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Lucas Herbert’s PGA Tour Earnings Explored, Amid LIV Golf Defection

Published 01/30/2024, 9:25 AM EST

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The dynamics in the golf world are currently on a rollercoaster. Lucas Herbert has recently added his name to the likes of Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton and has taken on the rite towards LIV Golf. However, the golf world still awaits an exact number that backs this deal.

But amidst all the trials and tribulations that the PGA Tour is currently under, a scary, sharp rise in its top players migrating LIV-wards has become a reality. So before we put a price tag on Herbert’s move to the PIF-backed league, what has been the total money he has bagged from his PGA Tour career so far?

How much did Lucas Herbert bag from the PGA Tour?

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The year 2024 started with the PGA Tour having to bid some unexpected goodbyes. One such difficult goodbye has been between the American Golf Tour and the Australian golfer who turned pro in 2015. His total earnings on the PGA Tour make up a total of $4,109,553.

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Undoubtedly, in his time on the PGA Tour, Lucas Herbert went on to make many memories and, with them, also a lot of money. In the 2022–2023 season alone, the Aussie made a whopping sum of $1,192,273.

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The one-time PGAT win that Herbert accrued at the 2021 Butterfield Bermuda Championship helped him earn a mind-blowing sum of $1.17 million. Furthermore, he also has three DPWT wins to his name and has earned around $5.5 million on the European Tour.

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It is expected that following their USP of providing defectors like Lucas Herbet multi-million dollar deals, LIV Golf must have signed the 28-year-old for a sum greater than his earnings at the PGA Tour so far. But what’s the update on this major change?

What’s the update on his LIV Golf move?

It has been suspected for some weeks now that Lucas Herbert will be making a swift shift to LIV Golf, but a recent update has added salt to a grieving PGA Tour’s burns. The recent spotting of the bright golfer in Ripper GC merchandise on-course alongside Cameron Smith has grabbed the attention of the entirety of the golf fraternity.

As the Saudi-backed league prepares for its season-opening event in Mayakoba, an eagerly preparing Herbert proves it is one of the signs of his end times with the PGA Tour. Whether things will change or not if the long-awaited merger becomes a reality is still a matter of debate. However, for now, the Australian sensation seems to be at the $4 million mark with the PGA Tour.

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