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2024 LIV Golf Houston Final Payouts, Prize Money, Winnings: Carlos Ortiz Wins $4 Million
LIV Golf is back in action one week before a major. It's once again offering a $25 million purse, with $4 million to the individual winner.
This time the setting is Houston, and it serves as a tune-up for several LIV golfers who will play in next week's U.S. Open at Pinehurst, including Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Cam Smith, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson.
Carlos Ortiz won't play in the U.S. Open but he's taking home the $4 million first prize after winning at the Golf Club of Houston. The Cleeks won the team title.
Here's the full prize money breakdown from 2024 LIV Golf Houston.
2024 LIV Golf Houston Final Payouts
WIN: Carlos Ortiz, 16 under: $4,000,000
2. Adrian Meronk, 14 under: $2,250,000
T3. Patrick Reed, David Puig; 13 under: $1,250,000
5. Sergio Garcia, 11 under: $800,000
T6. Anirban Lahiri, Graeme McDowell, Lucas Herbert; 10 under: $608,333.33
T9. Brooks Koepka, Martin Kaymer, Cameron Tringale, Paul Casey; 9 under: $396,875
13. Dustin Johnson, 8 under: $340,000
14: Matthew Wolff, 7 under: $320,000
T15. Talor Gooch, Henrik Stenson, Sebastian Munoz; 6 under: $285,000
T18. Charl Schwartzel, Lee Westwood, Dean Burmester, Jason Kokrak, Bryson DeChambeau, Tyrrell Hatton; 5 under: $235,000
T24. Marc Leishman, Sam Horsfield, Richard Bland, Abraham Ancer, John Catlin, Thomas Pieters, Kevin Na, Kieran Vincent; 4 under: $182,500
T32. Jinichiro Kozuma, Kalle Samooja, Harold Varner III, Caleb Surratt, Joaquin Niemann; 3 under: $151,500
T37. Brendan Steele, Phil Mickelson; 2 under: $141,250
T39. Matt Jones, Mito Pereira; 1 under: $136,250
41. Eugenio Chacarra, Even: $132,500
T42. Scott Vincent, Andy Ogletree, Peter Uihlein, Pat Perez; 1 over: $127,500
T46. Hudson Swafford, Ian Poulter; 2 over: $123,750
T48. Anthony Kim, Cameron Smith; 4 over: $90,000
50. Danny Lee, 5 over: $60,000
51. Bubba Watson, 6 over: $60,000
52. Branden Grace, 8 over: $50,000
2024 LIV Golf Houston Team Event Prize Money
WIN: Cleeks GC (Richard Bland, Adrian Meronk, Martin Kaymer, Kalle Samooja), 33 under: $3 million
T2. Fireballs GC (Sergio Garcia, David Puig, Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra), Smash GC (Brooks Koepka, Talor Gooch, Graeme McDowell, Jason Kokrak); 31 under: $1 million
Jeff Ritter is the managing director of SI Golf. He has more than 20 years of sports media experience, and previously was the general manager at the Morning Read, where he led that business's growth and joined SI as part of an acquisition in 2022. Earlier in his career he spent more than a decade at SI and Golf Magazine, and his journalism awards include a MIN Magazine Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a master's from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.