The final event of the Asian Tour’s International Series is also by far its most lucrative.
The action comes from Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia, where the prize money payout will be more than twice as much as the $2m offered by eight of the nine previous International Series events this season.
Last week’s tournament in Qatar offered the most of any, where $2.5m was available with winner Peter Uihlein scooping the first prize of $450,000. However, this week’s event sees double that overall figure, with the winner in line for a $1m payout.
While that is an attractive sum, there is considerably more at stake with the potentially life-changing incentive of a LIV Golf contract for the winner of the International Series standings, provided he isn’t currently a member of the circuit.
Until last week’s event, LIV Golf reserve John Catlin had been the long-term leader in the standings as he edged closer to the promise of guaranteed starts on the League, which offers regular purses of $25m. That was until current LIV golfer Uihlein claimed his second International Series victory of the year to move him to the top.
Peter Uihlein is top of the International Series standings
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If that remains the case after this week’s event, it will leave Catlin and others hoping to earn a contract via the LIV Golf Promotions event.
Despite Uihlein’s advantage, it is by no means certain he will win the race. He currently leads Catlin by less than 100 points in the standings, with another LIV Golf reserve, New Zealander Ben Campbell, in third and 220 points behind the leader.
With 1,000 points going to the winner this week and 525 to the runner-up, there is still everything to play for as the International Series concludes.
Below is the prize money payout for the Saudi International.
Saudi International Prize Money Payout
| Position | Prize Money |
| 1st | $1,000,000 |
| 2nd | $525,000 |
| 3rd | $300,000 |
| 4th | $235,000 |
| 5th | $200,000 |
| 6th | $162,500 |
| 7th | $138,500 |
| 8th | $120,000 |
| 9th | $105,000 |
| 10th | $93,500 |
| 11th | $85,250 |
| 12th | $80,000 |
| 13th | $75,000 |
| 14th | $71,500 |
| 15th | $68,500 |
| 16th | $65,500 |
| 17th | $62,500 |
| 18th | $59,500 |
| 19th | $57,000 |
| 20th | $55,000 |
| 21st | $53,500 |
| 22nd | $52,000 |
| 23rd | $50,500 |
| 24th | $49,000 |
| 25th | $47,500 |
| 26th | $46,000 |
| 27th | $44,500 |
| 28th | $43,000 |
| 29th | $41,500 |
| 30th | $40,000 |
| 31st | $39,000 |
| 32nd | $38,000 |
| 33rd | $37,000 |
| 34th | $36,000 |
| 35th | $35,000 |
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