LIV Golf money leaderboard: Talor Gooch leads way but PGA critic Pat Perez is only 16th

Talor Gooch has won the most prize money on the LIV Golf Tour (Image: GETTY)

LIV Golf stars have been able to rake in prodigious amounts of cash since the Tour got underway two-and-a-half years ago. With huge prize pots on offer at every single tournament, it isn’t hard to see why so many players opted to defect from the PGA Tour to join the breakaway circuit.

Some of the biggest stars in world golf have excelled on the LIV Golf Tour, including the likes of Brooks Koepka, John Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau.

And Talor Gooch currently finds himself at the top of the all-time standings when it comes to earnings after winning four events.

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According to Sportrac, Gooch has picked up a staggering £47,041,584million on the LIV Golf Tour. He has secured top 10 finishes in 15 of the 31 events he has featured in and was given a bonus of almost £14m for topping the individual standings in 2023.

Dustin Johnson is second on the money list after getting his hands on £42,019,759. The American was the individual champion in 2022 and has won individual titles in all three of his seasons on the LIV Golf Tour.

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Cameron Smith finds himself in third spot after winning three events. This year alone, the Australian captained Ripper Golf Club to consecutive team victories in Adelaide and Singapore. He has been given £32,349,344 for his efforts on the Tour.

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Pat Perez was almost relegated from the LIV Golf Tour this year after finishing 48th (Image: GETTY)

Koepka and Joaquin Niemann complete the top five, with the five-time Major winner picking up a total of £31,882,032 and the Chilean star receiving £31,763,366.

Koepka’s five event victories puts him at the top of the title leaderboard but his earnings are shy of three rivals as he has finished outside the top 10 in 17 of his 30 appearances.

PGA critic Pat Perez, meanwhile, is only 16th on the all-time money leaderboard after earning £16,261,521 from the LIV Golf Tour.

Perez almost suffered relegation from the circuit this year after finishing 48th out of 57 players but will ultimately retain his place in 2025 if a team snap him up during the free agency period.

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The American has previously been critical of the PGA Tour and compared his LIV Golf career to “hitting the lottery”.

And he also took aim at Tiger Woods after the 15-time Major winner suggested players who defected to the LIV Tour were motivated by financial gain.

“That’s the stupidest s*** I have ever heard of in my life,” Perez ranted on the Son of a Butch podcast. “That’s one of the stupidest things I think he has said. The incentive is the fact that last place is 120,000, first place is four million. You cannot win four million on the PGA Tour.”

LIV Golf money leaderboard

1 | Talor Gooch | £47,041,584million

2 | Dustin Johnson | £42,019,759

3| Cameron Smith | £32,349,344

4| Brooks Koepka | £31,882,032

5 | Joaquin Niemann | £31,763,366