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2023 LIV Golf Orlando prize money payouts for each player and team

Koepka took home the individual title but his Smash GC came up short in the team competition.

Brooks Koepka made LIV Golf history on Sunday.

The 32-year-old American became the first two-time winner with his victory at LIV Golf Orlando at Orange County National in Florida. For his efforts, Koepka will take home the top prize of $4 million. Finishing one shot back was LIV rookie Sebastian Munoz, who will earn $2,125,000. Patrick Reed finished T-3 with Dean Burmester and each earned $1,275,000.

Check out how much each player and team earned at LIV Golf’s third event of its 2023 season.

LIV Golf Orlando individual prize money

Position	Player	Score	Winnings
1	Brooks Koepka	-15	$4,000,000
2	Sebastian Munoz	-14	$2,125,000
T3	Patrick Reed	-12	$1,275,000
T3	Dean Burmester	-12	$1,275,000
T5	Mito Pereira	-11	$887,500
T5	Matthew Wolff	-11	$887,500
7	Dustin Johnson	-10	$675,000
T8	Peter Uihlein	-9	$588,333
T8	Carlos Ortiz	-9	$588,333
T8	Sam Horsfield	-9	$588,333
T11	Henrik Stenson	-8	$374,000
T11	Richard Bland	-8	$374,000
T11	Jason Kokrak	-8	$374,000
T11	Cameron Tringale	-8	$374,000
T11	Laurie Canter	-8	$374,000
T16	Lee Westwood	-7	$216,333
T16	Charl Schwartzel	-7	$216,333
T16	Harold Varner III	-7	$216,333
T16	Thomas Pieters	-7	$216,333
T16	Talor Gooch	-7	$216,333
T16	Bryson DeChambeau	-7	$216,333
T22	Kevin Na	-6	$169,000
T22	Branden Grace	-6	$169,000
T22	Scott Vincent	-6	$169,000
T22	David Puig	-6	$169,000
T26	Paul Casey	-5	$159,000
T26	Charles Howell III	-5	$159,000
T26	Marc Leishman	-5	$159,000
T26	Cameron Smith	-5	$159,000
T26	Abraham Ancer	-5	$159,000
T26	Jediah Morgan	-5	$159,000
T32	Graeme McDowell	-4	$149,000
T32	Pat Perez	-4	$149,000
T32	Danny Lee	-4	$149,000
T32	Joaquin Niemann	-4	$149,000
T36	Brendan Steele	-3	$141,000
T36	Bernd Wiesberger	-3	$141,000
T36	Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra	-3	$141,000
T36	James Piot	-3	$141,000
40	Bubba Watson	-1	$136,000
T41	Phil Mickelson	E	$132,000
T41	Louis Oosthuizen	E	$132,000
T41	Andy Ogletree	E	$132,000
44	Ian Poulter	1	$128,000
45	Sergio Garcia	2	$126,000
T46	Matt Jones	4	$123,000
T46	Chase Koepka	4	$123,000
48	Sihwan Kim	13	$120,000

LIV Golf Orlando team prize money

Place	Team	Score	Earnings
1	Torque GC	-36	$3 million
2	Smash GC	-35	$1.5 million
3	4 Aces GC	-34	$500,000

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Brooks Koepka becomes LIV Golf’s first two-time winner with one-shot victory in Orlando

Koepka won last year’s LIV Golf Jeddah event after a playoff with former teammate Peter Uihlein in October.

Brooks Koepka is LIV Golf’s first two-time winner.

The four-time major champion held on for his second win since leaving the PGA Tour at LIV Golf Orlando on Sunday after shooting a 3-under 68 to finish at 15 under at Orange County National’s Crooked Cat.

Koepka won last year’s LIV Golf Jeddah event after a playoff with former teammate Peter Uihlein in October.

In his first year on the upstart circuit led by Greg Norman and financially backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Sebastian Munoz gave Koepka a run for his money with a final-round 5-under 66 but came up a shot shot at 14 under. Patrick Reed finished third at 13 under.

Koepka is among a total of 18 LIV players who will tee it up next week at the 2023 Masters. LIV Golf’s next event is in Adelaide, Australia, at The Grange Golf Club, April 21-23.

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Photos: Merchandise at the 2023 LIV Golf Orlando at Orange County National

Range Goats hats, including a visor, were selling for $40.

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — Are you a Crushers fan or a supporter of the Range Goats? At the LIV Orlando merchandise shop at Orange County National Golf Club, there was a chance to buy $40 hats of your favorite teams or $110 hoodies embroidered in their distinctive logos, that is if it ever cools off enough to wear one again. (It was 87 degrees on the last day of March when the tournament kicked off.)

Plenty of the usual suspects were for sale from head covers ($130-$170) to logoed water bottles and towels for golf bags. About the most interesting thing I noticed was Vice Golf, the direct-to-consumer maker of golf balls, was the supplier of the logo golf balls for sale by the dozen, and reasonably priced at $25.

It’s a goofy name but Bubba Watson’s Range Goats gear seemed to be selling more briskly than Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs logo, which looks as if it was stolen from a previous minor league baseball team. Here’s a closer look at some of the gear being offered at the latest LIV Golf event.

Photos: 2023 LIV Golf Orlando at Orange County National

Here’s a look at the views from Orange County National.

As the golf world prepares to head down Magnolia Lane, many of those competing at Augusta National are getting last-minute work in to try and peak next week.

For the 18 LIV golfers who will be in Augusta, Georgia, next week, they are teeing it up this weekend at Orange County National in Winter Garden, Florida, for LIV Golf Orlando, the third event of LIV Golf’s 2023 season.

Charles Howell III won the season-opening event in Mayakoba, and Danny Lee survived a four-man playoff two weeks ago to win in Tucson.

After the second round in Orlando, Brooks Koepka took the lead with a bogey-free 6-under 66. He sits at 12 under, three shots clear of Sebastian Munoz at 9 under. Munoz, who shot 9-under 62 in the first round, was stuck in neutral for most of the day.

If Koepka, a four-time major champion, were to win Sunday, he would become the first golfer to win two LIV events.

In the team competition, Koepka’s Smash GC is at 26 under and Joaquin Niemann’s Torque GC is two shots behind.

Here’s a look at some of the best photos from LIV Golf Orlando.

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Bryson DeChambeau says Tiger Woods has cut off all contact since he defected to LIV Golf: ‘I hope one day he’ll see the vision that we all have out here’

Asked if anybody had cut him off, DeChambeau answered, “Yeah, definitely, I’m sure you can guess who.”

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – To hear Bryson DeChambeau tell it, don’t expect Tiger Woods to be inviting him to join he and Justin Thomas for a practice round at the Masters next week.

One of the drawbacks for players who have defected to LIV Golf is that it has frayed relationships between friends – Rory McIlroy, who was a groomsman at Sergio Garcia’s wedding, has gone through a falling out with his Ryder Cup teammate, and Keegan Bradley has spoken about the awkwardness of his pal Brendan Steele leaving for seemingly richer pastures recently. DeChambeau, who had just finished practicing his putting ahead of the LIV Orlando event beginning Friday, suggested he’s received some blowback for taking the Saudi-backed league’s money from none other than Woods.

Conceding that he tended to be more of a lone wolf keeping to his team at tournaments, DeChambeau said, “I was always kind of a guy who did it myself so I didn’t have too much contact with too many players but we’re cordial. I’ve talked with Jordan (Spieth) numerous times at Dallas National, anybody that’s out there, Will (Zalatoris) I’ve had a couple of conversations with but no problems.”

Asked if anybody had cut him off, DeChambeau answered, “Yeah, definitely, I’m sure you can guess who.”

DeChambeau chuckled.

Bryson DeChambeau and Tiger Woods at the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

When asked if he was referring to Woods, DeChambeau said, “Yeah, I’m not going to throw anyone under the bus. He’s been a great friend. I texted him on his birthday. It is what it is. He has his viewpoints on it and thinks we’re potentially hurting his record. If anything, nobody is ever going to touch his record. That’s just it, that’s the bottom line. There’s a chance to grow the game even more and I hope one day he’ll see the vision that we all have out here.”

DeChambeau won the 2020 U.S. Open and a total of eight PGA Tour titles before signing with LIV in June reportedly for more than $125 million. DeChambeau still is involved in LIV’s lawsuit with the PGA Tour.

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What does he miss about playing on the Tour where Woods is tied with Sam Snead for the most career wins and ranks as the all-time leading money winner?

“I miss nothing,” DeChambeau at Orange County National ahead of the LIV Golf Orlando event which starts Friday. “I mean, I love the fans, I love the people who came to support me. I loved all that. We’re starting to get the crowds out here, slowly but surely. People are starting to get what the model is and people are starting to like the teams a bit. From what I can see, the general consensus is things are moving in a more positive direction and I’m pleased with that.”

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‘No one is angry at anybody’: Brooks Koepka, Bubba Watson don’t think Masters week will be awkward for LIV golfers

“I have nothing against anybody. If you change jobs, I’m not mad at you.”

Is the Masters going to be awkward for LIV golfers and PGA Tour players? Not so fast, says Bubba Watson and Brooks Koepka.

Speaking to media ahead of the LIV Golf League’s third event of the 2023 season in Orlando at Orange County National, Watson and Koepka were speaking, along with Patrick Reed, in advance of this week’s tournament, but a majority of the questions were focused on next week’s Masters.

Watson and Reed have each slid on green jackets at Augusta National while Koepka has collected four majors in his career. In recent weeks, there has been plenty of discussion about how LIV golfers would interact with those from the PGA Tour and whether it would be tense. However, Watson and Koepka said don’t expect anything to happen.

“I’m going to be honest, man. It’s only awkward in the media,” Watson said. “I’ve talked to people that are going to be there. I’m going to sign up with Jason Day and Cam Young in the par 3. Some guys have already asked me to play some practice rounds. Media is the only one that is pushing it. I have nothing against anybody. If you change jobs, I’m not mad at you. If you start reporting for somebody else, hey, man, it’s a better decision for you and your family.”

Added Koepka: “I think that’s one of the big things. Down in Jupiter, we see each other — I was just with Rory (McIlroy) and J.T. (Justin Thomas) yesterday, and I think Keegan (Bradley) was there. We see each other quite a bit. I mean, there’s a lot of conversations. I was talking with Rory for probably about 30 minutes just about the ball and all the other stuff that’s going on. No one is angry at anybody from what I’ve seen.”

The Masters will be the first time many golfers on the different tours have seen one another since The Open Championship last July. Some have played in DP World Tour events, like the Desert Dubai Classic where McIlroy topped Reed by one shot.

Although the players may not hold animosity, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf as leagues is a separate story. The two are in an ongoing legal battle in federal court.

Eleven LIV Golf players, including Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau, filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour in August of last year. Over the last six months, players have joined and dropped from the suit, and now just LIV Golf, DeChambeau, Matt Jones and Peter Uihlein remain.

Yet Watson and Koepka insist the players themselves don’t hold anything personal against others, even saying comments from players like McIlroy against LIV Golf aren’t surprising.

“(He’s) protecting his entity, man,” Watson said. “He’s protecting his business, which is fine.”

Aside from the aforementioned antitrust lawsuit, Reed has sued numerous media members and entities for defamation. There was also a case involving LIV Golf players and the DP World Tour that will clarify whether LIV players can play in DP World Tour events.

LIV Golf has long been criticized as a way for the Kingdom to sportswash its human rights record. Saudi Arabia has been accused of wide-ranging human rights abuses, including politically motivated killings, torture, forced disappearances and inhumane treatment of prisoners. And members of the royal family and Saudi government were accused of involvement in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist.

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