2025 LIV Golf League

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2025 LIV Golf League season
Duration6 February 2025 (2025-02-06) – TBA
Number of official events14
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The 2025 LIV Golf League will be the fourth season of LIV Golf. The season consists of 54-hole tournaments, featuring 54 players and no cut, with a team championship event at the season end.

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Player movements

From the end of the 2024 season until the beginning of the 2025 season saw numerous changes to team rosters.

Free agents

Players who declined their contract extensions, along with those who finished in places 25–48 of the individual standings, also called the Open Zone, whose contracts expired after the season will become free agents and can negotiate with any team. Free agents are not guaranteed to be signed and may lose their playing privileges in 2025 if they are not signed. The following table lists players who became free agents.

Player2024 Team2024
Finish		2025 TeamRef.
Flag of Spain.svg Eugenio Chacarra Fireballs GC39thUnsigned [1] [2]
Flag of the United States.svg Pat Perez 4Aces GC48thUnsigned [3] [4]

Relegated players

Players who finished in places 49 and below and are not team captains are relegated out of LIV Golf and may not be signed by another team unless they earn their way back into the 2025 season through the LIV Golf Promotions event. If a team captain is relegated, then he must make a business case to LIV Golf in order to return. [5]

The following table lists players who were relegated after the 2024 season.

Player2024 Team2024
Finish		2025 Status
Flag of Finland.svg Kalle Samooja Cleeks GC49thNone
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Scott Vincent Iron Heads GC50thNone
Flag of South Africa.svg Branden Grace Stingers GC51stSigned [a]
Flag of the United States.svg Bubba Watson RangeGoats GC53rdSigned
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Kieran Vincent Legion XIII GC54thNone
Player2024 TourQualification method2025 TeamRef.
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lee Chieh-po Asian Tour LIV Golf PromotionsNone [b] [8]

Newly signed players

In addition to qualifying for the 2025 season through the International Series or via the LIV Golf Promotions event, players who have not played for LIV Golf can join the 2025 season by signing with the league or with a team.

Player2024 Tour2025 TeamRef.
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ben Campbell Asian Tour Range Goats GC [9]
Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Yu-bin Korean Tour Iron Heads GC [10]
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Kjettrup PGA Tour Americas Cleeks GC [11]
Flag of Spain.svg Luis Masaveu N/A (amateur)Fireballs GC [12]
Ulster Banner.svg Tom McKibbin European Tour Legion XIII [13]

Departures

The following players (full-time/wildcard only) were no longer with LIV Golf after the conclusion of the 2024 season:

Rosters

TeamMembers
Captain(s)Player 2Player 3Player 4Substitute players
4Aces GC Flag of the United States.svg Dustin Johnson Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Reed Flag of the United States.svg Harold Varner III Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas Pieters
Cleeks GC Flag of Germany.svg Martin Kaymer Flag of England.svg Richard Bland Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Kjettrup Flag of Poland.svg Adrian Meronk
Crushers GC Flag of the United States.svg Bryson DeChambeau Flag of England.svg Paul Casey Flag of the United States.svg Charles Howell III Flag of India.svg Anirban Lahiri
Fireballs GC Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García Flag of Mexico.svg Abraham Ancer Flag of Spain.svg Luis Masaveu Flag of Spain.svg David Puig
HyFlyers GC Flag of the United States.svg Phil Mickelson Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Tringale Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Steele Flag of the United States.svg Andy Ogletree Flag of the United States.svg Ollie Schniederjans [c]
Iron Heads GC Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Na Flag of New Zealand.svg Danny Lee Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Yu-bin Flag of Japan.svg Jinichiro Kozuma
Legion XIII Flag of Spain.svg Jon Rahm Flag of England.svg Tyrrell Hatton Flag of the United States.svg Caleb Surratt Ulster Banner.svg Tom McKibbin
Majesticks GC [d] Flag of England.svg Ian Poulter, Flag of England.svg Lee Westwood, Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Stenson Flag of England.svg Sam Horsfield
RangeGoats GC Flag of the United States.svg Bubba Watson Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Wolff Flag of the United States.svg Peter Uihlein Flag of New Zealand.svg Ben Campbell
Ripper GC [18] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Leishman Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Jones Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lucas Herbert
Smash GC Flag of the United States.svg Brooks Koepka Flag of the United States.svg Jason Kokrak Flag of the United States.svg Talor Gooch Ulster Banner.svg Graeme McDowell
Stinger GC Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen Flag of South Africa.svg Branden Grace Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Burmester
Torque GC Flag of Chile.svg Joaquín Niemann Flag of Chile.svg Mito Pereira Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Muñoz Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Ortiz

Wild cards

In addition to the teams, in order to make tournament fields up to 54 players, there were two wild card spots available. Anthony Kim, who played as a wild card in 2024, was retained for 2025 and joined by LIV Golf Promotions winner Lee Chieh-po. [7]

Reserve players

In January 2025, 2024 Asian Tour Order of Merit winner John Catlin confirmed that he would continue to serve as a reserve in the case of withdrawals and other absences. [19] Former amateur world number one Ollie Schniederjans, who finished fourth in the promotions event, also announced that he would act as a reserve. [20]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2025 season. [21] [22] [23]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse (US$)Individual winner [e] Winning teamNotes
IndividualTeam
8 FebLIV Golf RiyadhSaudi ArabiaFlag placeholder.svg
16 Feb LIV Golf Adelaide AustraliaFlag placeholder.svg
9 Mar LIV Golf Hong Kong Hong KongFlag placeholder.svg
16 Mar LIV Golf Singapore SingaporeFlag placeholder.svg
6 Apr LIV Golf Miami United StatesFlag placeholder.svg
27 AprLIV Golf Mexico CityMexicoFlag placeholder.svg
4 MayLIV Golf KoreaSouth KoreaFlag placeholder.svg
8 JunLIV Golf Washington, D.C.United StatesFlag placeholder.svg
29 JunLIV Golf DallasUnited StatesFlag placeholder.svg
13 Jul LIV Golf Andalucía SpainFlag placeholder.svg
27 Jul LIV Golf UK United KingdomFlag placeholder.svg
10 Aug LIV Golf Chicago United StatesFlag placeholder.svg
17 AugLIV Golf IndianapolisUnited StatesFlag placeholder.svgNew tournament
TBALIV Team ChampionshipUnited StatesFlag placeholder.svg

Notes

  1. ↑ Grace was re-signed on a two year contract under a "business case" deal. [6]
  2. ↑ Lee was not signed by a team so was allocated one of the two wild cards. [7]
  3. ↑ Schniederjans substituted for Mickelson in Riyadh. [16]
  4. ↑ Stenson, Poulter, and Westwood are co-captains of Majesticks GC. [17]
  5. ↑ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of LIV Golf League events they had won up to and including that tournament.

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