Since the launch of LIV Golf, there has never been more money in the game, with its players competing for individual prize money of $20m in regular-season tournaments, before battling for a share of $50m in the season-closing Team Championship.
That has had a knock-on effect elsewhere, most obviously on the PGA Tour, whose designated events in 2023 regularly had purses of $20m, with $25 million available in The Players Championship. That was before news of the merger between the PGA Tour and Saudi Public Investment Fund that bankrolls LIV Golf, with its near-bottomless financial resources.
