Brooks Koepka grabs biggest payday with LIV play-off win

Saudi Arabia): Four-time major-winner Brooks Koepka secured the biggest payday of his career with a $4 million play-off win over close friend Peter Uihlein on the Saudi-funded LIV Golf breakaway tour on Sunday. Koepka's birdie on the Jeddah Invitational's third play-off hole cost Uihlein an eye-watering $5.875 million as it denied him the winner's prize plus $8 million for second place in the season standings. Uihlein can console himself with $4 million for third place this season, plus $2.125 million for second place on Sunday and $750,000 for winning the team event alongside Koepka.

Koepka can also add $750,000 to his winnings for the team victory. The 2017-2018 US Open and 2018-2019 PGA Championship winner was emotional afterwards, revealing he had feared for his career while battling injury. "The last two years haven't been fun -- it's been a long road," Koepka said.

"I didn't know if my career was over for half-a-second. I wasn't sure if I was going to play so it's nice to be able to come back and be able to win." The $25 million tournament in King Abdullah Economic City, north of Jeddah, was the first LIV stop in Saudi Arabia and the last individual event of a debut season that has split the golf world. Uihlein began the day one shot ahead of Koepka and from the shotgun start, the former Challenge Tour room-mates duelled their way around the course on a hot day of stiff breezes and scant birdies.