Dustin Johnson, the first math champion, ‘dropped’ $18 million

In his sixteenth place on Sunday in the tournament of Bangkokwhere it was imposed Eugenio López-Chacarra is Spanishthe American Dustin Johnson got the final victory in first edition of LIV Golfthe new circuit funded by Saudi Arabia, which brings a prize of 18 million dollars.

Johnson, winner of two ‘majors’ (2016 US Open and 2020 Masters), has achieved the final individual victory in mathematics, with two championships remaining (Jeddah and Miami) and with the points he has earned in a campaign if where he won the tournament in Boston and finished five times in the top 10 in the first six events played.

He had three points in Bangkok, adding to his 8th place in London, 4th in Portland, 3rd in Bedminster, victory in Boston and 3rd in Chicago. He now has 121 competition points for the entire season, 42 more than second-placed South African Branden Grace.

Now the interest is focused on the fight for second place, which represents a prize of 8 million dollars, and third, with 4 million.

The winner of the 2018 Masters, also American patrick reedis currently in third place ahead of the champion of 2022 British Open, Australian Cameron Smith. To finish on the last podium they also have options Charl Schwartzel, Matthew Wolff, Louis Oosthuizen, Sergio García, Joaquín Niemann, Eugenio López-Chacarra, Henrik Stenson, and Paul Casey.

There are two tournaments left for it: in Jeddah this week and in Miami, later this month.

The final event of 2022 is the season-ending LIV Golf Team Championship at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami, October 28-30. LIV Golf’s 12 teams are competing for a historic purse of $50 million.

With his victory this Sunday in Bangkok, Eugenio López-Chacarra won a prize of 4 million dollars, with 750,000 corresponding to him for the victory of his team, which also included Sergio Garcí and the Mexicans Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz. .