2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series
| Duration | 9 June 2022 – 30 October 2022 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 8 |
| Individual points list |  Dustin Johnson |
| Team champions | 4Aces GC[a] |
| Money list | 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 $50 million in team prizes.[1][2][3]
Broadcasting
[edit]LIV Golf broadcast events on its website and on its own YouTube and Facebook pages. Arlo White served as lead broadcaster with pundits Jerry Foltz and Dom Boulet. Su-Ann Heng served as an on-course reporter and Troy Mullins was billed as both on-course reporter and influencer for the tour.[4] In July, it was confirmed that David Feherty would be leaving NBC Sports to join the LIV Golf broadcast team.[5]
In the U.S., LIV Golf attempted to buy time on Fox as its broadcaster, but were unable to reach an agreement. All of the remaining major television networks in the U.S. have ties to the PGA Tour's media rights, and Turner Sports was under the purview of Warner Bros. Discovery, which served as the tour's major broadcaster overseas, which would have effectively prevented them from airing LIV Golf due to its animosity.[6] Likewise, PGA Tour media partners largely avoided direct references to LIV during golf telecasts, only discussing it from a critical perspective.[7]
Teams
[edit]- 4Aces GC
- Cleeks GC
- Crusher GC
- Fireball GC
- HY Flyers GC
- Iron Heads GC
- Majesticks GC
- Niblicks GC
- Punch GC
- Smash GC
- Stinger GC
- Torque GC
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[8][1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) | Winner[b] | Other tours[c] |
Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Team | Individual | Team | |||||
| 11 Jun | LIV Golf Invitational London | England | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 |  Charl Schwartzel (1) |
Stinger GC[d] | ||
| 2 Jul | LIV Golf Invitational Portland | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Branden Grace (1) |
4Aces GC[a] | ||
| 31 Jul | LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 |  Henrik Stenson (1) |
4Aces GC[a] | ||
| 4 Sep | LIV Golf Invitational Boston | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Dustin Johnson (1) |
4Aces GC[a] | ||
| 18 Sep | LIV Golf Invitational Chicago | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 |  Cameron Smith (1) |
4Aces GC[a] | ||
| 9 Oct | LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok | Thailand | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 |  Eugenio Chacarra (1) |
Fireballs GC[e] | MENA | |
| 16 Oct | LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 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
[edit]Individual points list
[edit]The individual points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[9][10]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Johnson |
135 |
| 2 | Branden Grace |
79 |
| 3 | Peter Uihlein |
79 |
| 4 | Patrick Reed |
79 |
| 5 | Charl Schwartzel |
66 |
Team points list
[edit]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
[edit]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 | Dustin Johnson
|
10,575,267 | 7,062,500 | 18,000,000 | 35,637,767 |
| 2 | Branden Grace
|
6,509,666 | 2,125,000 | 8,000,000 | 16,634,666 |
| 3 | Peter Uihlein
|
5,814,786 | 3,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 12,814,786 |
| 4 | Patrick Reed
|
5,148,214 | 7,062,500 | 12,210,714 | |
| 5 | Talor Gooch
|
3,312,001 | 7,062,500 | 10,374,501 | |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Talor Gooch, Dustin Johnson, Pat Perez and Patrick Reed
- ^ 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.
- ^ MENA − MENA Tour.
- ^ Hennie du Plessis, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel
- ^ Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra, Sergio García and Carlos Ortiz
- ^ Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka, Jason Kokrak and Peter Uihlein
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Beall, Joel (25 April 2022). "Trump Doral to host $50 million LIV Golf series finale". Golf Digest. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ Kerschbaumer, Ken (7 June 2022). "LIV Golf Details Production Plans for Centurion Club Debut". Sports Video Group. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rigdon, Jay (14 July 2022). "Dan Hicks sidesteps saying "LIV" during Open Championship coverage". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "2022 Tournament schedule". LIV Golf. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Individual standings". LIV Golf. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Team standings". LIV Golf. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Individual prize earnings". LIV Golf. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ Jerram, Rob (17 October 2022). "LIV Golf prize money: How much every player has earned so far". Today's Golfer. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ 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.