MIAMI—A $50-million purse may be serious money but there was a laughter-filled start to the LIV Golf Series finale at Trump National Doral Golf Club on Wednesday, Oct. 26, as the Saudi-backed venture prepared to crown a first team champion.
While $50 million represents the sport’s biggest ever pay day, fun, not money, has been the reason most often given by players for jumping from the established PGA Tour to the controversial rebel circuit that brands itself as “Golf, But Louder.”