A field of 48 golfers is playing in the London event. Along with Mickelson and Johnson, the field includes other former major champions such as Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen, and Charl Schwartzel.
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LIV Golf is using shotgun starts, which means golfers will start at the same time, but on different tees. The shotgun format reduces the amount of time a round will last, but it is more conducive to a smaller field.
How much money are Liv golfers making?
The average golfer in LIV Golf’s London event will make $521,000, more than the fifth-place finisher of the 2021 U.S. Open.
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How much money does the winner get? The winner of each LIV Golf tournament is expected to take home $4 million – 16% of the total purse.
Second place will pay out $2.125 million, while the third-place golfer will bring in $1.5 million.
Who is funding the LIV Golf tour?
The Public Investment Fund (PIF), the sovereign wealth investment fund of Saudi Arabia and one of the largest in the world, has backed and is financing LIV Golf Investments, the parent company of LIV Golf.
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