Yesterday was one of those special occurrences where the fat cats on both the PGA TOUR and LIV Golf took home really big checks. In fact, the PGA TOUR had two Tournaments wrap up Sunday – the Scottish Open in conjunction with the DP World Tour and the opposite field event Isco Championship.
Let’s breakdown what the winner’s pocketed starting with the biggest banger:
- Sergio Garcia, LIV Golf Andalucia, 5-under, $4M
- Robert MacIntyre, Scottish Open, 18-under, $1.62M
- Harry Hall, Isco Championship, 22-under, $720k
Not only did Sergio take home the most cash for his individual title, but he and his fellow Fire Ballers also pocketed $750k each for winning the LIV team exhibition, which was more than Harry Hall won for besting a field of PGA Tour members.
How about OWGR ranking points and FedEx Cup points? How’d the three winners fare there?
- Robert MacIntrye – jumped from 44th in the world to 16th // (FedEx – 500 points, ranked 16th)
- Harry Hall – jumped from 188th in the world to 100th // (FedEx – 300 points, ranked 80th)
- Sergio Garcia – fell from 321st to 323rd in the world // (N/A)
This simple breakdown is further proof that professional golf is broken. The money is crazy. The ongoing feud between the PGA TOUR/LIV is stupid. And, the fact Sergio’s world ranking fell while winning is nonsensical.
Back to the positives that came out of Robert’s and Harry’s victories…
With his victory, Robert has likely locked up a spot in every major next year and the Tour Championship this year. That means he can budget for a big cash windfall in ’25 and more visibility through the end of next season which will likely lead to larger product endorsement checks.
With Harry’s victory, he locked up a two-year tour exemption and entry into the Players Championship. He now can take a deep breath knowing that he’ll be playing on the PGA TOUR through 2026. His victory is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
With Sergio’s victory, he merely can buy an island. Or an even bigger jet. Basically, whatever his heart desires. Except for exemptions into the PGA Championship, US Open and Open Championship, unless those tourneys change course and exempt top finishers of LIV events into their major championships.
The 2024 LIV Golf Andalucia Payouts (Individual):
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Sergio Garcia | -5 | $4,000,000 |
| 2 | Anirban Lahiri | -5 | $2,250,000 |
| 3 | Tyrrell Hatton | -4 | $1,500,000 |
| T4 | Patrick Reed | -3 | $900,000 |
| T4 | Louis Oosthuizen | -3 | $900,000 |
| T6 | Cameron Smith | -2 | $608,334 |
| T6 | Joaquín Niemann | -2 | $608,334 |
| T6 | Danny Lee | -2 | $608,334 |
| 9 | Bryson DeChambeau | -1 | $442,500 |
| T10 | Marc Leishman | E | $392,250 |
| T10 | Jon Rahm | E | $392,250 |
| T12 | Lee Westwood | 1 | $370,000 |
| T12 | Eugenio Chacarra | 1 | $370,000 |
| T14 | Carlos Ortiz | 2 | $301,667 |
| T14 | Richard Bland | 2 | $301,667 |
| T14 | Martin Kaymer | 2 | $301,667 |
| T17 | Charl Schwartzel | 3 | $245,000 |
| T17 | Dustin Johnson | 3 | $245,000 |
| T17 | Scott Vincent | 3 | $245,000 |
| T17 | Paul Casey | 3 | $245,000 |
| T17 | Matthew Wolff | 3 | $245,000 |
| T17 | Dean Burmester | 3 | $245,000 |
| T23 | John Catlin | 4 | $201,667 |
| T23 | Sebastian Munoz | 4 | $201,667 |
| T23 | Sam Horsfield | 4 | $201,667 |
| 26 | Abraham Ancer | 5 | $190,000 |
| T27 | Kalle Samooja | 6 | $167,500 |
| T27 | David Puig | 6 | $167,500 |
| T27 | Henrik Stenson | 6 | $167,500 |
| T27 | Brendan Steele | 6 | $167,500 |
| T27 | Pat Perez | 6 | $167,500 |
| T27 | Cameron Tringale | 6 | $167,500 |
| T27 | Phil Mickelson | 6 | $167,500 |
| T27 | Brooks Koepka | 6 | $167,500 |
| T35 | Lucas Herbert | 7 | $145,334 |
| T35 | Mito Pereira | 7 | $145,334 |
| T35 | Jason Kokrak | 7 | $145,334 |
| T38 | Peter Uihlein | 8 | $139,000 |
| T38 | Branden Grace | 8 | $139,000 |
| T40 | Jinichiro Kozuma | 9 | $134,000 |
| T40 | Kevin Na | 9 | $134,000 |
| T42 | Adrian Meronk | 10 | $128,667 |
| T42 | Graeme McDowell | 10 | $128,667 |
| T42 | Andy Ogletree | 10 | $128,667 |
| T45 | Talor Gooch | 12 | $125,000 |
| T45 | Matt Jones | 12 | $125,000 |
| T47 | Bubba Watson | 13 | $121,500 |
| T47 | Ian Poulter | 13 | $121,500 |
| T49 | Caleb Surratt | 14 | $60,000 |
| T49 | Anthony Kim | 14 | $60,000 |
| T51 | Harold Varner III | 16 | $55,000 |
| T51 | Kieran Vincent | 16 | $55,000 |
| 53 | Thomas Pieters | 17 | $50,000 |
| 54 | Hudson Swafford | 18 | $50,000 |
The 2024 LIV Golf Andalucia Payouts (Team):
| Position | Team | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Fireballs GC | -5 | $3,000,000 |
| 2 | Crushers GC | -5 | $1,500,000 |
| 3 | Stinger GC | E | $500,000 |
The 2024 Genesis Scottish Open Payouts:
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Robert MacIntyre | -18 | $1,620,000 |
| 2 | Adam Scott | -17 | $981,000 |
| 3 | Romain Langasque | -15 | $621,000 |
| T4 | Aaron Rai | -14 | $330,750 |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy | -14 | $330,750 |
| T4 | Sahith Theegala | -14 | $330,750 |
| T4 | Collin Morikawa | -14 | $330,750 |
| T4 | Sungjae Im | -14 | $330,750 |
| T4 | Ludvig Aberg | -14 | $330,750 |
| T10 | Richard Mansell | -13 | $209,250 |
| T10 | Wyndham Clark | -13 | $209,250 |
| T10 | Victor Perez | -13 | $209,250 |
| T10 | Alex Noren | -13 | $209,250 |
| T10 | Corey Conners | -13 | $209,250 |
| T15 | Tom Kim | -12 | $141,750 |
| T15 | Niklas Norgaard Moller | -12 | $141,750 |
| T15 | Alejandro Del Rey | -12 | $141,750 |
| T15 | Connor Syme | -12 | $141,750 |
| T15 | Xander Schauffele | -12 | $141,750 |
| T15 | Matteo Manassero | -12 | $141,750 |
| T21 | Brian Harman | -11 | $94,410 |
| T21 | Max Greyserman | -11 | $94,410 |
| T21 | Haotong Li | -11 | $94,410 |
| T21 | Rasmus Højgaard | -11 | $94,410 |
| T21 | Maximilian Kieffer | -11 | $94,410 |
| T26 | Si Woo Kim | -10 | $63,000 |
| T26 | Nick Bachem | -10 | $63,000 |
| T26 | Jorge Campillo | -10 | $63,000 |
| T26 | Thomas Detry | -10 | $63,000 |
| T26 | Cam Davis | -10 | $63,000 |
| T26 | Yannik Paul | -10 | $63,000 |
| T26 | Matthew Jordan | -10 | $63,000 |
| T26 | Antoine Rozner | -10 | $63,000 |
| T34 | Jesper Svensson | -9 | $46,890 |
| T34 | Harris English | -9 | $46,890 |
| T34 | Kurt Kitayama | -9 | $46,890 |
| T34 | Adam Hadwin | -9 | $46,890 |
| T34 | Tommy Fleetwood | -9 | $46,890 |
| T39 | Shubhankar Sharma | -8 | $35,550 |
| T39 | Thorbjørn Olesen | -8 | $35,550 |
| T39 | Grant Forrest | -8 | $35,550 |
| T39 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -8 | $35,550 |
| T39 | Ben Griffin | -8 | $35,550 |
| T39 | Nicolai Højgaard | -8 | $35,550 |
| T39 | Erik van Rooyen | -8 | $35,550 |
| T46 | Davis Thompson | -7 | $23,359 |
| T46 | Francesco Molinari | -7 | $23,359 |
| T46 | Brendon Todd | -7 | $23,359 |
| T46 | Viktor Hovland | -7 | $23,359 |
| T46 | Eric Cole | -7 | $23,359 |
| T46 | Junghwan Lee | -7 | $23,359 |
| T46 | Daniel Hillier | -7 | $23,359 |
| T46 | Lee Hodges | -7 | $23,359 |
| T46 | Ben Kohles | -7 | $23,359 |
| T46 | Mackenzie Hughes | -7 | $23,359 |
| T46 | Ugo Coussaud | -7 | $23,359 |
| T57 | Sam Stevens | -6 | $20,520 |
| T57 | Charley Hoffman | -6 | $20,520 |
| T57 | Nick Taylor | -6 | $20,520 |
| T57 | Ryan Fox | -6 | $20,520 |
| 61 | Daniel Brown | -5 | $20,070 |
| T62 | Marcel Siem | -4 | $19,710 |
| T62 | Justin Thomas | -4 | $19,710 |
| T62 | Stewart Cink | -4 | $19,710 |
| T65 | Séamus Power | -3 | $19,260 |
| T65 | Ashun Wu | -3 | $19,260 |
| T67 | Gary Woodland | -2 | $18,810 |
| T67 | Justin Lower | -2 | $18,810 |
| T67 | Jens Dantorp | -2 | $18,810 |
| T70 | Max Homa | -1 | $18,270 |
| T70 | Andrew Novak | -1 | $18,270 |
| T70 | Julien Guerrier | -1 | $18,270 |
| 73 | Min Woo Lee | 2 | $17,910.00 |
| 74 | Taylor Montgomery | 3 | $17,190.00 |
The 2024 ISCO Championship Payouts:
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Harry Hall | -22 | $720,000 |
| T2 | Matt NeSmith | -22 | $268,000 |
| T2 | Pierceson Coody | -22 | $268,000 |
| T2 | Zac Blair | -22 | $268,000 |
| T2 | Rico Hoey | -22 | $268,000 |
| T6 | Ben Taylor | -20 | $130,500 |
| T6 | S.Y. Noh | -20 | $130,500 |
| T6 | Sam Bairstow | -20 | $130,500 |
| T6 | Neal Shipley | -20 | $130,500 |
| T10 | Chan Kim | -19 | $93,000 |
| T10 | Brandon Wu | -19 | $93,000 |
| T10 | Lanto Griffin | -19 | $93,000 |
| T10 | Chez Reavie | -19 | $93,000 |
| T10 | Johannes Veerman | -19 | $93,000 |
| 15 | Patrick Fishburn | -18 | $73,000 |
| T16 | Maximilian Rottluff | -17 | $61,000 |
| T16 | Mac Meissner | -17 | $61,000 |
| T16 | Adrien Saddier | -17 | $61,000 |
| T16 | Angel Hidalgo | -17 | $61,000 |
| T16 | Andy Sullivan | -17 | $61,000 |
| T21 | Callum Tarren | -16 | $43,600 |
| T21 | Ryan Moore | -16 | $43,600 |
| T21 | Austin Smotherman | -16 | $43,600 |
| T21 | Cody Gribble | -16 | $43,600 |
| T25 | Henrik Norlander | -15 | $30,733 |
| T25 | William McGirt | -15 | $30,733 |
| T25 | Sam Ryder | -15 | $30,733 |
| T25 | Spencer Cross | -15 | $30,733 |
| T25 | Kevin Chappell | -15 | $30,733 |
| T25 | Matthis Besard | -15 | $30,733 |
| T31 | Andrea Pavan | -14 | $23,400 |
| T31 | Dylan Wu | -14 | $23,400 |
| T31 | Ryan McCormick | -14 | $23,400 |
| T31 | Cooper Musselman | -14 | $23,400 |
| T31 | Ben Silverman | -14 | $23,400 |
| T31 | Jacques Kruyswijk | -14 | $23,400 |
| T37 | Tom Vaillant | -13 | $17,400 |
| T37 | David Lipsky | -13 | $17,400 |
| T37 | Fabrizio Zanotti | -13 | $17,400 |
| T37 | Russell Knox | -13 | $17,400 |
| T37 | Luke Clanton (a) | -13 | $0 |
| T37 | Hayden Springer | -13 | $17,400 |
| T37 | Ricardo Gouveia | -13 | $17,400 |
| T37 | Alex Smalley | -13 | $17,400 |
| T45 | MJ Daffue | -12 | $12,632 |
| T45 | J.J. Spaun | -12 | $12,632 |
| T45 | Chad Ramey | -12 | $12,632 |
| T45 | Kevin Tway | -12 | $12,632 |
| T45 | Lukas Nemecz | -12 | $12,632 |
| T50 | Jonathan Byrd | -11 | $10,307 |
| T50 | Patton Kizzire | -11 | $10,307 |
| T50 | Francesco Laporta | -11 | $10,307 |
| T53 | Roger Sloan | -10 | $9,720 |
| T53 | Brandt Snedeker | -10 | $9,720 |
| T55 | Andrew Wilson | -9 | $9,360 |
| T55 | Sebastian Friedrichsen | -9 | $9,360 |
| T55 | S.H. Kim | -9 | $9,360 |
| T55 | Marcus Kinhult | -9 | $9,360 |
| T59 | Nick Hardy | -8 | $9,040 |
| T59 | Hayden Buckley | -8 | $9,040 |
| T59 | Aaron Baddeley | -8 | $9,040 |
| T59 | Troy Merritt | -8 | $9,040 |
| 63 | Garrick Higgo | -7 | $8,840 |
| T64 | Kevin Kisner | -6 | $8,680 |
| T64 | Bill Haas | -6 | $8,680 |
| T64 | James Hahn | -6 | $8,680 |
| 67 | Paul Barjon | -4 | $8,520 |
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