Dustin Johnson could afford 520 nurses' salaries after winning inaugural LIV Golf championship
dailystar.co.ukLIV Golf Championship following the latest rebel event.'DJ', one of the first high profile defectors from the PGA Tour, finished 16th in the latest Saudi-backed tournament in Bangkok, which was won by Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra.
That proved enough to give him an insurmountable 42-point lead in the standings ahead of the season finale in Jeddah from October 14-16.Johnson, 38, claimed a dramatic win at the LIV Golf Invitational in Boston in September, notching an eagle on the first playoff hole in arguably the rebel venture's most dramatic moment yet.
That proved one of five top-10 finishes in the six events of the series to date - with Open champion Cam Smith arriving too late in the season to seriously challenge the American.READ NOW: Shane Lowry and Justin Thomas troll LIV rebel Bryson DeChambeau after bizarre rope injury"Locking up the individual competition is big," Johnson told reporters afterwards. "It's an honour to be LIV's first individual season champion."Small wonder he 's delighted mind, given he'll now bag the top individual prize of £16.2 million.
For context, that's enough to fund the annual wages of around 520 nurses, given they average just over £30,000 in a calendar year.Not that the consolation prizes are measly either.
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