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The large purses at each event are the main hallmark of LIV Golf. That's why the $9,060,000 that Joaquin Niemann has earned in the first four starts of 2024 is not an outlandish, albeit impressive amount.
Thanks to the financial backing of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, LIV Golf allocates a purse of $25 million for each tournament ($20 million for the individual event). In the individual order, only The Players Championship exceeds this purse in the entire golf world.
5 highest earning LIV Golfers in 2024
The best reflection of how relevant this aspect is to the circuit is that 24 of the 54 players in the field have earned $1 million or more after just four tournaments on the 2024 LIV Golf calendar.
Let's take a look at who the top five on the list are:
1- Joaquin Niemann
Joaquin Niemann has been the best player in LIV Golf during the current season. Two wins and another Top 5 in four individual tournaments support a combined paycheck of over $9 million:
- Mayakoba: (1st) $4 million
- Las Vegas: (33rd) $160,000
- Jeddah: (1st) $4 million
- Hong Kong: (4th) $900,000
- Total: $9,060,000
2- Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson is one of LIV Golf's top stars. In fact, he was its first season's individual champion. In 2023 he did not perform up to his expectations, but in 2024 he has come back with the quality expected of him. This has been reflected in his season's earnings:
- Mayakoba: (5th) $700,000
- Las Vegas: (1st) $4 million
- Jeddah: (28th) $182,500
- Hong Kong: (21st) $204,286
- Total: $5,086,786
3- Abraham Ancer
Abraham Ancer posted the best result of his three-season LIV Golf career when he won the inaugural Hong Kong event in 2024. The Mexican had posted one Top 20 and two Top 30s prior to his victory:
- Mayakoba: (28th) $167,500
- Las Vegas: (23rd) $207,500
- Jeddah: (13th) $350,000
- Hong Kong: (1st) $4 million
- Total: $4,725,000
4- Paul Casey
Paul Casey has had an outstanding start to the season, including a second place finish, another Top 10, a Top 15 and a Top 30. It has been his best start since he joined the circuit in 2022 and his earnings reflect that:
- Mayakoba: (12th) $370,000.
- Las Vegas: (6th) $700,000
- Jeddah: (30th) $172,500
- Hong Kong: (2nd) $1,875,000
- Total: $3,117,500
5- Sergio Garcia
His second place finish at Mayakoba has been instrumental in Sergio Garcia's fifth place finish on the LIV money list so far this 2024 season. The Spaniard has also had strong finishes in the other three events that have been held:
- Mayakoba: (2nd) $2,250,000.
- Las Vegas: (29th) $180,000
- Jeddah: (15th) $262,142.85
- Hong Kong: (39th) $137,667
- Total: $3,079,642.85
Rounding out the Top 10 are Jon Rahm, Talor Gooch, Cameron Smith, Louis Oosthuizen and Bryson DeChambeau.
