LIV Golf London

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LIV Golf United Kingdom
Tournament information
LocationEngland
Established2022
Course(s) Centurion Club (2022-2023)
JCB Golf and Country Club (2024-)
Par72
Length7,084 yards (6,478 m) [1]
Tour(s) LIV Golf League
MENA Tour
FormatIndividual and team stroke play
Prize fund US$20,000,000 (individual)
US$5,000,000 (team)
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate198 Cameron Smith (2023)
To par−15 as above
Current champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Smith
Location Map
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Centurion Club
Location in England
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Centurion Club
Location in Hertfordshire

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]

Contents

Charl Schwartzel won the inaugural event, finishing one shot ahead of Hennie du Plessis. [4]

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. [5]

Inaugural field

48 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] [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]

Winners

Individual

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 3] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
LIV Golf UK
2024 LIV Flag placeholder.svgFlag placeholder.svg
LIV Golf London
2023 LIV, MENA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Smith 198−151 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Leishman
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Reed
LIV Golf Invitational London
2022 LIV Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel 203−71 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie du Plessis

Team

YearWinners [lower-alpha 4] Score
(to par)
Margin of
victory
Runners-up [lower-alpha 4]
LIV Golf UK
2024
LIV Golf London
2023 4Aces GC [lower-alpha 5] −341 strokeRipper GC [lower-alpha 6]
LIV Golf Invitational London
2022 Stinger GC [lower-alpha 7] −2014 strokesCrushers GC [lower-alpha 8]

Notes

  1. (a) – Amateur
  2. (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.
  3. LIV − LIV Golf League; MENA − MENA Tour.
  4. 1 2 (c) – Team captain
  5. Dustin Johnson (c), Pat Perez, Patrick Reed and Peter Uihlein
  6. Matt Jones, Marc Leishman, Jediah Morgan and Cameron Smith (c)
  7. Hennie du Plessis, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen (c) and Charl Schwartzel
  8. Richard Bland, Phachara Khongwatmai, Travis Smyth and Peter Uihlein (c)

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