2025 LIV Golf UK purse breakdown: How much will each golfer earn from the $20 million pool?

LIV Golf UK is creating a lot of headlines as it is currently taking place at the JCB Golf & Country Club in Rocester, Staffordshire, England. Interestingly, the event has a big prize pool of $20 million, and this money will be distributed among the golfers taking part in it. Let's take a look at the distribution, but first, here's some data about the tournament pattern.

LIV Golf UK began on July 25, and it is a 54-hole event with no cut. There will be three rounds using a shotgun start, which means that tee groups of three golfers will all start at the same time on all the holes. Interestingly, in addition to the per-golfer prize distribution, there will be a team event running concurrently with a $5 million prize fund.

So far, the JCB Golf and Country Club has been a challenging layout for the golfers, and Round 1 featured a number of surprises. Click here to check the leaderboard after the end of Round 1.

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How are the prizes distributed in the LIV Golf UK?

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The event winner will get $4 million from the LIV Golf UK's total prize fund of $20 million. Aside from that, the second and third-place finishers will earn $2.25 million and $1.5 million, respectively. Here's a look at the full prize distribution:

• Win: $4 million
• 2: $2.25 million
• 3: $1.5 million
• 4: $1 million
• 5: $800,000
• 6: $700,000
• 7: $600,000
• 8: $525,000
• 9: $442,500
• 10: $405,000
• 11: $380,000
• 12: $360,000
• 13: $340,000
• 14: $330,000
• 15: $300,000
• 16: $285,000
• 17: $270,000
• 18: $260,000
• 19: $250,000
• 20: $240,000
• 21: $230,000
• 22: $220,000
• 23: $210,000
• 24: $200,000
• 25: $195,000
• 26: $190,000
• 27: $185,000
• 28: $180,000
• 29: $175,000
• 30: $170,000
• 31: $165,000
• 32: $160,000
• 33: $155,000
• 34: $150,000
• 35: $148,000
• 36: $145,000
• 37: $143,000
• 38: $140,000
• 39: $138,000
• 40: $135,000
• 41: $133,000
• 42: $130,000
• 43: $128,000
• 44: $128,000
• 45: $125,000
• 46: $124,000
• 47: $123,000
• 48: $120,000
• 49: $60,000
• 50: $60,000
• 51: $60,000
• 52: $50,000
• 53: $50,000
• 54: $50,000

Apart from the per-golfer prize distribution, here's a look at the $5 million pool distribution for the team event:

• Win: $3 million
• 2: $1.5 million
• 3: $500,000

As of this writing, in Round 2 of LIV Golf, Joaquin Niemann leads by a significant margin. He finished Round 1 with a total score of 6-under par and tied for first place. He had a bogey-free round, making 6 birdies in total. As of this writing, he leads LIV Golf UK by six strokes in his second round.