LIV Golf Riyadh

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LIV Golf Riyadh
Tournament information
Location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Established2022
CourseRiyadh Golf Club
Par70
Length7,048 yards (6,445 m)
Tour LIV Golf
FormatIndividual and team stroke play
Prize fund US$22,000,000 (individual)
US$8,000,000 (team)
Month playedFebruary
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Elvis Smylie (2026)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elvis Smylie
Location map
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Icona golf.svg
Riyadh GC
Location in Saudi Arabia

LIV Golf Riyadh is a professional golf tournament on the LIV Golf League that is held under floodlights at the Riyadh Golf Club, near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Contents

The tournament debuted as LIV Golf Jeddah in October 2022 at part of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series, and until 2024 was held at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, north of Jeddah; the first two editions were co-sanctioned by the MENA Tour.

Format

The tournament is an 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) [a] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
LIV Golf Riyadh
2026 LIV Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elvis Smylie 264−241 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Jon Rahm
2025 LIV Flag of Poland.svg Adrian Meronk 199−172 strokes Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Muñoz
Flag of Spain.svg Jon Rahm
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 [b] Score
(to par)		Margin of
victory		Runners-up [b]
LIV Golf Riyadh
2026
2025 Legion XIII GC [c] −5011 strokesRipper GC [d]
RangeGoats GC [e]
LIV Golf Jeddah
2024 Crushers GC [f] −384 strokesStinger GC [g]
2023 Fireballs GC [h] −343 strokesRangeGoats GC [i]
LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah
2022 Smash GC [j] −336 strokesFireballs GC [h]

Notes

References

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