{"id":44129,"date":"2022-08-13T10:12:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T10:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/liv-golf-denies-speculation-that-players-arent-getting-prize-money\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T10:12:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T10:12:43","slug":"liv-golf-denies-speculation-that-players-arent-getting-prize-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/liv-golf-denies-speculation-that-players-arent-getting-prize-money\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf denies speculation that players aren&#8217;t getting prize money"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>LIV Golf has gained notoriety for its ludicrous payouts and contract offers, though in recent days rumors have circulated that such financial terms are partially dubious. <\/p>\n<p>Their validity came into question Tuesday, during a hearing for three LIV golfers currently suspended by the PGA Tour who sought emergency relief to compete in the tour&#8217;s FedEx Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Beth Labson Freeman, the judge for the case, noted that the contracts given by the Saudi-backed golf league calls for immediate payments \u201csimply for showing up for the first tournament.\u201d  Robert Waters, the players&#8217; attorney, seemed to insinuate otherwise, however. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, they do, but then they have to win money in order to recoup against the contract, so they are a little bit different,\u201d Waters explained.<\/p>\n<p>LIV Golf, though, abruptly shut down the idea that players receive prize money only if the amount tops their guaranteed pay.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>LIV Golf CEO\/Commissioner Greg Norman<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI haven&#8217;t yet received the transcript from the proceedings [Tuesday], but it seems there is a misunderstanding regarding prize purses,&#8221; Atul Khosla, president and chief operating officer of LIV Golf, said in a memo.  \u201cThis issue is simple, and we&#8217;ve addressed it before.  Prize money is of course separate from the contractual monies that players earn.  As you already know, prize money is not subtracted from a player&#8217;s contractual earnings.  That&#8217;s all there is to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe maintain that every player&#8217;s contract is separate from prize money,\u201d a LIV spokesperson also told Sports Illustrated. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this summer, at LIV&#8217;s tournament outside Portland, Ore., Brooks Koepka, among others, were also asked whether their tournament winnings counted against the money they received for joining the league and they said that was not the case.   <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the three players \u2014 Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones \u2014 did not receive a temporary injunction.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIV Golf has gained notoriety for its ludicrous payouts and contract offers, though in recent days rumors have circulated that such financial terms are partially dubious. Their validity came into question Tuesday, during a hearing for three LIV golfers currently suspended by the PGA Tour who sought emergency relief to compete in the tour&#8217;s FedEx &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/liv-golf-denies-speculation-that-players-arent-getting-prize-money\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LIV Golf denies speculation that players aren&#8217;t getting prize money<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[17362,1274,7576,1276,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39164,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pga-tour-files-motion-in-federal-court-to-keep-three-liv-golfers-out-of-fedex-cup-playoffs\/","url_meta":{"origin":44129,"position":0},"title":"PGA Tour files motion in federal court to keep three LIV golfers out of FedEx Cup playoffs","date":"August 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The PGA Tour has asked a federal judge to deny a temporary restraining order to three of its suspended members who left to compete on the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series and are seeking to participate in the FedEx Cup playoffs, arguing the players can't \"have their cake and eat\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40630,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/federal-judge-denies-liv-golfers-bid-for-pga-tour-postseason\/","url_meta":{"origin":44129,"position":1},"title":"Federal judge denies LIV golfers bid for PGA Tour postseason","date":"August 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"SAN JOSE, Calif. 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