MIAMI — LIV Golf’s inaugural Team Championship in Doral means more to golfers because it pays more.
The three-day competition that began Friday at Trump National Doral Miami continued with the second round on Saturday. The event features a $50 million purse, with the winning team awarded $16 million to split between four players, the second-place team coming away with $8 million to split, the third-place team getting $6 million to split and the fourth-place team earning $4 million to split.
Even the fifth through eighth-place teams that were eliminated on Saturday each got $3 million to split and the ninth through 12th-place teams that were eliminated in Friday’s first round each received $1 million to split. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund finances the controversy-marred LIV Golf league.