LIV Golf Bedminster

LIV Golf Bedminster
Tournament information
LocationBedminster, New Jersey
Established2022
Course(s)Trump National Golf Club Bedminster
Par72
Length7,580 yards (6,930 m)[1]
Tour(s)LIV Golf League
MENA Tour
FormatIndividual stroke play
and team event
Prize fundUS$20,000,000 (individual)
US$5,000,000 (team)
Month playedJuly
Final year2023
Tournament record score
Aggregate201 Cameron Smith (2023)
To par−12 as above
Final champion
Australia Cameron Smith
Location map
Trump National GC Bedminster is located in the United States
Trump National GC Bedminster
Trump National GC Bedminster
Location in the United States
Trump National GC Bedminster is located in New Jersey
Trump National GC Bedminster
Trump National GC Bedminster
Location in New Jersey

The LIV Golf Bedminster was a professional golf tournament that was held in Bedminster, New Jersey, outside of New York City. The tournament was held in July 2022, at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster and was the third event for LIV Golf, a new golf series led by Greg Norman and funded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.

Format

The tournament was a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four man teams were selected via a draft by their designated team captains, with a set number of their total scores counting for the team on each day. Each round commenced with a shotgun start, with the leaders beginning on the first hole for the final round, in order to finish on the eighteenth.[2]

Inaugural field

The field for the inaugural event was announced on July 19. 45 of the 48 players were named, with the remaining three to be confirmed.[3][4] The following day they were confirmed as Henrik Stenson (who had been relieved from his position as captain of the European Ryder Cup team earlier in the day), Jason Kokrak and Charles Howell III.[a]

Teams

  • 4 Aces GC: Johnson (c), Reed, Gooch, Perez
  • Cleeks GC: Kaymer (c), McDowell, Canter, Puig (a)
  • Crusher GC: DeChambeau (c), Casey, Howell III, Norris
  • Fireball GC: García (c), Ancer, Ortiz, Chacarra
  • HY Flyers GC: Mickelson (c), Wiesberger, Wolff, Harding
  • Iron Heads GC: Na (c), Kaewkanjana, Khongwatmai, Vincent
  • Majesticks GC: Westwood (c), Poulter, Stenson, Horsfield
  • Niblicks GC: Swafford (c), Uihlein, Piot, Pettit
  • Punch GC: Ormsby (c), Jones, Smyth, Morgan
  • Smash GC: B. Koepka (c), Kokrak, Bland, C. Koepka
  • Stinger GC: Oosthuizen (c), Schwartzel, Grace, Du Plessis
  • Torque GC: Tanihara (c), Kinoshita, Inamori, Kozuma

Winners

Individual

Year Tour(s)[c] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
LIV Golf Bedminster
2023 LIV, MENA Australia Cameron Smith 201 −12 7 strokes India Anirban Lahiri
LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster
2022 LIV Sweden Henrik Stenson 202 −11 2 strokes United States Dustin Johnson
United States Matthew Wolff

Team

Year Winners[d] Score
(to par)		 Margin of
victory		 Runners-up[d]
LIV Golf Bedminster
2023 Ripper GC[e] −20 11 strokes Crushers GC[f]
Stinger GC[g]
LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster
2022 4Aces GC[h] −25 8 strokes Majesticks GC[i]

Notes

  1. ^ (a) – Amateur
  2. ^ a b c d Casey, Stenson, Kokrak and Howell III made their first appearances in the series.[5]
  3. ^ LIV − LIV Golf League; MENA − MENA Tour.
  4. ^ a b (c) – Team captain
  5. ^ Matt Jones, Marc Leishman, Jediah Morgan and Cameron Smith (c)
  6. ^ Paul Casey, Bryson DeChambeau (c), Charles Howell III and Anirban Lahiri
  7. ^ Dean Burmester, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen (c) and Charl Schwartzel
  8. ^ Talor Gooch, Dustin Johnson (c), Pat Perez and Patrick Reed
  9. ^ Sam Horsfield, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson and Lee Westwood (c)

References

  1. ^ "Virtual Course Tour". Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  2. ^ Scrivener, Peter (June 8, 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Woodard, Adam (July 19, 2022). "LIV Golf announces field for event at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, leaves three spots open for new players". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "Teams Announced For LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster". LIV Golf. July 26, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  5. ^ McDonald, Patrick (July 2, 2022). "Paul Casey signs with LIV Golf, will make debut at next event in Bedminster at end of month". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 7, 2022.