By now, golf fans around the world know that the average prize payouts for the PGA TOUR don’t come close to those on LIV. But thanks to LIV’s influence and the inherent fear more PGA TOUR stars might flip to the Saudi-backed exhibition tour, purses are getting bigger, and that was on full display this weekend in New Orleans at the Zurich.
The big winners of the team event, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry respectively, each took home cool belts, $1.3M, and a karaoke party hangover. Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer, who lost to the Irishmen in a playoff, pocketed $525,100 each.
That’s all fine and dandy, but let’s put into perspective just how much cash the guys play for on LIV. This weekend down under the pure bread Australian Rippers team comprised of Cameron Smith, Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones, and March Leishman won the “team” side event at LIV Australia and split $4M. That’s on top of the money each of them individually earned – $385k for Matt and $275k each for Cam, Lucas, and Marc. That kind of cash will buy the boys a shi* ton of vegemite and blooming onions galore to go along with yachts and other unnecessary toys.
We have to give LIV credit for the excitement their event this weekend created in Australia. It looked like a blast for the fans and the players alike. Now, no one in the US watched it live. But if you’re a golfer who hounds golf Twitter/X or TikTok, you were bound to see many candid videos showcasing a Vegas-like Pro-Am atmosphere where great golf was played on a beautiful course. What LIV now needs to do is replicate this depth of fan energy at one of their US-based events. If they can, then LIV may gain some traction here at home. If not, well, LIV will just continue to be the wart of the professional game: painful to deal with and annoying to look at.
The 2024 Zurich Classic Payouts:
| Position | Players | Score | Earnings (each) |
| 1 | Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry | -25 | $1,286,050 |
| 2 | Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer | -25 | $525,100 |
| 3 | Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard | -24 | $343,763 |
| T4 | Garrick Higgo and Ryan Fox | -23 | $234,181 |
| T4 | Sam Stevens and Paul Barjon | -23 | $234,181 |
| T4 | Zac Blair and Patrick Fishburn | -23 | $234,181 |
| T4 | Nico Echavarria and Max Greyserman | -23 | $234,181 |
| T8 | Greyson Sigg and Chesson Hadley | -22 | $149,075 |
| T8 | Thomas Detry and Robert MacIntyre | -22 | $149,075 |
| 10 | Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin | -21 | $122,375 |
| T11 | Kelly Kraft and Kevin Tway | -20 | $69,070 |
| T11 | Austin Eckroat and Chris Gotterup | -20 | $69,070 |
| T11 | Brice Garnett and Sepp Straka | -20 | $69,070 |
| T11 | K.H. Lee and Michael Kim | -20 | $69,070 |
| T11 | Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick | -20 | $69,070 |
| T11 | Charley Hoffman and Nick Watney | -20 | $69,070 |
| T11 | Corey Conners and Taylor Pendrith | -20 | $69,070 |
| T11 | Callum Tarren and David Skinns | -20 | $69,070 |
| T19 | Chandler Phillips and Jacob Bridgeman | -19 | $37,380 |
| T19 | Peter Malnati and Russell Knox | -19 | $37,380 |
| T19 | Luke List and Henrik Norlander | -19 | $37,380 |
| T19 | Zach Johnson and Ryan Palmer | -19 | $37,380 |
| T23 | Collin Morikawa and Kurt Kitayama | -18 | $23,763 |
| T23 | Mac Meissner and Austin Smotherman | -18 | $23,763 |
| T23 | Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele | -18 | $23,763 |
| T23 | Davis Thompson and Andrew Novak | -18 | $23,763 |
| T23 | Aaron Rai and David Lipsky | -18 | $23,763 |
| T28 | Nick Hardy and Davis Riley | -17 | $19,135 |
| T28 | Brandon Wu and James Nicholas | -17 | $19,135 |
| T28 | Doug Ghim and Chan Kim | -17 | $19,135 |
| T28 | Kevin Yu and C.T. Pan | -17 | $19,135 |
| T28 | Dylan Wu and Justin Lower | -17 | $19,135 |
| T28 | Ben Kohles and Patton Kizzire | -17 | $19,135 |
| T28 | Harry Hall and Scott Piercy | -17 | $19,135 |
| T28 | Keith Mitchell and Joel Dahmen | -17 | $19,135 |
| 36 | Matt Wallace and Thorbjorn Olesen | -16 | $17,533 |
| 37 | Ben Taylor and Sean O’Hair | -15 | $17,177 |
| 38 | Nate Lashley and Rafa Campos | -14 | $16,821 |
| 39 | Vincent Norrman and Jorge Campillo | -13 | $16,465 |
| 40 | Chez Reavie and Brandt Snedeker | -9 | $16,109 |
The 2024 LIV Golf Adelaide Payouts:
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Brendan Steele | -18 | $4,000,000 |
| 2 | Louis Oosthuizen | -17 | $2,250,000 |
| T3 | Charl Schwartzel | -16 | $920,000 |
| T3 | Jon Rahm | -16 | $920,000 |
| T3 | Andy Ogletree | -16 | $920,000 |
| T3 | Joaquín Niemann | -16 | $920,000 |
| T3 | Dean Burmester | -16 | $920,000 |
| 8 | Mito Pereira | -15 | $525,000 |
| T9 | Abraham Ancer | -14 | $385,500 |
| T9 | Brooks Koepka | -14 | $385,500 |
| T9 | Matt Jones | -14 | $385,500 |
| T9 | Jinichiro Kozuma | -14 | $385,500 |
| T9 | Danny Lee | -14 | $385,500 |
| T14 | Martin Kaymer | -13 | $275,000 |
| T14 | Lucas Herbert | -13 | $275,000 |
| T14 | Marc Leishman | -13 | $275,000 |
| T14 | Tyrrell Hatton | -13 | $275,000 |
| T14 | Thomas Pieters | -13 | $275,000 |
| T14 | Anirban Lahiri | -13 | $275,000 |
| T14 | Cameron Smith | -13 | $275,000 |
| 21 | Cameron Tringale | -12 | $230,000 |
| T22 | Caleb Surratt | -11 | $206,250 |
| T22 | Richard Bland | -11 | $206,250 |
| T22 | Patrick Reed | -11 | $206,250 |
| T22 | Carlos Ortiz | -11 | $206,250 |
| T26 | Adrian Meronk | -10 | 180,000 |
| T26 | Matthew Wolff | -10 | 180,000 |
| T26 | Talor Gooch | -10 | 180,000 |
| T26 | Bryson DeChambeau | -10 | 180,000 |
| T26 | Charles Howell III | -10 | 180,000 |
| T31 | Pat Perez | -9 | 160,000 |
| T31 | Paul Casey | -9 | 160,000 |
| T31 | Dustin Johnson | -9 | 160,000 |
| T34 | Kevin Na | -8 | 146,250 |
| T34 | Lee Westwood | -8 | 146,250 |
| T34 | Bubba Watson | -8 | 146,250 |
| T34 | Peter Uihlein | -8 | 146,250 |
| T38 | Sebastián Muñoz | -7 | 138,750 |
| T38 | Phil Mickelson | -7 | 138,750 |
| T40 | Sergio Garcia | -6 | 130,500 |
| T40 | Branden Grace | -6 | 130,500 |
| T40 | David Puig | -6 | 130,500 |
| T40 | Kalle Samooja | -6 | 130,500 |
| T40 | Sam Horsfield | -6 | 130,500 |
| 45 | Eugenio Chacarra | -5 | 125,000 |
| T46 | Graeme McDowell | -4 | 123,750 |
| T46 | Scott Vincent | -4 | 123,750 |
| 48 | Harold Varner III | -3 | 120,000 |
| 49 | Jason Kokrak | -2 | $60,000 |
| 50 | Kieran Vincent | -1 | $60,000 |
| 51 | Henrik Stenson | 3 | $60,000 |
| T52 | Hudson Swafford | 4 | $50,000 |
| T52 | Ian Poulter | 4 | $50,000 |
| 54 | Anthony Kim | 6 | $50,000 |