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It pays really well to play well in the LIV Golf League - just ask the four South Africans who competed this weekend in Saudi Arabia. Image: X @stingergc_

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SA quartet strike it rich at LIV Golf League’s Saudi Arabia stop

It pays really well to play well in the LIV Golf League – just ask the four South Africans who competed this weekend in Saudi Arabia.

Louis Oosthuizen LIV Golf League
It pays really well to play well in the LIV Golf League - just ask the four South Africans who competed this weekend in Saudi Arabia. Image: X @stingergc_

It pays really well to play well in the LIV Golf League – just ask the four South Africans who competed this weekend in Saudi Arabia.

While Chile’s Joaquin Niemann won for the second time in three starts this season, taking home $4 million, for Mzansi quartet Louis OosthuizenCharl SchwartzelDean Burmester and Branden Grace, it was a lucrative three rounds at Royal Greens Golf Country Club.

Oosthuizen and Schwartzel finished in a tie for second place at 13-under par and each earned $1 875 000 (R35.7 million).

Meanwhile, Burmester and Grace finished their 54 holes at 7-under par which was good enough for a tie for 15th place and a cheque of $262 143 (R5 million).

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But that’s not all!

The quartet, who all represent that Stingers GC team, finished second overall on 34-under par and split $1.5 million (R28.6 million).

That equated to an additional $375 000 (R7.15 million) each.

INDIVIDUAL PRIZE MONEY

PositionPlayerScoreEarnings
1 Joaquin Niemann-17$4,000,000
T2 Louis Oosthuizen-13$1,875,000
T2 Charl Schwartzel-13$1,875,000
4 Bryson DeChambeau-12$1,000,000
5 Jon Rahm-11$800,000
T6 Charles Howell III-10$508,750
T6 Anirban Lahiri-10$508,750
T6 Phil Mickelson-10$508,750
T6 Talor Gooch-10$508,750
T6 Adrian Meronk-10$508,750
T6 Jason Kokrak-10$508,750
T12 Brooks Koepka-9$350,000
T12 Abraham Ancer-9$350,000
14 Matt Jones-8$320,000
T15 Carlos Ortiz-7$262,143
T15 Sergio Garcia-7$262,143
T15 David Puig-7$262,143
T15 Dean Burmester-7$262,143
T15 Tyrrell Hatton-7$262,143
T15 Branden Grace-7$262,143
T15 Kevin Na-7$262,143
T22 Pat Perez-6$203,000
T22 Sebastián Muñoz-6$203,000
T22 Cameron Tringale-6$203,000
T22 Brendan Steele-6$203,000
T22 Lucas Herbert-6$203,000
T27 Danny Lee-5$182,500
T27 Dustin Johnson-5$182,500
T29 Sam Horsfield-4$172,500
T29 Paul Casey-4$172,500
T31 Graeme McDowell-3$153,750
T31 Mito Pereira-3$153,750
T31 Henrik Stenson-3$153,750
T31 Richard Bland-3$153,750
T31 Jinichiro Kozuma-3$153,750
T31 Kieran Vincent-3$153,750
T37 Peter Uihlein-2$138,750
T37 Thomas Pieters-2$138,750
T37 Harold Varner III-2$138,750
T37 Patrick Reed-2$138,750
T41 Andy Ogletree-1$129,375
T41 Cameron Smith-1$129,375
T41 Marc Leishman-1$129,375
T41 Scott Vincent-1$129,375
45 Martin KaymerE$125,000
T46 Bubba Watson1$123,750
T46 Kalle Samooja1$123,750
T48 Caleb Surratt2$90,000
T48 Eugenio Chacarra2$90,000
50 Lee Westwood3$60,000
51 Ian Poulter4$60,000
52 Hudson Swafford5$50,000
53 Anthony Kim16$50,000
 Matthew WolffWD$16,500
Wade OrmsbyReserve$16,500

TEAM PRIZE MONEY

PositionTeamScoreEarnings
1Crushers GC-38$3 million
2Stinger GC-34$1.5 million
3Smash GC-33$500,000