Charles Howell III earned $42,025,458 during a PGA Tour career that spanned more than 20 years and 609 starts.
After just a handful of LIV Golf events, he’s already a sixth of the way there.
The 43-year-old won the 2023 LIV Golf season opener at Mayakoba’s El Camaleon Golf Course on Mexico’s Riviera Maya on Sunday at 16 under to earn the top prize of $4 million. Howell earned $2,991,000 over six starts last year and now has earned just under $7 million on the upstart circuit led by Greg Norman and financially backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Runner-up Peter Uihlein (12 under) will take home $2.125 million, with Branden Grace (10 under) earning $1.5 million in third. Even fourth-place Paul Casey (7 under) cleared $1.05 million for his efforts.
Check out the prize money payouts for each team and player at LIV Golf Mayakoba.
LIV Golf Mayakoba individual prize money
Place
Player
Score
Earnings
1
Charles Howell III
-16
$4 million
2
Peter Uihlein
-12
$2.125 million
3
Branden Grace
-10
$1.5 million
4
Paul Casey
-7
$1.05 million
T5
Brendan Steele
-6
$887,500
T5
Cameron Smith
-6
$887,500
T7
Pat Perez
-5
$610,000
T7
Carlos Ortiz
-5
$610,000
T7
Sebastian Munoz
-5
$610,000
T7
Matthew Wolff
-5
$610,000
T11
Graeme McDowell
-4
$405,000
T11
Ian Poulter
-4
$405,000
T11
Talor Gooch
-4
$405,000
T11
Joaquin Niemann
-4
$405,000
T15
Marc Leishman
-3
$237,000
T15
Abraham Ancer
-3
$237,000
T15
Mito Pereira
-3
$237,000
T15
Scott Vincent
-3
$237,000
19
Jason Kokrak
-2
$220,000
T20
Kevin Na
-1
$184,000
T20
Cameron Tringale
-1
$184,000
T20
Dean Burmester
-1
$184,000
T23
Sergio Garcia
E
$167,000
T23
Henrik Stenson
E
$167,000
T23
Matt Jones
E
$167,000
T23
Bryson DeChambeau
E
$167,000
T27
Phil Mickelson
1
$158,000
T27
Richard Bland
1
$158,000
T27
Brooks Koepka
1
$158,000
T27
Harold Varner III
1
$158,000
T27
Eugenio Chacarra
1
$158,000
T32
Anirban Lahiri
2
$151,000
T32
Thomas Pieters
2
$151,000
34
Danny Lee
3
$148,000
T35
Charl Schwartzel
4
$144,000
T35
Dustin Johnson
4
$144,000
T35
James Piot
4
$144,000
T38
Patrick Reed
5
$139,000
T38
David Puig
5
$139,000
40
Bubba Watson
6
$136,000
T41
Lee Westwood
8
$133,000
T41
Louis Oosthuizen
8
$133,000
43
Jediah Morgan
10
$130,000
T44
Bernd Wiesberger
11
$127,000
T44
Sam Horsfield
11
$127,000
46
Laurie Canter
12
$124,000
47
Chase Koepka
15
$122,000
48
Sihwan Kim
23
$120,000
LIV Golf Mayakoba team prize money
Place
Team
Score
Earnings
1
Crushers GC
-26
$3 million
2
4 Aces GC
-17
$1.5 million
3
Torque GC
-13
$500,000
LIV owns a 75 percent stake in each franchise and provided teams with an undisclosed amount of operating capital for the year. The teams are expected to largely run on their own dime this season, with team prize earnings going directly towards its day-to-day costs.
