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LIV Golf players list: Everyone who has quit PGA Tour and DP World Tour to play in the 2023 series

Cameron smith, dustin johnson and phil mickelson are among other players to have pledged their commitment to liv golf.

When the highly contentious LIV Invitational Series resumes in 2024, it will boast reigning Masters champion and world No 3-ranked Jon Rahm as the latest of golf’s most famous players who have signed up to play .

Rahm , a four-time winner on the 2023 PGA Tour, member of Europe’s Ryder Cup -winning team and prior critic of the LIV format , joins the league bankrolled by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund in a deal reportedly worth up to £450m.

Rumours had begun to swirl over the Spaniard’s future, including when he was notably absent from the line-up of golfers committed to the PGA Tour’s American Express stop in January, as well as withdrawing from the Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy -backed TGL league’s inaugural season last month.

And despite admitting his decision to join LIV was a “risk” in terms of his future participation in the Ryder Cup – the 29-year-old will need to remain a member of the DP World Tour to be eligible for the biennial USA vs Europe showdown – Rahm told Fox News : “Things have changed a lot in the game of golf over the past two years and I’ve seen the growth of LIV Golf and the innovation.

“That’s why I’m here today. This decision was made for many reasons and what I thought was best for me. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great deal.”

The 2024 LIV Golf schedule will feature 14 stops, including new events in Las Vegas, Houston and Nashville.

2024 LIV Golf Schedule 2-4 February:  LIV Mayakoba — El Cameleon Country Club 8-10 February : LIV Las Vegas — Las Vegas Country Club 1-3 March:  LIV Saudi Arabia — TBD 8-10 March:  LIV Hong Kong — Hong Kong Golf Club 5-7 April:  LIV “USA” — Location and course TBD 26-28 April:  LIV Adelaide — The Grange Golf Club 3-5 May:  LIV Singapore — The Serapong Golf Club 7-9 June:  LIV Houston — The Golf Club of Houston 21-23 June:  LIV Nashville — The Grove Golf Club 12-14 July:  LIV Andalucia — Real Club Valderrama 25-28 July:  LIV UK: Staffordshire — JCB Golf and Country Club 16-19 August:  LIV Greenbrier — The Old White Course at the Greenbrier TBD:  LIV Golf Individual Championships TBD:  LIV Golf Team Championships.

Who played in the 2023 LIV Golf series and how did it work?

The financial package put forward by LIV Golf seduced Dustin Johnson , Lee Westwood , and Sergio Garcia from the get-go last year, with Phil Mickelson, Ian Poulter and plenty of others signing up soon after.

Mickelson was reportedly paid $200m (£159m) just for turning up, while Johnson, the top-ranked player to have joined so far, earning $150m (£119m). Johnson announced his resignation from the PGA Tour in order to concentrate fully on the new tournament fronted by former world No 1 Greg Norman, but the PGA has since suspended all players to have made the switch.

Besides the eye-watering signing-on-fees, the prize money on offer is staggering. There is a $25m (£19.9m) purse to be split between the 48 players per tournament in the eight-event series, with the winner pocketing $4m (£3.2m) and the loser earning $120k (£95k).

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The format is also very different from traditional majors. There are 54 rather than 72 holes for a start – “LIV” is 54 in Roman numerals – there is a “shotgun” start where players tee off at the same time, and golfers are grouped into teams of four.

Johnson is captain of the “4 Aces”, Mickelson is leading the “Hy Flyers” and Poulter is affiliated to “Majesticks”.

The first 2022 tournament was held in England, with subsequent events taking place in Portland, Bedminster, Boston, Chicago, Bangkok, Jeddah and Miami.

In the build-up, players faced questions about “sportswashing” and whether Saudi Arabia is seeking to deflect attention from its human rights record by investing so heavily in the sport. Mickelson previously called the Saudis “scary motherf**kers” before backtracking.

“I don’t condone human rights violations at all,” he said. “I’m certainly aware of what has happened with Jamal Khashoggi and I think it’s terrible. I have also seen the good that the game of golf has done throughout history and I believe LIV Golf is going to do a lot of good for the game as well.”

Graeme McDowell said “we’re not politicians, we’re professional golfers,” in regards to the country’s human rights record and Talor Gooch responded “I’m a golfer, I’m not that smart”. Poulter and Westwood both said they would not answer “hypothetical questions” when asked whether they would have played in a tournament held by Vladimir Putin or in South Africa during Apartheid.

Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka, former US Open winner Bryson DeChambeau and ex-Masters champion Patrick Reed signed up to the breakaway competition after the first event, while Paul Casey was also confirmed in early July.

Open champion Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann were then among a fresh wave of players unveiled by LIV Golf.

The 2023 series kicked off in Mayakoba in February, followed by tournaments in Tucson, Orlando, Adelaide, Singapore, Tulsa, DC, Valderrama, London, Greenbrier, Bedminster, Chicago, Miami and Jeddah.

2023 LIV Golf players list A-Z

Here are all 48 players who competed in the 14-event series in 2023.

There were 12 teams in total, with 13 major champions in the field, 16 nations represented, and a combined 125 Ryder Cup appearances.

Four players – Dustin Johnson, Martin Kaymer, Brooks Koepka and Lee Westwood – have held the title of world No 1. Scroll down for the teams and more analysis.

• Abraham Ancer
• Richard Bland
• Dean Burmester
• Laurie Canter
• Eugenio Chacarra
• Bryson DeChambeau
• Sergio Garcia
• Talor Gooch
• Branden Grace
• Sam Horsfield
• Charles Howell III
• Dustin Johnson
• Martin Kaymer
• Brooks Koepka
• Chase Koepka
• Jason Kokrak
• Anirban Lahiri
• Marc Leishman
• Graeme McDowell
• Phil Mickelson
• Jediah Morgan
• Sebastian Munoz
• Joaquin Niemann
• Andy Ogletree
• Louis Oosthuizen
• Carlos Ortiz
• Mito Pereira
• Thomas Pieters
• Ian Poulter
• Patrick Reed
• Charl Schwartzel
• Cameron Smith
• Brendan Steele
• Henrik Stenson
• Cameron Tringale
• Peter Uihlein
• Harold Varner III
• Scott Vincent
• Bubba Watson
• Lee Westwood
• Bernd Wiesberger
• Matthew Wolff

LIV Golf 2023 team names and roster

• 4Aces – Dustin Johnson (captain), Patrick Reed, Pat Perez, Peter Uihlein
• Cleeks – Martin Kaymer (captain), Graeme McDowell, Richard Bland, Bernd Wiesberger
• Crushers – Bryson DeChambeau (captain), Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri
• Fireballs – Sergio Garcia (captain), Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Eugenio Chacarra
• HyFlyers – Phil Mickelson (captain), Cameron Tringale, James Piot, Brendan Steele
• Iron Heads – Kevin Na (captain), Sihwan Kim, Scott Vincent, Danny Lee
• Majesticks – Ian Poulter (co-captain), Henrik Stenson (co-captain), Lee Westwood (co-captain), Sam Horsfield
• RangeGoats – Bubba Watson (captain), Harold Varner III, Talor Gooch, Thomas Pieters
• Ripper – Cameron Smith (captain), Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Jed Morgan
• Smash – Brooks Koepka (captain), Matthew Wolff, Jason Kokrak, Chase Koepka
• Stinger – Louis Oosthuizen (captain), Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, Dean Burmester
• Torque – Joaquin Niemann (captain), Mito Pereira, Sebastian Munoz, David Puig

Analysis: LIV Invitational is morally bankrupt and won’t revitalise golf

By Matt Butler

The name is quite clever: LIV. In Roman numerals it is 54 and the players in this new incarnation of golf kicking off in the exotic locale of Hemel Hempstead will play that many holes. Neat, huh?

Of course, you might say that a new sporting franchise bolstered by limitless petrodollars would be expected to be creative with its branding.

But the new kid in town is a sign that golf is in desperate need of some love. Whether that love comes from a despotic regime with a dreadful record on human rights is something for Phil Mickelson , Dustin Johnson , Lee Westwood and, err, James Piot to ponder as they chase a ball around a course for a share of 20 mill a tournament.

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And if you put aside the ickiness of the Saudi regime behind Jamal Khashoggi ’s killers providing the lipstick and mascara to the game, the concept of a quickfire bunch of tournaments with a set season and eight-figure sums of cash riding on each one sounds intriguing – even if the reason why players joined appears to be all about the money. Not that cold hard cash as a motivator is news, especially in the world of golf.

The rules are thus: everyone tees off at once. It is called a shotgun start, which sounds a little violent, given the paymasters, but I guess bonesaw start would have been too much. Twelve teams of four play in a match-play format, with individual members also competing in a strokeplay competition. There is no cut to miss. So far, so mildly diverting.

However, toe-curlingly twee “Camden Market-style” stalls, a Craig David and Jessie J gig and Sporty Spice on the decks post-match does not sound like much of an answer to the organiser’s promise to “supercharge” golf.

Read Matt’s full analysis here

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LIV Golf Invitational Series: Players, teams, results and all you need to know from inaugural season

Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, Henrik Stenson and Dustin Johnson have won the first four LIV Golf events, while Johnson's 4 Aces side - also containing Patrick Reed, Pat Perez and Taylor Gooch - have topped the team competition three times already this season

Tuesday 13 September 2022 12:55, UK

The inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series has reached its halfway point, with the fifth of the eight scheduled events set to take place at Rich Harvest Farms in Chicago this week.

The Saudi-backed circuit has caused controversy within the golfing world since its launch this year, with the PGA Tour suspending indefinitely players who elected to compete in LIV Golf events.

Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter were among the first wave of players to join the series, consisting of 54-hole events limited to a 48-man field, with Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Champion Golfer of the Year Cameron Smith all signing since.

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Eligible LIV Golf members can currently still compete on the DP World Tour, with Poulter one of 15 golfers to travel from the LIV Golf event in Boston to play at the BMW PGA Championship last week, with fines and sanctions for joining the breakaway tour temporarily lifted until a hearing next February.

There have been no additional signings for this week's LIV Golf event, with 46 of the 48-man field returning from the Boston tournament earlier this month and the two changes being golfers who have already competed on the tour this season.

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The field is set ✅ #LIVGolf #LIVGolfChicago pic.twitter.com/j8zq0y33Gw — LIV Golf (@LIVGolfInv) September 12, 2022

Henrik Stenson returns from injury to replace Shergo Al Kurdi in Majesticks GC, while David Puig comes in for Spain's Adrian Otaegui in the roster and joins Torque GC after turning professional this week.

The story so far

The series launched in June at Centurion Club near London, with South Africa's Charl Schwartzel winning the individual event as well as being part of Stinger GC who cruised to victory in the team contest. Schwartzel's double success saw the former Masters champion pick up a total of $4.75m in prize money, including $4m for the individual prize.

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Another South African, Branden Grace, prevailed in the second tournament at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Portland with 4 Aces GC, consisting of Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch and Pat Perez snaffling the team prize.

The big controversy ahead of the third tournament at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster was the decision of Henrik Stenson to switch to the Greg Norman-fronted tour, with the Swede being stripped of the Ryder Cup captaincy as a result.

Stenson's move paid instant dividends for him, though, as he earned a bumper $4m payday by winning the tournament by two strokes, with 4 Aces once again taking the team honours.

The series remained in the United States for the fourth tournament, with another six new names in the field, the most controversial of them being Open champion Cameron Smith, who had confirmed his long-rumoured switch after the Tour Championship.

Smith tied for fourth place at The International in Boston, finishing just one shot behind Johnson, and two fellow newcomers in Anirban Lahiri and Joaquin Niemann, with Johnson prevailing after the first play-off in the series. The American also added $750,000 to his $4m pay packet with another victory for 4 Aces in the team event.

The win elevated Johnson to the top of the individual standings with 94 points, ahead of Grace (77), Carlos Ortiz (48), Talor Gooch (48) and Matthew Wolff (47). The top three finishers at the end of the seven-event regular season will receive bonuses from the $30m purse, with the winner taking $18m and the runner-up earning $8m.

2022 event-by-event teams and results

Event One - June 9-11 - Centurion Golf Club, England

Individual winner - Charl Schwartzel (-7). Team winner - Stinger GC (-20)

4 Aces GC - Dustin Johnson, Shaun Norris, Oliver Bekker, Kevin Yuan

Cleeks GC - Martin Kaymer, Pablo Larrazabal, JC Ritchie, Ian Snyman

Crushers GC - Peter Uihlein, Richard Bland, Phachara Khongwatmai, Travis Smyth

Fireballs GC - Sergio Garcia, David Puig (AM), James Piot, Jediah Morgan

HY Flyers GC - Phil Mickelson, Justin Harding, Ratchanon 'TK' Chantananuwat (AM), Chase Koepka

Iron Heads GC - Kevin Na, Sadom Kaewkanjana, Hideto Tanihara, Viraj Madappa

Majesticks GC - Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Sam Horsfield, Laurie Canter

Niblicks GC - Graeme McDowell, Bernd Wiesberger, Turk Pettit, Oliver Fisher

Punch GC - Wade Ormsby, Matt Jones, Ryosuke Kinoshita, Blake Windred

Smash GC - Sihwan Kim, Scott Vincent, Jinichiro Kozuma, Itthipat Buranatanyarat

Stinger GC - Louis Oosthuizen, Hennie du Plessis, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace

Torque GC - Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford, Adrian Otaegui, Andy Ogletree

Event Two - June 30-July 2 - Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, Portland, USA

Individual winner - Branden Grace (-13). Team winner - 4 Aces GC (-23)

4 Aces GC - Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch, Pat Perez

Cleeks GC - Martin Kaymer, Scott Vincent, Ian Snyman, Turk Pettit

Crushers GC - Bryson DeChambeau, Shaun Norris, Justin Harding, Peter Uihlein

Fireballs GC - Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Eugenio Chacarra

HY Flyers GC - Phil Mickelson, Bernd Wiesberger, Matthew Wolff, Itthipat Buranatanyarat

Iron Heads GC - Kevin Na, Sadom Kaewkanjana, Phachara Khongwatmai, Sihwan Kim

Niblicks GC - Graeme McDowell, Hudson Swafford, Travis Smyth, James Piot

Punch GC - Wade Ormsby, Matt Jones, Jediah Morgan, Blake Windred

Smash GC - Brooks Koepka, Adrian Otaegui, Richard Bland, Chase Koepka

Stinger GC - Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, Henni du Plessis

Torque GC - Hideto Tanihara, Ryosuke Kinoshita, Yuki Inamori, Jinichiro Kozuma

Event Three - July 29-31 - Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, USA

Individual winner - Henrik Stenson (-11). Team winner - 4 Aces GC (-25)

Cleeks GC - Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Laurie Canter, David Puig (AM)

Crushers GC - Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Shaun Norris

HY Flyers GC - Phil Mickelson, Bernd Wiesberger, Matthew Wolff, Justin Harding

Iron Heads GC - Kevin Na, Sadom Kaewkanjana, Phachara Khongwatmai, Scott Vincent

Majesticks GC - Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson, Sam Horsfield

Niblicks GC - Graeme McDowell, Hudson Swafford, James Piot, Turk Pettit

Punch GC - Wade Ormsby, Matt Jones, Travis Smyth, Jediah Morgan

Smash GC - Brooks Koepka, Jason Kokrak, Richard Bland, Chase Koepka

Event Four - September 2-4 - The Oaks Golf Course at The International, Boston, USA

Individual winner - Dustin Johnson (-15, play-off). Team winner - 4 Aces GC (-32)

Cleeks GC - Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Laurie Canter, Richard Bland

Crushers GC - Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri

HY Flyers GC - Phil Mickelson, Bernd Wiesberger, Matthew Wolff, Cameron Tringale

Majesticks GC - Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Sam Horsfield, Shergo Al Kurdi

Niblicks GC - Harold Varner III, Hudson Swafford, James Piot, Turk Pettit

Punch GC - Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Wade Ormsby, Matt Jones

Smash GC - Brooks Koepka, Jason Kokrak, Peter Uihlein, Chase Koepka

Stinger GC - Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, Shaun Norris

Torque GC - Joaquin Niemann, Scott Vincent, Adrian Otaegui, Jediah Morgan

Event Five - September 16-18 - Rich Harvest Farms Golf, Chicago, USA

Torque GC - Joaquin Niemann, Scott Vincent, David Puig, Jediah Morgan

What are the future plans?

Stonehill Golf Club in Bangkok will be the venue from October 7-9 and Royal Greens Golf Club - the site of the Saudi International in recent years - hosts the following week, with the season-ending Team Championship at Trump National Doral Miami from October 27-30.

The format changes in the Team Championship, which is a seeded four-day, four-round, match play knockout tournament. The top four seeds automatically receive a bye through the first round, with the remaining eight teams playing against each other to see who reaches the quarter-finals.

LIV Golf has announced that the LIV Golf League will officially launch in 2023 with 48 players and 12 established team franchises competing in a 14-tournament schedule.

The full slate of events will be announced at a later date and is expected to expand LIV Golf's global footprint across North and Latin Americas, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Europe.

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From DJ's landmark leap on down, analyzing the 42 players in the inaugural LIV Golf field

At long last, the LIV list is live. The challenger to the PGA Tour’s hegemony over elite professional golf publicized its initial participants on Tuesday evening , releasing 42 names that are set to tee it up in the upstart circuit’s inaugural event next week outside of London. Included are: players we knew were going, players we suspected might be going, players we never really heard about but make a ton of sense, players who are complete surprises, and one generational superstar who flip-flopped seemingly at the last minute. Here’s our best crack at categorizing each of the 42 players set to tee it up at Centurion Golf Club next Thursday, exploring why they might’ve made the choice that they did and forecasting what happens next.

The no surprises

Sergio garcia, richard bland, ian poulter, martin kaymer, lee westwood, kevin na, graeme mcdowell.

Ian Poulter

Jamie Squire

Each of these guys essentially told us they were making the leap—Westwood and Bland were the most open in public about their choice, while Sergio spilled the beans in a heated exchange with a rules official last month. The average age of these seven is 43.3 years old, and each know that their best days as top-flight contenders are in the rearview mirror … and getting smaller and smaller in that mirror. Garcia, Poulter, Kaymer, McDowell and Westwood are putting any future Ryder Cup captaincy roles in danger , but they likely believe such that A) such a ban would not hold up in court or B) the Ryder Cup/major championship ecosystem will back off any hardline stance and learn to exist in a world with both the PGA/DP World Tour and LIV Golf Investments. In that sense, it’s a long-term bet for them, with a healthy financial reward even if they don’t get everything they want. McDowell has been closely linked with LIV since the beginning and is one of the only big names playing in the Asian Tour Invitational Series event in England this week. Bland is an especially interesting case : he’s shot to relevance in his (very) late 40s and, results-wise, he’s playing the best golf of his life, but he knows it likely won’t last much longer. And for a guy who oscillated between the lower levels of the European Tour and the Challenge Tour for two-plus decades, this is an opportunity to parlay a year-ish of solid play into multiple guaranteed millions of dollars. Na (who has won more than $37 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour) pushed hard to get a pick for the last year’s Ryder Cup team, didn’t get it, and might figure that he’ll never quite crack that elite tier of American professional golf. Plus, he telegraphed the move when he inked an endorsement deal with Golf Saudi earlier this year.

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The in-their-prime (ish) DP Worlders

Laurie canter, justin harding, sam horsfield, pablo larrazabal, adrian otaegui, jc ritchie, bernd wiesberger.

Bernd Wiesberger

Richard Heathcote

The PGA Tour has become a much, much richer offering over the last 10 years, but the DP World Tour (formerly European Tour) has lagged considerably behind. And the Old World Circuit seems to have less leverage than ever on the global golf stage; it has acted in lockstep with the PGA Tour throughout this process, aligning itself with its richer American counterpart in an effort to fend off the challengers. The PGA Tour can make a compelling case to players that they can earn absurd heaps of cash by staying, but the DP World Tour cannot , and that puts guys like these in an interesting spot. Each of these five are in the prime-ish of their career, and each have been among the better players on the DP World Tour of late … but none have turned that success into a PGA Tour card. That’s going to be especially costly beginning in August, when the DP World Tour loses its minimum-points threshold from the Official World Golf Ranking. That’s expected to weaken the DP World Tour’s standing in the rankings, and guys like Larrazabal, who have been able to hang inside the top 100 with the semi-frequent high finish in Europe, could well see their ranking drop considerably. So they’re now faced with a choice: stay on the DP World Tour, playing for $2 million purses in full-field events, or make the jump and play for $25 million to be split 48 ways. The DP World Tour declined to comment on the LIV list on Tuesday night, as did the PGA Tour. It’ll be fascinating to see how CEO Keith Pelley and his tour reacts given their seeming lack of leverage.

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The better players from the weaker tours

Oliver bekker, hennie du plessis, sadom kaewkanjana, sihwan kim, phachara khongwatmai, ryosuka kinoshita, jinichiro kozuma, jediah morgan, shaun norris, hideto tanihara, scott vincent, blake windred.

Shaun Norris

Warren Little

You might think of professional golf as a three-or-four tour ecosystem, but it’s a large world out there, and the vast majority of it isn’t private jets and courtesy cars. This bunch has been grinding away on various regional tours for the majority of their professional lives, clawing for modest sums of cash … and along comes an entity promising to double or triple or quadruple their career earnings with just a couple of strong finishes. These guys won’t attract many American eyeballs but it’s hard to fault their reasoning for giving themselves a go. If they get banned from the Sunshine Tour, to cherry pick an example, that’s a risk they are willing to take in order for a life-changing sum.

The amateurs/youngin’s/not-yet-established

Ratchanon chatananuwat, andy ogletree, turk pettit, james piot, david puig.

Chris Keane

Chatananuwat, 15, is the No. 8 amateur in the world and the youngest winner of an event on an OWGR-sanctioned tour. Ogletree won the 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst but has yet to have any success at all on the professional level. Turk Pettit won the 2021 NCAA individual crown but has also struggled to find footing as a pro, though it’s early. James Piot is the reigning U.S. Amateur champ who just turned pro last week after a senior season that fizzled. Spain’s David Puig is No. 9 in the amateur rankings and currently competing for Arizona State at the NCAA championships. Chatananuwat and Puig will likely be playing as amateurs, though they can still be compensated through NIL deals, which Pettit, Ogletree and Piot will be cashing checks. Zoom out a bit, and none of these fives have a PGA or even a European Tour card, so any potential sanctioning of members from those tours won’t impact them. This is a chance to play against stronger fields than they’d get to anywhere else with little risk of damaging their future career.

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The fresh-start, what-else-am-i-gonna-do crowd

Oliver fisher, chase koepka, wade ormsby, peter uihlein.

Chase Koepka

Cliff Hawkins

Fisher, a 33-year-old Englishman, is ranked No. 979 in the world and at risk of losing his DP World Tour playing privileges. Chase Koepka has received a bunch of sponsor’s invites because of his last name but has not done much with them. Ormsby is outside the top 250 and creeping toward his mid-40s. Uihlein, a 32-year-old former can’t-miss Oklahoma State kid and top-ranked amateur, is in no-man’s land between the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour and not playing particularly well on either. This event throws a bone to guys like these whose careers are sputtering in neutral.

The competitive, international PGA Tour players

Branden grace, matt jones, louis oosthuizen, charl schwartzel.

Louis Oosthuizen

David Berding

The South African contingent has long been rumored to be ready to make the jump—Grace is 34 and no longer the Presidents Cup stalwart of his younger years, Oostuizen will turn 40 later this year and has long given the impression that spending time on his farm and riding his tractor with his kids, is more important than any golf event. Schwartzel, while still very much competitive, likely isn’t winning many more tournaments of consequence. These guys likely view LIV as an opportunity to play less golf, for more money, which would allow them more time to spend back home or with their families. Jones is a bit of a surprise given he’s firmly inside the top 100 of the World Ranking, but he’s also north of 40 and has the Australian connection with Greg Norman. Saying goodbye to these won’t crush the PGA Tour, but they’re notable names that are still good enough to compete on the best tour in the world.

The in-their-prime PGA Tour players

Talor gooch, hudson swafford.

Talor Gooch

Mike Ehrmann

When this list was eventually released, these were the types of names I scanned for first: not-old, not-struggling PGA Tour players in the height of their careers. Gooch, 30, is a legitimate shock; he’d just begun to establish himself as a top-50 player in the world , and that comes with a bunch of spoils—spots in all the majors, more money from sponsors, better chance at the FedEx cash, the ability to hand-pick your own schedule … and then he jumps. A curious one for sure. He either believes any ban from the PGA Tour won’t hold up in the courts or that he’s good enough to earn his card back through Q-School/Korn Ferry if it comes to that. (Or, and don’t rule out this possibility, this Oklahoma kid can’t take his eyes off all those zeros in the check he’s getting). Swafford has won twice in the last 21 months and would seem to be living a rather comfortable life on the PGA Tour, but there is always the opportunity for more.

The headliner

Dustin Johnson

David Cannon

DJ had been rumored to be involved with this from the start, but he seemed to plant his flag in the Ponte Vedra corner when he released a pro-PGA Tour statement in February. But then he turned up to the PGA Championship at Southern Hills singing a different tune, talking vaguely about how competition betters golf and how he’s looking forward to seeing how everything plays out. There’s a good chance LIV’s delay in releasing this list is because they still hadn’t secured Johnson’s signature, but now they have their guy, and the statement Johnson’s agent gave told you everything you needed to know: “Dustin’s been contemplating this for the past two years and decided it was in his and his family’s best interest to pursue it,” David Winkle said. “He’s never had any issue w/PGA Tour and is grateful for all it’s given him but in the end felt this was too compelling to pass up.” Translation: I’ve done a ton on the PGA Tour, but I want the money. DJ has long been open about how small his circle is and how he doesn’t really care about anyone outside of it. The drawbacks to this decision—how it might impact his reputation or legacy on the PGA Tour—weren't big enough to dissuade him from jumping. He tends to view things devoid of context, which is a huge asset to his golf game, and for him this was a question of more money versus less money. And he took more.

The names that aren’t there

LIV released 42 names, with five more to be filled based on the results of this week’s Asian Tour event, which leaves one spot available for … well, we don’t know for sure, but you have to think it’s Phil Mickelson. Despite all the noise after his interview with Alan Shipnuck dropped, Mickelson never wavered from his pro-LIV stance and his apology read more like a mea culpa to his Saudi backers than to the PGA Tour. It’s telling that in the midst of his hiatus, his representatives felt the need to clarify that he’d applied for a release to play in the LIV event, which suggests his plans and his allegiances have never changed. Don’t be surprised in the slightest if his playing becomes official in the coming days.

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As far as the countless other notable names not on this list—just because they’re not playing in London doesn’t mean they’re not interested or planning to play in LIV events. There are dozens of players who have not ruled this out—for so many of these guys, loyalty to the PGA Tour and morality-based decisions take a back seat to money and self-interest, and we say that without judgment—but merely want to wait and see what happens to the guys who jump first before they make their call.

The PGA Tour will not discipline players until they actually stick a tee in the ground at the first LIV event, and the action they take—and how it holds up to an inevitable legal challenge—will go a long way in determining the future landscape of professional golf. Do not underestimate the power of unlimited money being doled out by an entity whose motivation runs far deeper than bottom-line profit.

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LIV Golf is back for a second season in 2023 with the Saudi-backed venture looking to gain momentum with its players poised to play in the majors.

The Masters confirmed it will honour invitations to those exempt and those inside the top 50 players in the world according to the OWGR.

That means we may see more drama as the best from LIV take on the best on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour on the biggest stage, with Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed’s thrilling battle at the Dubai Desert Classic showcasing the theatre in the sport currently.

Charles Howell III was the surprise winner of the first event of the season in Mayakoba and helped lead the Crushers to the team title in Mexico.

Here’s everything you need to know about LIV Golf for season two in 2023:

What is LIV Golf?

LIV Golf is the breakaway league fronted by two-time Open champion Greg Norman as chief executive and backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

The PIF has invested unprecedented sums of money into the sport, both for players to sign up and also purses for each event, attracting condemnation from human rights charities such as Amnesty International.

The new competition rules and format bring a fresh look to golf, with the team aspect emerging as its unique selling point.

There will be 12 teams and 48 players in each field, with the tournament played over 54 holes and three days - rather than the traditional 72 holes and four days. There is no cut, unlike the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, while LIV Golf also added the shotgun start, which they say promotes faster play with groups starting at different holes across the course and playing it in different orders.

LIV Golf schedule 2023

24-26 February: El Camaleon Golf Course, Mayakoba, Mexico - Individual winner: Charles Howell. Team winner: Crushers GC

17-19 March: Gallery Golf Club, Tucson, United States

31 March - 2 April Orange County National, Orland, United States

21-23 April Grange Golf Club, Adelaide, Australia

28-30 April Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore

12-14 May Cedar Ridge Country Club, Tulsa, United States

26-28 May Trump National Golf Club, Washington DC, United States

30 June - 2 July Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Andalucia, Spain

7-9 July Centurion Club, St Albans, UK

4-6 August Old White Golf Course, Greenbrier, United States

11-13 August Trump National Bedminster, United States

22-24 September Rich Harvest Farms, Chicago, United States

20-22 October Trump National Doral, United States

3-5 November Royal Greens Golf Course, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Who is playing?

LIV Golf League 2023 - Full Field:

Dustin Johnson

Patrick Reed

Peter Uihlein

Martin Kaymer (replaced by Laurie Canter for first event of the season due to injury)

Bernd Wiesberger

Graeme McDowell

Richard Bland

Phil Mickelson

Cameron Tringale

Brendan Steele

Henrik Stenson

Ian Poulter

Lee Westwood

Sam Horsfeld

Byrson DeChambeau

Charles Howell III

Anirban Lahiri

Scott Vincent

Brooks Koepka

Matthew Wolff

Jason Kokrak

Chase Koepka

Sergio Garcia

Abraham Ancer

Carlos Ortiz

Eugenio Chacarra

Range Goats

Bubba Watson

Talor Gooch

Harold Varner III

Thomas Pieters

Joaquin Niemann

Sebastian Munoz

Mito Pereira

Cameron Smith

Marc Leishman

Louis Oosthuizen

Charl Schwartzel

Branden Grace

Dean Burmester

Players not retained from 2022 LIV Golf season

• Oliver Bekker
• Itthipat Buranatanyarat
• Laurie Canter
• TK Chantananuwat (Amateur)
• Hennie Duplessis
• Oliver Fisher
• Justin Harding
• Yuki Inamori
• Sadom Kaewkanjana
• Phachara Khongwatmai
• Ryosuke Kinoshita
• Jinichiro Kozuma
• Shergo Al Kurdila
• Pablo Larrazabal
• Viraj Madappa
• Jediah Morgan
• Shaun Norris
• Andy Ogletree
• Wade Ormsby
• Adrian Otaegui
• Turk Pettit
• Travis Smyth
• Hudson Swafford
• Hideto Tanihara
• Blake Windred

Is it on TV?

LIV Golf has yet to be picked up by a major broadcaster in the UK, but viewers can watch the coverage for free via the newly-launched LIV Golf Plus app and LIV Golf Plus website .

LIV has signed a TV deal with The CW network - compared to UK comedy channel Dave - in the United States. The first round of action will be available on The CW App through smart TVs and mobile devices, with login or subscription required to watch. The second and third rounds will be available on The CW, as well as the app.

How much is the prize money?

The prize money for 2023 is up 63 percent to $405 million.

Each LIV Golf event will have a purse of $25 million - $20m for the individual event and $5 million for the team event. The Team Championship will have $50 million up for grabs. In addition to the 14 LIV Golf events, there are 11 international series, each boasting a $5 million purse.

The individual winner of each event will take home $4 million, while the winning team adds $3 million - $750,000 per player. Last place, 48th, in the individual standings will still take home $120,000.

The winning team from the Team Championship takes home $16 million, or $4 million per player.

Individual season finish bonuses will be given to the top three players, first takes home an extra $18 million, the runner-up banks $8 million and third takes home $4 million from the $30 million bonus pool.

The individual events will see regular strokeplay scoring to decide the champion each week.

The team event will see the best two stroke play scores from each of the first two rounds count for each team. For the third and final round, the best three scores will count, with the lowest overall team score after 54 holes being named the team winner.

Each team has a captain with four players in total.

The Team Championship in Jeddah, the 14th event of the season, will see a seeded four-day, four-round, match play knock-out.

The winner each week will pick up 40 points and only those inside the top 24 players – half of the 48-man field – will earn points. The leading points scorer after the 13 regular LIV Golf events will be crowned individual champion.

• 1st – 40 points
• 2nd – 30 points
• 3rd – 24 points
• 4th – 18 points
• 5th – 16 points
• 6th - 14 points
• 7th – 13 points
• 8th – 12 points
• 9th – 11 points
• 10th – 10 points
• 11th – 8 points
• 12th - 7 points
• 13th – 6 points
• 14th - 5 points
• 15th - 4 points
• 16th - 3 points
• 17th - 3 points
• 18th - 2 points
• 19th - 2 points
• 20th - 2 points
• 21st - 1 point
• 22nd - 1 point
• 23rd - 1 point
• 24th - 1 point

To determine seeding for the Team Championship, teams will be awarded points for each event.

• 1st - 32 points
• 2nd - 24 points
• 3rd - 16 points
• 4th - 12 points
• 5th - 8 points
• 6th - 4 points
• 7th - 2 points
• 8th - 1 point
• 9th - 12th - no points

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This week, the PGA of America published its field list for the 2024 PGA Championship , and 16 LIV golfers will be teeing it up at Valhalla Golf Club next week, headlined by defending champion Brooks Koepka.

The 16 LIV participants at the PGA matches the number who competed at Oak Hill last year, and is three more than the 13 who competed at Augusta National last month (the Masters’ field size is substantially smaller).

While LIV players remain eligible for majors, no governing bodies to date have offered a direct pathway through performance on LIV, meaning qualification is very difficult for those without previously existing exemptions.

The PGA of America did keep with its past practice of inviting players inside or around the top 100 of the world rankings who were not otherwise in the field, and several LIV players fell into that category this week: Adrian Meronk (63 rd ), Lucas Herbert (89 th ), Patrick Reed (92 nd ), David Puig (106 th ), and Dean Burmester (130 th ).

Talor Gooch, LIV’s individual champion last season, was also invited despite being ranked 644 th .

This post tracks future major eligibility for all 55 golfers who have made a LIV start this year (the 52 players assigned to a team plus the 3 individuals who have competed so far). Updates will be made as necessary throughout the spring:

Past major champions with full major access (6)

Bryson DeChambeau (Won 2020 U.S. Open)

• U.S. Open through 2030
• Masters, PGA, The Open through 2025

Dustin Johnson (Won 2016 U.S. Open; 2020 Masters)

• Masters for life
• U.S. Open through 2026
• The Open through 2025
• PGA through 2024

Brooks Koepka (Won 2017 and 2018 U.S. Open; 2018, 2019 and 2023 PGA Championship)

• PGA for life
• Masters, U.S. Open through 2028
• The Open through 2027

Phil Mickelson (Won 2004, 2006 and 2010 Masters; 2005 and 2021 PGA Championship; 2013 Open)

• Masters, PGA for life
• The Open through 2030 (when he will be 60 years old)
• U.S. Open through 2025

Jon Rahm (Won 2021 U.S. Open; 2023 Masters)

• U.S. Open through 2031
• PGA, The Open through 2027

Cameron Smith (Won 2022 Open)

• The Open until age 60
• Masters, PGA, U.S. Open through 2027

Past major champions with some major access (7)

Sergio Garcia (Won 2017 Masters)

Martin Kaymer (Won 2010 PGA Championship; 2014 U.S. Open)

• U.S. Open through 2024

Louis Oosthuizen (Won 2010 Open)

Patrick Reed (Won 2018 Masters)

• PGA Championship in 2024 (special invitation)

Charl Schwartzel (Won 2011 Masters)

Henrik Stenson (Won 2016 Open)

Bubba Watson (Won 2012 and 2014 Masters)

Past major champ whose exemptions have expired (1)

Graeme McDowell (Won 2010 U.S. Open)

Note: McDowell’s last major appearance came in 2020. The champion exemption for the U.S. Open is 10 years – by far the least favorable exemption for a past major champ. The Masters and PGA are “for life,” while The Open allows past champs to play until age 55 (reduced from age 60 starting in 2024 for all future Open champions).

Left for LIV in 2024 with exemptions already sealed (2)

Tyrrell Hatton

• 2024 Masters: Qualified for 2023 Tour Championship; OWGR top 50 at the end of 2023
• 2024 PGA: Finished T-15 in 2023 PGA
• 2024 U.S. Open: Qualified for 2023 Tour Championship
• 2024 Open: Top 30 in 2023 Race to Dubai and FedExCup standings

Adrian Meronk

• 2024 Masters: OWGR top 50 at the end of 2023
• 2024 PGA: Special invitation
• 2024 U.S. Open: Top 2, not otherwise exempt, from 2023 Race to Dubai
• 2024 Open: Top 30 in 2023 Race to Dubai standings

Exemption(s) earned while on LIV through non-OWGR based criteria (4)

Dean Burmester

• 2024 Open: Won Joburg Open on DP World Tour in Nov. 2023 (part of Open Qualifying Series)

Talor Gooch

Joaquin Niemann

• 2024 Masters: Special invitation
• 2024 Open: Won ISPS Handa Australian Open on DP World Tour in Dec. 2023 (part of Open Qualifying Series)
• 2024 Open: Won IRS Prima Malaysian Open on DP World Tour in Feb. 2024 (part of Open Qualifying Series)

Earned invitation through OWGR criteria (2)

Lucas Herbert

Andy Ogletree

• 2024 PGA and Open: 2 nd on OWGR International Federation Ranking exemption (top 3 are exempt into 2024 PGA and top 5 are exempt into 2024 Open)

Not currently exempt into any majors, slim prospects outside of open qualifying (33)

• Abraham Ancer
• Richard Bland
• Laurie Canter
• Eugenio Chacarra
• Branden Grace
• Sam Horsfield
• Charles Howell III
• Anthony Kim
• Jason Kokrak
• Jinichiro Kozuma
• Anirban Lahiri
• Marc Leishman
• Sebastian Munoz
• Carlos Ortiz
• Mito Pereira
• Thomas Pieters
• Ian Poulter
• Kalle Samooja
• Brendan Steele
• Caleb Surratt
• Hudson Swafford
• Cameron Tringale
• Peter Uihlein
• Harold Varner III
• Kieran Vincent
• Scott Vincent
• Lee Westwood
• Matthew Wolff

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The final men’s major championship of the year is almost here.

The 152nd British Open is set for July 18-21 at Royal Troon in Scotland. The last time the Open was contested there in 2016, LIV Golf’s Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson ran away from the field and dueled it out on Sunday before Stenson took home his lone major title. Mickelson later earned Champion Golfer of the Year in 2013.

Cameron Smith (2022) and Louis Oosthuizen (2010) are the other LIV Golf players to win British Opens. At the U.S. Open, LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau took home the title for his second major championship, the second golfer to win a major while playing for the league, following Brooks Koepka, 2023 PGA Championship.

There was a 36-hole final qualifying at four locations on Tuesday, July 2, and two more LIV golfers punched their ticket that way.

Meet the 16 LIV Golf players competing in this year’s British Open at Royal Troon.

Abraham Ancer

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Best British Open finish : T-11 (2022)

Dean Burmester

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Bryson DeChambeau

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Best British Open finish : T-8 (2022)

Tyrrell Hatton

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Best British Open finish : T-5 (2016)

Sam Horsfield

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Brooks Koepka

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Best British Open finish : T-4 (2019)

Dustin Johnson

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Best British Open finish : T-2 (2011)

Adrian Meronk

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Best British Open finish : T-23 (2023)

Phil Mickelson

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Best British Open finish : 1 (2013)

Joaquin Niemann

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Best British Open finish : T-53 (2022)

Andy Ogletree

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Best British Open finish : First appearance

Louis Oosthuizen

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Best British Open finish : 1 (2010)

David Puig reacts to a missed putt in the first green during the final round of the 2024 U.S. Open. (Photo: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports)

Jon Rahm of Legion XIII hits a tee shot at the 7th tee at The Grove. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-USA TODAY Sports

Best British Open finish : T-2 (2023)

Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith of Australia celebrates with the Claret Jug during Day Four of The 150th Open at St Andrews Old Course on July 17, 2022 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

Best British Open finish : 1 (2022)

Henrik Stenson

Henrik Stenson captured his first major championship with a win at Royal Troon in the 2016 British Open.

Best British Open finish : 1 (2016)

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The race to avoid relegation is heating up on LIV Golf League, with a number of stars battling to avoid the drop zone.

The race to avoid the drop zone is heating up on the LIV Golf League with a number of stars in a precarious position with a handful of events left on the schedule for 2024. 

Of the standout names in danger of losing their status on LIV Golf this season, two members of Dustin Johnson 's 4 Aces GC in Pat Perez and Harold Varner III are close to the drop zone.

They should just about be okay to remain on LIV Golf, but much will depend on how those behind them in the standings get on over the remaining events.

Related: LIV Golf League dealt hammer blow as streaming platform shuts down immediately!

South Africa's out-of-form Branden Grace is arguably the biggest name in danger of losing his place on Stinger GC, although much will depend whether captain Louis Oosthuizen wants to stick faith with him in 2025. 

Jon Rahm 's Legion XIII member Kieran Vincent will need a big performance quickly to prevent him from being axed from the Saudi-backed circuit. 

His brother Scott also looks down and out. 

Should a player face the drop zone (and be out of contract) come the end of the season, then they will need to tee it up in the LIV Golf Promotions event later on in the year in order to play their way back onto LIV Golf for 2025. 

Scroll down the page to view how the drop zone is shaping up with just three more events until the Individual Championship, which is then followed by theTeam Championship...

As it stands on LIV Golf, the individual standings are broken down into three categories, with final positions determining a player’s status in the league:

• Lock Zone: Players finishing in the Top 24 secure an opportunity with the league next season
• Open Zone: Players finishing 25-48 whose contracts are expiring become free agents
• Drop Zone: Players finishing 49 and below are relegated out of the league and automatically qualify for LIV Golf Promotions for the chance to earn their spot back next season

It’s important to note that captains or players with years remaining on their contract are exempt from relegation.

That means the likes of Phil Mickelson, Ian Poulter and Bubba Watson are all still safe on LIV Golf for 2025, albeit Mickelson did recently hint at the possibility of retirement from the game . 

Some of you may also be wondering why Anthony Kim isn't in the drop zone below, but that's because he was added as a wildcard earlier this season. 

It remains to be seen whether LIV Golf want to stick or twist with AK for 2025, but from what we gather, he will remain on the circuit as he bids to improve his game on the comeback trail from his lengthy spell away from the Tour. 

Here's a look at the players most in danger of being relegated from LIV Golf ahead of the 2025 season...

You can view the full standings here ahead of the next tournament in Andalucia, Spain, from 12-14 July.

That falls a week before The Open.

LIV Golf then heads to UK at JCB Golf & Country Club in Staffordshire from 26-28 July. 

The PGA Tour is understood to be closer than ever to confirming its commercial agreement with LIV Golf's bankrollers, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF).

Whether a deal brings the PGA Tour and LIV Golf any closer to unity in the professional game remains to be seen over the coming seasons. 

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The third LIV Golf season is now well into the second half following the ninth tournament of the year, LIV Golf Nashville . 

Legion XIII player Tyrrell Hatton won that event by a comfortable six shots to boost his earnings for the year by another $4m and take him to third on the money list at $7,356,929. Immediately above him is Dean Burmester, who stands at $7,673,014, largely thanks to his playoff defeat of Sergio Garcia at LIV Golf Miami .

The player still out in front is Torque GC captain Joaquin Niemann , whose two wins early in the season marked him out as the man to catch. He had another good week in Nashville, finishing T3 to claim $1m and see his earnings for the year so far boosted to $12,039,500.

Joaquin Niemann remains top of the money list

As well as Hatton, another Legion XIII player in the top 10 of the money list is captain Jon Rahm . He is still waiting for his maiden LIV Golf win, but his return to action after a foot injury was encouraging with a T3 in Nashville to take his earnings for the year to $6,111,988.

Others in the top 10 include Fireballs GC captain Garcia in fourth on $6,777,143, LIV Golf Singapore winner Brooks Koepka in fifth on $6,604,865 and Carlos Ortiz, who triumphed at LIV Golf Houston, in sixth on $6,563,735.

The man of the moment is Bryson DeChambeau after his US Open win, and he had another good week in Nashville with a T3 to add $1m to his winnings to take him to $4,401,667 for the season and 16th on the money list.

Bryson DeChambeau is 16th on the LIV Golf money list

Majesticks GC have generally struggled this season, but two of its players performed admirably at the Tennessee tournament, with Sam Horsfield finishing runner-up and Lee Westwood claiming T3. Horsfield's achievement sees him jump to 20th on the money list on $3,627,000, while Westwood's $1m in prize money almost doubles his earnings for the season to $2,030,717.

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Is Bryson DeChambeau playing LIV Golf Nashville 2024? What to know about tickets, format

LIV Golf will make its Tennessee debut this week at The Grove, bringing its party atmosphere, huge cash payouts and past major champions with it to Nashville. 

Last week’s U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau is in the field , along with others playing for a $25 million total purse. 

Casual fans might be unfamiliar with LIV, an upstart league formed in 2021 through backing from the Public Investment Fund (PIF), a wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. 

LIV is billed as a laid-back version of men’s professional golf with its motto “golf, but louder.” Music blares on the course during play. Players are allowed to wear shorts. The tournaments are shorter — 54 holes, no cut — than those on the PGA Tour and there’s a team competition within the individual competition. 

It will seem like a completely different event to spectators who have attended the PGA Korn Ferry Tour's Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation, which has been held at The Grove for the past three years. 

Here’s what you need to know about LIV Golf Nashville 2024. 

What is LIV Golf’s rivalry with PGA Tour?

LIV was formed in 2021, held its first event in 2022 and has since become a bitter rival of the PGA Tour. 

Through billions of dollars of funding from the PIF, LIV has signed some of the PGA Tour’s top young players and major winners, such as DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm. 

Players who left the PGA Tour for LIV were suspended and no longer receive Official World Golf Ranking Points, excluding some from major championship exemptions. Others are still eligible for majors due to past major finishes or world ranking points they gain from competing in other international events. 

More: Major champion says LIV Golf, PGA Tour arrangement is still 'chaos' and will be difficult to repair

The PGA Tour and the PIF became entangled in litigation. The two sides came together last June for what was deemed a “framework agreement” that would align men’s professional golf, but no official agreement has been reached.

More: A year after LIV Golf-PGA Tour 'framework' shocked the world, here's a timeline of what's happened

Human rights groups, as well as the 9/11 Families United group, have raised flags about the Saudi government’s investment in American sports, pointing to its ties to the 9/11 attacks and human rights violations. 

More: What is LIV Golf Nashville 2024 purse, payout for tournament at The Grove?

Where is LIV Golf playing in Nashville?

The tournament will be held at The Grove , a private, gated golf community located 36 miles southeast of downtown Nashville near Franklin. 

The Grove will play as a par 71 course at 7,297 yards long. For context, Pinehurst No. 2 was a par 70 playing 7,548 yards for last week’s U.S. Open. 

More: How all 12 LIV Golf players fared at the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2

Escalante Golf, which owns several courses where LIV events have been played, such as Pumpkin Ridge (Oregon) and The International (Massachusetts), purchased The Grove in October 2023. 

The Grove was once home to the PGA Korn Ferry Tour's Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation. The Simmons Bank Open has since moved to Vanderbilt Legends Club North Course. 

What is the LIV Golf Nashville 2024 tournament format? 

LIV plays 54-hole tournaments without a cut, hence the name LIV, which is 54 in Roman numerals. 

That differs from the PGA Tour’s 72-hole events that take only the top 70 players after the first two days. 

LIV’s individual competition features 54 players competing for a $20 million purse, with $4 million going to the winner. But there’s a little more to it.

More: What's next for Bryson DeChambeau? He's heading to Nashville for LIV Golf's next event

Those players make up 13 teams of four that compete for a $5 million purse, with $3 million going to the winning team. (Two “wild card” players who do not belong to a team will compete as individuals.)

Each player finishes with a three-round total score to determine the individual winner. The top-24 finishers earn points that go toward determining the individual season champion.

In the team competition, each team accrues a cumulative score over the three rounds. During the first two rounds, only the top three players’ scores on each team count towards their team’s score. In the final round, all four players’ scores count. 

The top eight teams earn points in the season team standings, and the season team championship is decided in the final event of the season using a hybrid format of match and stroke play. 

You can find the full standings here .

How to buy tickets to LIV Golf Nashville 2024 at The Grove

Tickets can be purchased here . Most ticket options for Saturday, including grounds passes, are sold out. 

What fans should know about LIV Golf Nashville at The Grove

Who is playing? LIV players sign contracts to play each of the season's 14 events, so barring injuries, everyone in the league will play. That means major winners DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Martin Kaymer, Brooks Koepka, Louis Oosthuizen, Phil Mickelson, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Cameron Smith, Henrik Stenson and Bubba Watson will all be in Nashville. Rahm withdrew from the U.S. Open last week due to a toe injury but is scheduled to play and met with media on Wednesday.

When does play begin?: Pairings of three will tee off on each hole for a shotgun start each round. The top three leaders will tee off on the first hole for the second and third rounds. Friday and Saturday’s start times are 12:15 p.m., with a 12:05 p.m. start set for Sunday. 

How to get free tickets: The first 100 fans who donate 12 used golf balls to the HyFlyers drop boxes will receive grounds pass tickets for the day. People can drop off balls from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the LIV Nashville fan entrance in exchange for tickets. The effort is possible through the HyFlyers’ involvement with Bunkers in Baghdad, which collects and ships golf equipment to U.S. troops and veterans.

About the music: Yes, music will be played throughout locations on the course and the course will not be quiet. No, fans are not allowed to yell during players’ backswings. LIV asks them to be respectful while golfers play. 

Party hole: The par-3 15th will have stadium-style seating with live music and drinks. Members of LIV’s loyalty program LIV X are eligible for $100,000 if/when a LIV player makes the first hole-in-one. 

Concerts: Michael Marcagi will perform live at the Fan Village at 5 p.m. Friday. Dan + Shay will perform after Saturday’s round is complete. 

Parking: Parking is free at Renaissance Festival (2135 Newcastle Rd, Arrington, TN 37014) beginning at 9 a.m. all three days, with complimentary shuttles provided to and from the golf course. Rideshare can only drop off/pick up at Page Middle School (6262 Arno Rd. College Grove, TN 37046).

Gates open at 10:00 a.m. all three days.

How to watch LIV Golf Nashville 2024

Stream: LIV golf app (all three rounds), CW app (Friday round), Caffeine (all three rounds)

TV: CW (Saturday and Sunday rounds only)

Reach sports writer Tyler Palmateer at [email protected] and on the X platform, formerly Twitter, @tpalmateer83.

All the LIV Golf players in the 2024 Paris Olympics

The men’s and women’s 60-person fields for the 2024 Paris Olympics have been solidified.

The men’s field has been set since the 2024 U.S. Open results were made official. Controversially, LIV Golf League star Bryson DeChambeau — who ranks sixth on DataGolf , based on his performance in all three majors — will not be a part of Team USA’s delegation.

Instead, PGA Tour stalwarts Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa (all inarguable selections) and Wyndham Clark (ranked 27th on DataGolf) will head to Paris. Schauffele is the defending golf medalist.

Qualification criteria for men’s Olympic golf is based on the Official World Golf Ranking. DeChambeau’s omission shed a fresh light on the embattled OWGR, which has yet to recognize LIV results. The two-time major champion is ranked ninth, four spots below Clark. No country can take more than four top-15 players.

That said, there are seven LIV Golf League members going for gold.

LIV Golf players in Paris Olympics

Jon Rahm:  Rahm (and Puig) will be making their Olympic debuts.

Rahm struggled in the first two majors of 2024 and was a late scratch for the U.S. Open due to a toe infection . He’s played well on LIV, though; His Legion XIII team has two wins, including last week’s shindig in Nashville.

The 2023 Masters champion ranks second in the individual points standings, though he’s still looking for his first first-place finish.

David Puig: Puig has quickly established himself as a rising star in global golf. The 22-year-old was one of the few LIV Golfers to earn a spot in the U.S. Open through qualifying. He finished T55 (+11), but the made cut on top of two prior Asian Tour wins vaulted him into the Olympics field.

“Proud of myself and all the work I put in this year and last year,” said the Spaniard. “All the travel I did, I think it paid off for moments like this. I’m super-excited.”

Joaquin Niemann: Niemann is one of most promising talents to depart the PGA Tour. At LIV, the 25-year-old has banked two wins and leads the individual points standings.

He earned a spot in two majors thanks to his win at the Australian Open in December. Niemann finished T10 in 2021 in Tokyo.

Mito Peirera: Pereira was a late sub after Cristobal del Solar withdrew to focus on upcoming Korn Ferry Tour events. The 29-year-old part-took in the seven-way playoff for bronze at the Tokyo Games (C.T. Pan triumphed).

Carlos Ortiz:  Ortiz, a member of Niemann’s Torque GC squad, recently found the winner’s circle at LIV Houston. He finished T42 in his Olympics debut.

Abraham Ancer:  Ancer has fallen dramatically in the world rankings, but he’s a top-20 talent. The Mexican finished T14 in the 2020 Summer Games. He has four top-10 finishes in eight LIV Golf events, headlined by a victory in Hong Kong.

Adam Meronk:  Meronk finished T51 at the Tokyo Games. The 31-year-old is headed to France for his performance on the DP World Tour and other international events from 2022-23.

Olympic golf is comprised of 72 holes of individual stroke play and no cut. The men will compete from Aug. 1-4. The women will tee off on Aug. 7.

For all the fair criticism of the LIV product, the Saudi-backed circuit is at its best when it leans into its international and team components, such as in Adelaide, where Cam Smith’s all-Aussie Ripper squad bested the South African-led Stinger GC in a rowdy playoff.

Le Golf National, located outside of Paris, hosted the 2018 Ryder Cup.

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LIV Golf’s Richard Bland Wins U.S. Senior Open for Second Major Title of 2024

John schwarb | jul 1, 2024.

Richard Bland’s remarkable late-career surge in golf can now be called historic.

The Englishman won the weather-delayed U.S. Senior Open on Monday at Newport (R.I.) Country Club, finishing off a final-round 66 in the morning and then defeating Hiroyuki Fujita on the second sudden-death playoff hole to claim the most prestigious 50-and-over title in golf.

He also won in May at the Senior PGA Championship. Bland, 51, is the first player to win his first two senior starts and both be major titles.

“I’m just thrilled beyond words,” Bland said on the 18th green at Newport CC after outlasting Fujita.

The Japanese player had led all week after an opening-round 63 but was caught by Bland in the final round, shooting 66 to Fujita’s 71. That forced a two-hole aggregate playoff, where both players parred the 10th and 18th holes.

That meant sudden-death golf at the tough 466-yard par-4 18th for as long as necessary. The players tied with bogeys on the first go-round, then on the second trip through the 18th Bland nearly holed out from a greenside bunker, hitting the flagstick. It was his first par save from a bunker all week.

WHAT A SHOT! 😱 Richard Bland's clutch bunker shot en route to victory! pic.twitter.com/G3sbdg6jXJ — USGA (@USGA) July 1, 2024

Fujita failed to get up-and-down for par from short of the green, and Bland was a major champion for a second time.

“I was just thankful to get into the playoff,” Bland said. “The trap shot was one of those you could be really aggressive with. I was trying to get inside (of Fujita’s shot), put the pressure back on him.”

Bland won for the first time on the DP World Tour at age 48—in his 478th start—and signed with LIV Golf for its inaugural 2022 season. In 2023 he registered to compete in the Senior British Open, for which he had an exemption as a former DP World Tour winner being 50 years old, but was denied the chance to compete due to outstanding fines relating to his departure for LIV.

He accepted an exemption from the PGA of America to this year’s Senior PGA Championship, and in winning became eligible for the U.S. Senior Open.

He’s not eligible to play on the PGA Tour Champions as a LIV Golf member, though his two major wins count as Champions wins and makes for interesting social media posts from the Tour, especially with Bland wearing his Cleeks GC hat from LIV Golf.

Richard Bland has won the U.S. Senior Open 🏆 He’s now won back-to-back Senior majors. pic.twitter.com/2yHUVkkES5 — PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) July 1, 2024

The U.S. Senior Open was championship No. 1,001 for the United States Golf Association. Its 1,000th was in June at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, which was also won by a LIV player, Bryson DeChambeau .

JOHN SCHWARB

John Schwarb is the senior golf editor for Sports Illustrated whose career has spanned more than 25 years covering sports. He’s been featured on ESPN.com, PGATour.com, The Golfers Journal and Tampa Bay Times. He’s also the author of The Little 500: The Story of the World's Greatest College Weekend. A member of the Golf Writers Association of America, John is based in Indianapolis.

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2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic live stream, where to watch, TV schedule, channel, tee times, golf coverage

The pga tour makes the trip to the motor city as players jostle for playoff positioning.

Full-field events will be the name of the game for the rest of the PGA Tour season with the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic taking center stage as it wraps up this weekend at Detroit Golf Club. Visiting the Donald Ross design for the sixth time, players will look to embark on a sizzling summer stretch as the FedEx Cup Playoffs stand just six tournaments away.

Akshay Bhatia, Cameron Young, Cam Davis and Aaron Rai are among the golfers atop the leaderboard after 54 holes, and all are seeking either the first or one of their first few PGA Tour victories. Young may have found his form at TPC River Highlands last week with a historic 59 that propelled him inside the top 10. A runner-up finisher at this course before, the former PGA Tour Rookie of the Year is still seeking that first career win.

Bhatia is on the precipice of a breakout, it seems, while Davis previously won the Rocket Mortgage Classic in a playoff back in 2021. And then there's Rai, who like Young is seeking his first PGA Tour victory coming off a T19 finish at the U.S. Open earlier this month.

What will go down Sunday as the final round concludes? Make sure you don't miss a second of the action.

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Round starts:  7 a.m.

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Live TV coverage:  3-6 p.m. on CBS Live simulcast:  3-6 p.m. on  CBSSports.com  and the  CBS Sports App

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