LIV Golf returned this week with its season-opening event under the lights at Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. It offered a $30 million total purse, with $4 million to the individual winner and $10 million set aside for the team competition.
Elvis Smylie is one of the newcomers this season and he wasted no time in making his introduction, winning by a shot over 2025 season champion Jon Rahm in the desert. He also made some history as the first LIV player to earn a winner's world ranking points allotment, as a ruling from the Official World Golf Ranking earlier this week said points will be awarded to the top-10 finishers at each LIV event.
The team-event prize boost to $10 million is double the money from 2025 events, and for the first time all 13 teams will receive cash prizes. The winner this week is Smylie's Ripper GC, the all-Australian team captained by Cam Smith.
Here are the payouts for LIV Golf Riyadh.
2026 LIV Golf Riyadh Final Payouts
WIN: Elvis Smylie, 24 under: $4 million
2. Jon Rahm, 23 under: $2.25 million
3. Peter Uihlein, 21 under: $1.5 million
T4. Abraham Ancer, Thomas Pieters, David Puig; 20 under: $833,333
7. Thomas Detry, 19 under: $600,000
8. Sebastian Munoz, 18 under: $525,000
T9. Lucas Herbert, Branden Grace, Ben An; 17 under: $415,000
12. Talor Gooch, 16 under: $360,000
T13. Carlos Ortiz, Richard T. Lee, Scott Vincent, Cam Smith; 15 under: $311,250
T17. Tom McKibbin, Paul Casey, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Yosuke Asaji; 14 under: $250,000
T22. Bjorn Hellgren, Marc Leishman, Jason Kokrak, Anthony Kim, Joaquin Niemann; 13 under: $203,000
T27. Josele Ballester, Graeme McDowell, Adrian Meronk; 12 under: $180,000
T30. Younghan Song, Charl Schwartzel, Anirban Lahiri, Sergio Garcia, Louis Oosthuizen, Harold Varner III, Ben Campbell, 11 under: $156,071
T37. Laurie Canter, Luis Masaveu; 10 under: $141,250
T39. Charles Howell III, Caleb Surratt; 9 under: $136,250
T41. Cameron Tringale, Minkyu Kim, Michael La Sasso, Ben Schmidt, Ian Poulter, Danny Lee; 8 under: $128,750
47. Tyrrell Hatton, 7 under: $50,000
T48. Bubba Watson, Miguel Tabuena, Sam Horsfield; 6 under: $50,000
T51. Matthew Wolff, Martin Kaymer, Dean Burmester; 5 under: $50,000
54. Victor Perez, 4 under: $50,000
55. Richard Bland, 3 under: $50,000
56. Ollie Schneiderjans, 2 under: $50,000
57. Brendan Steele, 4 over: $50,000
LIV Golf Riyadh Team-Event Payouts
WIN: Ripper GC (Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert), 69 under: $3 million
2. Torque GC, 66 under: $1.5 million
3. 4Aces GC, 59 under: $900,000
T4. Fireballs GC, Legion XIII; 53 under: $675,000
6. Smash GC, 52 under: $600,000
7. Crushers GC, 48 under: $550,000
T8. Southern Guards GC, Korean Golf Club; 44 under: $475,000
10. RangeGoats GC, 43 under: $400,000
11. Majesticks GC, 32 under: $300,000
12. Cleeks GC, 24 under: $250,000
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