Dustin Johnson seals $35m 12 months with LIV Golf staff occasion victory at Trump course

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Dustin Johnson took his LIV Golf earnings for the season previous the $35 million mark with victory within the sequence’ remaining occasion of the 12 months in Miami on Sunday.

Having already claimed an $18m winners’ bonus for clinching the person championship in Jeddah earlier this month, the American captained the 4Aces to the staff title at Trump Nationwide Doral to safe his four-man group the $16m staff prize.

Enjoying alongside Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch, and Pat Perez, the staff shot a collective 7-under 281 to take a one-shot victory over Open champion Cameron Smith’s Workforce Punch, who completed runner-up within the 12-team competitors that boasted a $50m prize pot.

Johnson’s $4m minimize of the staff competitors winnings lifts his earnings from the inaugural sequence to $35,637,767, in response to The Related Press.

It marks a mammoth spike in earnings for Johnson who, in simply eight LIV Golf occasions, has matched virtually half a profession’s whole winnings on the PGA Tour. Throughout 16 seasons and 307 occasions on the game’s flagship tour, the two-time main winner amassed virtually $75 million in prize cash.

The 38-year-old’s earlier most worthwhile season had are available 2015-16, the place three victories – together with the US Open – over 22 PGA Tour occasions secured him $9.37 million in earnings. The American performed 12 occasions on the Tour final season, with a six-placed end at The Open one of the best of his 4 main outings.

“It’s fairly good,” Johnson instructed reporters when requested to summarize his 12 months.

“I really feel prefer it ought to have been so much higher, however I’m fairly proud of what ended up occurring, successful the staff championship.

“You add up the numbers and it was nice, I performed good [but] … I didn’t play my greatest, it may all the time be higher, however that’s golf.”

Johnson’s compatriot Peter Uihlein, who has by no means gained on the PGA Tour, collected simply over $12.5m through the sequence to double his decade-long professional profession earnings, whereas teammate Perez took his sequence earnings over $8m with victory in Miami, virtually double the roughly $4.3m the 46-year-old earned in his most worthwhile season on the PGA Tour in 2017.

“All of the push-back, all of the destructive feedback, all the things we’ve gotten – at this level I actually don’t care. I’m paid, I don’t give a rattling,” Perez stated.

“My staff performed unbelievable this 12 months … To have these guys and their caddies and households and coaches and everyone, it’s only one large household now.

“I simply couldn’t be any happier. It’s unbelievable.”

The LIV Golf sequence is ready to increase to 14 occasions subsequent season, paving the best way for even bigger payouts, with six-time main winner Phil Mickelson insisting that the tour is “not going away.”