Biography Flash: Dustin Johnson Signs $100 Million LIV Golf Deal While League Loses Nearly Half a Billion
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Biography Flash: Dustin Johnson Signs $100 Million LIV Golf Deal While League Loses Nearly Half a Billion
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Dustin Johnson is making headlines this week with a major commitment to LIV Golf that signals his long-term future with the Saudi-backed league. The two-time major champion has just inked a new multi-year deal believed to be worth over one hundred million dollars, according to reports from Irish Golfer and Golf WRX. Combined with his initial signing bonus rumored at one hundred twenty-five million and four years of tournament earnings totaling sixty million, Johnson is approaching the three hundred million dollar mark with LIV, cementing his status as one of the league's marquee investments.
What's particularly notable is that this re-signing comes at a time when LIV Golf itself is hemorrhaging cash. The International arm, registered at Companies House in the UK, lost four hundred sixty-one point eight million dollars in 2024 alone. Yet despite these staggering losses, LIV continues to back its biggest stars. Johnson, one of the original crew to jump ship from the PGA Tour back in 2022, represents the league's confidence that the venture will eventually turn profitable.
On the equipment front, Johnson has been quite active. Golf Monthly reports that he's now on his sixth putter change of 2025, demonstrating remarkable indecision about his flatstick. At the International Series Philippines event on the Asian Tour, he was spotted using a Scotty Cameron putter, specifically a model similar to the T5.5, a club he's had in the bag previously. He's also been experimenting with new golf shoes, transitioning from his typical adidas Tour360s to Nike Victory Tour 4s, the same model worn by Rory McIlroy throughout much of 2025, and even Nike Air Max 1 '86 OG golf shoes.
The broader narrative here reflects something the golf community has been observing. While Johnson remains supremely talented, his performance metrics have declined since joining LIV. In 2025, he failed to record a win for the first time, finishing fourteenth in the standings. Despite his undeniable skill—matching Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler for sustained high-quality play over the past decade—questions linger about whether the financial security has dulled his competitive edge.
Johnson has always played golf for the money, and he's never apologized for it. This new deal proves that the money in professional golf continues flowing toward the biggest names, even as the business model itself faces serious questions.
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