February 6th, 2026
By Australian Golf Digest
It’s been a busy offseason for LIV Golf. The league lost some big-named players, gained some others who aren’t as well-known, was awarded world rankings points, yet still complained about it. It’s also now playing 72 holes, despite that fact that the name LIV is the roman numeral for 54.
Other than that.
The league is starting in Saudi Arabia and for the second consecutive year it will playing at night. The field is now up to 57 players, consisting of four players on each of 13 teams and five wild card additions. They’ll be playing for $30 million with the individual winner taking home $4 million and the winning team earning $3 million. For the first time in league history all 13 teams will earn money, instead of only the top three like in previous years.
Adrian Meronk is the defending champion, but most eyes, as will be the case all year, will be on Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, the league’s two biggest stars, especially since Brooks Koepka went back to the PGA Tour and Patrick Reed announced he’s playing the DP World Tour before joining the PGA Tour in the fall.
Ten players are making their LIV Golf debuts as full-time members: Thomas Detry, Victor Perez, Michael La Sasso, Ben An, Minkyu Kim, Younghan Song, Elvis Smylie, Yosuke Asaji, Bjorn Hellgren and Richard Lee. The Iron Heads are now called Korean Golf Club and Stinger GC is now called the Southern Guards. Ollie Schniederjans will start for Phil Mickelson and Ben Schmidt will start for Lee Westwood.
Here’s the rundown of what each player will earn this week in Saudi Arabia. Check back here early Sunday morning for updates when play is complete.
INDIVIDUAL
WIN: $4 million
2: $2.25 million
3: $1.5 million
4: $1 million
5: $800,000
6: $700,000
7: $600,000
8: $525,000
9: $442,500
10: $405,000
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: $148,000
36: $145,000
37: $143,000
38: $140,000
39: $138,000
40: $135,000
41: $133,000
42: $130,000
43: $128,000
44: $128,000
45: $125,000
46: $125,000
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
TEAM
WIN: $3 million
2: $1.5 million
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
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com