This was the fifth LIV Golf event of the year and the third straight week the league had played in three different countries. But this marked the first time they’ve ever played in Africa, competing at the Club at Steyn City in Johannesburg. The all-South African Southern Guards team of Louis Oosthuizen, Dean Burmester, Branden Grace and Charl Schwartzel was responsible for bringing the event here.
The usual cast of characters was playing for the $30 million purse with the individual winner taking home $4 million and the winning team splitting $3 million. That winner … Bryson DeChambeau, who topped Jon Rahm with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. That comes after beating Richard T. Lee in a playoff in Singapore where Lee missed a two-foot putt. It’s the last LIV event before the Masters.
DeChambeau’s Crushers team beat the Southern Guards by a shot after the South African team was up by nine shots at one point on Sunday.
Up next is the Mexico City event April 16-19 at Club de Golf Chapultapec, the week after the Masters.
Here’s the rundown of what each player earned this week in South Africa.
INDIVIDUAL
WIN: Bryson DeChambeau, -26, $4 million
2: Jon Rahm, -26, $2.25 million
T-3: Thomas Detry, -23, $1.1 million
T-3: Branden Grace, -23, $1.1 million
T-3: Abraham Ancer, -23, $1.1 million
T-6: David Puig, -22, $650,000
T-6: Dean Burmester, -22, $650,000
8: Carlos Ortiz, -21, $525,000
T-9: Charles Howell III, -20, $432,500
T-9: Anirban Lahiri, -20, $432,500
11: Scott Vincent, -19, $380,000
T-12: Michael La Sasso, -17, $321,000
T-12: Richard Bland, -17, $321,000
T-12: Joaquin Niemann, -17, $321,000
T-12: Victor Perez, -17, $321,000
T-12: Josele Ballester, -17, $321,000
T-17: Laurie Canter, -16, $250,000
T-17: Louis Oosthuizen, -16, $250,000
T-17: Younghan Song, -16, $250,000
T-17: Sergio Garcia, -16, $250,000
T-17: Cameron Smith, -16, $250,000
T-22: Adrian Meronk, -15, $215,000
T-22: Jason Kokrak, -15, $215,000
T-24: Tom McKibbin, -14, $187,500
T-24: Talor Gooch, -14, $187,500
T-24: Charl Schwartzel, -14, $187,500
T-24: Luis Masaveu, -14, $187,500
T-24: Brendan Steele, -14, $187,500
T-24: Caleb Surratt, -14, $187,500
30: Peter Uihlein, -13, $170,000
T-31: Dustin Johnson, -12, $153,750
T-31: Lucas Herbert, -12, $153,750
T-31: Martin Kaymer, -12, $153,750
T-31: Marc Leishman, -12, $153,750
T-31: Cameron Tringale, -12, $153,750
T-31: Richard T. Lee, -12, $153,750
37: Sebastian Muñoz, -11, $142,500
T-38: Harold Varner III, -10, $135,000
T-38: Thomas Pieters, -10, $135,000
T-38: Bubba Watson, -10, $135,000
T-38: Tyrrell Hatton, -10, $135,000
T-38: Paul Casey, -10, $135,000
43: Yosuke Asaji, -9, $129,000
T-44: Byeong Hun An, -8, $107,750
T-44: Ben Campbell, -8, $107,750
T-44: Sam Horsfield, -8, $107,750
T-44: Elvis Smylie, -8, $107,750
T-48: Phil Mickelson, -7, $50,000
T-48: Ian Poulter, -7, $50,000
50: Lee Westwood, -6, $50,000
51: Miguel Tabuena, -4, $50,000
52: Danny Lee, -3, $50,000
T-53: Matthew Wolff, -2, $50,000
T-53: Graeme McDowell, -2, $50,000
55: Björn Hellgren, -1, $50,000
56: Anthony Kim, +1, $50,000
57: Minkyu Kim, +3, $50,000
TEAM
WIN: Crushers GC, -76, $3 million
2: Southern Guards GC, -75, $1.5 million
3: Torque GC, -72, $900,000
4: Fireballs GC, -69, $700,000
5: Legion XIII, -64, $650,000
6: Cleeks GC, -61, $600,000
7: HyFlyers GC, -50, $550,000
8: Ripper GC, -48, $500,000
9: 4Aces GC, -44, $450,000
10: Smash GC, -41, $400,000
11: Majesticks GC, -37, $300,000
12: RangeGoats GC, -33, $250,000
13: Korean GC, -24, $200,000
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