Few players have capitalized more since taking their talents to LIV Golf than Talor Gooch.
The 31-year-old Oklahoman helped the 4 Aces win the team title last year and won for the first time as an individual on Sunday at LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club in Australia. Gooch nearly blew a 10-shot lead in the final round, but will take home the top prize of $4 million for his efforts, just south of half of his career earnings over 121 starts on the PGA Tour ($9,250,299). Over 12 LIV starts, Gooch has made $15,641,232.
Runner-up Anirban Lahiri finished three shots back and earned $2.25 million, while the following players who finished T-3 will each leave with $1 million: Cameron Tringale, Patrick Reed, Cameron Smith and Pat Perez.
Check out how much each player and team earned at LIV Golf’s fourth event of its 2023 season.
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LIV Golf Adelaide individual prize money
Position
Player
Score
Earnings
1
Talor Gooch
-19
$4,000,000
2
Anirban Lahiri
-16
$2,250,000
T3
Cameron Tringale
-15
$1,000,000
T3
Patrick Reed
-15
$1,000,000
T3
Cameron Smith
-15
$1,000,000
T3
Pat Perez
-15
$1,000,000
T7
Peter Uihlein
-14
$533,333
T7
Dean Burmester
-14
$533,333
T7
Charl Schwartzel
-14
$533,333
10
Dustin Johnson
-13
$415,000
T11
Sergio Garcia
-12
$310,000
T11
Phil Mickelson
-12
$310,000
T11
Kevin Na
-12
$310,000
T11
Henrik Stenson
-12
$310,000
T11
Bubba Watson
-12
$310,000
T11
Louis Oosthuizen
-12
$310,000
T11
Jason Kokrak
-12
$310,000
T11
Brooks Koepka
-12
$310,000
T11
Harold Varner III
-12
$310,000
T11
Abraham Ancer
-12
$310,000
T21
Charles Howell III
-11
$230,000
T21
Marc Leishman
-11
$230,000
T21
Sebastián Muñoz
-11
$230,000
T24
Danny Lee
-10
$207,500
T24
Chase Koepka
-10
$207,500
T26
Ian Poulter
-9
$192,500
T26
Brendan Steele
-9
$192,500
T26
Mito Pereira
-9
$192,500
T26
Bryson DeChambeau
-9
$192,500
T30
Bernd Wiesberger
-8
$177,500
T30
Joaquin Niemann
-8
$177,500
T32
Richard Bland
-7
$162,500
T32
Thomas Pieters
-7
$162,500
T32
David Puig
-7
$162,500
T32
James Piot
-7
$162,500
T36
Graeme McDowell
-6
$147,500
T36
Lee Westwood
-6
$147,500
T36
Carlos Ortiz
-6
$147,500
39
Paul Casey
-4
$142,500
T40
Branden Grace
-3
$138,750
T40
Scott Vincent
-3
$138,750
42
Matt Jones
-2
$135,000
43
Jediah Morgan
-1
$132,500
T44
Matthew Wolff
E
$128,750
T44
Eugenio Chacarra
E
$128,750
46
Martin Kaymer
7
$125,000
47
Sihwan Kim
14
$122,500
WD
Sam Horsfield
N/A
$80,000
Alternate
Laurie Canter
N/A
$40,000
LIV Golf Adelaide team prize money
Place
Team
Score
Earnings
1
4 Aces GC
-47
$3 million
2
RangeGoats GC
-46
$1.5 million
3
Stinger GC
-44
$500,000
LIV owns a 75 percent stake in each franchise and provided teams with an undisclosed amount of operating capital for the year. The teams are expected to largely run on their own dime this season, with team prize earnings going directly towards its day-to-day costs.
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