Explained: LIV Golf's prize purse changes for 2026
LIV Golf's individual champion will no longer receive $18m.
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.
Position | Prize money (2025) | Prize money (2026) |
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.
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 |
Position | Prize money |
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.
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.
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.
GolfMagic has listed the payout information below, along with the changes to the points distributed at each tournament.
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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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