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2023 LIV Golf League

The 2023 LIV Golf League was the second season of LIV Golf following the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series. The season consisted of thirteen 54-hole tournaments, featuring 48 players and no cut, with a team championship event at the season end.

2023 LIV Golf League season
Duration24 February 2023 (2023-02-24) – 22 October 2023 (2023-10-22)
Number of official events14
Most winsUnited States Talor Gooch (3)
Individual points listUnited States Talor Gooch
Team championsCrushers GC
Money listUnited States Talor Gooch
← 2022
2024 →

Talor Gooch won three tournaments during the season to claim the individual title by 22 points from Cameron Smith, with Brooks Koepka in third place.[1] The team championship was won by Crushers GC, captained by Bryson DeChambeau, by two strokes from Range Goats GC; 4 Aces GC had topped the regular season points standings but finished in fourth place in the final.[2] Smith, Koepka and DeChambeau all won twice during the season; the other winners were Charles Howell III, Danny Lee, Dustin Johnson and Harold Varner III.

Broadcasting

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In the United States, The CW broadcast and streamed the tournaments under a multi-year deal with the organization signed in January 2023.[3]

PGA Tour agreement

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In June 2023, it was announced that the Public Investment Fund, the PGA Tour and the European Tour would create a new entity to serve the best interests of each entity.[4]

OWGR points rejection

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In October 2023, it was announced by the Official World Golf Ranking that LIV Golf's application to receive OWGR points was rejected.[5][6]

Teams

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The 2023 LIV Golf League consisted of twelve teams. Unlike the structure of the 2022 Invitational Series; where some players regularly changed teams from week-to-week, the 2023 season was planned to have players signed to individual teams and will have remained with that team throughout the entire season. LIV Golf began announcing team rosters on 15 February 2023.[7]

Starting roster

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Team Members[a]
Captain(s) Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Substitute players
4Aces GC   Dustin Johnson   Patrick Reed   Peter Uihlein   Pat Perez
Cleeks GC   Martin Kaymer   Bernd Wiesberger   Graeme McDowell   Richard Bland   Laurie Canter[b]
Crushers GC   Bryson DeChambeau   Paul Casey   Charles Howell III   Anirban Lahiri   Andy Ogletree[c]
Fireballs GC   Sergio García   Abraham Ancer   Carlos Ortiz   Eugenio Chacarra
HyFlyers GC   Phil Mickelson   Cameron Tringale   James Piot   Brendan Steele
Iron Heads GC   Kevin Na   Scott Vincent   Sihwan Kim   Danny Lee
Majesticks GC[d]   Henrik Stenson,   Ian Poulter,   Lee Westwood   Sam Horsfield   Laurie Canter[e]
  Andy Ogletree[f]
RangeGoats GC   Bubba Watson   Talor Gooch   Harold Varner III   Thomas Pieters   Wade Ormsby[g]
Ripper GC   Cameron Smith   Marc Leishman   Matt Jones   Jediah Morgan
Smash GC   Brooks Koepka   Matthew Wolff   Jason Kokrak   Chase Koepka   Kieran Vincent[h]
Stinger GC   Louis Oosthuizen   Charl Schwartzel   Branden Grace   Dean Burmester
Torque GC   Joaquín Niemann   Sebastián Muñoz   Mito Pereira   David Puig

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[18][19][20]

Date Tournament Host country Purse (US$) Individual winner[i] Winning team Other
tours[j]		 Notes
Individual Team
26 Feb LIV Golf Mayakoba Mexico 20,000,000 5,000,000   Charles Howell III (1) Crushers GC MENA New tournament
19 Mar LIV Golf Tucson United States 20,000,000 5,000,000   Danny Lee (1) Fireballs GC MENA New tournament
2 Apr LIV Golf Orlando United States 20,000,000 5,000,000   Brooks Koepka (2) Torque GC MENA New tournament
23 Apr LIV Golf Adelaide Australia 20,000,000 5,000,000   Talor Gooch (1) 4Aces GC MENA New tournament
30 Apr LIV Golf Singapore Singapore 20,000,000 5,000,000   Talor Gooch (2) RangeGoats GC MENA New tournament
14 May LIV Golf Tulsa United States 20,000,000 5,000,000   Dustin Johnson (2) Stinger GC MENA New tournament
28 May LIV Golf Washington, D.C. United States 20,000,000 5,000,000   Harold Varner III (1) Torque GC MENA New tournament
2 Jul LIV Golf Andalucía Spain 20,000,000 5,000,000   Talor Gooch (3) Torque GC MENA New tournament
9 Jul LIV Golf London England 20,000,000 5,000,000   Cameron Smith (2) 4Aces GC MENA
6 Aug LIV Golf Greenbrier United States 20,000,000 5,000,000   Bryson DeChambeau (1) Torque GC MENA New tournament
13 Aug LIV Golf Bedminster United States 20,000,000 5,000,000   Cameron Smith (3) Ripper GC MENA
24 Sep LIV Golf Chicago United States 20,000,000 5,000,000   Bryson DeChambeau (2) Crushers GC MENA
15 Oct
5 Nov[k]		 LIV Golf Jeddah Saudi Arabia 20,000,000 5,000,000   Brooks Koepka (3) Fireballs GC MENA
22 Oct LIV Golf Miami United States n/a 50,000,000 n/a Crushers GC Team Championship

Points list

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Individual points list

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The individual points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[22][23]

Position Player Team Points
1   Talor Gooch RangeGoats GC 192
2   Cameron Smith Ripper GC 170
3   Brooks Koepka Smash GC 152
4   Bryson DeChambeau Crushers GC 149
5   Dustin Johnson 4Aces GC 125

Team points list

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The team points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[22][24]

Position Team Points TC finish
1 4Aces GC 192 4th
2 Crushers GC 186 1st
3 Torque GC 183 3rd
4 RangeGoats GC 179 2nd
5 Stinger GC 157 5th

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[25]

Position Player Prize money ($)
Individual Bonus Total
1   Talor Gooch 17,320,012 18,000,000 35,320,012
2   Cameron Smith 11,955,417 10,000,000 21,955,417
3   Brooks Koepka 13,495,833 4,000,000 17,495,833
4   Bryson DeChambeau 13,335,000 13,335,000
5   Harold Varner III 9,125,833 9,125,833

Relegations

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Non-exempt players who finished 45th or lower in the individual points list were relegated from the league. Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer finished 45th and 49th, respectively; however, both were exempt from relegation as they were team captains. Jediah Morgan (46th), James Piot (47th), Chase Koepka (48th), and Sihwan Kim (50th) were relegated from the league.[22][26]

Promotions event

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The LIV Golf Promotions Event is due to be held 8–10 December 2023 at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates.[27]

Format

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The event will take place over three days, with 72 holes being played in total.[28] The first round will be open players finishing 6–32 in the 2023 International Series Order of Merit, winners of leading amateur tournaments, players ranked inside the top-200 of the Official World Golf Ranking and players ranked inside the top-20 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking. The top-20 and ties from the first round advance to the second round, where scores are reset. Also entering at this stage will be players relegated from the 2023 LIV Golf League, tournament winners during the 2022–23 PGA Tour and 2023 European Tour seasons, major champions since 2018, Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup players, and players finishing 2–5 on the 2023 International Series Order of Merit. The top-16 from the second round will advance to the final two rounds, with the scores being reset once again. The top three finishers over the final two rounds will earn status to play in the 2024 LIV Golf League.

Notes

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  1. ^ Players presented in order of the LIV Golf final 2023 team rosters announcement.[8]
  2. ^ Substituted for Kaymer in Mayakoba,[9] Tucson[10] and Orlando.[11]
  3. ^ Substituted for Lahiri in Orlando,[11] and Casey in Washington, D.C.[12]
  4. ^ Stenson, Poulter, and Westwood are co-captains of Majesticks GC.[13]
  5. ^ Substituted for Horsfield after he withdrew before the third round in Adelaide;[14] and continued to substitute for him in Singapore, Tulsa, Washington, D.C., Andalucía, London, Greenbrier and Bedminster.
  6. ^ Substituted for Westwood in Tulsa, after he withdrew before the third round.[15]
  7. ^ Substituted for Pieters after he withdrew before the third round in Washington, D.C.[16]
  8. ^ Substituted for Kokrak in Washington, D.C., after he withdrew before the second round.[17]
  9. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of LIV Golf League events they had won up to and including that tournament.
  10. ^ MENA − MENA Tour.
  11. ^ In July, LIV Golf announced that Miami would host the team championship to end the season and Jeddah would move to the week prior to Miami.[21]

References

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  1. ^ Romine, Brentley (15 October 2023). "Brooks Koepka wins LIV Jeddah, but Talor Gooch takes season-long prize". NBC Sports. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ Rosa, Francisco (23 October 2023). "Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers Win 2023 LIV Golf Team Championship, $14M in Prize Money". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ Porter, Kyle (19 January 2023). "LIV Golf inks multi-year deal with The CW Network as Saudi-backed league lands first U.S. TV deal". CBS Sports. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. ^ "PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf agree to stunning merger". Sky Sports. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ^ "OWGR denies LIV Golf's application for eligible tour status". Official World Golf Ranking. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ Woodard, Adam (10 October 2023). "OWGR rejects LIV Golf application for world ranking points". Golfweek. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  7. ^ Beall, Joel (16 February 2023). "LIV Golf begins roll out of teams, players for 2023 as Pereira and Munoz official join league". Golf Digest. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  8. ^ "LIV Golf: The rosters are set". Twitter. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Cleeks GC captain Kaymer to miss LIV Golf Mayakoba; Canter to fill in". LIV Golf. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  10. ^ Golf Injury Report [@InjuryReportPGA] (17 March 2023). "Martin Kaymer *O* (Wrist) is still recovering from his injury" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 March 2023 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ a b "Ogletree, Canter to replace Lahiri, Kaymer in LIV Golf Orlando field". LIV Golf. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  12. ^ LIVGolfComms [@LIVGolfComms] (24 May 2023). "Reserve player Andy Ogletree to replace Paul Casey (injury) in @Crushers_gc lineup for #LIVGolf DC" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ McAllister, Mike (15 February 2023). "Now Playing His 25th Season, Stenson Eager To Chase Titles As Majesticks Co-Captain". LIV Golf. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  14. ^ LIVGolfComms [@LIVGolfComms] (23 April 2023). "Due to injury, Sam Horsfield is a WD prior to Sunday's final round #LIVGolfAdelaide" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 April 2023 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Majesticks GC [@MajesticksGC] (14 May 2023). "Due to injury Andy Ogletree will come in to replace @WestwoodLee" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ LIVGolfComms [@LIVGolfComms] (28 May 2023). "Pieters WDs (injury). Replaced by reserve Ormsby on RangeGoats GC" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ Smash GC [@SmashGC] (27 May 2023). "Due to injury Kieran Vincent to replace Jason Kokrak #SmashGC" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ "2023 Events". LIV Golf. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  19. ^ Hall, Mike (30 November 2022). "LIV Golf League Schedule 2023". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  20. ^ Woodward, Adam (30 November 2022). "LIV Golf League 2023 schedule starts to take shape with stops in Mexico, Singapore and Spain". Golfweek. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  21. ^ Harig, Bob (10 July 2023). "LIV Golf Makes Change to Fall Schedule, Will End Season in Miami". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  22. ^ a b c "2023 standings". LIV Golf. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Brooks Koepka wins tourney; Talor Gooch wins LIV points title". ESPN. Associated Press. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  24. ^ "LIV Team Championship: Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers take title in Miami". BBC Sport. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  25. ^ Valdera, Julio (20 October 2023). "LIV Golf Prize Money List 2023: How much did each player earn?". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  26. ^ Romine, Brentley (15 October 2023). "Brooks Koepka's brother among four players relegated from LIV". NBC Sports. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  27. ^ Singh, Kunal (17 October 2023). "Golfers to compete for coveted spots in the 2024 LIV Golf season at LIV Abu Dhabi GC Promotional event". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  28. ^ Coles, Matt (17 October 2023). "How will the LIV Golf Promotions Event work?". National Club Golfer. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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