Twice main winner Dustin Johnson received $18 million after clinching the person title within the LIV Sequence with a Sixteenth-place end on the newest occasion in Bangkok, Thailand, the Saudi-backed circuit stated on Monday.
The American, 38, shot a five-under-par 67 on Sunday to complete on nine-under par, leaving him with an insurmountable 42-point lead over Branden Grace of South Africa.
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Johnson completed within the prime 5 in 4 of the earlier 5 occasions, taking dwelling $4 million for his solely win of the collection in Boston in September.
“Locking up the person competitors is large. It’s an honour to be LIV’s first particular person season champion,” Johnson stated.
Patrick Reed, the 2018 Masters winner, sits in third within the total standings whereas British Open champion Cameron Smith is in fourth spot. The runner-up will likely be awarded $8 million whereas the third-placed participant earns $4 million.
The person competitors concludes in Jeddah from Oct. 14-16 earlier than a remaining group championship at former U.S. president Donald Trump’s Doral course in Miami.
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“The primary chapter of LIV Golf’s historical past couldn’t be written with out Dustin Johnson’s identify,” LIV chief government Greg Norman stated.
“By any measure, DJ is among the many elite gamers on the planet. From the beginning he’s been an LIV Golf cornerstone. He has greater than lived as much as his billing and deserves immense credit score.”
LIV Golf has lured away among the U.S.-based PGA Tour’s prime members with big sums of cash, resulting in a simmering feud between the game’s prime gamers and organisers.
LIV tournaments don’t depend in direction of the world rankings, and gamers who compete within the breakaway collection have been suspended from the PGA Tour.
The collection is s bankrolled by the Saudi Arabia Public Funding Fund and critics have accused it of being a automobile for the nation to aim to enhance its repute within the face of criticism of its human rights file.
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