LIV Golf prize money standings as Saudi-backed series visits Asia for first time

The LIV Golf Series is back on the road this weekend, as it makes its first trip to Asia to compete at Stonehill Golf Course, just North of Bangkok, Thailand. Amid all the controversy off the course, on it the series has seen five events take place - one in the UK and four in the United States.

Each week the eye-watering £22 million prize is on offer across both the individual and team event, with a clear front runner already prevailing in the money list. One of LIV's biggest coups Dustin Johnson is the man leading the way five tournaments in.

Whilst having one individual top prize to his name following a win in Boston, Johnson has also won four consecutive team titles alongside his 4 Aces teammates Talor Gooch, Patrick Reed and Pat Perez.

Across the five tournaments the 2020 Masters champion has won a staggering £11.7 million across both the individual and team competitions. This leaves Johnson in pole position to take home the eye-watering £15.8 million prize that is on offer to the player leading the series standings come its final event in Miami at the end of this month.

The American star sits pretty at the top of the money list, with the man behind another one-time fellow winner in Branden Grace. Grace prevailed in LIV Golf's second event of its inaugural season in Portland after finishing third in the opener at Centurion.

Dustin Johnson leads the way so far (LIV Golf)

Since then the South African has not finished outside the top 20, leaving him second having earned £6.9 million so far. The man in third has similarities to both men ahead of him in being a former Masters champion like Johnson and a South African like Grace, Charl Schwartzel.

Schwartzel wrote himself to LIV Golf's brief history books, becoming the first man to win an event when prevailing at Centurion this summer. Since then the South African has neatly topped up his earnings and is third on the money list with £5.6 million.

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Charl Schwartzel won the first ever LIV event (Getty Images)

Ahead of this week's event in Thailand, here is a look at the full LIV season money list so far.

1st - Dustin Johnson (£11.7 million)

2nd - Branden Grace (£6.9 million)

3rd - Charl Schwartzel (5.6 million)

4th - Patrick Reed (£5.2 million)

5th - Talor Gooch (£5.1 million)

6th - Cameron Smith (£4.5 million)

7th - Henrik Stenson (£4 million)

8th - Peter Uihlein (£3.9 million

9th - Louis Oosthuizen (£3.7 million)

10th - Carlos Ortiz (£3.3 million)

11th - Pat Perez (£3.2 million)

12th - Hennie du Plessis (£3.1 million)

13th - Matthew Wolff (£2.7 million)

14th - Lee Westwood (£2.6 million)

15th - Joaquin Niemann ( £2.5 million)

16th - Sergio Garcia (£2.4 million)

17th- Sam Horsefield (£2.3 million)

18th - Anirban Lahiri (£2 million)

19th - Bryson DeChambeau (£1.6 million)

20th - Abraham Ancer (£1.5 million)

21st - Chase Koepka (£1.4 million)

22nd - Ian Poulter (£1.4 million)

23rd - Kevin Na (£1.35 million)

24th - Brooks Koepka (£1.3 million)

25th - Laurie Canter (£1.2 million)

26th - Justin Hardin (£1.2 million)

27th - Jason Kokrak (£1.2 million)

28th - Paul Casey (£1.2 million)

29th - Richard Bland (£1.17 million)

30th - Phachara Khongwatmai (£1.13 million)

31st - Martin Kaymer (£1.13 million)

32nd - Jinichiro Kozuma (£1.06 million)

33rd - Phil Mickelson (£1.05 million)

34th - Turk Pettit (£1 million)

35th - Adrian Otaegui (£988,700)

36th - Graeme McDowell (£983,400)

37th - Matt Jones (£932,600)

38th - Scott Vincent (£880,00)

39th - Charles Howell III (£868,700)

40th - Sihwan Kim (£801,200)

41st - Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (£783,700)

42nd - Bernd Wiesberger (£763,600)

43rd - Travis Smyth (£750,000)

44th - Sadom Kaewkanjana - (£747,700)

45th - Oliver Bekker - (£701,300)

46th - James Piot - (£683,000)

47th - Wade Ormsby (£676,000)

48th - Hudson Swafford (£633,600)

49th - Shaun Norris (£631,000)

50th - Jediah Morgan (£607,300)

51st - Ryosuke Kinoshita (£588,000)

52nd - Yuki Inamuri (£584,500)

53rd - Cameron Tringale (£496,500)

54th - Hideto Tanihara (£440,000)

55th - David Puig (£357,700)

56th - Pablo Larrazabal (£315,600)

57th - Marc Leishman (£303,800)

58th - Ian Snyman (£284,000)

59th - Harold Varner III (£281,400)

60th - Shergo Al Kurdi (£236,000)

61st - Blake Windred (£235,000)

62nd - Itthipat Buranatanyarat (£219,200)

63rd - JC Ritchie (£203,400)

64th - Viraj Madappa (£136,800)

65th - Kevin Yuan (£131,500)

66th - Ratchanon Chantananuwat (£122,700)

67th - Oliver Fisher (£122,700)

68th - Andy Ogletree (£105,000)