,000,000
2 Torque GC -33 $1,500,000
3 Ripper GC -23 $500,000

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Abraham Ancer wins three-way playoff at 2024 LIV Golf Hong Kong; Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers claim another team title

Anthony Kim shot one of the low scores of the day on Sunday for his first round under par with LIV.

Abraham Ancer loves a playoff.

His lone win on the PGA Tour went to extra holes and the same can be said of his first LIV Golf victory. Ancer defeated Cameron Smith and Paul Casey with a birdie on the first playoff hole to win 2024 LIV Golf Hong Kong on Sunday.

After rounds of 7-under 63 and 8-under 62 on Friday and Saturday at Hong Kong Golf Club’s Fanling Course in Sheung Shui, Ancer struggled on Sunday to a 2-over 72, which opened the door for Casey (64) and Smith (66) to tie him atop the leaderboard at 13 under. Joaquin Niemann shot the low-round of the day, a 7-under 63 to finish T-4 alongside Carlos Ortiz (66), one shot outside of the playoff.

“Man, I made that so hard on myself. The ball-striking wasn’t there, but mentally I was really strong, so I felt really good. I felt like I was not going to give up. That round could have gone south really quickly,” Ancer explained. “Hit some good bunker shots, some good putts that I needed to and just kept myself in it and hit the right shot at the right time there in the playoff.”

MORE: Best shots from LIV Golf Hong Kong

On the team side, Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC won for the second consecutive week after another strong Sunday to finish at 35 under, two shots clear of Niemann’s Torque GC. Smith and his Ripper GC earned their first top-three finish of the season at 32 under.

“I love these guys. They fight for every shot, and I can tell you when four scores are counting, we’re a pretty deadly team,” said DeChambeau. Before this season LIV switched its format to make all four player scores count to the team score in the final round. The worst score is dropped in the first two rounds.

“We know with four scores counting, we’re going to be in it no matter what the last day,” he added. “We put the pedal to the metal today and showcased who we are.”

Last year’s team champions, the Crushers have finished 2-4-1-1 in LIV’s four events so far this season. After winning the season opener, Jon Rahm’s new squad, Legion XIII, finsihed T-5 and fifth the last two events before coming in dead last this week in Hong Kong.

Anthony Kim has struggled in his return to pro golf with LIV, but after shooting over par in his first five rounds, the 38-year-old finally found the red numbers with a 5-under 65 on Sunday. Kim made seven birdies and two bogeys and finished 50th in his second event.

LIV is off for the rest of the month and returns to Trump National Doral, April 5-7, for 2024 LIV Golf Miami.

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Report: Dolphins expected to finalize bringing back DB Nik Needham

The Dolphins keep another one of their DBs around.

Per Barry Jackson, the Dolphins are interested in bringing back defensive back, Nik Needham. An undrafted free agent in 2019, Needham re-signed with Miami last season, and clearly, the versatile boundary cornerback/turn slot-specialist/safety candidate’s work is not done in South Florida.

The potential deal will help maintain consistency in a secondary that will not have Xavien Howard, the longest-tenured defensive Dolphin from last year’s team. Connecting some dots, as a rookie, Needham subbed in for an injured Howard and performed well on the outside in 2019, playing in 12 games in which he started 11. He registered 11 passes defensed, including two interceptions in relief.

Needham followed his rookie year with two consecutive seasons in which he registered a pair of interceptions, and in 2021, he was considered a top-tier slot corner in the entire NFL. In fact, according to Pro Football Focus, his 2021 coverage grade from the slot was the best in the league (90.8), as he didn’t allow a single touchdown from that area of the field that season. 2022 was looking to continue that momentum until an Achilles injury occurred in Week 6 against the Minnesota Vikings, ending his season.

2023 was essentially a wash, as Needham rehabbed his injury and returned to the 53-man roster yet didn’t have ample opportunity to show his skills to then-defensive coordinator Vic Fangio during OTAs and training camp. A new defensive coordinator in Anthony Weaver could create a chance for Needham to return to his 2021 form if utilized in the slot, or should he be a prime candidate to step in for Xavien Howard, as he has proven to handle that task as well.

Intriguing as well is the fact that Needham has safety ability, and Miami does have a few more unrestricted free agents in DeShon Elliott and Brandon Jones to think about. The move to retain Needham creates flexibility, and it’s a bit unknown how this Dolphins’ secondary will look in 2024. All-World defensive back Jalen Ramsey could be used a bit more as a chess piece with this new scheme, and like Needham, fellow defensive backs Cam Smith and Kader Kohou could be moved around to different spots in the defensive backfield.

Whatever happens with the rest of the secondary, the defense, and the Dolphins, as a whole, is still up in the air. However, as this week ends, re-signing Needham was a step in the right direction. His work ethic, overall knowledge of the game, and potential are all reasons he was re-signed yet again by the team that saw his ability as a college student and took a chance on him five years ago.

Over his five-season career with the Dolphins, Needham has recorded 199 total tackles, 25 passes defensed, six interceptions, a forced fumble, and a recovered fumble. He also took an interception to the house against the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football back in 2021, a “Nik-6” as some would call it.

EDIT: The deal has been agreed to, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.

3 Dolphins who should have bigger roles in 2024

A few young Dolphins should have larger roles in 2024.

Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier has put together a talented roster loaded with superstar veterans and rising youngsters that was good enough to make the postseason in 2023.

While Grier will have his work cut out for him over the next several months through free agency and draft season, there are some players on the roster who should see their playing time go up next year.

Let’s take a look at three Dolphins who should get more opportunities in 2024.