LIV Golf at The Masters: How they performed

Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka were the standout LIV Golf players at the Masters as they shared second place at Augusta National.

It was always going to be interesting to see how the 18 LIV Golf players would go in the first Major of the year. And to most, they outperformed the expectations.

Now only playing three-round tournaments, the LIV Golf crew did well with all the attention on them.

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LIV Golf nearly got their first Major

It was nearly a fantastic Easter weekend as Brooks Koepka tried to hold off Jon Rahm in the final round. But the big-hitting American, who has four Majors to his name, failed to convert a birdie try at the second hole. The momentum shifted and in the end, Rahm cruised home.

In front of them, Phil Mickelson turned back the clock with a closing 65.

Mickelson charged up the leaderboard on Sunday with the round-of-the-day, firing seven birdies over his final 13 holes to post his best worldwide finish since winning the PGA Championship in 2021.

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He was joined in the top six by Patrick Reed, a former winner of the Masters. Chile’s Joaquin Niemann was down in T16 and Harold Varner III snuck inside the top 30.

American Talor Gooch and runner up last year Cameron Smith ended in T34.

Mito Pereira was one of the most recent players to switch to LIV Golf and he shared 43rd place.

Dustin Johnson had a slow week and ended in T48 which was two places above South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel. He did though keep a good streak alive in that a South African has made the cut every year since 1986.

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MASTERS 2023 MONEY

Position	Player	Score	Earnings
1	Jon Rahm	-12	$3,240,000
T2	Phil Mickelson	-8	$1,584,000
T2	Brooks Koepka	-8	$1,584,000
T4	Jordan Spieth	-7	$744,000
T4	Patrick Reed	-7	$744,000
T4	Russell Henley	-7	$744,000
T7	Cameron Young	-6	$580,500
T7	Viktor Hovland	-6	$580,500
9	Sahith Theegala	-5	$522,000
T10	Matt Fitzpatrick	-4	$432,000
T10	Scottie Scheffler	-4	$432,000
T10	Xander Schauffele	-4	$432,000
T10	Collin Morikawa	-4	$432,000
T14	Gary Woodland	-3	$333,000
T14	Patrick Cantlay	-3	$333,000
T16	Tom Kim	-2	$261,000
T16	Sungjae Im	-2	$261,000
T16	Joaquin Niemann	-2	$261,000
T16	Shane Lowry	-2	$261,000
T16	Justin Rose	-2	$261,000
T16	Sam Bennett (a)	-2	$0
T16	Hideki Matsuyama	-2	$261,000
T23	Keegan Bradley	-1	$187,200
T23	Chris Kirk	-1	$187,200
T23	K.H. Lee	-1	$187,200
T26	Tony Finau	E	$147,000
T26	Scott Stallings	E	$147,000
T26	Ryan Fox	E	$147,000
T29	Si Woo Kim	1	$125,100
T29	Sam Burns	1	$125,100
T29	Harold Varner III	1	$125,100
T29	Mackenzie Hughes	1	$125,100
33	Tommy Fleetwood	3	$111,600
T34	Tyrrell Hatton	4	$97,200
T34	Cameron Smith	4	$97,200
T34	Zach Johnson	4	$97,200
T34	Talor Gooch	4	$97,200
T34	J.T. Poston	4	$97,200
T39	Taylor Moore	5	$79,200
T39	Abraham Ancer	5	$79,200
T39	Adam Scott	5	$79,200
T39	Jason Day	5	$79,200
T43	Max Homa	6	$66,600
T43	Harris English	6	$66,600
T43	Mito Pereira	6	$66,600
T46	Sepp Straka	7	$57,600
T46	Séamus Power	7	$57,600
T48	Thomas Pieters	8	$50,760
T48	Dustin Johnson	8	$50,760
T50	Charl Schwartzel	9	$46,080
T50	Fred Couples	9	$46,080
52	Billy Horschel	12	$44,280
53	Keith Mitchell	14	$43,200

Rahm claimed his second major title earning himself a green jacket and a $3.24 million for his four-shot victory.

Mickelson and Koepka each took home $1.58 million.

This year’s event set a pair of records in regard to prize money, with an $18 million purse, up from $15 million in 2022 and $11.5 million in 2021.

Rahm’s payday was significantly more than the $2.7 million that Scottie Scheffler earned last year for winning.

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Those who missed the cut earned $10 000.

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