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Professional golf tournament

Golf tournament
LIV Golf Jeddah
Tournament information
LocationKing Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia
Established2022
Course(s)Royal Greens Golf & Country Club
Par70
Length7,048 yards (6,445 m)
Tour(s)LIV Golf
FormatIndividual and team stroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000,000 (individual)
US$5,000,000 (team)
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate193 Joaquín Niemann (2024)
To par−17 as above
Current champion
Chile Joaquín Niemann
Location map
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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

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.

Winners

Individual

Year Tour(s) Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
LIV Golf Jeddah
2024 LIV Chile Joaquín Niemann 193 −17 4 strokes South Africa Louis Oosthuizen
South Africa Charl Schwartzel
2023 LIV, MENA United States Brooks Koepka (2) 196 −14 Playoff United States Talor Gooch
LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah
2022 LIV, MENA United States Brooks Koepka 198 −12 Playoff United States Peter Uihlein

Team

Year Winners Score
(to par)
Margin of
victory
Runners-up
LIV Golf Jeddah
2024 Crushers GC −38 4 strokes Stinger GC
2023 Fireballs GC −34 3 strokes RangeGoats GC
LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah
2022 Smash GC −33 6 strokes Fireballs GC

Notes

  1. LIV − LIV Golf League; MENA − MENA Tour.
  2. ^ (c) – Team captain
  3. Paul Casey, Bryson DeChambeau (c), Charles Howell III and Anirban Lahiri
  4. Dean Burmester, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel.
  5. ^ Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra, Sergio García (c) and Carlos Ortiz
  6. Talor Gooch, Thomas Pieters, Harold Varner III and Bubba Watson (c)
  7. Brooks Koepka (c), Chase Koepka, Jason Kokrak and Peter Uihlein

References

  1. Scrivener, Peter (8 June 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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