LIV Golf London
Tournament information
LocationHemel Hempstead, England
Established2022
Course(s)Centurion Club
Par72
Length7,084 yards (6,478 m)[1]
Tour(s)LIV Golf League
MENA Tour
FormatIndividual and team stroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000,000 (individual)
US$5,000,000 (team)
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate198 Cameron Smith (2023)
To par−15 as above
Current champion
Australia Cameron Smith
Location Map
Centurion Club is located in England
Centurion Club
Centurion Club
Location in England
Centurion Club is located in Hertfordshire
Centurion Club
Centurion Club
Location in Hertfordshire

The LIV Golf Invitational London is a golf tournament that is held at the Centurion Club near Hemel Hempstead, England. The inaugural tournament was held in June 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. The 2022 48-player field included Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio García, and Kevin Na.[2][3]

Charl Schwartzel won the inaugural event, finishing one shot ahead of Hennie du Plessis.[4]

Format

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.[5]

Inaugural field

48 golfers participated in the inaugural LIV London event. 43 players were invited, with the remaining five qualifying through the Asian Tour's International Series; three through an order of merit and the two highest finishers in the International Series England not already in the field.[6][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]

Winners

Individual

YearTour(s)[lower-alpha 3]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
LIV Golf London
2023LIV, MENAAustralia Cameron Smith198−151 strokeAustralia Marc Leishman
United States Patrick Reed
LIV Golf Invitational London
2022LIVSouth Africa Charl Schwartzel203−71 strokeSouth Africa Hennie du Plessis

Team

YearWinner[lower-alpha 4]Score
(to par)		Margin of
victory		Runner-up[lower-alpha 4]
LIV Golf London
20234 Aces GCUnited States Dustin Johnson (c)−341 strokeRipper GCAustralia Matt Jones
United States Pat PerezAustralia Marc Leishman
United States Patrick ReedAustralia Jediah Morgan
United States Peter UihleinAustralia Cameron Smith (c)
LIV Golf Invitational London
2022Stinger GCSouth Africa Hennie du Plessis−2014 strokesCrushers GCEngland Richard Bland
South Africa Branden GraceThailand Phachara Khongwatmai
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (c)Australia Travis Smyth
South Africa Charl SchwartzelUnited States Peter Uihlein (c)

Notes

  1. ↑ (a) – Amateur
  2. ↑ (q) – Buranatanyarat, Snyman and Yuan qualified through the International Series order of merit; Madappa and Smyth qualified as highest finishers in the International Series England.
  3. ↑ LIV − LIV Golf League; MENA − MENA Tour.
  4. 1 2 (c) – Team captain

References

  1. ↑ "Golf Country Course". centurionclub.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Van Valkenburg, Kevin (7 June 2022). "Dustin Johnson leaves PGA Tour to play in LIV". ESPN. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Schlabach, Mark (6 June 2022). "Mickelson added to field for LIV Golf's first event". ESPN. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Charl Schwartzel wins inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event; Also part of team competition". Sky Sports. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Scrivener, Peter (8 June 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Scott Vincent wins at Slaley Hall as Travis Smyth earns LIV Invitational spot". Sky Sports. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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