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The American, 38, shot a five-under-par 67 on Sunday to finish
on nine-under par, leaving him with an insurmountable 42-point
lead over Branden Grace of South Africa.
Johnson finished in the top five in four of the previous five
events, taking home $4 million for his only win of the series in
Boston in September.
"Locking up the individual competition is big. It's an honour to
be LIV's first individual season champion," Johnson said.
Patrick Reed, the 2018 Masters winner, sits in third in the
overall standings while British Open champion Cameron Smith is
in fourth spot. The runner-up will be awarded $8 million while
the third-placed player earns $4 million.
The individual competition concludes in Jeddah from Oct. 14-16
before a final team championship at former U.S. president Donald
Trump's Doral course in Miami.
"The first chapter of LIV Golf's history could not be written
without Dustin Johnson's name," LIV chief executive Greg Norman
said.
"By any measure, DJ is among the elite players in the world.
From the start he's been an LIV Golf cornerstone. He has more
than lived up to his billing and deserves immense credit."
LIV Golf has lured away some of the U.S.-based PGA Tour's top
members with huge sums of money, leading to a simmering feud
between the sport's top players and organisers.
LIV tournaments do not count towards the world rankings, and
players who compete in the breakaway series have been suspended
from the PGA Tour.
The series is s bankrolled by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment
Fund and critics have accused it of being a vehicle for the
country to attempt to improve its reputation in the face of
criticism of its human rights record.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken
Ferris)
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