ST. ALBANS, England — If something summed up the absurd quantities of money being lobbed on the new LIV Golf Invitational Sequence it was the $120,000 verify handed to Andy Ogletree for coming in lifeless final on Saturday.
Had the 24-year-old American been enjoying on the PGA Tour this week he would have been heading house after two rounds considering a monetary loss for his efforts.
However with no cuts and prize cash supercharged by the backing of Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund, the previous U.S. beginner champion loved simply his largest pay day — no imply feat contemplating he was 24 over par for his three rounds on the opening occasion at The Centurion close to London.
In keeping with the PGA Tour, which Ogletree joined after turning skilled in 2020, he has profession earnings of $38,000.
He'll not be capable to play on the PGA Tour after the group on Thursday moved to droop all of the gamers who had jumped on board the LIV bandwagon.
For a participant forging a profession, getting barred from the PGA Tour would normally quantity to monetary suicide.
But if Ogletree performs within the remaining six particular person occasions this yr, even ending final in all of them, he will probably be earnings of near $1 million.
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