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LIV Golf Invitational Portland

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LIV Golf Invitational Portland
Tournament information
LocationNorth Plains, Oregon
Established2022
Course(s)Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club
Par72
Length7,641 yards (6,987 m)[1]
Tour(s)LIV Golf
FormatIndividual and team stroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000,000 (individual)
US$5,000,000 (team)
Month playedJune/July
Final year2022
Tournament record score
Aggregate203 Branden Grace (2022)
To par−13 as above
Final champion
South Africa Branden Grace
Location map
Pumpkin Ridge GC is located in the United States
Pumpkin Ridge GC
Pumpkin Ridge GC
Location in the United States
Pumpkin Ridge GC is located in Oregon
Pumpkin Ridge GC
Pumpkin Ridge GC
Location in Oregon

The LIV Golf Invitational Portland was a professional golf tournament that was held in North Plains, Oregon, outside of Portland at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. The inaugural tournament was held in July 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.[2][3]

Format

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The tournament was a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four man teams were selected via a draft by their designated team captains, 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.[4]

Inaugural field

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48 golfers participated in the inaugural LIV Portland event.[5] 48 golfers were invited to play.[a]

Teams

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  • 4 Aces GC: Johnson (c), Gooch, Perez, Reed
  • Cleeks GC: Kaymer (c), Pettit, Snyman, Vincent
  • Crusher GC: DeChambeau (c), Harding, Norris, Uihlein
  • Fireball GC: García (c), Ancer, Chacarra, Ortiz
  • HY Flyers GC: Mickelson (c), Buranatanyarat, Wiesberger, Wolff
  • Iron Heads GC: Na (c), Kaewkanjana, Khongwatmai, Kim
  • Majesticks GC: Westwood (c), Canter, Horsfield, Poulter
  • Niblicks GC: McDowell (c), Piot, Smyth, Swafford
  • Punch GC: Ormsby (c), Jones, Morgan, Windred
  • Smash GC: B. Koepka (c), Bland, C. Koepka, Otaegui
  • Stinger GC: Oosthuizen (c), du Plessis, Grace, Schwartzel
  • Torque GC: Tanihara (c), Kinoshita, Kozuma, Inamori

Winners

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Individual

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
2022 South Africa Branden Grace 203 −13 2 strokes Mexico Carlos Ortiz

Team

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Year Winners[a] Score
(to par)
Margin of
victory
Runners-up[a]
2022 4Aces GC[c] −23 7 strokes Stinger GC[d]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c (c) – Team captain
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ancer, Chacarra, Dechambeau, Inamori, Brooks Koepka, Ortiz, Perez, Reed and Wolff made their first appearances in the series.[6]
  3. ^ Talor Gooch, Dustin Johnson (c), Pat Perez and Patrick Reed
  4. ^ Hennie du Plessis, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen (c) and Charl Schwartzel

References

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  1. ^ "Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club". LIV Golf. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  2. ^ Van Valkenburg, Kevin (June 7, 2022). "Dustin Johnson leaves PGA Tour to play in LIV". ESPN. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  3. ^ Suggs, David (June 28, 2022). "LIV Golf Portland field 2022: Full list of golfers, including debuts of Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau after PGA Tour exit". Sporting News. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  4. ^ Scrivener, Peter (June 8, 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  5. ^ "Teams announced for LIV Golf Invitational Portland". LIV Golf. June 28, 2022.
  6. ^ "LIV Golf Invitational Series: All you need to know ahead of second event this week in Portland". Sky Sports. June 29, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2022.