published: Aug 11, 2025

How much? Here is the LIV Golf Chicago Prize Money in 2025

Matt Chivers

How much was paid out at Bolingbrook?

Bolingbrook hosted the LIV Golf Chicago event in 2025, marking the second time this venue has hosted this event after it was hosted at Rich Harvest Farms in 2023.

In 2024, Jon Rahm won in Chicago, securing a three-shot victory over Joaquin Niemann and Sergio Garcia. And in 2025, Rahm lost in a playoff to Dean Burmester, a playoff that also featured Josele Ballester.

The LIV Golf Chicago was booked in the same week as the FedEx St.Jude Championship on the PGA Tour at TPC Southwind, which had a purse of $20,000,00 and was won by Justin Rose, who banked $3,600,000.

So far in the LIV Golf League, a variety of players have starred. Adrian Meronk won the season-opener in Riyadh, Niemann won in Adelaide, and Sergio Garcia won in Hong Kong. Niemann then doubled his tally for 2025 in Singapore, so it has been a super year for the Chilean so far. Bryson DeChambeau won in Korea shortly before playing well at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow again.

Niemann won again in Virginia, and then Patrick Reed won for the first time in his LIV career in Dallas. Niemann won again in the UK, and then South Africa’s Burmester took victory at Bolingbrook.

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LIV Golf Chicago payout

There was a new DP World Tour event in the same week as LIV Golf Chicago. It was the Nexo Championship in Scotland at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, and it had a purse of $2,750,000. There was no LPGA Tour event in the same week.

While the payouts for LIV Golf events are $20 million, the total is $25 million, as there is $5 million divided among the winning teams. The winning team at the LIV Golf Korea event, for example, DeChambeau’s Crushers, earned $750,000 each, but that is invested back in the team.

The four-man squad in second place, Smash, earned $375,000 a piece, and the team in third, Torque, earned $125,000 each, but as we’ve said, this figure gets invested back into the team. It is believed it doesn’t go in the players’ pockets.

The LIV Golf Chicago payout will appear below. Let’s examine the purses of the events on the corresponding tours in the same week…

LIV Golf Chicago

Winner: Dean Burmester – $4,000,000
T2: Jon Rahm, Josele Ballester – $1,875,000
4: Carlos Ortiz – $1,000,000
T5: Harold Varner III, Branden Grace, Paul Casey – $700,000
T8: Thomas Pieters, Talor Gooch – $483,750
T10: Peter Uihlein, Sebastian Munoz, Richard Bland – $381,667

Last place: Frederik Kjettrup – $50,000

PGA Tour
Event: FedEx St.Jude Championship
Purse: $20,000,000

DP World Tour
Event: Nexo Championship
Purse: $2,750,000

Ladies European Tour
Event: PIF London Championship
Purse: $2,000,000

Korn Ferry Tour
Event: Pinnacle Bank Championship
Purse: $1,000,000

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About the author

Matt Chivers

Matt has been playing golf since the age of 13 and was largely inspired to take up the game by countless family members who played golf during his childhood.

Matt is a member at Royal Cinque Ports in Deal playing off a 5 handicap, just a pitching wedge away from his hometown of Dover where he went to school and grew up. He has previously been a member at Etchinghill and Walmer and Kingsdown in Kent.

Having studied history at the University of Liverpool, Matt went on to pass his NCTJ Exams in Manchester a year later to fulfil his lifelong ambition of becoming a journalist. He picked up work experience along the way at places such as the Racing Post, the Independent, Sportsbeat and the Lancashire Evening Post.

Matt joined NCG in February 2023 and is the website’s main source of tour news, features and opinion. He has reported live from events such as the Masters, The Open, the Ryder Cup and The Players Championship, having also interviewed and spoken to many of the biggest names in the sport.

Consuming tour golf on what is a 24/7 basis, you can come to Matt for informed views on the game and the latest updates on the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour and LIV Golf.

What’s in Matt’s bag: Cleveland HiBore XL Driver driver, Cobra LTDx 3-wood, Benross BR-Pro irons, Ping Glide 4.0 wedges, Odyssey putter.

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