LIV Golf Invitational Series: EVERYTHING you need to know...
The first LIV Golf Invitational Series began at Centurion Golf Club in St. Albans in June, and incredibly both Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson broke away from the PGA Tour to join Greg Norman's new Saudi-backed circuit.
Johnson and Mickelson headlined the field made up of some of golf's biggest names including Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel and Talor Gooch.
A total of 48 players will compete in each event on the LIV Golf Series. The first LIV Golf tournament was held in Hertfordshire, England from June 9-11.
It has since been revealed that all PGA Tour players competing in the LIV Golf Invitational Series, at any stage, will be banned by the PGA Tour.
Since the first event, Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Henrik Stenson, Abraham Ancer, Bubba Watson and Matthew Wolff have all made the big switch to the breakaway series.
Who played in the first LIV Golf event in London?
Oliver Bekker
South Africa
Richard Bland
England
Itthipat Buranatanyarat
Thailand
Laurie Canter
England
TK Chantananuwat
Thailand
Hennie Du Plessis
South Africa
Oliver Fisher
England
Sergio Garcia
Spain
Talor Gooch
USA
Branden Grace
South Africa
Justin Harding
South Africa
Sam Horsfield
England
Dustin Johnson
USA
Matt Jones
Australia
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Thailand
Martin Kaymer
Germany
Phachara Khongwatmai
Thailand
Sihwan Kim
USA
Ryosuke Kinoshita
Japan
Chase Koepka
USA
Jinichiro Kozuma
Japan
Pablo Larrazabal
Spain
Viraj Madappa
India
Graeme McDowell
Northern Ireland
Phil Mickelson
USA
Jediah Morgan
Australia
Kevin Na
USA
Shaun Norris
South Africa
Andy Ogletree
USA
Louis Oosthuizen
South Africa
Wade Ormsby
Australia
Adrian Otaegui
Spain
Turk Pettit
USA
James Piot
USA
Ian Poulter
England
David Puig
Spain
JC Ritchie
South Africa
Charl Schwartzel
South Africa
Travis Smyth
Australia
Ian Snyman
South Africa
Hudson Swafford
USA
Hideto Tanihara
Japan
Peter Uihlein
USA
Scott Vincent
Zimbabwe
Lee Westwood
England
Bernd Wiesberger
Austria
Blake Windred
Australia
Kevin Yuan
Australia
What were the LIV Golf Teams in London?
4 ACES GC
HY FLYERS GC
PUNCH GC
Dustin Johnson
Phil Mickelson
Wade Orsmby
Shaun Norris
Justin Harding
Matt Jones
Oliver Bekker
TK Chantananuwat (Am)
Ryosuke Kinoshita
Kevin Yuan
Chase Koepka
Blake Windred
CLEEKS GC
IRON HEADS GC
SMASH GC
Martin Kaymer
Kevin Na
Sihwan Kim
Pablo Larrazabal
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Scott Vincent
JC Ritchie
Hideto Tanihara*
Jinichiro Kozuma
Ian Snyman
Viraj Madappa
Itthipat Buranatanyarat
CRUSHERS GC
MAJESTICKS GC
STINGER GC
Peter Uihlein
Ian Poulter
Louis Oosthuizen
Richard Bland*
Lee Westwood
Hennie du Plessis
Phachara Khongwatmai
Sam Horsfield
Charl Schwartzel
Travis Smyth
Laurie Canter
Branden Grace
FIREBALLS GC
NIBLICKS GC
TORQUE GC
Sergio Garcia
Graeme McDowell
Talor Gooch
David Puig (Am)
Bernd Wiesberger
Hudson Swafford
James Piot (Am)
Turk Pettit
Adrian Otaegui
Jediah Morgan
Oliver Fisher
Andy Ogletree
Who played in the second LIV Golf event in Portland?
LIV Golf Invitational Series: EVERYTHING you need to know
Brooks Koepka
USA
Adrian Otaegui
Spain
Richard Bland
England
Chase Koepka
USA
Wade Ormsby
Australia
Matt Jones
Australia
Jediah Morgan
Australia
Blake Windred
Australia
Graeme McDowell
Northern Ireland
Hudson Swafford
USA
James Piot
USA
Travis Smyth
Australia
Lee Westwood
England
Ian Poulter
England
Sam Horsfield
England
Laurie Canter
England
Phil Mickelson
USA
Bernd Wiesberger
Austria
Matthew Wolff
USA
Itthipat Buranatanyarat
Thailand
Sergio Garcia
Spain
Abraham Ancer
Mexico
Carlos Ortiz
Mexico
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
Spain
Bryson DeChambeau
USA
Shaun Norris
South Africa
Justin Harding
South Africa
Peter Uihlein
USA
Dustin Johnson
USA
Patrick Reed
USA
Talor Gooch
USA
Pat Perez
USA
Martin Kaymer
Germany
Scott Vincent
Zimbabwe
Ian Snyman
South Africa
Turk Pettit
USA
Kevin Na
USA
Phachara Khongwatmai
Thailand
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Thailand
Sihwan Kim
USA
Hideto Tanihara
Japan
Yuki Inamori
Japan
Ryosuke Kinoshita
Japan
Jinichero Kozuma
Japan
Louis Oosthuizen
South Africa
Charl Schwartzel
South Africa
Branden Grace
South Africa
Hennie Du Plessis
South Africa
What were the LIV Golf Teams in Portland?
4 ACES GC
HY FLYERS GC
PUNCH GC
Dustin Johnson
Phil Mickelson
Wade Orsmby
Patrick Reed
Bernd Wiesberger
Matt Jones
Talor Gooch
Matthew Wolff
Jediah Morgan
Pat Perez
Itthipat Buranatanyarat
Blake Windred
CLEEKS GC
IRON HEADS GC
SMASH GC
Martin Kaymer
Kevin Na
Brooks Koepka
Scott Vincent
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Adrian Otaegui
Ian Snyman
Phachara Khongwatmai
Richard Bland
Turk Pettit
Sihwan Kim
Chase Koepka
CRUSHERS GC
MAJESTICKS GC
STINGER GC
Bryson DeChambeau
Ian Poulter
Louis Oosthuizen
Shaun Norris
Lee Westwood
Hennie du Plessis
Justin Harding
Sam Horsfield
Charl Schwartzel
Peter Uihlein
Laurie Canter
Branden Grace
FIREBALLS GC
NIBLICKS GC
TORQUE GC
Sergio Garcia
Graeme McDowell
Hideto Taniahra
Abraham Ancer
Hudson Swafford
Ryosuke Kinoshita
Carlos Ortiz
James Piot
Yuki Inamori
Eugenio Lopez-Chacrra
Travis Smyth
Jinichiro Kozuma
LIV Golf Invitational Series: EVERYTHING you need to know
Who played in the third LIV Golf event at Bedminster?
Brooks Koepka
USA
Jason Kokrak
Spain
Richard Bland
England
Chase Koepka
USA
Wade Ormsby
Australia
Matt Jones
Australia
Jediah Morgan
Australia
Travis Smyth
Australia
Graeme McDowell
Northern Ireland
Martin Kaymer
USA
Laurie Canter
USA
David Puig
Australia
Lee Westwood
England
Ian Poulter
England
Henrik Stenson
England
Sam Horsfield
England
Phil Mickelson
USA
Bernd Wiesberger
Austria
Matthew Wolff
USA
Justin Harding
Thailand
Sergio Garcia
Spain
Abraham Ancer
Mexico
Carlos Ortiz
Mexico
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
Spain
Bryson DeChambeau
USA
Shaun Norris
South Africa
Paul Casey
South Africa
Charles Howell III
USA
Dustin Johnson
USA
Patrick Reed
USA
Talor Gooch
USA
Pat Perez
USA
Turk Pettit
Germany
Hudson Swafford
Zimbabwe
James Piot
South Africa
Peter Uihlein
USA
Kevin Na
USA
Phachara Khongwatmai
Thailand
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Thailand
Scott Vincent
USA
Hideto Tanihara
Japan
Yuki Inamori
Japan
Ryosuke Kinoshita
Japan
Jinichero Kozuma
Japan
Louis Oosthuizen
South Africa
Charl Schwartzel
South Africa
Branden Grace
South Africa
Hennie Du Plessis
South Africa
What were the LIV Golf Teams in Bedminster?
4 ACES GC
HY FLYERS GC
PUNCH GC
Dustin Johnson
Phil Mickelson
Wade Orsmby
Patrick Reed
Bernd Wiesberger
Matt Jones
Talor Gooch
Matthew Wolff
Jediah Morgan
Pat Perez
Justin Harding
Travis Smyth
CLEEKS GC
IRON HEADS GC
SMASH GC
Martin Kaymer
Kevin Na
Brooks Koepka
Graeme McDowell
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Jason Kokrak
Laurie Canter
Phachara Khongwatmai
Richard Bland
David Puig
Scott Vincent
Chase Koepka
CRUSHERS GC
MAJESTICKS GC
STINGER GC
Bryson DeChambeau
Ian Poulter
Louis Oosthuizen
Shaun Norris
Lee Westwood
Hennie du Plessis
Paul Casey
Sam Horsfield
Charl Schwartzel
Charles Howell III
Henrik Stenson
Branden Grace
FIREBALLS GC
NIBLICKS GC
TORQUE GC
Sergio Garcia
Hudson Swafford
Hideto Taniahra
Abraham Ancer
Peter Uihlein
Ryosuke Kinoshita
Carlos Ortiz
James Piot
Yuki Inamori
Eugenio Lopez-Chacrra
Turk Pettit
Jinichiro Kozuma
Who played in the fourth LIV Golf event in Boston?
Phil Mickelson
USA
Bernd Wiesberger
Austria
Matthew Wolff
USA
Cameron Tringale
USA
Cameron Smith
Australia
Marc Leishman
Australia
Matt Jones
Australia
Wade Ormsby
Australia
Brooks Koepka
USA
Jason Kokrak
USA
Peter Uihlein
USA
Chase Koepka
USA
Martin Kaymer
Germany
Graeme McDowell
Northern Ireland
Laurie Canter
England
Richard Bland
England
Dustin Johnson
USA
Talor Gooch
USA
Pat Perez
USA
Patrick Reed
USA
Lee Westwood
England
Ian Poulter
England
Sam Horsfield
England
Shergo Al Kurdi
Jordan
Bryson DeChambeau
USA
Charles Howell III
USA
Paul Casey
England
Anirban Lahiri
India
Louis Oosthuizen
South Africa
Charl Schwartzel
South Africa
Branden Grace
South Africa
Shaun Norris
South Africa
Kevin Na
USA
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Thailand
Sihwan Kim
USA
Phachara Khongwatmai
Thailand
Sergio Garcia
Spain
Abraham Ancer
Mexico
Carlos Ortiz
Mexico
Eugenio Chacarra
Spain
Harold Varner III
USA
Hudson Swafford
USA
Turk Pettit
USA
James Piot
USA
Joaquin Niemann
Chile
Adrian Otaegui
Spain
Jediah Morgan
Australia
Scott Vincent
Zimbabwe
Cameron Smith joins LIV Golf
Cameron Smith, the winner of the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, became the highest-profile PGA Tour defection ahead of the LIV Golf Invitational in Boston.
Smith was one of six new signings. He is anticipated to be the team captain of an all-Australian team.
The other players added to the LIV Golf field in Boston are:
Marc Leishman
Anirban Lahiri
Cameron Tringale
Harold Varner III
Joaquin Niemann
What were the LIV Golf Teams in Boston?
Hy Flyers GC
Punch GC
Smash GC
Phil Mickelson
Cameron Smith
Brooks Koepka
Bernd Wiesberger
Marc Leishman
Jason Kokrak
Matthew Wolff
Matt Jones
Peter Uihlein
Cameron Tringale
Wade Ormsby
Chase Koepka
Cleeks GC
4 Aces GC
Majesticks GC
Martin Kaymer
Dustin Johnson
Lee Westwood
Graeme McDowell
Talor Gooch
Ian Poulter
Laurie Canter
Pat Perez
Sam Horsfield
Richard Bland
Patrick Reed
Shergo Al Kurdi
Crushers GC
Stinger GC
Iron Heads GC
Bryson DeChambeau
Louis Oosthuizen
Kevin Na
Charles Howell III
Charl Schwartzel
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Paul Casey
Branden Grace
Sihwan Kim
Anirban Lahiri
Shaun Norris
Phachara Khongwatmai
Fireballs GC
Niblicks GC
Torque GC
Sergio Garcia
Harold Varner III
Joaquin Niemann
Abraham Ancer
Hudson Swafford
Scott Vincent
Carlos Ortiz
Turk Pettit
Adrian Otaegui
Eugenio Chacarra
James Piot
Jediah Morgan
LIV Golf Invitational Series: EVERYTHING you need to know
Who played in the fifth LIV Golf event in Chicago?
Abraham Ancer
Mexico
Richard Bland
England
Laurie Canter
England
Paul Casey
England
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
Spain
Bryson DeChambeau
USA
Sergio Garcia
Spain
Talor Gooch
USA
Branden Grace
South Africa
Sam Horsfield
England
Charles Howell III
USA
Dustin Johnson
USA
Matt Jones
Australia
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Thailand
Martin Kaymer
Germany
Phachara Khongwatmai
Thailand
Sihwan Kim
USA
Brooks Koepka
USA
Chase Koepka
USA
Jason Kokrak
USA
Anirban Lahiri
India
Marc Leishman
Australia
Graeme McDowell
Northern Ireland
Phil Mickelson
USA
Jediah Morgan
Australia
Kevin Na
USA
Joaquin Niemann
Chile
Shaun Norris
South Africa
Louis Oosthuizen
South Africa
Wade Ormsby
Australia
Carlos Ortiz
Mexico
Pat Perez
USA
Turk Pettit
USA
James Piot
USA
Ian Poulter
England
David Puig
Spain
Patrick Reed
USA
Charl Schwartzel
South Africa
Cameron Smith
Australia
Henrik Stenson
Sweden
Hudson Swafford
USA
Cameron Tringale
USA
Peter Uihlein
USA
Harold Varner III
USA
Scott Vincent
Zimbabwe
Lee Westwood
England
Bernd Wiesberger
Austria
Matthew Wolff
USA
What were the LIV Golf Teams in Chicago?
4 Aces
Hy Flyers
Punch GC
Cleeks GC
Dustin Johnson
Phil Mickelson
Cameron Smith
Martin Kaymer
Patrick Reed
Bernd Wiesberger
Marc Leishman
Graeme McDowell
Talor Gooch
Matthew Wolff
Matt Jones
Laurie Canter
Pat Perez
Cameron Tringale
Wade Ormsby
Richard Bland
Iron Heads
Smash GC
Crushers
Majesticks
Kevin Na
Brooks Koepka
Bryson DeChambeau
Lee Westwood
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Jason Kokrak
Paul Casey
Ian Poulter
Phachara Khongwatmai
Peter Uihlein
Charles Howell III
Henrik Stenson
Sihwan Kim
Chase Koepka
Anirban Lahiri
Sam Horsfield
Stinger GC
Fireballs GC
Niblicks GC
Torque GC
Louis Oosthuizen
Sergio Garcia
Harold Varner III
Joaquin Niemann
Charl Schwartzel
Abraham Ancer
Hudson Swafford
Scott Vincent
Branden Grace
Carlos Ortiz
James Piot
David Puig
Shaun Norris
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
Turk Pettit
Jediah Morgan
Who played in the sixth LIV Golf event in Bangkok?
Abraham Ancer
Mexico
Richard Bland
England
Laurie Canter
England
Paul Casey
England
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
Spain
Bryson DeChambeau
USA
Sergio Garcia
Spain
Talor Gooch
USA
Branden Grace
South Africa
Sam Horsfield
England
Charles Howell III
USA
Dustin Johnson
USA
Matt Jones
Australia
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Thailand
Martin Kaymer
Germany
Phachara Khongwatmai
Thailand
Sihwan Kim
USA
Brooks Koepka
USA
Chase Koepka
USA
Jason Kokrak
USA
Anirban Lahiri
India
Marc Leishman
Australia
Graeme McDowell
Northern Ireland
Phil Mickelson
USA
Jediah Morgan
Australia
Kevin Na
USA
Joaquin Niemann
Chile
Shaun Norris
South Africa
Louis Oosthuizen
South Africa
Wade Ormsby
Australia
Carlos Ortiz
Mexico
Pat Perez
USA
Turk Pettit
USA
James Piot
USA
Ian Poulter
England
Hideto Tanihara
Spain
Patrick Reed
USA
Charl Schwartzel
South Africa
Cameron Smith
Australia
Henrik Stenson
Sweden
Hudson Swafford
USA
Cameron Tringale
USA
Peter Uihlein
USA
Harold Varner III
USA
Scott Vincent
Zimbabwe
Lee Westwood
England
Bernd Wiesberger
Austria
Matthew Wolff
USA
LIV Golf Invitational Series: EVERYTHING you need to know
What were the LIV Golf teams in Bangkok?
4 Aces
Hy Flyers
Punch GC
Cleeks GC
Dustin Johnson
Phil Mickelson
Cameron Smith
Martin Kaymer
Patrick Reed
Bernd Wiesberger
Marc Leishman
Graeme McDowell
Talor Gooch
Matthew Wolff
Matt Jones
Laurie Canter
Pat Perez
Cameron Tringale
Wade Ormsby
Richard Bland
Iron Heads
Smash GC
Crushers
Majesticks
Kevin Na
Brooks Koepka
Bryson DeChambeau
Lee Westwood
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Jason Kokrak
Paul Casey
Ian Poulter
Phachara Khongwatmai
Peter Uihlein
Charles Howell III
Henrik Stenson
Sihwan Kim
Chase Koepka
Anirban Lahiri
Sam Horsfield
Stinger GC
Fireballs GC
Niblicks GC
Torque GC
Louis Oosthuizen
Sergio Garcia
Harold Varner III
Joaquin Niemann
Charl Schwartzel
Abraham Ancer
Hudson Swafford
Scott Vincent
Branden Grace
Carlos Ortiz
James Piot
Hideto Tanihara
Shaun Norris
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
Turk Pettit
Jediah Morgan
Who played in the seventh LIV Golf event in Jeddah?
Abraham Ancer
Mexico
Richard Bland
England
Laurie Canter
England
Paul Casey
England
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
Spain
Bryson DeChambeau
USA
Sergio Garcia
Spain
Talor Gooch
USA
Branden Grace
South Africa
Sam Horsfield
England
Charles Howell III
USA
Dustin Johnson
USA
Matt Jones
Australia
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Thailand
Martin Kaymer
Germany
Phachara Khongwatmai
Thailand
Sihwan Kim
USA
Brooks Koepka
USA
Chase Koepka
USA
Jason Kokrak
USA
Anirban Lahiri
India
Marc Leishman
Australia
Graeme McDowell
Northern Ireland
Phil Mickelson
USA
Jediah Morgan
Australia
Kevin Na
USA
Joaquin Niemann
Chile
Shaun Norris
South Africa
Louis Oosthuizen
South Africa
Wade Ormsby
Australia
Carlos Ortiz
Mexico
Pat Perez
USA
Turk Pettit
USA
James Piot
USA
Ian Poulter
England
Hideto Tanihara
Spain
Patrick Reed
USA
Charl Schwartzel
South Africa
Cameron Smith
Australia
Henrik Stenson
Sweden
Hudson Swafford
USA
Cameron Tringale
USA
Peter Uihlein
USA
Harold Varner III
USA
Scott Vincent
Zimbabwe
Lee Westwood
England
Bernd Wiesberger
Austria
Matthew Wolff
USA
What were the LIV Golf teams in Jeddah?
4 Aces
Hy Flyers
Punch GC
Cleeks GC
Dustin Johnson
Phil Mickelson
Cameron Smith
Martin Kaymer
Patrick Reed
Bernd Wiesberger
Marc Leishman
Graeme McDowell
Talor Gooch
Matthew Wolff
Matt Jones
Laurie Canter
Pat Perez
Cameron Tringale
Wade Ormsby
Richard Bland
Iron Heads
Smash GC
Crushers
Majesticks
Kevin Na
Brooks Koepka
Bryson DeChambeau
Lee Westwood
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Jason Kokrak
Paul Casey
Ian Poulter
Phachara Khongwatmai
Peter Uihlein
Charles Howell III
Henrik Stenson
Sihwan Kim
Chase Koepka
Anirban Lahiri
Sam Horsfield
Stinger GC
Fireballs GC
Niblicks GC
Torque GC
Louis Oosthuizen
Sergio Garcia
Harold Varner III
Joaquin Niemann
Charl Schwartzel
Abraham Ancer
Hudson Swafford
Scott Vincent
Branden Grace
Carlos Ortiz
James Piot
Hideto Tanihara
Shaun Norris
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
Turk Pettit
Jediah Morgan
2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series schedule:
June 9 - 11 - Centurion Golf Club, near London (GB)
June 30 - July 2 - Pumpkin Ridge, Portland (USA)
July 29 - 31 - Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, New Jersey (USA)
September 2 - 4 - The International, Boston (USA)
September 16 - 18 - Rich Harvest Farms, Chicago (USA)
October 7 - 9 - Stonehill, Bangkok (THAI)
October 14 - 16 - Royal Greens & Country Club, Jeddah (SAU)
October 27 - 30 - Trump National Golf Club Doral, Miami (USA)
LIV Golf Invitational Series: EVERYTHING you need to know...
How does the LIV Golf Invitational Series work?
There will be a seven-event regular season where players compete in 12 teams for both points and prize money. After seven events, an individual champion will be decided based on points throughout the season.
The eighth and final event will be the season-ending Team Championship matchplay event. This Team Championship will be a seeded four-day, four-round matchplay knock-out.
The LIV Golf Invitational Series will feature 12 teams of four players each and as each event will be made up of a different field, each team will be decided by a weekly draft.
Each team will have a LIV-appointed captain who will select their three open team positions via a snake draft format.
Over the first two rounds of each event, the best two stroke play scores count and the best three scores will count in rounds three and four. The lowest overall team score after 54 holes wins.
How can you watch the tournament on TV?
If you cannot stomach the £68 daily admission ticket to watch the action up close and personal, you can watch the 54-hole tournament unfold on YouTube.
LIV Golf will also be screening the action live on their official website.
How much money is up for grabs in the LIV Golf Invitational Series?
As for the weekly individual events, the player who simply has the lowest score after 54 holes wins that event, the same as any stroke play tournament.
Each team will have unique logos, colours and names.
In total, $255 million will be up for grabs across the eight LIV Golf tournaments this season.
At every regular-season event, the prize purse will be $25 million. The winner of each event will win $4 million.
Even if you finish last in the 48-man field, you will still receive $120,000.
A total of $30 million will be put aside for the top three individual players after the first seven events. This is only available to players who play a minimum of four events.
The Team Championship will have a total prize fund of $50 million where all 12 teams get a cut. $16 million goes to first place and $1 million goes to 12th place.
Each event will be 54 holes, featuring 48 players. To ensure a faster pace of play, there will be shotgun starts and there will be no cuts at any of the events.
Here's how much they all earned at LIV Golf Invitational London...
1: $4,000,000 - Charl Schwartzel
2: $2,125,000 - Hennie Du Plessis
T3: $1,500,000 - Branden Grace, Peter Uihlein
5: $975,000 - Sam Horsfield
T6: $800,000 - Oliver Bekker, Adrian Otaegui
8: $625,000 - Dustin Johnson
9: $580,000 - Talor Gooch
T10: $560,000 - Graeme McDowell, Justin Harding, Louis Oosthuizen
T13: $360,000 - Pablo Larrazabal, Ryosuke Kinoshita
T15: $250,000 - Martin Kaymer, Jinichiro Kozuma
T17: $232,000 - Richard Bland, JC Ritchie, Laurie Canter
LIV Golf Invitational Series: EVERYTHING you need to know
Here's how much they all earned at LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah...
Win: Brooks Koepka, -12, $4,000,000
Playoff: Peter Uihlein, -12, $2,125,000
T-3: Joaquin Niemann, -11, $1,275,000
T-3: Sergio Garcia -11, $1,275,000
T-5: Matthew Wolff, -10, $816,666.67
T-5: Dustin Johnson, -10,$816,666.67
T-5: Paul Casey, -10, $816,666.67
T-8: Bernd Wiesberger, -9, $602,500
T-8: Charl Schwartzel, -9, $602,500
T-10: Anirban Lahiri, -8, $550,000
T-10: Abraham Ancer, -8, $550,000
T-12: Talor Gooch, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Jediah Morgan, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Chase Koepka, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Lee Westwood, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Graeme McDowell, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Patrick Reed, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Carlos Ortiz, -7, $289,714.28
T-19: Charles Howell III, -6, $210,000
T-19: Sihwan Kim, -6, $210,000
T-21: Bryson DeChambeau, -5, $172,500
T-21: Cameron Smith, -5, $172,500
T-21: Jason Kokrak, -5, $172,500
T-21: James Piot, -5, $172,500
T-25: Phachara Khongwatmai, -4, $164,000
T-25: Richard Bland, -4, $164,000
T-25: Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra, -4, $164,000
T-28: Branden Grace, -3, $156,000
T-28: Sam Horsfield, -3, $156,000
T-28: Laurie Canter, -3, $156,000
T-28: Louis Oosthuizen, -3, $156,000
T-28: Ian Poulter, -3, $156,000
T-33: Harold Varner III, -2, $149,000
T-33: Hideto Tanihara, -2, $149,000
T-35: Marc Leishman, -1, $144,000
T-35: Wade Ormsby , -1, $144,000
T-35: Phil Mickelson, -1, $144,000
T-38: Henrik Stenson, +1, $138,000
T-38: Sadom Kaewkanjana, +1, $138,000
T-38: Turk Pettit, +1, $138,000
T-41: Hudson Swafford, +2, $131,000
T-41: Cameron Tringale, +2, $131,000
T-41: Scott Vincent , +2, $131,000
T-41: Shaun Norris, +2, $131,000
45: Matt Jones, +3, $126,000
46: Pat Perez, +6, $124,000
Withdrawn: Martin Kaymer
Withdrawn: Kevin Na
Team payout info:
Win: Smash (Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka Peter Uihlein, Jason Kokrak), $3,000,000
2: Fireballs (Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra), $1,500,000
T-3: Crushers (Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Anirban Lahiri, Charles Howell III), $250,000
T-3: 4 Aces (Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch, Pat Perez), $250,000
What does LIV stand for in LIV Golf?
The name LIV is a reference to the Roman numeral for 54, the score if every hole on a par-72 course were birdied and the number of holes to be played at LIV events
Why is there so much controversy surrounding the LIV Golf Invitational Series?
There is great controversy surrounding the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series as it is funded by Saudi Arabian money.
Without getting too much into the politics of things, Saudi Arabia has multiple human rights violations - and that is quite simply the main reason why there are so many critics of this new golf league funded by Saudi millions.
The greatest example of their shocking human rights record was back in October 2018 when Jamal Khashoggi, a US-based journalist and critic of Saudi Arabia's government, walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and was murdered.
Significant human rights issues in the country include unlawful killing, executions for nonviolent offences, forced disappearances, torture and cases of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of prisoners and detainees by government agents. The list goes on.
With that in mind, the LIV Golf Invitational Series is run by LIV Golf Investments, which is backed by Public Investment Fund (PIF). This is essentially the financial arm of the Saudi Arabian government.
Greg Norman, a two-time Open Championship winner and former World No.1, was last year named chief executive of LIV Golf Investments.
Norman previously tried to start a breakaway World Golf Tour back in 1994 and failed - so there is history here, too.
Further controversy has ensued in recent weeks after Norman explained in an interview with Sky Sports Golf that he "does not answer" to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.
That surprised many people, especially given the LIV Golf series is funded by the Saudi government.
Norman also declared that the Kingdom should "own up" to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and "talk about it".
The concept of the LIV Golf Invitational Series from the very start has been to draw the top golfers in the world away from the PGA Tour. There lies more controversy as the PGA Tour tries to keep hold of its global stars.
Do players want to continue to build their legacy on the world's greatest Tour, the PGA Tour, or do they want to take a huge pay packet to ensure they all have a very nice retirement?
To attract the best golfers in the world, LIV Golf Investments have reportedly offered either eight or nine-figure sums of money to players just to join.
It is believed Dustin Johnson was offered in the region of $125-150 million to take part in the LIV Golf Invitational Series, and that is before you even take into account the money on the table for playing in each of the tournaments.
Many of the best PGA Tour players such as Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have refused to entertain such offers, but as we have now seen, even players like former World No.1 Johnson have eventually caved in, and you have to wonder how many more players of his stature will follow over the coming months.
To counter this from the side of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, both Tours confirmed they would be denying their players releases to compete in the LIV Golf Invitational Series.
Therefore every player teeing it up in the first LIV Golf Invitational Series event at Centurion is expected to receive a hefty ban from either the PGA Tour or DP World Tour depending on which Tour they hold a card.
Such bans and suspensions have not yet been confirmed but we should learn more about them soon. Players are therefore putting their PGA Tour and DP World Tour careers at risk by committing to LIV Golf.
There is also a grey cloud over what could happen where the Ryder Cup is concerned. It is understood players competing in the LIV Golf tournaments could ultimately sacrifice their chances of ever competing at a future Ryder Cup, but again, this is not confirmed.
As it stands, players competing in the LIV Golf tournaments will still be eligible to compete in the four majors - The Masters, US PGA, US Open and The Open. But again, that could all change very soon too.
Why has there been so much controversy surrounding Phil Mickelson with the LIV Golf Invitational Series?
Phil Mickelson took an indefinite break from the game this season following comments he made to biographer Alan Shipnuck that were made public. Mickelson thought his comments to Shipnuck were "off the record" but Shipnuck strongly denies this.
Shipnuck, who spoke at length to Mickelson back in November 2021 ahead of writing his new book titled 'Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar', released controversial comments from Mickelson in February 2022.
Mickelson told Shipnuck how he wanted to take part in the new LIV Golf Invitational Series because he wanted to use Saudi Arabia's interest in signing top stars for its circuit to leverage the PGA Tour into giving the players more money.
That is all despite the country's history of human rights issues.
Mickelson did not hold back in his thoughts.
"They’re scary mother--kers to get involved with," he told Shipnuck.
"We know they killed [Washington Post reporter and U.S. resident Jamal] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.
"They’ve been able to get by with manipulative, coercive, strong-arm tactics because we, the players, had no recourse. As nice a guy as [PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan] comes across as, unless you have leverage, he won’t do what’s right.
"And the Saudi money has finally given us that leverage. I’m not sure I even want [the SGL] to succeed, but just the idea of it is allowing us to get things done with the [PGA] Tour."
Mickelson apologised for his comments when they were made public and he explained how he wants time away from the game to work on himself and improve as a person.
Fast forward to today, and Mickelson has now confirmed his participation in the LIV Golf event at Centurion Club.
It will mark his first competitive start in four months since taking a break from the game.
Mickelson has reportedly been given $200 million to sign up to LIV Golf.
Lefty lost the majority of his sponsorship deals as a result of his comments about Saudi Arabia and the PGA Tour.
Callaway, his long-time equipment supplier, chose to freeze their partnership.