LIV Golf Invitational Chicago

The LIV Golf Invitational Chicago is a professional golf tournament held at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois, outside of Chicago.

LIV Golf Chicago
Tournament information
LocationSugar Grove, Illinois
Established2022
Course(s)Rich Harvest Farms
Par71
Length7,408 yards (6,774 m)
Tour(s)LIV Golf
MENA Tour
FormatIndividual and team stroke play
Prize fundUS$5,000,000 (individual)
US$20,000,000 (team)
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate200 Bryson DeChambeau (2023)
To par−13 Cameron Smith (2022)
−13 Bryson DeChambeau (2023)
Current champion
United States Bryson DeChambeau
Location Map
Rich Harvest Farms is located in the United States
Rich Harvest Farms
Rich Harvest Farms
Location in the United States
Rich Harvest Farms is located in Illinois
Rich Harvest Farms
Rich Harvest Farms
Location in Illinois

The inaugural event was held in September 2022 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 48-player field featured several former major championship including Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Charl Schwartzel, Patrick Reed and Sergio García,[1] and was won by 2022 Open champion Cameron Smith.[2]

Format

The tournament was a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four-man teams were announced on the Monday before the tournament, 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.[3]

Inaugural field

48 golfers participated in the inaugural LIV Chicago event.[lower-alpha 1]

Teams
  • 4 Aces GC: Johnson (c), Gooch, Perez, Reed
  • Cleeks GC: Kaymer (c), McDowell, Canter, Bland
  • Crusher GC: DeChambeau (c), Casey, Howell III, Lahiri
  • Fireball GC: García (c), Ancer, Ortiz, Chacarra
  • HY Flyers GC: Mickelson (c), Wiesberger, Wolff, Tringale
  • Iron Heads GC: Na (c), Kaewkanjana, Khongwatmai, Kim
  • Majesticks GC: Westwood (c), Stenson, Poulter, Horsfield
  • Niblicks GC: Swafford, Piot, Pettit, Varner III
  • Punch GC: Ormsby, Jones, Leishman, Smith
  • Smash GC: B. Koepka (c), C. Koepka, Kokrak, Uihlein
  • Stinger GC: Oosthuizen (c), Schwartzel, Grace, Norris
  • Torque GC: Niemann, Vincent, Puig, Morgan

Winners

Individual
YearTour(s)[lower-alpha 2]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
LIV Golf Chicago
2023LIV, MENAUnited States Bryson DeChambeau200−131 strokeIndia Anirban Lahiri
Australia Marc Leishman
LIV Golf Invitational Chicago
2022LIVAustralia Cameron Smith203−133 strokesUnited States Dustin Johnson
United States Peter Uihlein

Team
YearWinner[lower-alpha 1]Score
(to par)		Margin of
victory		Runner-up[lower-alpha 1]
LIV Golf Chicago
2023Crushers GCEngland Paul Casey−333 strokesFireballs GCMexico Abraham Ancer
United States Bryson DeChambeau (c)Spain Eugenio Chacarra
United States Charles Howell IIISpain Sergio García (c)
India Anirban LahiriMexico Carlos Ortiz
LIV Golf Invitational Chicago
20224 Aces GCUnited States Talor Gooch−241 strokeSmash GCUnited States Brooks Koepka (c)
United States Dustin Johnson (c)United States Chase Koepka
United States Pat PerezUnited States Jason Kokrak
United States Patrick ReedUnited States Peter Uihlein

Notes
  1. (c) – Team captain
  2. LIV − LIV Golf League; MENA − MENA Tour.

References
  1. "LIV Roster". LIV Golf. June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  2. Priest, Evin (September 18, 2022). "Cam Smith wins LIV Golf's Chicago event, proves he's not 'a worse player' just because he switched tours". Golf Digest. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  3. Scrivener, Peter (June 8, 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
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