Richard Bland clinched the US Senior Open on Monday, July 1, by defeating Hiroyuki Fujita in the fourth playoff hole. This victory earned him a paycheck of $800,000, bringing his total earnings to $1,430,000 from just two Senior Tour events.
Bland, who is on a winning streak on PGA Tour Champions, primarily competes on the LIV Golf circuit and is associated with Cleeks GC. As per Spotrac.com, since joining the Saudi-backed circuit in 2022, he has amassed $11,402,361 in earnings.
In his debut season, Bland earned $3,413,666 from seven LIV Golf events. The number of events increased in 2022, along with his earnings, totaling $4,636,082 from 14 events. Notably, $275,000 of his earnings came from Cleeks GC's seventh-place finish at the Team Championship.
The current season is still going on having nine out of 14 events completed so far. Bland has earned $3,352,613 from these events, including $932,500 from LIV Golf Houston due to Cleeks GC's victory in the team competition.
Richard Bland received $630,000 for his victory at the Senior PGA Championship last month. That was followed by $800,000 for winning the US Senior Open on Monday. In total for this year, he has earned $4,843,666 thus far, with four remaining LIV events still ahead.
Richard Bland's earnings on LIV Golf explored
Here's Richard Bland's earnings on LIV Golf over the years:
2022
- LIV Golf Invitational London (T17): $607,000
- LIV Golf Invitational Portland (T27): $162,000
- LIV Golf Invitational Boston (T17): $215,333
- LIV Golf Invitational Chicago (T18): $215,333
- LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok (T3): $1,300,000
- LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah (T25): $164,000
- LIV Golf Invitational Miami (5): $750,000
2023
- LIV Golf Invitational Mayakoba (T27): $158,000
- LIV Golf Invitational Tucson (T24): $163,000
- LIV Golf Invitational Orlando (T11): $374,000
- LIV Golf Invitational Adelaide (T32): $162,500
- LIV Golf Invitational Singapore (T36): $145,000
- LIV Golf Invitational Tulsa (T23): $200,714
- LIV Golf Invitational DC (T23): $203,333
- LIV Golf Invitational Andalucía (T23): $208,750
- LIV Golf Invitational London (T6): $543,000
- LIV Golf Invitational Greenbrier (T3): $1,175,000
- LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster (T11): $334,571
- LIV Golf Invitational Chicago (T9): $437,500
- LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah (T11): $456,428
2024*
- LIV Golf Invitational Mayakoba (T11): $370,000
- LIV Golf Invitational Las Vegas (T15): $267,500
- LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah (T31): $153,750
- LIV Golf Invitational Hong Kong (T8): $396,071
- LIV Golf Invitational Miami (T14): $301,667
- LIV Golf Invitational Adelaide (T22): $206,250
- LIV Golf Invitational Singapore (T22): $328,000
- LIV Golf Invitational Houston (T24): $932,500
- LIV Golf Invitational Nashville (T9): $396,875