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LIV Golf star makes brutally honest money admission and numbers back him up

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LIV Golf star makes brutally honest money admission and numbers back him up

LIV Golf’s ridiculous riches swayed the mind of golf veteran Richard Bland, who has earned more in the Saudi breakaway Tour than he did in 511 DP World Tour tournaments

Richard Bland says money was the motivator for joining LIV Golf(Getty)

Richard Bland hasn’t been shy to admit money was his motivation behind joining LIV Golf, with his winnings topping $11.5 million.

The 51-year-old won over $3.5m in the inaugural season and more than $4.4m in 2023. And in 2024, he has picked up a further $2.3m, boosted by $630,000 for his senior PGA win and $800,000 at the US Senior Open.

Bland’s move to LIV Golf has seen him earn more prize money than that of what he picked up in 511 tournaments on the DP World Tour. “That was purely why I did it,” Bland honestly admitted to Golf Monthly. “I wasn’t trying to pull the wool over anybody’s eyes. I was honest and upfront of why I joined LIV and it was purely for the money.”

“I know people have been slated, you know, ‘it’s growing the game, it’s doing this doing that, whatever,’ I purely went for one thing and one thing only, and I’m not ashamed to say that. I had the opportunity to make my life, my family’s life and whatever we do as a family a lot more easier. So as I say it was a no-brainer.”

Bland did not receive a plush signing bonus, though, unlike Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm, who were handed nine-figure deals. “You know, as I’ve said many times like I know a lot of people who believe me when I say this but LIV didn’t offer me a dollar, it was just purely the opportunity to play,” Bland added.

“So no matter what people might think, whether I’m lying or not telling the truth on this side, I’ve got nothing to hide I never have. So it was just purely the opportunity to play and I had to play well enough to stay on LIV. Obviously it was a decision that I had to talk to my wife and to my family about and in the end it was quite an easy decision for me.

“I didn’t sign for one penny and that was fine and I don’t begrudge the guys that signed for tens of millions or whatever, they earned it that’s fine. They’ve been at the sharp end of golf so to speak at the high end of the world rankings for a lot longer than I was.

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