LIV Golf is back in action one week before a major. It's once again offering a $25 million purse, with $4 million to the individual winner.
This time the setting is Houston, and it serves as a tune-up for several LIV golfers who will play in next week's U.S. Open at Pinehurst, including Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Cam Smith, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson.
Carlos Ortiz won't play in the U.S. Open but he's taking home the $4 million first prize after winning at the Golf Club of Houston. The Cleeks won the team title.
Here's the full prize money breakdown from 2024 LIV Golf Houston.
WIN: Carlos Ortiz, 16 under: $4 million
2. Adrian Meronk, 14 under: $2.25 million
T3. Patrick Reed, David Puig; 13 under: $1,250,000
5. Sergio Garcia, 11 under: $800,000
T6. Anirban Lahiri, Graeme McDowell, Lucas Herbert; 10 under: $608,333.33
T9. Brooks Koepka, Martin Kaymer, Cameron Tringale, Paul Casey; 9 under: $396,875
13. Dustin Johnson, 8 under: $340,000
14: Matthew Wolff, 7 under: $330,000
T15. Talor Gooch, Henrik Stenson, Sebastian Munoz; 6 under: $285,000
T18. Charl Schwartzel, Lee Westwood, Dean Burmester, Jason Kokrak, Bryson DeChambeau, Tyrrell Hatton; 5 under: $235,000
T24. Marc Leishman, Sam Horsfield, Richard Bland, Abraham Ancer, John Catlin, Thomas Pieters, Kevin Na, Kieran Vincent; 4 under: $182,500
T32. Jinichiro Kozuma, Kalle Samooja, Harold Varner III, Caleb Surratt, Joaquin Niemann; 3 under: $151,600
T37. Brendan Steele, Phil Mickelson; 2 under: $141,500
T39. Matt Jones, Mito Pereira; 1 under: $136,500
41. Eugenio Chacarra, Even: $133,000
T42. Scott Vincent, Andy Ogletree, Peter Uihlein, Pat Perez; 1 over: $127,750
T46. Hudson Swafford, Ian Poulter; 2 over: $124,000
T48. Anthony Kim, Cameron Smith; 4 over: $90,000
50. Danny Lee, 5 over: $60,000
51. Bubba Watson, 6 over: $60,000
52. Branden Grace, 8 over: $50,000
WIN: Cleeks GC (Richard Bland, Adrian Meronk, Martin Kaymer, Kalle Samooja), 33 under: $3 million
T2. Fireballs GC (Sergio Garcia, David Puig, Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra), Smash GC (Brooks Koepka, Talor Gooch, Graeme McDowell, Jason Kokrak); 31 under: $1 million
JEFF RITTER
Jeff Ritter is the Managing Director of SI Golf. He spent more than a decade at Sports Illustrated and Golf Magazine, and in 2020 joined Morning Read to help spark its growth and eventual acquisition by Arena Group, the publisher of Sports Illustrated. He has covered more than 25 major championships, and previously helped launch SI Golf Plus Digital, Golf Magazine’s first original, weekly e-magazine, and served as its top editor. He also launched Golf's “Films” division, the magazine’s first long-form video storytelling franchise, and his debut documentary received an Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting. His writing has earned first-place awards from the Society of American Travel Writers, the MIN Magazine Awards, and the Golf Writers Association of America, among others. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. A native Michigander, he remains a diehard Wolverine fan and will defend Jim Harbaugh until the bitter end.
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