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Oisin Doherty

Graeme McDowell's enormous LIV Golf prize money compared to Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry's earnings

Graeme McDowell has been in the headlines for the past few months after inadvertently becoming the de-facto face of LIV Golf.

The Saudi backed Golf series has courted controversy since it's very first event at the Centurion club in London at the beginning of June. The tour, which has already poached a number of huge names in golf like Phil Mickleson and Bryson De Chambeau, has used the vast resources of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment fund to offer massive prize money to players.

And everyone who competes takes home a healthy cheque regardless of how well they've played. McDowell himself is evidence of this.

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