Can it really be that the LIV Golf League is hitting the halfway point of its 2023 season this week with its visit outside America’s capital?
Indeed, this week’s event at Trump National Washington, DC, marks the seventh of 14 events on the 2023 LIV schedule, and a triumphant one at that with Brooks Koepka receiving a hero’s welcome after winning the PGA Championship last week at Oak Hill.
Welcome home champ @BKoepka
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆#LIVGolf pic.twitter.com/il4tEbY1NH— Greg Norman (@SharkGregNorman) May 25, 2023
It wasn’t the money that Koepka earned last week ($US3.15 million for his victory) but the stature of claiming a fifth major title – and doing so in such impressive fashion with his methodical final-round 67. In turn he seemed to sway the debate on whether a LIV golfer deserved to play on the US Ryder Cup team.
After an exhausting week of celebration, Koepka is in line for another big payday. The typical prizemoney payout is up for grabs in the no-cut, 54-hole event: a $US20 million individual purse, with $4 million going to the winner. There’s also $US5 million on the line in the team competition.
Here’s the cash payout (in US dollars) for the DC field:
INDIVIDUAL
Win: $4,000,000
2: $2,250,000
3: $1,500,000
4: $1,000,000
5: $800,000
6: $700,000
7: $610,000
8: $530,000
9: $460,000
10: $415,000
11: $390,000
12: $370,000
13: $350,000
14: $330,000
15: $310,000
16: $290,000
17: $280,000
18: $270,000
19: $260,000
20: $250,000
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21: $240,000
22: $230,000
23: $220,000
24: $210,000
25: $205,000
26: $200,000
27: $195,000
28: $190,000
29: $185,000
30: $180,000
31: $175,000
32: $170,000
33: $165,000
34: $160,000
35: $155,000
36: $150,000
37: $147,500
38: $145,000
39: $142,500
40: $140,000
41: $137,500
42: $135,000
43: $132,500
44: $130,000
45: $127,500
46: $125,000
47: $122,500
48: $120,000
TEAM
Win: $3,000,000
2: $1,500,000
3: $500,000
