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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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Paul Casey on the Ryder Cup, LIV Golf and why caddies bought Padraig Harrington a Rolex

“I’ll tell you how good a captain Padraig Harrington was. The caddies bought him a watch.”

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Former European Ryder Cup stalwart Paul Casey won’t be involved in this year’s match in Rome largely because he jumped to LIV Golf, but it doesn’t mean he doesn’t care anymore about the competition that he played in five times.

Speaking to Golf Digest’s John Huggan recently, Casey opened up on his feelings about this year’s Ryder Cup, which will be held in Rome from Sept. 29-Oct. 1.

The entire article is worth your time, but here are some highlights, starting with touting Padraig Harrington as the best captain he played under despite Harrington’s team suffering a 19-9 defeat at Whistling Straits two years ago:

“I’ll tell you how good a captain Padraig was,” Casey said. “The caddies bought him a watch. They all got together, bought him a Rolex and brought him to tears when they presented it to him in Dubai, a few weeks after the matches. That said so much. Caddies normally don’t like dipping their hands in their pockets for players. But it was actually the flip side of what was going to happen if we won. Padraig was going to buy every caddie a watch. He was so highly respected.”

Casey concedes some of the Euro stars of the past might not have qualified for the team this year even if LIV players were eligible, but their absences will be missed in other ways.

“I would still have [Ian Poulter] be involved. That’s what is going to be missing in Rome, guys like Poulter and [Lee] Westwood in the locker room. I’ve been in those locker rooms. The pundits and the commentators have not.”

Paul Casey of the European Team celebrates holing a long birdie putt to win the second hole in his match against Brooks Koepka of the United States Team during singles matches of the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National on September 30, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

Casey hopes as the divisiveness in golf is repaired, the Euro LIV players can be brought back into the fold.

“The Ryder Cup is so valuable in terms of what it gives to golf in Europe, not just monetarily. We don’t want that to be damaged any more than it has been already. I don’t watch a lot of golf outside of the majors. But I will certainly watch the Ryder Cup. And I might just have a piece of Euro team clothing on under my top. I won’t have the commentary on though,” he said with a laugh.

Casey said he has no regrets about his move to LIV.

“Moving to LIV has changed me for the better as a person” he says. “I was probably in a spiral before, and not in a good way. There are so many things people don’t necessarily want to hear from pro golfers. Whatever the sport. But I was trying to play multiple tours. Then there were team matches and the Olympics and all the rest of it. It was taking its toll. Look, I still want to do what I do. But something had to give. I just don’t want to do it all as often.”

The whole story can be read here.

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LIV Golf’s Paul Casey withdraws from 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill

Casey has 13 appearances in the PGA and finished T-2 in 2020, his best finish in a major.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Englishman Paul Casey withdrew from the 105th PGA Championship, the PGA of America announced on Tuesday, citing an injury.

Casey, 45, received an exemption into the major, which begins Thursday at Oak Hill. The former three-time PGA Tour winner and 15-time winner on the DP World Tour joined LIV Golf in July and competed last week at a LIV event in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Casey had been sidelined by a back injury last year that forced him to miss the Masters and PGA Championship. He has 13 previous appearances in the PGA and finished T-2 in 2020, his best finish in a major, and T-4 in 2021.

Earlier in the day, the PGA of America’s Kerry Haigh defended giving Casey an exemption, saying, “Paul Casey, great player. He’s certainly had some injuries. Played on the Ryder Cup (when it was) last played, and has played well in PGA Championships.”

Casey has been replaced in the field by Sam Stevens.

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The top 10 earners at the PGA Championship over the past 5 years based on earnings per shot

Do any of these names surprise you?

Next week, the golf world heads to Rochester, N.Y., for the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club. Justin Thomas is the defending champion, as he took down Will Zalatoris in a three-hole playoff last year to claim his second major championship and second Wanamaker trophy.

Jon Rahm claimed the year’s first major at the Masters in April and is the betting favorite to win at Oak Hill next Sunday (+750).

Thanks to Buzz Casino, we put together a list of the top earnings at the last five PGA Championships, but with a twist.

Here are the top 10 earners at the PGA Championship based on earnings per shot.

Photos: Paul Casey through the years

View photos of Paul Casey throughout his career.

Paul Casey has been a pillar of European golf since stepping into the spotlight in the early 2000s.

After winning three consecutive Pac10 championships and two British Amateur championships, Casey began playing on the European Tour in 2001. He picked up his first professional victory at the Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship in August of the same year.

The Englishman moved onto the PGA Tour in 2005 and split his career between the two tours. In 2009, after racking up 13 worldwide wins, Casey broke through on the PGA Tour with a win at the Shell Houston Open.

Throughout his career, Casey has been a mainstay in the Ryder Cup. In five appearances (’04, ’06, ’08, ’18 & ’20), Casey has been a part of three winning efforts for the Euros and has a career record of 4-7-5.

In 2021, Casey left the PGA Tour and DP World Tour for a spot on the LIV Golf Tour. As it stands, his European and PGA Tour career appears finished with 15 wins in Europe, three PGA Tour wins and seven other worldwide wins.

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Jason Kokrak, Paul Casey share lead after day one of LIV Golf Mayakoba

Thomas Pieters, the newest member of LIV Golf, shot a 5-over 76.

LIV Golf League’s second season got underway Friday with the first round at Mayakoba in Mexico.

Smash GC’s Jason Kokrak fired an opening-round bogey-free 6-under 65 to earn himself the 18-hole co-lead. Crushers GC’s Paul Casey, the other player at 6 under, used eight birdies to also get to the top of the leaderboard.

Peter Uihlein, Carlos Ortiz and Talor Gooch all sit a 4 under, two shots back. Five players, including Dustin Johnson, are 3 under and three back. Cameron Smith is 2 under after day one while Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau opened with rounds of 1 over.

Thomas Pieters, the newest member of LIV Golf, shot a 5-over 76.

The shot of the day was delivered from Casey.

 

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Paul Casey says LIV players are not trying to damage golf: ‘We leave this to those in charge of the Tour’

Casey had some strong opinions on his former professional tours ahead of his LIV Golf debut.

Paul Casey knew what would happen when he made his decision to join LIV Golf. The three-time PGA Tour and 15-time DP World Tour winner admitted so multiple times while speaking to media ahead of his debut at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster this week.

“There’s a lot more to my decision of sitting here than just a financial opportunity and less golf. But I was very aware of the ramifications of making this choice,” said Casey on Wednesday, noting how he’s won on five different tours. “The PGA Tour is something, it was a goal of mine to play on the PGA Tour, and it’s been an incredible journey.”

After fellow LIV rookie Henrik Stenson lost his captaincy for next year’s matches in Italy for joining the Greg Norman-led and Saudi Arabia-funded series, the five-time member of Team Europe admitted he was concerned about his own Ryder Cup future.

“As I said before, I was aware of the ramifications of my decision. You know, and I guess it’s not — the rules and decisions that are going to be put in place are out of my hands. I would still love to be a part of that, but if I’m not, then I guess there’s nothing I can do,” explained Casey.

“I’m actually not sure what to tell you because (the Ryder Cup is) such an amazing thing. Some of the moments I’ve had, some of the teams I’ve been a part of, even the bad moments, they’re just amazing,” he continued. “To know that there’s a possibility that a lot of us are going to miss out on that, I’m not sure what to tell you yet because I guess we don’t know. Right now we’re all in limbo, which is a bit frustrating. Yeah, I don’t know.”

If Casey was as conscious as he claims, then he knew this outcome was inevitable. He didn’t have to join LIV right away. If the Ryder Cup was truly that important, he could have waited. But he wanted to have his cake and eat it, too.

The 45-year-old Englishman, a former UNICEF ambassador who was initially apprehensive about playing golf in the Kingdom a couple years ago, defended the progress Saudi Arabia is making on the human rights front.

“I’ve been to the Kingdom a couple of times, and I’ve seen change happening in the Kingdom, so I can confidently say that change is happening and that what we do is having a positive effect,” Casey explained.

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.

When asked if he would feel responsible or regret if the fragmentation of players joining LIV severely damaged or ended either the PGA or DP World tours, Casey supported his fellow players and took a few shots at DP World Tour CEO Keith Pelley, as well as CCO and Ryder Cup director Guy Kinnings.

“The players are making their decisions, obviously. But the players are not trying to damage the game. We leave this to those in charge of the Tour,” said Casey. “In this case, this is left with Mr. Pelley, Mr. Kinnings. I could actually ask them some questions. We could ask Mr. Kinnings why the relationship deteriorated between the (DP World Tour) and Saudi Golf. We’ve got a lot of questions, but right now they all seem to be coming our way, not his way.”

“I’m a guy who’s sat on the European Player Committee for many years, I’ve sat on the Player Advisory Council for many years. In fact, I retired and then they asked me to come back because of my input,” said Casey. “I know the fabric of this game pretty well on the inside, on the Tour level. At no time have I ever tried to damage the Tour in the decision that I’ve made. If it’s damaged, I think the questions have to be asked somewhere else.”

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A Reddit user created a list of 15 hypothetical matchups between PGA Tour and LIV players. Let’s predict the winners.

Spoiler alert: It’s a bloodbath.

As more and more players decide to leave the PGA Tour for the LIV Golf Series, it becomes interesting to look at the top players in each league.

Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas continue to represent the PGA Tour and a move from one of them seems incredibly unlikely. However, two big names are rumored to soon make the jump.

The latest Champion Golfer of the Year, Cameron Smith, and Hideki Matsuyama are thought to be the next high-profile players to sign on with the Saudi-backed circuit.

A Reddit user created a list of the top 15 players in each league and pitted them against each other. Our partners at The Caddie Network posted the table to Twitter and it sparked a heated conversation on who would come out victorious.

The best part may be Tiger Woods and Greg Norman as the captains.

Here are my predictions for all 15 hypothetical matchups: