"Happy for him but this won’t be in his legacy": Golf fans react to Brooks Koepka winning $4,000,000 bonus on LIV Tour
Brooks Koepka put on a stellar show at the LIV Golf Jeddah to win his back-to-back title in the same event. This was his third victory in the League which came after he defeated Talor Gooch in a playoff match at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City.
After defending his title, he was informed in a post-round interview that he had finished third in the season's individual rankings and earned a bonus prize of $4 million. And he was pretty shocked to hear that.
NUCLR GOLF, a golf update page on X (formerly Twitter), reposted a video from LIV Golf and on the post, fans reacted to Brooks Koepka's $4 million bonus prize. One of them wrote,
"The fans don’t care about that. Happy for him though but this won’t be in his legacy"
Another user wrote that fans do not care how much Koepka won and he was more bothered about Lexi Thompson making the cut at the Shriners Children's Open this weekend.
There was a fan who lashed out at Brooks Koepka and advised the golfer to look to win the Masters Tournament for no money. He also called it "uninspiring" and suggested junior golfers not follow LIV Golf.
Here are some top comments from fans on Koepka's 44 million bonus prize win at the LIV Golf Jeddah:
Brooks Koepka started his campaign at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club with a blistering round of 4 under 66 and his scorecard included an eagle, four birdies, and a bogey.
In the second round, the 33-year-old American shot a bogey-free round of 8 under 62 with the help of eight birdies. In the final round, he carded a score of 2 under 68 to get locked in the top spot with Talor Gooch. Later on, in the playoff he defeated the latter to defend his LIV Golf Jeddah title.
How much did Brooks Koepka win at the LIV Golf Jeddah apart from his $4 million bonus?
The 33-year-old American golfer earned a paycheck of $4 million for his third victory at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club. He dethroned Bryson DeChambeau from the third rank in the season's individual rankings to earn another $4 million bonus prize money.
Below are the prize money payout to the top 20 players on the leaderboard of LIV Golf Jeddah:
- Win - Brooks Koepka $4,000,000
- 2 - Talor Gooch $2,250,000
- T3 - Harold Varner III $1,100,000
- T3 - Scott Vincent $1,100,000
- T3 - Sergio Garcia $1,100,000
- T6 - Dustin Johnson $613,333
- T6 - Mito Pereira $613,333
- T6 - Charles Howell III $613,333
- T9 - Cameron Tringale $437,500
- T9 - Joaquin Niemann $437,500
- T11 - Bernd Wiesberger $331,428
- T11 - Peter Uihlein $331,428
- T11 - Abraham Ancer $331,428
- T11 - Dean Burmester $331,428
- T11 - Richard Bland $331,428
- T11 - Eugenio Chacarra $331,428
- T11 - Bryson DeChambeau $331,428
- T18 - Lee Westwood $245,000
- T18 -Carlos Ortiz $245,000
- T18 - Patrick Reed $245,000
- T18 - Charl Schwartzel $245,000
- T18 -Jason Kokrak $245,000
Brooks Koepka will be next seen at the LIV Golf Miami from October 20 to 22 leading the Smash GC in the Team Championship event.