With two LIV occasions left, Dustin Johnson already has $30M yr

Dustin Johnson wanted solely six occasions to have a $30 million yr, and he nonetheless has two occasions left with Saudi-funded LIV Golf.

Despite the fact that he failed to complete within the prime 10 for the primary time, Johnson clinched the inaugural LIV Golf Particular person Championship.

The 2-time main champion already has earned $12,758,600 — $3 million of that from 4 crew victories within the LIV Golf Invitational collection — with one particular person title.

Successful the season factors title comes with an $18 million bonus.

Johnson has 121 factors going into the LIV Golf Invitational-Jeddah occasion this week in Saudi Arabia. He has a 42-point lead over Branden Grace, who needed to withdraw final week due to an harm. The winner of every occasion will get 40 factors.

Johnson was essentially the most vital participant Greg Norman signed for the rival league. He held the No. 1 rating longer than every other participant since Tiger Woods and had stated in February he would follow the PGA Tour till altering his thoughts in June.

The $30 million is along with the signing charge to affix LIV Golf, which The Every day Telegraph reported to be about $125 million over 4 years.

Johnson gained the Boston occasion in a playoff. He tied for second within the LIV occasions at Trump Bedminster in New Jersey and out of doors Chicago.

The LIV Golf occasions function $25 million in complete prize cash — $20 million for the person competitors, with the winner getting $4 million.

Johnson’s most profitable yr on the course on the PGA Tour was in 2020, when he captured the FedEx Cup and its $15 million bonus and earned simply over $5 million in common prize cash. He performed 14 occasions that season, which misplaced practically three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Greg Norman, the CEO and commissioner of LIV Golf, referred to the 38-year-old Johnson because the “cornerstone” of the league.

“He has greater than lived as much as his billing,” Norman stated.

After the seventh occasion in Saudi Arabia, LIV Golf wraps up its season with a $50 million bonanza at Trump Doral close to Miami for crew competitors. Every participant on the profitable crew will get $4 million.

Johnson earned practically $75 million, not together with FedEx Cup bonuses, in his 15 years on the PGA Tour earlier than resigning his membership to affix LIV Golf.

LIV Golf is funded by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.