LIV Golf Jeddah
(Redirected from LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia |
| Established | 2022 |
| Course(s) | Royal Greens Golf & Country Club |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,048 yards (6,445 m) |
| Tour(s) | LIV Golf |
| Format | Individual and team stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$20,000,000 (individual) US$5,000,000 (team) |
| Month played | March |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 193 Joaquín Niemann (2024) |
| To par | −17 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Joaquín Niemann | |
| Location map | |
  Royal Greens Golf & Country Club Location in Saudi Arabia | |
LIV Golf Jeddah is a professional golf tournament sponsored by LIV Golf in Saudi Arabia, held at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, north of Jeddah. It debuted in October 2023. The first two events were also co-sponsored by the MENA Tour.
Format[edit]
The tournament is a 54-hole 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[edit]
Individual[edit]
| Year | Tour(s)[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIV Golf Jeddah | ||||||
| 2024 | LIV | Joaquín Niemann |
193 | −17 | 4 strokes |  Louis Oosthuizen Charl Schwartzel
|
| 2023 | LIV, MENA |  Brooks Koepka (2) |
196 | −14 | Playoff | Talor Gooch
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| LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah | ||||||
| 2022 | LIV, MENA | Brooks Koepka |
198 | −12 | Playoff | Peter Uihlein
|
Team[edit]
| Year | Winners[b] | Score (to par) |
Margin of victory |
Runners-up[b] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIV Golf Jeddah | ||||||
| 2024 | Crushers GC[c] | −38 | 4 strokes | Stinger GC[d] | ||
| 2023 | Fireballs GC[e] | −34 | 3 strokes | RangeGoats GC[f] | ||
| LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah | ||||||
| 2022 | Smash GC[g] | −33 | 6 strokes | Fireballs GC[e] | ||
Notes[edit]
- ^ LIV − LIV Golf League; MENA − MENA Tour.
- ^ a b (c) – Team captain
- ^ Paul Casey, Bryson DeChambeau (c), Charles Howell III and Anirban Lahiri
- ^ Dean Burmester, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel.
- ^ a b Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra, Sergio García (c) and Carlos Ortiz
- ^ Talor Gooch, Thomas Pieters, Harold Varner III and Bubba Watson (c)
- ^ Brooks Koepka (c), Chase Koepka, Jason Kokrak and Peter Uihlein
References[edit]
- ^ Scrivener, Peter (8 June 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2022.