LIV Golf’s individual champion will no longer scoop a gargantuan $18m.
Two-time major winner Dustin Johnson claimed the mammoth paycheque at the end of the breakaway’s ‘beta-test’ campaign in 2022.
America’s Talor Gooch banked the eight-figure sum in 2023 before Jon Rahm became $36m richer after winning back-to-back titles.
But Rahm the top points scorer in the individual standings will walk away with only $6m in 2026, with $3m going to the runner-up and $1m to third.
The news was revealed in LIV Golf’s media guide that was shared ahead of their curtain-raiser under the lights in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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LIV Golf individual championship prize money
Position
Prize money (2025)
1st
$18m
$6m
2nd
$8m
$3m
3rd
$4m
$1m
Not the only change
Additionally, the payout structure for each regular season event has also changed, with cash distributed to all 13 teams.
The weekly pot has been increased from $25m to $30m, with the bottom team sharing $200,000 and the winners divvying up $3m.
Previously, only the top three teams earned prize money.
The season-ending team championship will see the top team share a whopping $11.2m.
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LIV Golf prize money 2026: Teams
Position
Prize money
1
$3,000,000
2
$1,500,000
3
$900,000
4
$700,000
5
$650,000
6
$600,000
7
$550,000
8
$500,000
9
$450,000
10
$400,000
11
$300,000
12
$250,000
13
$200,000
LIV Golf team championship prize money 2026
Position
1
$11,200,000
2
$6,500,000
3
$4,800,000
4
$3,200,000
5
$2,600,000
6
$2,400,000
7
$2,200,000
8
$2,000,000
9
$1,600,000
10
$1,320,000
11
$1,040,000
12
$760,000
13
$480,000
New purse for 2026
Elsewhere, LIV has also set aside a new purse of $2.3m that will be split among the top three teams at each tournament.
The payouts are $1m, $800,000 and $500,000.
The league say the team captains decide how to distribute the cash.
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That means that, for example, if Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers top the team leaderboard, then the 2024 U.S. Open will be given $1m to allocate how he chooses.
Make of that what you will.
Individual earned via team
1
$1,000,000
2
$800,000
3
$500,000
Individual payouts remain unchanged
So that’s the team stuff out of the way.
Remaining unchanged for the 2026 LIV Golf season is the individual payouts, with the champion walking away with $4m.
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GolfMagic has listed the payout information below, along with the changes to the points distributed at each tournament.
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LIV Golf prize money 2026: Individual
Finish
2022–2025 Points
2026 Points
Prize money
1st
40
200
$4,000,000
2nd
30
113
$2,250,000
3rd
24
75
$1,500,000
4th
18
50
$1,000,000
5th
15
40
$800,000
6th
14
35
$700,000
7th
13
30
$600,000
8th
12
26
$525,000
9th
11
23
$450,000
10th
10
21
$415,000
11th
8
19
$380,000
12th
7
18
$360,000
13th
6
17
$340,000
14th
5
16
$320,000
15th
4
15
$300,000
16th
3
14
$285,000
17th
3
13.5
$270,000
18th
2
13
$260,000
19th
2
12.5
$250,000
20th
2
12
$240,000
21st
1
11.5
$230,000
22nd
1
11
$220,000
23rd
1
10.5
$210,000
24th
1
10
$200,000
25th
0
9.8
$195,000
26th
0
9.6
$190,000
27th
0
9.4
$185,000
28th
0
9.2
$180,000
29th
0
9
$175,000
30th
0
8.8
$170,000
31st
0
8.6
$165,000
32nd
0
8.4
$160,000
33rd
0
8.2
$155,000
34th
0
8
$150,000
35th
0
7.6
$147,500
36th
0
7.4
$145,000
37th
0
7.2
$142,500
38th
0
7
$140,000
39th
0
6.8
$137,500
40th
0
6.6
$135,000
41st
0
6.4
$132,500
42nd
0
6.2
$130,000
43rd
0
6
$129,000
44th
0
5.8
$128,000
45th
0
5.5
$127,000
46th
0
5
$126,000
47th
0
4
$50,000
48th
0
3.7
$50,000
49th
0
3.4
$50,000
50th
0
3.1
$50,000
51st
0
2.8
$50,000
52nd
0
2.5
$50,000
53rd
0
2.2
$50,000
54th
0
1.9
$50,000
55th
—
1.6
$50,000
56th
—
1.3
$50,000
57th
—
1
$50,000
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