LIV Golf South Africa, which concludes this Sunday at Steyn City, puts one of the strongest purses on the global golf calendar up for grabs. The event distributes $30 million between the individual leaderboard and the team competition, to which this year is added an extra individual bonus of $2.3 million intended for players from the three teams that finish on the podium
The tournament’s financial structure is divided into three blocks. On one hand, $20 million is allocated to the individual bracket, with $4 million for the winner. On the other, the team competition distributes $10 million, with prizes for the 13 teams in the tournament. And, additionally, LIV has introduced in 2026 a third reward channel: an additional individual bonus linked to the result of the teams that finish first, second and third
In practice, this means the individual winner pockets $4 million, while the best team in the tournament takes $3 million. Added to that is the mentioned bonus: the champion team will have $1 million extra to distribute among its players; the second, $800,000; and the third, $500,000. That internal distribution of the bonus is not fixed and is at the discretion of each team’s captain
Individual payout at LIV Golf South Africa
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $4,000,000 |
| 2nd | $2,250,000 |
| 3rd | $1,500,000 |
| 4th | $1,000,000 |
| 5th | $800,000 |
| 6th | $700,000 |
| 7th | $600,000 |
| 8th | $525,000 |
| 9th | $450,000 |
| 10th | $415,000 |
| 11th | $380,000 |
| 12th | $360,000 |
| 13th | $340,000 |
| 14th | $320,000 |
| 15th | $300,000 |
| 16th | $285,000 |
| 17th | $270,000 |
| 18th | $260,000 |
| 19th | $250,000 |
| 20th | $240,000 |
| 21st | $230,000 |
| 22nd | $220,000 |
| 23rd | $210,000 |
| 24th | $200,000 |
| 25th | $195,000 |
| 26th | $190,000 |
| 27th | $185,000 |
| 28th | $180,000 |
| 29th | $175,000 |
| 30th | $170,000 |
| 31st | $165,000 |
| 32nd | $160,000 |
| 33rd | $155,000 |
| 34th | $150,000 |
| 35th | $147,500 |
| 36th | $145,000 |
| 37th | $142,500 |
| 38th | $140,000 |
| 39th | $137,500 |
| 40th | $135,000 |
| 41st | $132,500 |
| 42nd | $130,000 |
| 43rd | $129,000 |
| 44th | $128,000 |
| 45th | $127,000 |
| 46th | $126,000 |
| 47th | $50,000 |
| 48th | $50,000 |
| 49th | $50,000 |
| 50th | $50,000 |
| 51st | $50,000 |
| 52nd | $50,000 |
| 53rd | $50,000 |
| 54th | $50,000 |
| 55th | $50,000 |
| 56th | $50,000 |
| 57th | $50,000 |
Team purse at LIV Golf South Africa
| Position | Team prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $3,000,000 |
| 2nd | $1,500,000 |
| 3rd | $900,000 |
| 4th | $700,000 |
| 5th | $650,000 |
| 6th | $600,000 |
| 7th | $550,000 |
| 8th | $500,000 |
| 9th | $450,000 |
| 10th | $400,000 |
| 11th | $300,000 |
| 12th | $250,000 |
| 13th | $200,000 |
Extra individual bonus for the top three teams
| Team position | Total extra bonus |
|---|---|
| 1st | $1,000,000 |
| 2nd | $800,000 |
| 3rd | $500,000 |
This bonus is shared among the players of the corresponding team and the internal distribution is not fixed
With this new model, LIV not only rewards the individual result and collective performance, but also reinforces the economic value of finishing on the team podium. In South Africa, therefore, there will not only be a lot at stake for the title, but also for a purse that continues to set it apart from almost any other regular tournament on the calendar
