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]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | England |
| Established | 2022 |
| Course(s) | Centurion Club (2022-2023) JCB Golf and Country Club (2024-) |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,084 yards (6,478 m)[1] |
| Tour(s) | LIV Golf League MENA Tour |
| Format | Individual and team stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$20,000,000 (individual) US$5,000,000 (team) |
| Month played | June |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 198 Cameron Smith (2023) |
| To par | −15 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Jon Rahm | |
| Location map | |
  Centurion Club Location in England  Centurion Club Location in Hertfordshire | |
Charl Schwartzel won the inaugural event, finishing one shot ahead of Hennie du Plessis.[4]
Format
editThe 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
edit48 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]
- Oliver Bekker
- Richard Bland
- Itthipat Buranatanyarat (q)
- Laurie Canter
- Ratchanon Chantananuwat (a)
- Hennie du Plessis
- Oliver Fisher
- Sergio García
- Talor Gooch
- Branden Grace
- Justin Harding
- Sam Horsfield
- Dustin Johnson
- Matt Jones
- Sadom Kaewkanjana
- Martin Kaymer
- Phachara Khongwatmai
- Sihwan Kim
- Ryosuke Kinoshita
- Chase Koepka
- Jinichiro Kozuma
- Pablo Larrazábal
- Viraj Madappa (q)
- Graeme McDowell
- Phil Mickelson
- Jediah Morgan
- Kevin Na
- Shaun Norris
- Andy Ogletree
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Wade Ormsby
- Adrián Otaegui
- Turk Pettit
- James Piot
- Ian Poulter
- David Puig (a)
- J. C. Ritchie
- Charl Schwartzel
- Travis Smyth (q)
- Ian Snyman (q)
- Hudson Swafford
- Hideto Tanihara
- Peter Uihlein
- Scott Vincent
- Lee Westwood
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Blake Windred
- Kevin Yuan (q)
Winners
editIndividual
edit| Year | Tour(s)[c] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIV Golf UK | ||||||
| 2024 | LIV | Jon Rahm |
200 | −13 | 1 stroke |  Tyrrell Hatton Joaquín Niemann Cameron Smith
|
| LIV Golf London | ||||||
| 2023 | LIV, MENA | Cameron Smith |
198 | −15 | 1 stroke | Marc Leishman Patrick Reed
|
| LIV Golf Invitational London | ||||||
| 2022 | LIV |  Charl Schwartzel |
203 | −7 | 1 stroke | Hennie du Plessis
|
Team
edit| 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
edit- ^ (a) – Amateur
- ^ (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.
- ^ LIV − LIV Golf League; MENA − MENA Tour.
- ^ a b (c) – Team captain
- ^ Tyrrell Hatton, Jon Rahm (c), Caleb Surratt and Kieran Vincent
- ^ Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones, Marc Leishman, Wade Ormsby and Cameron Smith (c)
- ^ Dustin Johnson (c), Pat Perez, Patrick Reed and Peter Uihlein
- ^ Matt Jones, Marc Leishman, Jediah Morgan and Cameron Smith (c)
- ^ Hennie du Plessis, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen (c) and Charl Schwartzel
- ^ Richard Bland, Phachara Khongwatmai, Travis Smyth and Peter Uihlein (c)
References
edit- ^ "Golf Country Course". centurionclub.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Van Valkenburg, Kevin (7 June 2022). "Dustin Johnson leaves PGA Tour to play in LIV". ESPN. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Schlabach, Mark (6 June 2022). "Mickelson added to field for LIV Golf's first event". ESPN. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Charl Schwartzel wins inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event; Also part of team competition". Sky Sports. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Scrivener, Peter (8 June 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Scott Vincent wins at Slaley Hall as Travis Smyth earns LIV Invitational spot". Sky Sports. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.