Pat Perez, pictured with wife Ashley, takes home $8m in prize money despite his performancesĭescribing LIV's Saudi backers 'as good people with unlimited money', Trump teased that even more big names will be signing onto the rebel circuit next year. LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman defended the Saudi human rights record and Khashoggi murder saying 'we've all made mistakes' while in Miami, but he kept a low profile holding no formal media availability leaving it to golfers and host Donald Trump to step in praise the project. If sportwashing was the objective of LIV Golf, it failed miserably instead drawing attention to a number of Saudi involvements from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to the Kingdom's treatment of women. Phil Mickelson's reported sign-on bonus alone was $200m - more than any player's lifetime PGA earnings.īankrolled by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, LIV also grabbed the golf world's attention with staggering prize purses totalling $255m.īut the Saudi money has come with plenty of scrutiny with critics accusing LIV golfers of being little more than well paid mercenaries in a 'sportwashing' scheme by a nation trying to improve its reputation over its human rights record. LIV Golf's disruption to golf's standing order has been the talking point of the year in the sport, with Johnson and Co signing deals with huge sign-on fees to turn their backs on the long-standing PGA Tour amid legal rows about their contracts and ability to compete in golf's majors. 'To have these guys and their caddies and families and coaches and everybody, it's just one big family now.

'I feel like I'm really part of something that I've never been part of, other than me and my caddie, we've just been just us our whole life. 'My team played unbelievable this year,' he added.

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