Tournament information | |
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Location | King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia |
Established | 2022 |
Course(s) | Royal Greens Golf & Country Club |
Par | 70 |
Length | 7,048 yards (6,445 m) |
Tour(s) | LIV Golf |
Format | Individual and team stroke play |
Prize fund | US$20,000,000 (individual) US$5,000,000 (team) |
Month played | March |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 193 Joaquín Niemann (2024) |
To par | −17 as above |
Current champion | |
Joaquín Niemann | |
Location Map | |
Location in Saudi Arabia |
LIV Golf Jeddah is a professional golf tournament sponsored by LIV Golf in Saudi Arabia, held at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, north of Jeddah. It debuted in October 2023. The first two events were also co-sponsored by the MENA Tour.
The tournament is a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four man teams are chosen, 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. [1]
Year | Tour(s) [lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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LIV Golf Jeddah | ||||||
2024 | LIV | Joaquín Niemann | 193 | −17 | 4 strokes | Louis Oosthuizen Charl Schwartzel |
2023 | LIV, MENA | Brooks Koepka (2) | 196 | −14 | Playoff | Talor Gooch |
LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah | ||||||
2022 | LIV, MENA | Brooks Koepka | 198 | −12 | Playoff | Peter Uihlein |
Year | Winners [lower-alpha 2] | Score (to par) | Margin of victory | Runners-up [lower-alpha 2] | ||
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LIV Golf Jeddah | ||||||
2024 | Crushers GC [lower-alpha 3] | −38 | 4 strokes | Stinger GC [lower-alpha 4] | ||
2023 | Fireballs GC [lower-alpha 5] | −34 | 3 strokes | RangeGoats GC [lower-alpha 6] | ||
LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah | ||||||
2022 | Smash GC [lower-alpha 7] | −33 | 6 strokes | Fireballs GC [lower-alpha 5] |
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