It certainly pays to play well in the LIV Golf League. Just ask the four South Africans who competed at this weekend’s tournament in Saudi Arabia.
Chile’s Joaquin Niemann won for the second time in three starts this season, taking home the $4 million top prize.
For South African quartet Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Dean Burmester and Branden Grace, it was also a lucrative three rounds at Royal Greens Golf Country Club.
Oosthuizen and Schwartzel finished in a tie for second place at 13-under par and each earned $1 875 000 (R35.7 million).
Meanwhile, Burmester and Grace finished their 54 holes at 7-under par which was good enough for a tie for 15th place and a cheque of $262 143 (R5 million).
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But that’s not all!
The quartet, who all represent that Stingers GC team, finished second overall on 34-under par and split $1.5 million (R28.6 million).
That equated to an additional $375 000 (R7.15 million) each.
That means Oosthuizen and Schwartzel banked a cool R42.85 million each, while Burmester and Grace took home R12.15 million apiece.
Individual prize money
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Joaquin Niemann | -17 | $4,000,000 |
| T2 | Louis Oosthuizen | -13 | $1,875,000 |
| T2 | Charl Schwartzel | -13 | $1,875,000 |
| 4 | Bryson DeChambeau | -12 | $1,000,000 |
| 5 | Jon Rahm | -11 | $800,000 |
| T6 | Charles Howell III | -10 | $508,750 |
| T6 | Anirban Lahiri | -10 | $508,750 |
| T6 | Phil Mickelson | -10 | $508,750 |
| T6 | Talor Gooch | -10 | $508,750 |
| T6 | Adrian Meronk | -10 | $508,750 |
| T6 | Jason Kokrak | -10 | $508,750 |
| T12 | Brooks Koepka | -9 | $350,000 |
| T12 | Abraham Ancer | -9 | $350,000 |
| 14 | Matt Jones | -8 | $320,000 |
| T15 | Carlos Ortiz | -7 | $262,143 |
| T15 | Sergio Garcia | -7 | $262,143 |
| T15 | David Puig | -7 | $262,143 |
| T15 | Dean Burmester | -7 | $262,143 |
| T15 | Tyrrell Hatton | -7 | $262,143 |
| T15 | Branden Grace | -7 | $262,143 |
| T15 | Kevin Na | -7 | $262,143 |
| T22 | Pat Perez | -6 | $203,000 |
| T22 | Sebastián Muñoz | -6 | $203,000 |
| T22 | Cameron Tringale | -6 | $203,000 |
| T22 | Brendan Steele | -6 | $203,000 |
| T22 | Lucas Herbert | -6 | $203,000 |
| T27 | Danny Lee | -5 | $182,500 |
| T27 | Dustin Johnson | -5 | $182,500 |
| T29 | Sam Horsfield | -4 | $172,500 |
| T29 | Paul Casey | -4 | $172,500 |
| T31 | Graeme McDowell | -3 | $153,750 |
| T31 | Mito Pereira | -3 | $153,750 |
| T31 | Henrik Stenson | -3 | $153,750 |
| T31 | Richard Bland | -3 | $153,750 |
| T31 | Jinichiro Kozuma | -3 | $153,750 |
| T31 | Kieran Vincent | -3 | $153,750 |
| T37 | Peter Uihlein | -2 | $138,750 |
| T37 | Thomas Pieters | -2 | $138,750 |
| T37 | Harold Varner III | -2 | $138,750 |
| T37 | Patrick Reed | -2 | $138,750 |
| T41 | Andy Ogletree | -1 | $129,375 |
| T41 | Cameron Smith | -1 | $129,375 |
| T41 | Marc Leishman | -1 | $129,375 |
| T41 | Scott Vincent | -1 | $129,375 |
| 45 | Martin Kaymer | E | $125,000 |
| T46 | Bubba Watson | 1 | $123,750 |
| T46 | Kalle Samooja | 1 | $123,750 |
| T48 | Caleb Surratt | 2 | $90,000 |
| T48 | Eugenio Chacarra | 2 | $90,000 |
| 50 | Lee Westwood | 3 | $60,000 |
| 51 | Ian Poulter | 4 | $60,000 |
| 52 | Hudson Swafford | 5 | $50,000 |
| 53 | Anthony Kim | 16 | $50,000 |
| – | Matthew Wolff | WD | $16,500 |
| – | Wade Ormsby | Reserve | $16,500 |
Team winnings
| Position | Team | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Crushers GC | -38 | $3 million |
| 2 | Stinger GC | -34 | $1.5 million |
| 3 | Smash GC | -33 | $500,000 |