“The rest will take care of itself” - Bryson DeChambeau eyes LIV Golf’s $18,000,000 jackpot

Bryson DeChambeau, who sits third in the LIV Golf standings, has his eyes on the $18 million jackpot in bonus. Following the LIV Golf Jeddah event on Sunday, October 15, the winner of the individual championship for the 2023 season will be known.

The top three golfers in the season standings will be rewarded with $18 million, $8 million and $4 million respectively. Australian golfer Cameron Smith is leading the standing with a score of 170, 24 points ahead of DeChambeau. The winner of the Jeddah event will be awarded 40 points.

Following the two rounds of the Jeddah event, Bryson DeChambeau is fourth with a score of under 8. He played an incredible round of 63 on Saturday to jump 10 positions in the leaderboard.

Bryson said that his focus is only on the final round on Sunday, October 15: (via The News Daily):

“All I’m focused on tomorrow is winning this tournament, and the rest will take care of itself. The job is not even close to being done. We’ve got 18 more holes.”

Talor Gooch is in second position in the LIV Golf standings. After the second round of the Jeddah event, he's tied for ninth place with a score of under 6.

Smith tied for 25th position with Thomas Pieters, Abraham Ancer, David Puig, Peter Uihlein and Paul Casey.

How Bryson DeChambeau could win $18 million bonus

Bryson DeChambeau will win the LIV Golf individual title this season if he wins the Jeddah event on Sunday and Cameron Smith finishes no better than fifth place and Gooch finishes outside the top three.

If DeChambeau finishes second at the 2023 LIV Golf Jeddah event, he will win the individual title only if Smith finishes outside the top 13 and Gooch outside the top six.

DeChambeau can also win the individual title if he finishes third, Smith finished outside 25 and Gooch is no better than 11th.

Here're the current 2023 LIV Golf standings:

1. Cameron Smith: 170
2. Talor Gooch: 162
3. Bryson DeChambeau: 146
4. Patrick Reed: 121
5. Brooks Koepka: 112
6. Braden Grace: 112
7. Dustin Johnson: 111
8. Mito Pereira: 107
9. Sebastian Munoz: 101
10. Anirban Lahiri: 99
11. Harold Varner II: 97
12. Peter Uihlein: 94
13. Charles Howell II: 90
14. Dean Burnmester: 88
15. Carlos Ortiz: 86
16. Marc Leishman: 75
17. Cameron Tringale: 75
18. B. Steele: 70
19. Sergio Garcia: 67
20. Richard Bland: 64