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

It pays to play in the Saudi-backed league.

It pays to play well in the LIV Golf League, just ask Dean Burmester.

The 34-year-old won for the first time on the Saudi-backed circuit on Sunday after a two-hole playoff against Sergio Garcia at Trump National Doral to claim the league’s fifth event of the 2024 season, LIV Golf Miami.

For his efforts, Burmester will take home the top prize of $4 million.

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

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Individual prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Dean Burmester -11 $4,000,000
2 Sergio Garcia -11 $2,250,000
3 Matthew Wolff -10 $1,500,000
T4 Marc Leishman -8 $833,333
T4 Jon Rahm -8 $833,333
T4 Tyrrell Hatton -8 $833,333
T7 Bryson DeChambeau -7 $562,500
T7 Louis Oosthuizen -7 $562,500
T9 Abraham Ancer -6 $385,500
T9 Thomas Pieters -6 $385,500
T9 Joaquin Niemann -6 $385,500
T9 Patrick Reed -6 $385,500
T9 Talor Gooch -6 $385,500
T14 Carlos Ortiz -5 $301,667
T14 Paul Casey -5 $301,667
T14 Richard Bland -5 $301,667
17 Adrian Meronk -4 $270,000
T18 Caleb Surratt -3 $250,000
T18 Brendan Steele -3 $250,000
T18 Peter Uihlein -3 $250,000
T21 Harold Varner III -2 $220,000
T21 Cameron Tringale -2 $220,000
T21 Scott Vincent -2 $220,000
T24 Kevin Na -1 $195,000
T24 Dustin Johnson -1 $195,000
T24 Kieran Vincent -1 $195,000
T27 Jason Kokrak E $182,500
T27 Sebastian Munoz E $182,500
T29 Graeme McDowell 1 $170,000
T29 Ian Poulter 1 $170,000
T29 Henrik Stenson 1 $170,000
T32 Matt Jones 2 $153,250
T32 Branden Grace 2 $153,250
T32 Bubba Watson 2 $153,250
T32 Mito Pereira 2 $153,250
36 Anirban Lahiri 3 $145,000
T37 Danny Lee 4 $141,500
T37 Charl Schwartzel 4 $141,500
T39 David Puig 5 $134,000
T39 Eugenio Chacarra 5 $134,000
T39 Martin Kaymer 5 $134,000
T39 Kalle Samooja 5 $134,000
T43 Charles Howell III 6 $128,000
T43 Hudson Swafford 6 $128,000
T45 Lee Westwood 7 $125,000
T45 Brooks Koepka 7 $125,000
47 Phil Mickelson 8 $123,000
T48 Sam Horsfield 9 $90,000
T48 Pat Perez 9 $90,000
50 Andy Ogletree 11 $60,000
T51 Jinichiro Kozuma 15 $55,000
T51 Lucas Herbert 15 $55,000
53 Anthony Kim 21 $50,000

Team prize money

Position Team Score Earnings
1 Legion XIII -22 $3,000,000
2 RangeGoats GC -21 $1,500,000
3 Stinger GC -15 $500,000

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Dean Burmester wins 2024 LIV Golf Miami in playoff; Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII claim team title

The win is Burmester’s first since joining the Saudi-backed league last season.

Sergio Garcia had his sights on a first LIV Golf win Sunday, but a late bogey opened the door for Dean Burmester to steal the honor.

The 34-year-old South African took down the 2017 Masters champion in a two-hole playoff at 2024 LIV Golf Miami at Trump National Doral to claim the $4 million prize and hand Garcia his third playoff loss since joining LIV.

Burmester shot consistent rounds of 68-69-68 to finish tied with Garcia at 11 under and then won LIV’s fifth event of the season with a par on the second playoff hole after each player made par the first time around. The victory is Burmester’s third in the last year after he won the Joburg Open and South African Open on the DP World Tour in consecutive weeks at the end of 2023.

“It’s special because coming over, obviously I was coming over to three friends and I was excited about that, but I also wanted to prove myself against a lot of the best players in the world, a lot of major champions,” said Burmester. “Now that I’ve done that a year and a half in, I’m super stoked and proud of myself and now we’re going to try to do it again.”

“I mean, it’s certainly probably the best golf of my career,” he said of his current form. “If I look at it that way, the amount of wins, the amount of top 10s, top 5s that I’m producing is some really special stuff.”

On the team side, Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII held off Bubba Watson’s RangeGoats GC by a single shot at 22 under for their second win of the season. Louis Oosthuizen and Burmester’s Stinger GC finished in a distant third at 15 under.

“Well, I guess that so far we’ve done well on challenging golf courses. I think more importantly this week, though, was to bounce back after how we finished last in Hong Kong,” said Tyrrell Hatton. “I think we were all pretty sad about that. To come back out next event and win as a team is great, and now we look forward to Adelaide.”

“The best part for us is that I don’t think either of us has played even what I would say is their best golf for a whole week,” said Rahm of his team. “I feel like all of us have had some rounds where we left quite a few shots out there. I know some rounds might not count, but I think, exactly, it’s a lot of good to look forward to when all of us show up to a tournament when we’re all playing our B+ or A game. Either one of us four is capable of winning individually at any given tournament, and I’m looking forward for that day to happen.”

Thirteen LIV players will take their talents down Magnolia Lane this week for the 2024 Masters while the rest of the 54-player field will take a break before traveling to Australia for 2024 LIV Golf Adelaide, April 26-28, at the Grange Golf Club.

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A week before Masters, Cameron Smith withdraws from LIV Golf Miami

Hopefully Smith gets feeling better before next week.

Cameron Smith is going to head into the first major championship of the year a bit rusty.

The Australian, who captured the 2022 Open Championship, withdrew from LIV Golf’s event in Miami, Florida, at Trump National Doral, due to illness. Smith shot 3-over 75 in the opening round and had four birdies, five bogeys and a double. The specific illness was not mentioned.

Ben Campbell will replace Smith in the Ripper GC lineup for the rest of the team competition.

Smith placed third in LIV’s latest event in Hong Kong last month and has two top-10 finishes in his first four events of 2024.

He has a history of playing well at Augusta National. He has four top-10 finishes in the past six years. The 88th Masters Tournament starts Thursday.

LIV Miami: Photos

Former Masters champ among those tied for lead at 2024 LIV Golf Miami

Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka are two back.

Next week, 13 LIV golfers will head to Augusta National for the first men’s major championship of the year. And plenty of them, including the defending champion, have had success at Augusta National Golf Club.

One of those former past Masters champions is tied for the lead after the opening round of LIV Golf Miami at Trump National Doral.

Sergio Garcia, the 2017 Masters champion, is one of three players tied for the lead after a 5-under 67. Also tied on top are 2023 LIV individual champion Talor Gooch and Peter Uihlein.

Jon Rahm, the defending Masters champ, Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed are in a group sitting two shots behind and T-8.

LIV: Best photos from Trump Doral

In his first action back in the United States, Anthony Kim shot 4 over and is T-47 along with Phil Mickelson, who finished T-2 at Augusta National last year.

Photos: 2024 LIV Golf Miami at Trump National Doral

LIV Golf’s final tune-up before the Masters is at Trump Doral.

It’s time for LIV Golf’s final event before the Masters next week in Augusta, Georgia.

LIV is at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, for its fifth event of the 2024 season. It’s only the second event in the United States, following the Las Vegas event the week of the Super Bowl. Dustin Johnson won the individual competition while Brooks Koepka’s Smash GC took home the team title.

In LIV Golf’s last event in Hong Kong, Abraham Ancer won for the first time while Joaquin Niemann, who has won twice in the first four events, placed T-4. Defending Masters champion Jon Rahm has yet to win on LIV Golf but has three top-10 finishes.

Here’s a look at the best photos from LIV Golf Miami at Trump Doral:

On the 14th anniversary of his last PGA Tour win, LIV Golf’s Anthony Kim believes he can get his game back

“I believe I can absolutely do it at that level again. I’m prepared more than ever for success,” Kim explained.

Today marks the 14th anniversary of Anthony Kim’s last win on the PGA Tour at the 2010 Shell Houston Open.

Over that time the former rising star has “had some experiences that I wouldn’t wish on anybody,” such as battles with addiction and a whopping seven surgeries (including the same spinal fusion operation Tiger Woods underwent in 2017). He’s keeping a lot of the details of his demise close to the vest as he prepares to release a documentary, but did shed light on conversations with doctors who told him his time was running out.

“That’s a pretty rude awakening,” Kim said on Thursday ahead of LIV Golf Miami at Trump National Doral. “I still think about it to this day when I’m out there and I get frustrated with my golf, you know, how far I’ve come.”

During a recent interview with David Feherty, Kim admitted he never really loved golf. Throughout his down years the three-time PGA Tour winner and former Ryder Cupper hardly paid attention to what was happening on Tour. But just how removed was he from the game? Dustin Johnson told him on Wednesday that Brooks Koepka won back-to-back majors in 2018. Kim had no clue.

Since the birth of his daughter Isabella two years ago, Kim has gotten his life on track and is back in professional golf as a wildcard player for LIV Golf this season. The game has changed quite a bit in his time away, and as much as he wants to win and compete, Kim knows the real importance is to stay in the right mental headspace as he continues his return. He’s not sweating the poor results – in two starts with LIV he’s finished last and 50th in the 54-player field events – and thinks he can still play to the level he once did while on the PGA Tour.

“I believe I can absolutely do it at that level again. I’m prepared more than ever for success,” he explained. “I don’t think in my first career I was because I didn’t know what to expect. It was my mistakes that are the reason that I fell down into this deep hole. Having better people around this time around definitely helps.”

“My goals for this season and moving forward are to work as hard as I can, be focused, which I don’t think that I ever have been,” Kim added. “I appreciate the opportunity going on around me and the platform that I have and to be able to make a difference in the world. As crazy as that sounds, I feel like I will have the opportunity to do it, and the better I play, the louder my voice gets. And so hopefully if I play some good golf I’ll be able to do bigger things.”

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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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LIV Golf partners with entertainment company to enhance concerts at events

The next LIV event, April 5-7 at Trump National Doral, will feature a live concert from 2000s hip-hop star Akon.

LIV Golf likes to bill itself as “golf but louder” and a new partnership takes that tagline to heart.

On Tuesday, the league announced a new multi-year deal with AEG Presents that will see the live entertainment company book musical acts and produce live concerts at LIV events around the world.

LIV prides itself on its festival-like atmosphere and events in the past have featured concerts from some massive names in music such as Zac Brown Band, Tiesto, Nelly and more.

“We couldn’t be more thrilled to join forces with LIV Golf to bring world-class entertainment to this exciting new golf league,” said Mark Norman, Senior Vice President of Global touring of Concerts West, an AEG Presents subsidiary. “This felt like such a natural fit for us, and to sit right at the intersection of sports and music will enable us to super serve an audience that’s looking for an elevated experience at LIV Golf events and tournaments.”

The league returns to action April 5-7 at Trump National Doral with LIV Golf Miami, where 2000s hip-hop star Akon will perform a live concert.

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LIV Golf, which starts in three weeks, posts update about two events in 2024

The event in Miami was previously leaked by Donald Trump.

There were early leaks and some speculation but on Friday, LIV Golf confirmed a) what Donald Trump had previously posted on social media and b) that Jeddah will be the host city for the Saudi Arabia stop in 2024.

LIV Golf’s season, which starts Feb. 2 in Mayakoba, Mexico, now has 12 confirmed events with two more – the individual championship and the team championship – still to be announced.

The latest update includes the confirmation that LIV will return to Trump Golf Doral in Miami. That’s the fifth event of 2024, on April 5-7, and will be LIV Golf’s tuneup for the Masters Tournament the next week. The PGA Tour plays its Valero Texas Open in San Antonio the weekend of the Miami event.

Jeddah is the third stop of the season, March 1-3, which is the same weekend as the PGA Tour’s Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches – formerly known as the Honda Classic – at PGA National.

LIV Golf’s 2024 schedule has five events in the U.S. and seven overseas.

LIV Golf moves season finale from Saudi Arabia back to Trump National Doral

Last year’s team championship was also held at the former president’s property near Miami.

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LIV Golf planned to host its 2023 season finale in Saudi Arabia, but has since changed its mind.

The LIV Golf Team Championship will now once again take place at Trump National Doral Golf Club near Miami, Oct. 20-22, just as it did in the upstart Saudi-backed circuit’s inaugural year.

LIV Golf Jeddah was previously scheduled to be the team championship, Nov. 3-5 at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, but will now be held the week before the team championship, Oct. 13-15.

The team championship at Doral last season was LIV’s best event of its opening eight in 2022. The original plan to hold the season finale in Saudi Arabia was puzzling due to the lack of fans and poor TV window, and a move back to the Miami area makes sense as LIV continues to find its footing in the professional golf scene.

The final team standings following LIV Golf Jeddah will set the seeds for the team championship, and the top four teams will receive first-round byes. As of now, Dustin Johnson’s 4Aces GC, Joaquin Niemann’s Torque GC, Bubba Watson’s RangeGoats GC and Stinger GC would earn the byes.

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