Dustin Johnson clinches the inaugural LIV Golf 

Dustin Johnson has enough points to clinch the inaugural LIV Golf Singles Championship of the season and the $18 million prize, LIV officials announced Monday.

The two-time major winner has secured five top-10 finishes in his opening six tournaments and won the LIV Golf Invitational Boston last month.

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He earned $4 million for this win. In Bangkok on Sunday Johnson, 38, finished 16th at the LIV Golf Invitational.

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Johnson's consistency gives him a 42-point lead over the next closest player, Branden Grace, with the winner of the season's final individual.

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"Concluding the individual competition is big. It's an honor to be LIV's first individual season champion,” Johnson said.

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The 38-year-old expressed his thanks to the "growing legion of LIV fans around the world" and said he "looks forward to further contributing to LIV Golf's exciting story.

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The controversial LIV Golf Series has caused a rift in professional golf as LIV golfers have been banned from the PGA Tour and currently no world ranking points.

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The PGA Tour and LIV Golf are embroiled in a legal battle with lawsuits against each other. In August, the LIV Series joined an antitrust lawsuit filed by some of its players,

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