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 →

Broadcasting

In the United States, The CW broadcast and streamed the tournaments under a multi-year deal with the organization signed in January 2023.[1]

PGA Tour agreement

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.[2]

OWGR points rejection

In October 2023, it was announced by the Official World Golf Ranking that LIV Golf's application to receive OWGR points was rejected.[3][4]

Teams

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.[5]

Starting roster
TeamMembers[lower-alpha 1]
Captain(s)Player 2Player 3Player 4Substitute players
4 Aces GC United States Dustin JohnsonUnited States Patrick ReedUnited States Peter UihleinUnited States Pat Perez
Cleeks GC Germany Martin KaymerAustria Bernd WiesbergerNorthern Ireland Graeme McDowellEngland Richard BlandEngland Laurie Canter[lower-alpha 2]
Crushers GC United States Bryson DeChambeauEngland Paul CaseyUnited States Charles Howell IIIIndia Anirban LahiriUnited States Andy Ogletree[lower-alpha 3]
Fireballs GC Spain Sergio GarcíaMexico Abraham AncerMexico Carlos OrtizSpain Eugenio Chacarra
HyFlyers GC United States Phil MickelsonUnited States Cameron TringaleUnited States James PiotUnited States Brendan Steele
Iron Heads GC United States Kevin NaZimbabwe Scott VincentUnited States Sihwan KimNew Zealand Danny Lee
Majesticks GC[lower-alpha 4] Sweden Henrik Stenson, England Ian Poulter, England Lee WestwoodEngland Sam HorsfieldEngland Laurie Canter[lower-alpha 5]
United States Andy Ogletree[lower-alpha 6]
RangeGoats GC United States Bubba WatsonUnited States Talor GoochUnited States Harold Varner IIIBelgium Thomas PietersAustralia Wade Ormsby[lower-alpha 7]
Ripper GC Australia Cameron SmithAustralia Marc LeishmanAustralia Matt JonesAustralia Jediah Morgan
Smash GC United States Brooks KoepkaUnited States Matthew WolffUnited States Jason KokrakUnited States Chase KoepkaZimbabwe Kieran Vincent[lower-alpha 8]
Stinger GC South Africa Louis OosthuizenSouth Africa Charl SchwartzelSouth Africa Branden GraceSouth Africa Dean Burmester
Torque GC Chile Joaquín NiemannColombia Sebastián MuñozChile Mito PereiraSpain David Puig

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[16][17][18]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse (US$)Individual winner[lower-alpha 9]Winning teamOther
tours[lower-alpha 10]		Notes
IndividualTeam
26 FebLIV Golf MayakobaMexico20,000,0005,000,000United States Charles Howell III (1)Crushers GCMENA
19 MarLIV Golf TucsonUnited States20,000,0005,000,000New Zealand Danny Lee (1)Fireballs GCMENA
2 AprLIV Golf OrlandoUnited States20,000,0005,000,000United States Brooks Koepka (2)Torque GCMENA
23 AprLIV Golf AdelaideAustralia20,000,0005,000,000United States Talor Gooch (1)4 Aces GCMENA
30 AprLIV Golf SingaporeSingapore20,000,0005,000,000United States Talor Gooch (2)RangeGoats GCMENA
14 MayLIV Golf TulsaUnited States20,000,0005,000,000United States Dustin Johnson (2)Stinger GCMENA
28 MayLIV Golf Washington, D.C.United States20,000,0005,000,000United States Harold Varner III (1)Torque GCMENA
2 JulLIV Golf AndalucíaSpain20,000,0005,000,000United States Talor Gooch (3)Torque GCMENA
9 JulLIV Golf LondonEngland20,000,0005,000,000Australia Cameron Smith (2)4 Aces GCMENA
6 AugLIV Golf GreenbrierUnited States20,000,0005,000,000United States Bryson DeChambeau (1)Torque GCMENA
13 AugLIV Golf BedminsterUnited States20,000,0005,000,000Australia Cameron Smith (3)Ripper GCMENA
24 SepLIV Golf ChicagoUnited States20,000,0005,000,000United States Bryson DeChambeau (2)Crushers GCMENA
15 Oct
5 Nov[lower-alpha 11]		LIV Golf JeddahSaudi Arabia20,000,0005,000,000United States Brooks Koepka (3)Fireballs GCMENA
22 OctLIV Golf MiamiUnited Statesn/a50,000,000n/aCrushers GCTeam Championship

Points list

Individual points list

The individual points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[20][21]

PositionPlayerTeamPoints
1United States Talor GoochRangeGoats GC192
2Australia Cameron SmithRipper GC170
3United States Brooks KoepkaSmash GC152
4United States Bryson DeChambeauCrushers GC149
5United States Dustin Johnson4 Aces GC125

Team points list

The team points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[20][22]

PositionTeamPointsTC finish
14 Aces GC1924th
2Crushers GC1861st
3Torque GC1833rd
4RangeGoats GC1792nd
5Stinger GC1575th

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[23]

Position Player Prize money ($)
IndividualTeamBonusTotal
1 United States Talor Gooch 17,320,012 4,187,500 18,000,000 39,507,512
2 Australia Cameron Smith 13,955,417 1,625,000 10,000,000 25,580,417
3 United States Bryson DeChambeau 13,335,000 6,250,000 19,585,000
4 United States Brooks Koepka 13,495,833 812,500 4,000,000 18,308,333
5 United States Harold Varner III 9,125,833 4,187,500 13,313,333

Relegations

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.[20][24]

Promotions event

The LIV Golf Promotions Event is due to be held 8–10 December 2023 at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates.[25]

Format

The event will take place over three days, with 72 holes being played in total.[26] 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
  1. Players presented in order of the LIV Golf final 2023 team rosters announcement.[6]
  2. Substituted for Kaymer in Mayakoba,[7] Tucson[8] and Orlando.[9]
  3. Substituted for Lahiri in Orlando,[9] and Casey in Washington, D.C.[10]
  4. Stenson, Poulter, and Westwood are co-captains of Majesticks GC.[11]
  5. Substituted for Horsfield after he withdrew before the third round in Adelaide;[12] 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.[13]
  7. Substituted for Pieters after he withdrew before the third round in Washington, D.C.[14]
  8. Substituted for Kokrak in Washington, D.C., after he withdrew before the second round.[15]
  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.[19]

References
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