Mayakoba has the pleasure of hosting LIV Golf’s season opener for a second consecutive year.
This time, it will be graced with more players and stars from the European scene such as Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton and Adrian Meronk.
A number of players have swapped sides during LIV’s transfer window with Smash GC signing Talor Gooch and Graeme McDowell, while Harold Varner III has switched from Rangegoats GC to 4Aces GC.
We now have 13 teams ready to begin what will no doubt be an intriguing year for professional golf as LIV’s bank, the Public Investment Fund, still pursues an agreement with the PGA Tour.
54 players will tee it up at El Camaleon Golf Course in Mexico, in search of the $4 million pot at the end of the green, white and red rainbow.
Rahm will begin his first LIV Golf event playing with Gooch and Cameron Smith in a marquee group on Greg Norman’s roster.
LIV’s field is undoubtedly stronger after months of rumours and speculation surrounding several players. Kalle Samooja and Lucas Herbert were two other notable acquisitions respectively to Cleeks GC and Ripper GC.
So we have a different complexion in terms of the format and faces, but what about the prize money?
The prize money structure remains unchanged from last season with $20 million being paid to individuals and $5 million being paid to the top three teams in the team discipline.
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Here is the prize purse in Mayakoba this week:
LIV Golf prize money: Mayakoba
Individual prize money
Win: Joaquin Niemann, $4,000,000
2: Sergio Garcia, $2,250,000
T3: Jon Rahm, $1,250,000
T3: Dean Burmester, $1,250,000
T5: Dustin Johnson, $700,000
T5: Charles Howell III, $700,000
T5: Brooks Koepka, $700,000
T8: Tyrrell Hatton, $457,500
T8: Louis Oosthuizen, $457,500
T8: Cam Smith, $457,500
T11: Richard Bland, $370,000
T11: Paul Casey, $370,000
T13: Caleb Surratt, $330,000
T13: Sebastian Munoz, $330,000
T15: Talor Gooch, $292,500
T15: Laurie Canter, $292,500
T17: Sam Horsfield, $255,000
T17: Kevin Na, $255,000
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T17: Cameron Tringale, $255,000
T17: Patrick Reed, $255,000
T21: Anirban Lahiri, $215,000
T21: Brendan Steele, $215,000
T21: Lucas Herbert, $215,000
T21: Bubba Watson, $215,000
T25: Matt Jones, $190,000
T25: Bryson DeChambeau, $190,000
T25: Marc Leishman, $190,000
T28: Abraham Ancer, $180,000
T28: Martin Kaymer, $170,000
T28: Matthew Wolff, $170,000
T28: Ian Poulter, $170,000
T32: Lee Westwood, $153,250
T32: Kalle Samooja, $153,250
T32: Eugenio Chacarra, $153,250
T32: Jason Kokrak, $153,250
T36: Hudson Swafford, $144,000
T36: Henrik Stenson, $144,000
T38: Kieran Vincent, $135,200
T38: Charl Schwartzel, $135,200
T38: Jinichiro Kozuma, $135,200
T38: David Puig, $135,200
T38: Scott Vincent, $135,200
T43: Carlos Ortiz, $126,500
T43: Mito Pereira, $126,500
T43: Graeme McDowell, $126,500
T43: Thomas Pieters, $126,500
47: Adrian Meronk, $123,000
48: Danny Lee, $120,000
49: Brendan Grace, $60,000
50: Andy Ogletree, $60,000
T51: Pat Perez, $53,333
T51: Phil Mickelson, $53,333
T51: Peter Uihlein, $53,333
54: Harold Varner III, $50,000
Team prize money:
1: Legion XIII: $3,000,000 ($750,000 per player – Rahm, Hatton, Surratt, K. Vincent)
2: Crushers GC: $1,500,000 ($375,000 per player – DeChambeau, Casey, Howell III, Lahiri)
3: Torque GC: $500,000 ($125,000 per player – Niemann, Munoz, Pereira, Ortiz)
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