The 2026 LIV Golf Riyadh prize money payout for individual players is from the $20 million purse, with 57 professional players who complete four rounds at Riyadh Golf Club in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, earning an official-money paycheck this week.
The winner’s share of the individual LIV Golf Riyadh prize pool is at $4,000,000, with the second-place finisher taking home $2,250,000. The LIV Golf Riyadh prize money payout breakdown shows a payout of 20 percent of the purse to the winner, and how much each player earns is guaranteed down to the last-place player, who gets $50,000.
The LIV Golf Riyadh field is headed by Elvis Smylie, Talor Gooch, Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau and more.
This 1st tournament of the season started with 57 players, and a cut was not made this week after two rounds. Every professional player in the field is paid for completing the event, but how much each player is paid at the 2026 LIV Golf Riyadh from the correct 2026 LIV Golf full-field payout is based on their finish.
The 57-player individual competition has a purse of $20 million, while the concurrent 13-team competition has a $10 million team purse with payouts for all 13 LIV Golf teams. The winning team earns $3 million, while the second-place team gets $1.5 million and the last-place team gets $200,000.
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The 2026 LIV Golf Riyadh prize money payout is only true after the event finishes, with ties sorted out.
What else is on the line
Beyond money, there are important points, perks and benefits on the line for the field — in particular, the tournament winner.
The individual LIV Golf champion of this event will get 200 LIV Golf points toward the season-long individual points race, with every player earning at least 1 point.
Players who finish worse than 47th in the standings after the end of the individual schedule will be relegated from the LIV Golf League for 2027, pending results from the LIV Golf Promotions event and the Asian Tour’s International Series points list.
Additionally, there are 23 Official World Golf Ranking points on the line for the winner.
2026 LIV Golf Riyadh prize money, winner’s share, first-place payout
POSITION
MONEY
1
$4,000,000
2
$2,250,000
3
$1,500,000
4
$1,000,000
5
$800,000
6
$700,000
7
$600,000
8
$525,000
9
$450,000
10
$415,000
11
$380,000
12
$360,000
13
$340,000
14
$320,000
15
$300,000
16
$285,000
17
$270,000
18
$260,000
19
$250,000
20
$240,000
21
$230,000
22
$220,000
23
$210,000
24
$200,000
25
$195,000
26
$190,000
27
$185,000
28
$180,000
29
$175,000
30
$170,000
31
$165,000
32
$160,000
33
$155,000
34
$150,000
35
$147,500
36
$145,000
37
$142,500
38
$140,000
39
$137,500
40
$135,000
41
$132,500
42
$130,000
43
$129,000
44
$128,000
45
$127,000
46
$126,000
47
$50,000
48
$50,000
49
$50,000
50
$50,000
51
$50,000
52
$50,000
53
$50,000
54
$50,000
55
$50,000
56
$50,000
57
$50,000