It’s Year 4 for LIV Golf and the league is back with 54 players playing 14 events around the world. Up first, the season-opener at Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia where the 54-hole event is being played under the lights, and Adrian Meronk emerged as the champion. The native of Poland opened with a 10-under 62 on Thursday, then followed it with a 65 and 71 to finish at 17 under for a wire-to-wire, two-shot victory over Jon Rahm and Sebastian Munoz.
The field was playing for its customary $20 million purse with Meronk taking home the $4 million first-place prize money payout. The winning team, Legion XIII, split $3 million.
There were some minor tweaks to the LIV Golf rosters in the offseason, but overall, there was not big movement or any major additions to the circuit. Jon Rahm, Joaquin Niemann, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton and Brooks Koepka were the top five in standings from 2024 and are all back. As is Bryson DeChambeau, the current U.S. Open champion. His Crushers team won the overall team title last year, topping Rahm’s Legion XIII.
Here’s the prize money breakdown for each golfer at the 2025 LIV Golf Riyadh presented by Maaden.
Win: Adrian Meronk, -17, $4,000,000
T-2: Jon Rahm, -15, $1,875,000
T-2: Sebastian Munoz, -15, $1,875,000
T-4: Dean Burmester, -14, $900,000
T-4: Lucas Herbert, -14, $900,000
T-6: David Puig, -13, $534,500
T-6: Sergio Garcia, -13, $534,500
T-6: Marc Leishman, -13, $534,500
T-6: Bryson DeChambeau, -13, $534,500
T-6: Tyrrell Hatton, -13, $534,500
11: Caleb Surratt, -12, $380,000
T-12: Bubba Watson, -11, $343,333
T-12: Sam Horsfield, -11, $343,333
T-12: Anirban Lahiri, -11, $343,333
T-15: Ben Campbell, -10, $285,000
T-15: Tom McKibbin, -10, $285,000
T-15: Matthew Wolff, -10, $285,000
T-18: Cameron Tringale, -9, $250,000
T-18: Thomas Pieters, -9, $250,000
T-18: Paul Casey, -9, $250,000
T-21: Jason Kokrak, -8, $215,000
T-21: Peter Uihlein, -8, $215,000
T-21: Harold Varner III, -8, $215,000
T-21: Graeme McDowell, -8, $215,000
T-25: Wade Ormsby, -7, $185,000
T-25: Louis Oosthuizen, -7, $185,000
T-25: Cameron Smith, -7, $185,000
T-25: Carlos Ortiz, -7, $185,000
T-25: Lee Westwood, -7, $185,000
T-30: Brendan Steele, -6, $165,000
T-30: Ollie Schniederjans, -6, $165,000
T-30: Ian Poulter, -6, $165,000
T-33: Luis Masaveu, -5, $145,571
T-33: Frederik Kjettrup, -5, $145,571
T-33: Charl Schwartzel, -5, $145,571
T-33: Danny Lee, -5, $145,571
T-33: Matt Jones, -5, $145,571
T-33: Brooks Koepka, -5, $145,571
T-33: Joaquin Niemann, -5, $145,571
T-40: Richard Bland, -4, $134,000
T-40: Chieh-Po Lee, -4, $134,000
T-42: Charles Howell III, -3, $129,000
T-42: Abraham Ancer, -3, $129,000
T-44: Patrick Reed, -2, $125,000
T-44: Talor Gooch, -2, $125,000
T-44: Dustin Johnson, -2, $125,000
T-44: Martin Kaymer, -2, $125,000
48: Henrik Stenson, -1, $120,000
T-49: Anthony Kim, E, $60,000
T-49: Yubin Jang, E, $60,000
T-49: Mito Pereira, E, $60,000
T-52: Branden Grace, 1, $50,000
T-52: Kevin Na, 1, $50,000
54: Andy Ogletree, 3, $50,000
WIN: Legion XIII, -50, $3 million
T-2: Ripper G.C., $1,000,000
3: RangeGoats G.C., $500,000
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