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The '''2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series''' was the first season of the [[LIV Golf Invitational Series]]. The season consisted of seven 54-hole tournaments, featuring 48 players and no cut, and a team championship event at the season end.
The '''2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series''' was the inaugural season of [[LIV Golf]]. The season consisted of seven 54-hole tournaments, featuring 48 players and no cut, with a team championship event at the season end.


==Development==
==Development==
On 17 March 2022, the first eight tournament schedule with prize money of $255 million was announced by [[Greg Norman]]. The 54-hole tournaments will have no [[cut (golf)|cut]] and will feature 48 players [[draft (sport)|drafted]] into 12 four-man teams, with [[shotgun start]]s. The first seven events will have $20 million purses with an additional $5 million split among the top three teams each week; a team championship concludes the schedule with a $30 million on offer to the top three players and an additional $50 million in team prizes.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=DiMeglio |first=Steve |title=Greg Norman announces Saudi Arabia-backed 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series will start in June, feature $255 million in prize money |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/03/16/greg-norman-saudi-arabia-liv-golf-invitational-june/ |magazine=Golfweek |date=16 March 2022 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Beall |first1=Joel |last2=Rapaport |first2=Dan |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/liv-golf-announce-schedule-2022 |title=Saudi-backed LIV Golf announces eight-event, $255 million series that will visit United States |website=Golf Digest |date=16 March 2022 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Beall |first=Joel |title=Trump Doral to host $50 million LIV Golf series finale |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/trump-doral-liv-golf |magazine=Golf Digest |date=25 April 2022 |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref>
On 17 March 2022, the first eight tournament schedule with prize money of {{currency|255 million|USD}} was announced by [[Greg Norman]]. The 54-hole tournaments had no [[cut (golf)|cut]] and featured 48 players [[draft (sport)|drafted]] into 12 four-man teams, with [[shotgun start]]s. The first seven events had $20 million purses with an additional $5 million split among the top three teams each week; a team championship concluded the schedule with a $30 million on offer to the top three players and an additional $50 million in team prizes.<ref name=events>{{cite magazine |last=DiMeglio |first=Steve |title=Greg Norman announces Saudi Arabia-backed 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series will start in June, feature $255 million in prize money |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/03/16/greg-norman-saudi-arabia-liv-golf-invitational-june/ |magazine=Golfweek |date=16 March 2022 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Beall |first1=Joel |last2=Rapaport |first2=Dan |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/liv-golf-announce-schedule-2022 |title=Saudi-backed LIV Golf announces eight-event, $255 million series that will visit United States |magazine=Golf Digest |date=16 March 2022 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Beall |first=Joel |title=Trump Doral to host $50 million LIV Golf series finale |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/trump-doral-liv-golf |magazine=Golf Digest |date=25 April 2022 |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref>


==Broadcasting==
==Broadcasting==
Currently LIV Golf broadcasts events on its website and on its own YouTube and Facebook pages. [[Arlo White]] serves as lead broadcaster with pundits [[Jerry Foltz]] and Dom Boulet. Su-Ann Heng serves as an on-course reporter and [[Troy Mullins]] is billed as both on-course reporter and [[Influencer marketing|influencer]] for the tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kerschbaumer |first=Ken |date=2022-06-07 |title=LIV Golf Details Production Plans for Centurion Club Debut |url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2022/06/07/liv-golf-details-production-plans-for-centurion-club-debut/ |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=Sports Video Group}}</ref> In July, it was confirmed that [[David Feherty]] would be leaving [[NBC Sports]] to join the LIV Golf broadcast team.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bain |first=Mark |date=18 July 2022 |title=Northern Irish golf pundit David Feherty to move to LIV Golf to become an analyst |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/northern-irish-golf-pundit-david-feherty-to-move-to-liv-golf-to-become-an-analyst-41849637.html |access-date=19 July 2022 |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph}}</ref>
LIV Golf broadcast events on its website and on its own YouTube and Facebook pages. [[Arlo White]] served as lead broadcaster with pundits [[Jerry Foltz]] and Dom Boulet. Su-Ann Heng served as an on-course reporter and [[Troy Mullins]] was billed as both on-course reporter and [[Influencer marketing|influencer]] for the tour.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kerschbaumer |first=Ken |date=2022-06-07 |title=LIV Golf Details Production Plans for Centurion Club Debut |url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2022/06/07/liv-golf-details-production-plans-for-centurion-club-debut/ |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=Sports Video Group}}</ref> In July, it was confirmed that [[David Feherty]] would be leaving [[NBC Sports]] to join the LIV Golf broadcast team.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bain |first=Mark |date=18 July 2022 |title=Northern Irish golf pundit David Feherty to move to LIV Golf to become an analyst |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/northern-irish-golf-pundit-david-feherty-to-move-to-liv-golf-to-become-an-analyst-41849637.html |access-date=19 July 2022 |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph}}</ref>


In the U.S., the organization attempted to [[brokered programming|buy time]] on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] as its broadcaster, but were unable to reach an agreement. All of the remaining major television networks in the U.S. have ties to the [[PGA Tour]]'s media rights, and [[Turner Sports]] is under the purview of [[Warner Bros. Discovery]], which serves as the tour's major broadcaster overseas, which would effectively prevent them from airing LIV Golf due to its animosity.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Draper |first=Kevin |date=2022-06-16 |title=LIV Golf Has Marquee Names and Giant Purses. So Why No TV Deal? |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/sports/golf/liv-golf-tv-deal.html |access-date=2022-06-17}}</ref> Likewise, PGA Tour media partners have largely avoided direct references to LIV during golf telecasts, only discussing it from a critical perspective.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rigdon |first=Jay |date=2022-07-14 |title=Dan Hicks sidesteps saying "LIV" during Open Championship coverage |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/golf/dan-hicks-sidesteps-saying-liv-during-open-championship-coverage.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}</ref>
In the U.S., LIV Golf attempted to [[brokered programming|buy time]] on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] as its broadcaster, but were unable to reach an agreement. All of the remaining major television networks in the U.S. have ties to the [[PGA Tour]]'s media rights, and [[Turner Sports]] was under the purview of [[Warner Bros. Discovery]], which served as the tour's major broadcaster overseas, which would have effectively prevented them from airing LIV Golf due to its animosity.<ref>{{cite news |last=Draper |first=Kevin |date=2022-06-16 |title=LIV Golf Has Marquee Names and Giant Purses. So Why No TV Deal? |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/sports/golf/liv-golf-tv-deal.html |access-date=2022-06-17}}</ref> Likewise, PGA Tour media partners largely avoided direct references to LIV during golf telecasts, only discussing it from a critical perspective.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rigdon |first=Jay |date=2022-07-14 |title=Dan Hicks sidesteps saying "LIV" during Open Championship coverage |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/golf/dan-hicks-sidesteps-saying-liv-during-open-championship-coverage.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |work=Awful Announcing}}</ref>


==Teams==
==Teams==
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*4Aces GC
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==Schedule==
==Schedule==
The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.livgolf.com/events |title=Events 2022 |publisher=LIV Golf |access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref>
The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.livgolf.com/events |title=2022 Tournament schedule |publisher=LIV Golf |access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=events/>


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
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! Individual !! Team !! Individual !! Team
! Individual !! Team !! Individual !! Team
|-
|-
| 11 Jun || [[LIV Golf Invitational London]] || United Kingdom ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Charl Schwartzel]] (1) || Stinger GC{{efn|[[Hennie du Plessis]], [[Branden Grace]], [[Louis Oosthuizen]] and [[Charl Schwartzel]]}} || ||
| 11 Jun || [[LIV Golf Invitational London]] || England ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Charl Schwartzel]] (1) || Stinger GC{{efn|name=stinger|[[Hennie du Plessis]], [[Branden Grace]], [[Louis Oosthuizen]] and [[Charl Schwartzel]]}} || ||
|-
|-
| 2 Jul || [[LIV Golf Invitational Portland]] || United States ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Branden Grace]] (1) || 4 Aces GC{{efn|name=4aces|[[Talor Gooch]], [[Dustin Johnson]], [[Pat Perez]] and [[Patrick Reed]]}} || ||
| 2 Jul || [[LIV Golf Invitational Portland]] || United States ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Branden Grace]] (1) || 4Aces GC{{efn|name=4aces}} || ||
|-
|-
| 31 Jul || [[LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster]] || United States ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Stenson]] (1) || 4 Aces GC{{efn|name=4aces}} || ||
| 31 Jul || [[LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster]] || United States ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Stenson]] (1) || 4Aces GC{{efn|name=4aces|[[Talor Gooch]], [[Dustin Johnson]], [[Pat Perez]] and [[Patrick Reed]]}} || ||
|-
|-
| 4 Sep || [[LIV Golf Invitational Boston]] || United States ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dustin Johnson]] (1) || 4 Aces GC{{efn|name=4aces}} || ||
| 4 Sep || [[LIV Golf Invitational Boston]] || United States ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dustin Johnson]] (1) || 4Aces GC{{efn|name=4aces}} || ||
|-
|-
| 18 Sep || [[LIV Golf Invitational Chicago]] || United States ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Cameron Smith (golfer)|Cameron Smith]] (1) || 4 Aces GC{{efn|name=4aces}} || ||
| 18 Sep || [[LIV Golf Invitational Chicago]] || United States ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Cameron Smith (golfer)|Cameron Smith]] (1) || 4Aces GC{{efn|name=4aces}} || ||
|-
|-
| 9 Oct || LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok || Thailand ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Eugenio Chacarra]] (1) || Fireballs GC{{efn|[[Abraham Ancer]], [[Eugenio Chacarra]], [[Sergio García]] and [[Carlos Ortiz (golfer)|Carlos Ortiz]]}} || [[2022–23 MENA Tour|MENA]] ||
| 9 Oct || LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok || Thailand ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Eugenio Chacarra]] (1) || Fireballs GC{{efn|[[Abraham Ancer]], [[Eugenio Chacarra]], [[Sergio García]] and [[Carlos Ortiz (golfer)|Carlos Ortiz]]}} || [[2022–23 MENA Tour|MENA]] ||
|-
|-
| 16 Oct || LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah || Saudi Arabia ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brooks Koepka]] (1) || Smash GC{{efn|[[Brooks Koepka]], [[Chase Koepka]], [[Jason Kokrak]] and [[Peter Uihlein]]}} || [[2022–23 MENA Tour|MENA]] ||
| 16 Oct || [[LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah]] || Saudi Arabia ||align=right|20,000,000 ||align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brooks Koepka]] (1) || Smash GC{{efn|[[Brooks Koepka]], [[Chase Koepka]], [[Jason Kokrak]] and [[Peter Uihlein]]}} || [[2022–23 MENA Tour|MENA]] ||
|-
|-
| 30 Oct || LIV Golf Invitational Miami || United States || align=center|n/a ||align=right|50,000,000 || align=center|n/a || 4 Aces GC{{efn|name=4aces}} || || Team Championship
| 30 Oct || LIV Golf Invitational Miami || United States || align=center|n/a ||align=right|50,000,000 || align=center|n/a || 4Aces GC{{efn|name=4aces}} || || Team Championship
|}
|}


==Points standings==
==Points list==
===Individual===
===Individual points list===
The [[LIV Golf#Points and money list winners|individual points list]] was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.<ref>{{cite web |title=Individual standings |url=https://www.livgolf.com/standings-2022?tab=individual-standings |publisher=LIV Golf |access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LIV Golf: Inaugural champion Dustin Johnson receives £16.2m in prize money |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/63201500 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=10 October 2022 |date=10 October 2022 |quote=It's an honour to be LIV's first individual season champion.}}</ref>
Players finishing top-24 at each Invitational Series tournament receive points ranging from 40 (first place) to 1 (21st–24th place), and the player with the most points after the seven regular season events will be crowned Individual Champion. Prizes are $18 million to the individual champion, $8 million to the runner-up and $4 million to third.

Final individual points standings:<ref>{{cite web |title=Individual champion |url=https://www.livgolf.com/individual-champion-season |publisher=LIV Golf |access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Position
!Position
!Player
!Player
!Events
!Points
!Points
|-
|-
|align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dustin Johnson]] || align=center|7 || align=center|135
|align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dustin Johnson]] || align=center|135
|-
|-
|align=center|2 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Branden Grace]] || align=center|7 || align=center|79
|align=center|2 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Branden Grace]] || align=center|79
|-
|-
|align=center|3 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Uihlein]] || align=center|7 || align=center|79
|align=center|3 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Uihlein]] || align=center|79
|-
|-
|align=center|4 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Reed]] || align=center|6 || align=center|79
|align=center|4 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Reed]] || align=center|79
|-
|-
|align=center|5 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Charl Schwartzel]] || align=center|7 || align=center|66
|align=center|5 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Charl Schwartzel]] || align=center|66
|}
|}


===Team===
===Team points list===
Final team points standings:<ref>{{cite web |title=Team standings |url=https://www.livgolf.com/2022-team-standings |publisher=LIV Golf |access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref>
The [[LIV Golf#Points and money list winners|team points list]] was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.<ref>{{cite web |title=Team standings |url=https://www.livgolf.com/standings-2022?tab=team-standings |publisher=LIV Golf |access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=2022 LIV Golf in Miami leaderboard, scores: Dustin Johnson's 4 Aces GC wins inaugural team championship |url=https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/2022-liv-golf-in-miami-leaderboard-scores-dustin-johnsons-4-aces-gc-wins-inaugural-team-championship/ |work=CBS Sport |first=Patrick |last=McDonald |access-date=31 October 2022 |date=30 October 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Position !! Team !! Points
!Position !! Team !! Points !! {{abbr|TC|Team Championship}} finish
|-
|-
|align=center|1 || 4 Aces || align=center|152
|align=center|1 || 4Aces GC || align=center|152 || align=center|'''1st'''
|-
|-
|align=center|2 || Crushers || align=center|96
|align=center|2 || Crushers GC || align=center|96 || align=center|T5
|-
|-
|align=center|3 || Fireballs || align=center|93
|align=center|3 || Fireballs GC || align=center|93 || align=center|T5
|-
|-
|align=center|4 || Stinger || align=center|72
|align=center|4 || Stinger GC || align=center|72 || align=center|4th
|-
|-
|align=center|5 || Smash || align=center|62
|align=center|5 || Smash GC || align=center|62 || align=center|3rd
|}
|}


==Money leaders==
==Money list==
Final standings of leading players in the money list:<ref>{{cite news |title=LIV Golf Money Leaders |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/national/story/2022-10-17/liv-golf-money-leaders |access-date=20 October 2022 |work=The San Diego Union Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=17 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/news-and-events/tour-news/how-much-do-the-liv-golf-invitational-series-players-get-paid/ |title=LIV Golf prize money: How much every player has earned so far |website=Today's Golfer |date=17 October 2022 |first=Rob |last=Jerram}}</ref>
The [[LIV Golf#Points and money list winners|money list]] was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.<ref>{{cite web |title=Individual prize earnings |url=https://www.livgolf.com/standings-2022?tab=individual-prize-earnings |access-date=15 October 2023 |publisher=LIV Golf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/news-and-events/tour-news/how-much-do-the-liv-golf-invitational-series-players-get-paid/ |title=LIV Golf prize money: How much every player has earned so far |magazine=Today's Golfer |date=17 October 2022 |first=Rob |last=Jerram |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dustin Johnson not satisfied with banking $35.6 million and sweeping LIV Golf's triple crown |url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/dustin-johnson-not-satisfied-banking-121343169.html |work=Yahoo! Sport |first=Tom |last=D'Angelo |access-date=31 October 2022 |date=31 October 2022}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2|Position
!rowspan=2|Position
!rowspan=2|Player
!rowspan=2|Player
!rowspan=2|Events
!colspan=4|Prize money ($)
!colspan=4|Prize money ($)
|-
|-
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|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dustin Johnson]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dustin Johnson]]
|align=center|8
|align=center|10,575,267
|align=right|10,575,267
|align=center|7,062,500
|align=right|7,062,500
|align=center|18,000,000
|align=right|18,000,000
|align=center|35,637,767
⚫
|align=right|35,637,767
|-
|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|{{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Branden Grace]]
|{{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Branden Grace]]
|align=center|8
|align=center|6,509,666
|align=right|6,509,666
|align=center|2,125,000
|align=right|2,125,000
|align=center|8,000,000
|align=right|8,000,000
|align=center|16,634,666
⚫
|align=right|16,634,666
|-
|-
|align=center|3
|align=center|3
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Uihlein]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Uihlein]]
|align=center|8
|align=center|5,814,786
|align=right|5,814,786
|align=center|3,000,000
|align=right|3,000,000
|align=center|4,000,000
|align=right|4,000,000
|align=center|12,814,786
|align=right|12,814,786
|-
|-
|align=center|4
|align=center|4
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Reed]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Reed]]
|align=center|7
|align=center|5,148,214
|align=right|5,148,214
|align=center|7,062,500
|align=right|7,062,500
|align=center|
⚫
|align=center|12,210,714
|
|align=right|12,210,714
|-
|-
|align=center|5
|align=center|5
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Talor Gooch]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Talor Gooch]]
|align=center|8
|align=center|3,312,001
|align=right|3,312,001
|align=center|7,062,500
|align=right|7,062,500
|align=center|
⚫
|align=center|10,374,501
|
|align=right|10,374,501
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
!Award!!Winner(s)!!Ref.
|-
| Individual champion || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dustin Johnson]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=LIV Golf: Inaugural champion Dustin Johnson receives £16.2m in prize money |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/63201500 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=10 October 2022 |date=10 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Team champions || 4 Aces GC{{efn|name=4aces}} || <ref>{{cite web |title=2022 LIV Golf in Miami leaderboard, scores: Dustin Johnson's 4 Aces GC wins inaugural team championship |url=https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/2022-liv-golf-in-miami-leaderboard-scores-dustin-johnsons-4-aces-gc-wins-inaugural-team-championship/ |website=CBS Sport |first=Patrick |last=McDonald |access-date=31 October 2022 |date=30 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Money winner || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dustin Johnson]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=Dustin Johnson not satisfied with banking $35.6 million and sweeping LIV Golf's triple crown |url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/dustin-johnson-not-satisfied-banking-121343169.html |website=Yahoo! Sport |first=Tom |last=D'Angelo |access-date=31 October 2022 |date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
|}
|}


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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.livgolf.com/}}
*{{Official site|https://www.livgolf.com/}}


{{LIV Golf Invitational Series seasons}}
{{LIV Golf Invitational Series seasons}}

Latest revision as of 23:40, 23 June 2024

2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series season
Duration9 June 2022 (2022-06-09) – 30 October 2022 (2022-10-30)
Number of official events8
Individual points listUnited States Dustin Johnson
Team champions4Aces GC[a]
Money listUnited States Dustin Johnson
2023 →

The 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series was the inaugural season of LIV Golf. The season consisted of seven 54-hole tournaments, featuring 48 players and no cut, with a team championship event at the season end.

Development

[edit]

On 17 March 2022, the first eight tournament schedule with prize money of US$255,000,000 was announced by Greg Norman. The 54-hole tournaments had no cut and featured 48 players drafted into 12 four-man teams, with shotgun starts. The first seven events had $20 million purses with an additional $5 million split among the top three teams each week; a team championship concluded the schedule with a $30 million on offer to the top three players and an additional $50 million in team prizes.[1][2][3]

Broadcasting

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LIV Golf broadcast events on its website and on its own YouTube and Facebook pages. Arlo White served as lead broadcaster with pundits Jerry Foltz and Dom Boulet. Su-Ann Heng served as an on-course reporter and Troy Mullins was billed as both on-course reporter and influencer for the tour.[4] In July, it was confirmed that David Feherty would be leaving NBC Sports to join the LIV Golf broadcast team.[5]

In the U.S., LIV Golf attempted to buy time on Fox as its broadcaster, but were unable to reach an agreement. All of the remaining major television networks in the U.S. have ties to the PGA Tour's media rights, and Turner Sports was under the purview of Warner Bros. Discovery, which served as the tour's major broadcaster overseas, which would have effectively prevented them from airing LIV Golf due to its animosity.[6] Likewise, PGA Tour media partners largely avoided direct references to LIV during golf telecasts, only discussing it from a critical perspective.[7]

Teams

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  • 4Aces GC
  • Cleeks GC
  • Crusher GC
  • Fireball GC
  • HY Flyers GC
  • Iron Heads GC
  • Majesticks GC
  • Niblicks GC
  • Punch GC
  • Smash GC
  • Stinger GC
  • Torque GC

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[8][1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse (US$) Winner[b] Other
tours[c]		 Notes
Individual Team Individual Team
11 Jun LIV Golf Invitational London England 20,000,000 5,000,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (1) Stinger GC[d]
2 Jul LIV Golf Invitational Portland United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 South Africa Branden Grace (1) 4Aces GC[a]
31 Jul LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 Sweden Henrik Stenson (1) 4Aces GC[a]
4 Sep LIV Golf Invitational Boston United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 United States Dustin Johnson (1) 4Aces GC[a]
18 Sep LIV Golf Invitational Chicago United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 Australia Cameron Smith (1) 4Aces GC[a]
9 Oct LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok Thailand 20,000,000 5,000,000 Spain Eugenio Chacarra (1) Fireballs GC[e] MENA
16 Oct LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah Saudi Arabia 20,000,000 5,000,000 United States Brooks Koepka (1) Smash GC[f] MENA
30 Oct LIV Golf Invitational Miami United States n/a 50,000,000 n/a 4Aces GC[a] 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.[9][10]

Position Player Points
1 United States Dustin Johnson 135
2 South Africa Branden Grace 79
3 United States Peter Uihlein 79
4 United States Patrick Reed 79
5 South Africa Charl Schwartzel 66

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.[11][12]

Position Team Points TC finish
1 4Aces GC 152 1st
2 Crushers GC 96 T5
3 Fireballs GC 93 T5
4 Stinger GC 72 4th
5 Smash GC 62 3rd

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[13][14][15]

Position Player Prize money ($)
Individual Team Bonus Total
1 United States Dustin Johnson 10,575,267 7,062,500 18,000,000 35,637,767
2 South Africa Branden Grace 6,509,666 2,125,000 8,000,000 16,634,666
3 United States Peter Uihlein 5,814,786 3,000,000 4,000,000 12,814,786
4 United States Patrick Reed 5,148,214 7,062,500 12,210,714
5 United States Talor Gooch 3,312,001 7,062,500 10,374,501

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Talor Gooch, Dustin Johnson, Pat Perez and Patrick Reed
  2. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of LIV Golf Invitational Series events they had won up to and including that tournament.
  3. ^ MENA − MENA Tour.
  4. ^ Hennie du Plessis, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel
  5. ^ Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra, Sergio García and Carlos Ortiz
  6. ^ Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka, Jason Kokrak and Peter Uihlein

References

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  1. ^ a b DiMeglio, Steve (16 March 2022). "Greg Norman announces Saudi Arabia-backed 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series will start in June, feature $255 million in prize money". Golfweek. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ Beall, Joel; Rapaport, Dan (16 March 2022). "Saudi-backed LIV Golf announces eight-event, $255 million series that will visit United States". Golf Digest. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. ^ Beall, Joel (25 April 2022). "Trump Doral to host $50 million LIV Golf series finale". Golf Digest. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  4. ^ Kerschbaumer, Ken (7 June 2022). "LIV Golf Details Production Plans for Centurion Club Debut". Sports Video Group. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  5. ^ Bain, Mark (18 July 2022). "Northern Irish golf pundit David Feherty to move to LIV Golf to become an analyst". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ^ Draper, Kevin (16 June 2022). "LIV Golf Has Marquee Names and Giant Purses. So Why No TV Deal?". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  7. ^ Rigdon, Jay (14 July 2022). "Dan Hicks sidesteps saying "LIV" during Open Championship coverage". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  8. ^ "2022 Tournament schedule". LIV Golf. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Individual standings". LIV Golf. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  10. ^ "LIV Golf: Inaugural champion Dustin Johnson receives £16.2m in prize money". BBC Sport. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022. It's an honour to be LIV's first individual season champion.
  11. ^ "Team standings". LIV Golf. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  12. ^ McDonald, Patrick (30 October 2022). "2022 LIV Golf in Miami leaderboard, scores: Dustin Johnson's 4 Aces GC wins inaugural team championship". CBS Sport. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Individual prize earnings". LIV Golf. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  14. ^ Jerram, Rob (17 October 2022). "LIV Golf prize money: How much every player has earned so far". Today's Golfer. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  15. ^ D'Angelo, Tom (31 October 2022). "Dustin Johnson not satisfied with banking $35.6 million and sweeping LIV Golf's triple crown". Yahoo! Sport. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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