LIV Golf Jeddah

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LIV Golf Jeddah
Tournament information
Location King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia
Established2022
Course(s) Royal Greens Golf & Country Club
Par70
Length7,048 yards (6,445 m)
Tour(s) LIV Golf
FormatIndividual and team stroke play
Prize fund US$20,000,000 (individual)
US$5,000,000 (team)
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate193 Joaquín Niemann (2024)
To par−17 as above
Current champion
Flag of Chile.svg Joaquín Niemann
Location Map
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Royal Greens Golf & Country Club
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.

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Format

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]

Winners

Individual

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
LIV Golf Jeddah
2024 LIV Flag of Chile.svg Joaquín Niemann 193−174 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen
Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel
2023 LIV, MENA Flag of the United States.svg Brooks Koepka (2)196−14Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Talor Gooch
LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah
2022 LIV, MENA Flag of the United States.svg Brooks Koepka 198−12Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Peter Uihlein

Team

YearWinners [lower-alpha 2] Score
(to par)
Margin of
victory
Runners-up [lower-alpha 2]
LIV Golf Jeddah
2024 Crushers GC [lower-alpha 3] −384 strokesStinger GC [lower-alpha 4]
2023 Fireballs GC [lower-alpha 5] −343 strokesRangeGoats GC [lower-alpha 6]
LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah
2022 Smash GC [lower-alpha 7] −336 strokesFireballs GC [lower-alpha 5]

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References

  1. Scrivener, Peter (8 June 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2022.