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qualified for the Tour Championship at East Lake for a
sixth consecutive year. The 2021 U.S. Open champion is on
a short list of men and women to be ranked No. 1 in the
world as an amateur and as a professional. Also last year, he
and wife Kelley welcomed their second child, a son named
Eneko Cahill.

Masters Money: How much the top LIV pros made
Last week’s Masters featured a deserving champion in Jon
Rahm, who reclaimed the No. 1 ranking with his victory. He
also earned $3.24 million for his win, a record sum for the
Masters.
Rahm has been a stalwart for the PGA Tour in its battle with
LIV Golf, declaring his loyalty to the Tour and becoming one Matt Fitzpatrick
of its primary player spokespeople along with Rory McIlroy.
But this year’s tournament wasn’t restricted to PGA Tour
pros. In the first Masters since the creation of LIV, 18 LIV
pros competed for the green jacket this week.
While two of them withdrew from the tournament (Kevin
Na and Louis Oosthuizen) and some missed the cut and
received $10,000 (such as Bryson DeChambeau and Sergio
Garcia), other LIV pros did quite well, but none better than
Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka, who ended Sunday
locked at eight under for runner-up finishes.
Mickelson and Koepka shared the second- and third-place
prize money as a result, each walking away with $1.584
million. Here’s a complete list of how much money each
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LIV pro made at the Masters

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