LIV Golf Invitational Portland

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LIV Golf Invitational Portland
Tournament information
Location North Plains, Oregon
Established2022
Course(s) Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club
Par72
Length7,641 yards (6,987 m) [1]
Tour(s) LIV Golf
FormatIndividual and team stroke play
Prize fund US$20,000,000 (individual)
US$5,000,000 (team)
Month playedJune/July
Final year2022
Tournament record score
Aggregate203 Branden Grace (2022)
To par−13 as above
Final champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Branden Grace
Location Map
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Pumpkin Ridge GC
Location in the United States
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Pumpkin Ridge GC
Location in Oregon

The LIV Golf Invitational Portland was a professional golf tournament that was held in North Plains, Oregon, outside of Portland at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. The inaugural tournament was held in July 2022 as part of the LIV Golf Invitational Series, a golf series led by Greg Norman and funded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund. [2] [3]

Contents

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. [4]

Inaugural field

48 golfers participated in the inaugural LIV Portland event. [5] 48 golfers were invited to play. [lower-alpha 1]

Teams

Winners

Individual

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
2022 Flag of South Africa.svg Branden Grace 203−132 strokes Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Ortiz

Team

YearWinners [lower-alpha 1] Score
(to par)
Margin of
victory
Runners-up [lower-alpha 1]
2022 4Aces GC [lower-alpha 3] −237 strokesStinger GC [lower-alpha 4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 (c) – Team captain
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ancer, Chacarra, Dechambeau, Inamori, Brooks Koepka, Ortiz, Perez, Reed and Wolff made their first appearances in the series. [6]
  3. Talor Gooch, Dustin Johnson (c), Pat Perez and Patrick Reed
  4. Hennie du Plessis, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen (c) and Charl Schwartzel

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References

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