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Dustin Johnson took his LIV Golf earnings for the season previous the $35 million mark with victory within the sequence’ closing occasion of the 12 months in Miami on Sunday.
Having already claimed an $18m winners’ bonus for clinching the person championship in Jeddah earlier this month, the American captained the 4Aces to the group title at Trump Nationwide Doral to safe his four-man group the $16m group prize.
Taking part in alongside Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch, and Pat Perez, the group shot a collective 7-under 281 to take a one-shot victory over Open champion Cameron Smith’s Group Punch, who completed runner-up within the 12-team competitors that boasted a $50m prize pot.
Johnson’s $4m minimize of the group competitors winnings lifts his earnings from the inaugural sequence to $35,637,767, in keeping with The Related Press.
It marks a mammoth spike in earnings for Johnson who, in simply eight LIV Golf occasions, has matched nearly half a profession’s complete winnings on the PGA Tour. Throughout 16 seasons and 307 occasions on the game’s flagship tour, the two-time main winner amassed nearly $75 million in prize cash.
The 38-year-old’s earlier most worthwhile season had are available 2015-16, the place three victories – together with the US Open – over 22 PGA Tour occasions secured him $9.37 million in earnings. The American performed 12 occasions on the Tour final season, with a six-placed end at The Open the perfect of his 4 main outings.
“It’s fairly good,” Johnson informed reporters when requested to summarize his 12 months.
“I really feel prefer it ought to have been loads higher, however I’m fairly proud of what ended up occurring, successful the group championship.
“You add up the numbers and it was nice, I performed good [but] … I didn’t play my finest, it might at all times be higher, however that’s golf.”
Johnson’s compatriot Peter Uihlein, who has by no means received on the PGA Tour, collected simply over $12.5m through the sequence to double his decade-long professional profession earnings, whereas teammate Perez took his sequence earnings over $8m with victory in Miami, nearly double the roughly $4.3m the 46-year-old earned in his most worthwhile season on the PGA Tour in 2017.
“All of the push-back, all of the destructive feedback, every part we’ve gotten – at this level I actually don’t care. I’m paid, I don’t give a rattling,” Perez stated.
“My group performed unbelievable this 12 months … To have these guys and their caddies and households and coaches and everyone, it’s only one huge household now.
“I simply couldn’t be any happier. It’s unbelievable.”
The LIV Golf sequence is ready to increase to 14 occasions subsequent season, paving the best way for even bigger payouts, with six-time main winner Phil Mickelson insisting that the tour is “not going away.”
