Johnson left PGA Tour in 2022 Johnson received a four-year deal worth reportedly $125 million from LIV Golf. According to Palm Beach Post reporter Tom D'Angelo, Johnson had made around $75 million in 15 years on the PGA Tour prior to defecting.

On September 7, Johnson won the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia and the $15 million FedEx Cup.

"Ultimately, he decided it was in his and his family's best interest to pursue it. Dustin has never had an issue with the PGA Tour and is grateful for all it has given him, but in the end, felt this was too compelling to pass up."

Johnson won a tour-best $35.6 million in prize money in 2022 and has won $3.3 million already in 2023. Included in Johnson's 2022 on-field earnings was $18 million for winning the season-long individual championship. Where Johnson felt the pinch of moving to LIV was in off-field earnings.

Some lawmakers, human rights activists and members of a group supporting 9/11 families are blasting the PGA Tour for its plan to join forces with Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf, accusing the U.S. golfing group of helping the nation "sportswash" its record of human rights abuses.

six months Johnson will miss the PGA Championship, the FedEx Cup playoffs and the Ryder Cup. Golf.com had reported Friday that the tour had suspended Johnson for six months for failing a drug test.

$18 million At the TOUR Championship, the player with the lowest stroke total over 72 holes when combined with his FedExCup Starting Strokes will be crowned FedExCup champion, credited with an official victory at the TOUR Championship, earn the winner's prize of $18 million and receive a five-year PGA TOUR exemption.

However, as Attourney Tom Allen explained to Golf Digest, none of the other players suspended by the PGA have been suspended until they've teed off in LIV Golf tournaments, thus allowing Smith to continue playing despite an agreement likely having been reached elsewhere.

$800 million Woods was reportedly offered up to $800 million.

Here's a look at the top-10 money earners on the PGA Tour:

• Viktor Hovland: $33,512,235.
• Scottie Scheffler: $26.4 million.
• Jon Rahm: $21.3 million.
• Rory McIlroy: $20.3 million.
• Wyndham Clark: $17.8 million.
• Xander Schauffele: $15 million.
• Patrick Cantlay: $13.4 million.
• Max Homa: $11.5 million.

Byeong-hun South Korea's An Byeong-hun has been banned for three months for a doping violation, the PGA Tour has announced.

In the wake of the Saudi-backed league's launch, the PGA Tour put in a new rule barring non-members for a year if they play in 'unauthorized tournaments. ' When Phil Mickelson and 10 other former PGA Tour players brought an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour on Aug. 3, 2022, it seemed to have some merit.