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How much money will Jon Rahm earn as 2024 LIV Golf individual champion?
The Spaniard will take home an eight-figure cheque for his victory in the circuit’s annual classification - his second win in three LIV Golf events.
Jon Rahm was crowned the LIV Golf individual champion for 2024 following his win in Chicago on Sunday. The 29-year-old finished the final round -11 at Bolingbrook, to end the day three shots ahead of fellow Spaniard Sergio García and Chile’s Joaquín Niemann.
Rahm on a roll in Chicago
It puts the seal on a dream first year with LIV Golf for Rahmbo, who signed up with the Saudi-backed circuit in December last year. He adds Chicago to his win at LIV Golf United Kingdom in July and becomes the recipient of a multi-million dollar windfall that the Saudi super league reserves for this event and the one that will decide the team classification this coming week in Dallas.
The bonus for winning the season, a separate prize pool from the tournament itself, amounts to $18 million, equivalent to annual the salary of a star footballer in one of the world’s major leagues, or that of a highly-regarded player in the NBA, NFL, MLB... For Sergio García, who finished on the podium this season, there is another juicy check, $4.9 million, between tournament winnings and the bonus payment.
And the money that both Spaniards will receive does not end there, as they still have to add what they are entitled to for the performance of the franchises they captain. Both Rahm’s Legion XIII, second in the table in Chicago, and Sergio’s Fireballs, third, still have a chance of being the 2024 team champions in Dallas, where another $50 million will be shared out.
So to summarize, Rahmbo will receive a total of $22 million plus a little over $375,000 as a share of the team classification, while compatriot Sergio García will receive another $4.9 million plus around $125,000. Not bad business for a week of work and from that perspective, it’s easy to understand why he opted for a change of scenery.