The LIV Golf League will tee it up at the iconic Real Club Valderrama for the LIV Golf Andalucia, ahead of the British Open – the season’s final major in Scotland.
The headliners in Spain will be Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Bryson Dechambeau, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, and Sergio Garcia, among others.
Below are some details to get you primed for an exciting week of golf in Spain.
2024 LIV Golf Andalucia
Pro Golf Weekly previews LIV Golf’s stop in Spain for this week’s 2024 LIV Golf Andalucia Primer.
The Skinny
Tournament: LIV Golf Andalucia
Dates: Apr. 12-14, 2024
Where: Sotogrande, Cádiz, Spain
Course: Real Club Valderrama
Distance: Par 71, 7010 yards
Format: 54-holes: Team & Individual
Purse: $25,000,000
Winning Share: $4,000,000
Winning Team Share: $3,000,000
TV Broadcast: The CW Network
Defending: Talor Gooch
How to Follow: LIV Golf Andalucia
TELEVISION: Sat-Sun: 1-6 p.m. (The CW)
STREAMING: Fri-Sun: 1-6 p.m. (The CW App, Youtube, LIVGolf.com)
LINKS: Web | X | Facebook | Instagram | Youtube
The Format
The LIV Golf League 2024 features 13 teams comprised of four players competing over a 14-event schedule, with players and teams competing simultaneously for both points and prize money.
Tournaments consist of 54-hole stroke play, no cuts and shotgun starts, ensuring a faster and more exciting pace of play.
Captains: Each team has a captain while members of the four-player teams, including the captain, participate in the three-day tournament.
Individual Winner: The player with the lowest 54-hole stroke play total is the winner. At the season’s end, the player with the most ranking points will be named the season’s Individual Champion.
Team Competition: Over the first two rounds, the best three stroke play scores will count for each team. For the third and final round, all four scores will count. The lowest overall team score after 54 holes is the team winner. The final event of the season is the team championship.
LIV Golf Andalucia Field
The LIV field in Spain will include some of golf’s most familiar names, such as major winners Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Tyrrell Hatton, Joaquin Niemann, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed, and Cameron Smith.
Other marquee names, co-headlining in Spain, include international stars such as Thomas Pieters, Sebastian Munoz, Carlos Ortiz, Mito Peirera, Paul Casey, Lee Westwood, Dean Burmester, Abraham Ancer, Branden Grace, Marc Leishman, Martin Kaymer, Ian Poulter, Charl Schwartzel, Graeme McDowell, Adrian Meronk and Anirban Lahiri; along with Americans Matthew Wolff, Charles Howell III, Jason Kokrak, Talor Gooch, Pat Perez, Brendan Steele, Kevin Na, and Harold Varner III, among others.
Top-10 Betting Favorites
1. Jon Rahm +600
1. Bryson DeChambeau +600
3. Tyrrell Hatton +1000
4. Joaquin Niemann +1200
5. Cameron Smith +1600
5. Sergio Garcia +1600
5. Talor Gooch +1600
8. Brooks Koepka +1800
9. Louis Oosthuizen +2000
9. Carlos Ortiz +2200
Full Field & Odds
LIV Golf Andalucia Teams
Below are the 13 teams (with captains italicized) who will compete at Mayakoba.
- 4 ACES GC – Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Harold Varner, Pat Perez
- LEGION XIII GC – Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Kieran Vincent, Caleb Surratt
- RIPPER GC – Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Jediah Morgan
- CLEEKS GC – Martin Kaymer, Adrian Meronk, Richard Bland, Kalle Samooja
- SMASH GC – Brooks Koepka, Jason Kokrak, Talor Gooch, Graeme McDowell
- CRUSHERS GC – Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri
- MAJESTICKS GC – Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson, Sam Horsfield
- STINGER GC – Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, Dean Burmester
- FIREBALLS GC – Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, David Puig, Eugenio Chacarra
- RANGEGOATS GC – Bubba Watson, Peter Uihlein, Matthew Wolff, Thomas Pieters
- TORQUE GC – Joaquin Niemann, Mito Pereira, Sebastian Munoz, Carlos Ortiz
- HY FLYERS GC – Phil Mickelson, Andy Ogletree, Brendan Steele, Cameron Tringale
- IRON HEADS GC – Kevin Na, Scott Vincent, Danny Lee, Jinichiro Kozuma
Teams: Top-5 Betting Favorites
1. Legions XIII (Rahm) +350
2. Torque (Niemann) +400
3. Crushers (DeChambeau) +550
4. Fireballs (Sergio) +650
5. Smash (Koepka) +900
LIV Golf Andalucia Course
Ranked among the top courses in the world, Real Club Valderrama has hosted numerous professional events, including last year’s LIV Golf Andalucía, along with the 1997 Ryder Cup – the first time the event had been held in Continental Europe.
Designed by famed golf architect Robert Trent Jones in 1974, Valderrama is widely considered to be the “Augusta of Europe” for its championship pedigree and immaculate maintenance.
The course will have four par-4 holes under 400 yards; the longest par 3 is 225 yards, the longest par 4 is 490 yards and the longest par 5 is 564 yards.
The 564-yard par-5 fourth, known as La Cascada, has a pond to the right of a two-tiered green, while the 564-yard par-5 fourth, known as La Cascada, has a pond to the right of a two-tiered green.
Fast Facts
Real Club Valderrama
Owner: Club de Golf Valderrama, S.A.
Opened: 1974
Par: 35-36-71
Yards: 7010
Par 3s: 4 (3, 6, 12, 15)
Par 5s: 3 (4, 11, 17)
Payouts: Points & Money
The tournament winner will receive a $4,000,000 payday along with 40 first-place points.
Note: a one-hole playoff will be conducted if there is a tie for first place after 54 holes. Hole 18 will be repeated until a winner is determined.
Pos-(Points)-Money
1 (40) $4,000,000
2 (30) $2,125,000
3 (24) $1,500,000
4 (18) $1,050,000
5 (16) $975,000
6 (14) $800,000
7 (13) $675,000
8 (12) $625,000
9 (11) $580,000
10 (10) $560,000
11 (8) $540,000
12 (7) $450,000
13 (6) $360,000
14 (5) $270,000
15 (4) $250,000
16 (3) $240,000
17 (3) $232,000
18 (2) $226,000
19 (2) $220,000
20 (2) $200,000
21 (1) $180,000
22 (1) $172,000
23 (1) $170,000
24 (1) $168,000
25 (-) $166,000
26 (-) $164,000
27 (-) $162,000
28 (-) $160,000
29 (-) $158,000
30 (-) $156,000
31 (-) $154,000
32 (-) $152,000
33 (-) $150,000
34 (-) $148,000
35 (-) $146,000
36 (-) $144,000
37 (-) $142,000
38 (-) $140,000
39 (-) $138,000
40 (-) $136,000
41 (-) $134,000
42 (-) $132,000
43 (-) $130,000
44 (-) $128,000
45 (-) $126,000
46 (-) $124,000
47 (-) $122,000
48 (-) $120,000
