The individual winner of the LIV event gets $4 million. LIV Golf, backed by the Public Investment Fund in Saudi Arabia, has been paying big names - such as Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka - massive signing fees said to be worth $150 million or higher.Įach event has a $25 million purse for a 48-man field over 54 holes. Greg Norman, the leader of LIV Golf, responded with an Instagram meme in which Monahan says, "Hey, can I copy your homework?" And then Norman's reply is, "Sure, just make it look different so it doesn't look obvious." Norman added a comment: "A day late and a dollar short." The 20-tournament commitment starts in January with the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua and assumes top players are eligible. "Those players rallied together to strengthen the tour platform, recognizing that if fans are going to invest in the PGA Tour, it means a hell of a lot more if they know the players are investing right back," Monahan said.
Of the sweeping changes PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan laid out, the most significant was what came out of a private meeting of 23 top players last week: a new model that assures the best play in the same tournaments more often. "This is, 'OK, how can we make this tour better for everyone that's going to play on it now and everyone that's going to play on the PGA Tour going forward.'" "This isn't some sort of renegade group trying to take some sort of power grab of the PGA Tour," said Rory McIlroy, a player-director on the tour board. Players starting out their careers will get $500,000 at the start of the year that will count against their earnings until the number is surpassed. The tour also is doubling the bonus pool of its Player Impact Program to $100 million spread across 20 players, and it's changing the criteria so it's geared more toward media exposure. ATLANTA - The PGA Tour made its boldest response yet to the rival Saudi-funded league Wednesday with a plan for the best players to commit to a 20-tournament schedule in which they will compete against one another up to 17 times for average purses of $20 million.
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