LIV Golf London

LIV Golf United Kingdom
Tournament information
LocationEngland
Established2022
Course(s)Centurion Club (2022-2023)
JCB Golf and Country Club (2024-)
Par72
Length7,084 yards (6,478 m)[1]
Tour(s)LIV Golf League
MENA Tour
FormatIndividual and team stroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000,000 (individual)
US$5,000,000 (team)
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate198 Cameron Smith (2023)
To par−15 as above
Current champion
Spain Jon Rahm
Location map
Centurion Club is located in England
Centurion Club
Centurion Club
Location in England
Centurion Club is located in Hertfordshire
Centurion Club
Centurion Club
Location in Hertfordshire

The LIV Golf United Kingdom (formerly LIV Golf London) is a golf tournament that is held in the United Kingdom. The inaugural tournament was held in June 2022 at the Centurion Club near Hemel Hempstead, England, as part of the LIV Golf Invitational Series, a golf series led by Greg Norman and funded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund. The 2022 48-player field included Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio García, and Kevin Na.[2][3]

Charl Schwartzel won the inaugural event, finishing one shot ahead of Hennie du Plessis.[4]

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.[5]

Inaugural field

48 golfers participated in the inaugural LIV London event. 43 players were invited, with the remaining five qualifying through the Asian Tour's International Series; three through an order of merit and the two highest finishers in the International Series England not already in the field.[6][a][b]

Winners

Individual

Year Tour(s)[c] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
LIV Golf UK
2024 LIV Spain Jon Rahm 200 −13 1 stroke England Tyrrell Hatton
Chile Joaquín Niemann
Australia Cameron Smith
LIV Golf London
2023 LIV, MENA Australia Cameron Smith 198 −15 1 stroke Australia Marc Leishman
United States Patrick Reed
LIV Golf Invitational London
2022 LIV South Africa Charl Schwartzel 203 −7 1 stroke South Africa Hennie du Plessis

Team

Year Winners[d] Score
(to par)		 Margin of
victory		 Runners-up[d]
LIV Golf UK
2024 Legion XII[e] −26 3 strokes Ripper GC[f]
LIV Golf London
2023 4Aces GC[g] −34 1 stroke Ripper GC[h]
LIV Golf Invitational London
2022 Stinger GC[i] −20 14 strokes Crushers GC[j]

Notes

  1. ^ (a) – Amateur
  2. ^ (q) – Buranatanyarat, Snyman and Yuan qualified through the International Series order of merit; Madappa and Smyth qualified as highest finishers in the International Series England.
  3. ^ LIV − LIV Golf League; MENA − MENA Tour.
  4. ^ a b (c) – Team captain
  5. ^ Tyrrell Hatton, Jon Rahm (c), Caleb Surratt and Kieran Vincent
  6. ^ Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones, Marc Leishman, Wade Ormsby and Cameron Smith (c)
  7. ^ Dustin Johnson (c), Pat Perez, Patrick Reed and Peter Uihlein
  8. ^ Matt Jones, Marc Leishman, Jediah Morgan and Cameron Smith (c)
  9. ^ Hennie du Plessis, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen (c) and Charl Schwartzel
  10. ^ Richard Bland, Phachara Khongwatmai, Travis Smyth and Peter Uihlein (c)

References

  1. ^ "Golf Country Course". centurionclub.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. ^ Van Valkenburg, Kevin (7 June 2022). "Dustin Johnson leaves PGA Tour to play in LIV". ESPN. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. ^ Schlabach, Mark (6 June 2022). "Mickelson added to field for LIV Golf's first event". ESPN. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Charl Schwartzel wins inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event; Also part of team competition". Sky Sports. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. ^ Scrivener, Peter (8 June 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Scott Vincent wins at Slaley Hall as Travis Smyth earns LIV Invitational spot". Sky Sports. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.