LIV Golf Invitational Series: All you need to know 04:40, 05/06/2022

The golf tournament system represented by Greg Norman and Saudi-backed will officially start next week and bring the biggest prize fund in professional golf history. Here's all you need to know about the LIV Golf Series.

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Q: What is the LIV Golf Invitational Series?

A: LIV Golf Invitational (formerly known as Super Golf League) is a series of tournaments sponsored by Saudi Arabia, consisting of 8 events (Shotgun Starts, no cut) with huge prize money up to 255 million USD. The representative CEO of this system is Greg Norman - former world number 1.

LIV received the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia as a major shareholder. This arena is being seen as a threat to the PGA Tour's dominance of top golf and its ally DP World Tour (the new name of the European Tour from the 2022 season).

Q: Which golfers have registered?

A: In mid-April, Greg Norman said that professional golfers will register to compete at each event, no one has committed to play all 8 tournaments in the 2022 tournament schedule as a member.

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On May 31, the list of 42 of the first 48 names for the inaugural event was announced, 16 of the World's Top 100 golfers confirmed to attend, including former World No. 1 Dustin Johnson.

Q: What is the 2022 LIV Golf Series schedule?

A: In 2022, LIV Golf Series will include 8 official tournaments. Including 4 events held in the US, 1 event in London, 1 event in Thailand and 1 event in Saudi Arabia. The end-of-season team championship, scheduled to take place from October 27 to October 30, will be held at Trump National Doral.

Norman said the plan will be to increase to 10 events next year.

Q: When will the first event be held?

A: The opening event for the 2022 season of LIV Golf system will officially kick off from June 9-11 at Centurion Club, London - the same week as the RBC Canadian Open on the PGA Tour and a week before the US Open .

According to the plan, the tournament will have the participation of up to 48 golfers divided into 12 teams with a prize fund of 20 million USD.

Q: What is the relationship between LIV Golf and Asian Tour?

A: LIV Golf is currently one of the biggest sponsors of the Asian Tour when Greg Norman has committed a total of $300 million to support 10 seasons of the Asian golf tournament system..

Q: Do players participating in LIV Golf receive OWGR points?

A: Normally, golfers participating in professional tournaments must play 72 holes - 4 rounds to receive points on the World Golf Ranking. However, there is a precedent for awarding OWGR points to professional tournaments when shortened to 54 holes, some events on the Sunshine Tour are typical examples. But what about a Tour whose entire schedule is 54-hole events? LIV Golf requires OWGR approval to qualify for points.

Q: What is the meaning behind the name LIV?

A:LIV represents 54 of the Roman numerals, it has two meanings: 54 is the lowest score a golfer can score if a golfer scores a birdie on all par-72 holes; and it is also the standard number of holes in LIV events.

Q: How did the PGA Tour react?

A: Tyler Dennis, PGA Tour Vice President, said: “PGA Tour members are not allowed to participate in Saudi Golf League's London events under the PGA Tournament Regulations. As a member organization, we believe this decision is the best for the PGA Tour and the golfers."

One of the PGA Tour rules prohibits Tour members from competing in other systems without permission. In other words, any member competing at LIV Golf Series tournaments will face severe penalties: definite or indefinite bans, bans from professional tournaments, and other penalties. golfers will not be allowed to represent a country or continent at team events such as the Ryder Cup.