The last date of the Saudi Super League distributes $50 million to the winning team, since unlike other tournaments, this one is played only by teams. The Chileans are already in the semi-final.
End of season for LIV Golf. This Friday began the last date of the Saudi Super League, which has the particularity of being played only in teams and with 50 million dollars to distribute, the second largest prize in the world of golf, behind the bonus awarded by the FedEx Cup . which divides $75 million among the top 150 of the year. In this PGA event, the winner takes home 18 million, while here the champion team shares 14 between its fourth participants.
In the middle of this fight of millions, there will be Joaquín Niemann and Mito Pereira, who will defend the colors of Torque GC, a team already qualified for the semi-finals, which begin on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Chile. This will be the last stop for the national championships before competing in the Pan American Games. This is why they want to close in the best possible way the event which takes place at Trump National Doral, one of the dozen golf clubs that the former president owns in the United States.
A total of $50 million will be awarded in prizes, of which $14 will be awarded to the winning team. This figure is distributed among the four participants of the team, therefore Each of the champions will receive $3.5 million in North American currency. More than what the winners of the majors receive.
On Saturday, it will be played with two formats. First two individual duels in match play (the winner of the hole scores a point) then a quartet , where the other two golfers on each team will alternate their shots in an 18-hole round. On Sunday, however, everything will be set with a normal round of LIV, but where each player’s results will be added up for their teams. The four best on Saturday will play for places from 1st to 4th.
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