A week ago at LIV Golf Indianapolis, Jon Rahm won the Individual Championship for the second successive year, claiming bonus money of $18m in the process.
Now, attention turns to the season-closing Team Championship at Michigan’s The Cardinal at Saint John’s, where the biggest prize money of the year is on the table.
The 13 regular LIV Golf events feature a purse of $25m, with $20m distributed in individual prize money and $5m to the top three teams.
However, there is an incredible $50m on the line at the Team Championship, with all 13 teams getting a share of that figure.
A year ago, Cameron Smith’s Ripper GC won the Team Championship to claim a $14m first prize, of which 60% went back into the team, with 40% distributed equally among the four players.
That meant the team benefited to the tune of $8.4m, with the four players receiving $1.4m each. This year’s distribution is identical, while the team placing runner-up will win $8m.
Ripper GC beat Iron Heads GC, 4 Aces GC and Legion XIII a year ago. However, one of those teams, Iron Heads GC, won’t receive anything close to that this year.
Because of a tweaked format, we knew two days before the tournament properly began that Kevin Na’s team had finished bottom of the pile.
Iron Heads GC was at the foot of the team standings after LIV Golf Indianapolis, with Majesticks GC just one place above them, meaning they faced a play-in match with the winner progressing to the quarter-finals of the Team Championship.
Majesticks GC won the match to condemn their opponents to the 13th and final position, meaning Na’s team will pick up $600,000.
Following Saturday’s semi-finals, just three teams remain in with a chance of winning the 2025 Team Championship in Sunday’s stroke play round.
The teams in question are the three that emerged victorious from the Championship Bracket matches at the semi-finals stage.
Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII are on-course to win a first Team Championship
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Rahm’s Legion XIII kept their hopes alive after beating Phil Mickelson’s HyFlyers GC. Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC also remain in contention after beating Brooks Koepka’s Smash GC, while Louis Oosthuizen’s Stinger GC beat Joaquin Niemann’s Torque GC in the semi-finals.
The three defeated teams will compete for places four…
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