LIV Golf heads to Chicago for the season’s final tournament of the 2024 regular season which will determine the season-long races and player status for 2025.
Headlining the LIV Golf Chicago tournament will be Jon Rahm and Joaquin Niemann, who will compete for the individual title.
Rahm and Niemann will be joined by a plethora of marquee names, including popular Youtube star Bryson Dechambeau, along with fellow major champions such as Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, and Cameron Smith, among others.
Below are some details to get you primed for an exciting week of golf in Chicago.
2024 LIV Golf Chicago
Pro Golf Weekly previews LIV Golf’s stop in Chicago for this week’s 2024 LIV Golf Chicago Primer.
The Skinny
Tournament: LIV Golf Chicago
Dates: Sep 13-15, 2024
Where: Bolingbrook, IL
Course: Bolingbrook GC
Schedule Week: 13 of 14
Distance: Par 70 / 7076
Format: 54-holes: 13 Teams, 54 Players
Purse: $25,000,000
Winning Share: $4,000,000
Winning Team Share: $3,000,000
TV Broadcast: The CW Network
Time Zone: CT (1 hour behind East Coast)
How to Follow: LIV Golf Chicago
The CW Network airs the LIV Golf League in one-hundred-percent of the U.S. markets.
TELEVISION: Fri-Sun: Noon ET- The CW Network
STREAMING: Fri: Noon ET – The CW App, LIVGolfPlus.com, Caffeine TV, Youtube; Sat-Sun: Noon ET – The CW App, LIVGolfPlus.com, Youtube
LINKS: Web | X/Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Youtube
The LIV Golf Format
The LIV Golf League 2024 features 13 teams comprised of four players, along with two wild card players. In total, 54 players will compete 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 start, 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 tournament winner. The event’s champion receives $4m in prize money along with 40 rankings points. At the conclusion of LIV Golf Chicago – the 2024 Individual Championship, the player with the most ranking points becomes the season’s Individual Champion.
Team Competition: After each of the first two rounds, the best three scores count to produce a team score. In the final round, all four scores 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 Chicago Storylines
- LIV Golf returns to Chicago for the third consecutive season but the first time at Bolingbrook.
- Season-long races and player status for 2025 will be determined, including the season-long Individual Championship, which will be decided for the first time in the United States.
- Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm and Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann will compete for the Individual Championship, while the next five players in points will vie for the final podium position.
- Chicago is the last tournament for players to move into the top 24 Lock Zone, which guarantees a spot in the 2025 LIV Golf League; other players at the bottom of the points standings will seek to play their way out of the relegation Drop Zone.
- The seeding order for the Dallas Team Championship will also be determined in Chicago, with the top three seeds in points earning first-round byes.
- Smash GC Captain Brooks Koepka comes off his league-best fifth career individual tournament title at LIV Golf Greenbrier, defeating Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm in a playoff, and his Smash team come off their second team victory of the season.
- Ripper GC Captain Cameron Smith (2022) and Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau (2023) previously won individual titles at LIV Golf Chicago held at Rich Harvest Farms.
- 4Aces GC (2022) and Crushers GC (2023) are previous team tournament winners in Chicago.
Rahm v Niemann Storylines
- Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm and Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann are the only players mathematically eligible to win the 2024 Individual Championship, with Rahm currently leading Niemann by 195.17 points to 192.20 points, a difference of 2.97 points.
- The close race promises a thrilling finish at LIV Golf Chicago.
- In his first season with LIV Golf, Rahm has one win while finishing inside the top 10 in each of his 11 completed events. Niemann, in his third LIV Golf season, won two of this season’s first three tournaments and opened the season with a round of 59.
- “He’s been playing great lately, so he’s probably going to keep doing the same,” Niemann said of Rahm. “I’ve got to try to bring my ‘A’ game.”
- Said Rahm: “I’m probably going to need to win. He’s going to be up there. I’m going to need another good week.”
- Jon Rahm leads Joaquin Niemann by 2.97 points, which means Rahm will win the Individual Championship as long as he finishes ahead or tied with Niemann in Chicago.
LIV Golf Chicago Field
(Alphabetic order by last name)
1. Ancer, Abraham
2. Bland, Richard
3. Burmester, Dean
4. Casey, Paul
5. Chacarra, Eugenio
6. DeChambeau, Bryson
7. Garcia, Sergio
8. Gooch, Talor
9. Grace, Branden
10. Hatton, Tyrrell
11. Herbert, Lucas
12. Horsfield, Sam
13. Howell III, Charles
14. Johnson, Dustin
15. Jones, Matt
16. Kaymer, Martin
17. Kim, Anthony
18. Koepka, Brooks
19. Kokrak, Jason
20. Kozuma, Jinichiro
21. Lahiri, Anirban
22. Lee, Danny
23. Leishman, Marc
24. Meronk, Adrian
25. McDowell, Graeme
26. Mickelson, Phil
27. Munoz, Sebastian
28. Na, Kevin
29. Niemann, Joaquin
30. Ogletree, Andy
31. Oosthuizen, Louis
32. Ortiz, Carlos
33. Pereira, Mito
34. Perez, Pat
35. Pieters, Thomas
36. Poulter, Ian
37. Puig, David
38. Rahm, Jon
39. Reed, Patrick
40. Samooja, Kalle
41. Schwartzel, Charl
42. Smith, Cameron
43. Steele, Brendan
44. Stenson, Henrik
45. Surratt, Caleb
46. Swafford, Hudson
47. Tringale, Cameron
48. Uihlein, Peter
49. Varner III, Harold
50. Vincent, Kieran
51. Vincent, Scott
52. Watson, Bubba
53. Westwood, Lee
54. Wolff, Matthew
Top-5 Betting Favorites
1. Jon Rahm (5-1)
2. Bryson DeChambeau (7-1)
3. Joaquin Niemann (10-1)
3. Tyrrell Hatton (11-1)
5. Cam Smith (14-1)
5. Brooks Koepka (14-1)
LIV Golf Chicago Teams
Below are the 13 teams (with captains italicized) who will compete in Singapore.
- ACES GC – Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Harold Varner III, Pat Perez
- CLEEKS GC – Martin Kaymer, Adrian Meronk, Richard Bland, Kalle Samooja
- CRUSHERS GC – Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri
- FIREBALLS GC – Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra, David Puig
- HY FLYERS GC – Phil Mickelson, Brendan Steele, Cameron Tringale, Andy Ogletree
- IRON HEADS GC – Kevin Na, Scott Vincent, Danny Lee, Jinichrio Kozuma
- LEGION XIII GC – Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt, Kieran Vincent
- MAJESTICKS GC – Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson, Sam Horsfield
- RANGEGOATS GC – Bubba Watson, Matthew Wolff, Peter Uihlein, Thomas Pieters
- RIPPER GC – Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Lucas Herbert
- SMASH GC – Brooks Koepka, Talor Gooch, Jason Kokrak, Graeme McDowell
- STINGER GC – Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, Dean Burmester
- TORQUE GC – Joaquin Niemann, Mito Pereira, Sebastian Munoz, Carlos Ortiz
- WILD CARDS – Anthony Kim, Hudson Swafford
Teams: Top-5 Betting Favorites
1. Legion XIII (Rahm) 4-1
2. Crushers (DeChambeau) 5-1
2. Ripper (C. Smith) 5-1
4. Fireballs (Sergio) 6-1
4. Torque (Niemann) 6-1
The Course: Bolingbrook GC
- Designed by Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest, the course opened in 2002 and is ranked by GolfPass as the No. 1 public course in Illinois (2024).
- The ample space and terrain make Bolingbrook a great spectator course.
- Elevated tees, rolling fairways and seven lakes are scattered throughout the layout.
- The members’ nines have been flipped for LIV Golf Chicago, and two of the par 5s (Nos. 1 and 12) will be played as par 4s.
- The signature hole is the par-3, 165-yard island green 6th, with rough behind the green for shots that may be slightly long.
- The par-5 14th is the longest hole on the course at 600 yards, which usually plays with a prevailing wind.
- The par-4 15th is expected to be drivable at 342 yards.
- The 507-yard 16th is the longest par 4 on the course but could be moved up to 418 yards.
- The course utilizes bentgrass for tees, fairways, greens and fringe/collars, with a projected green speed of 12.
Fast Facts
Par: 35-35-70
Yards: 7,076
Par 3s: 4 (4, 6, 13, 17)
Par 5s: 2 (3, 14)
Easiest Hole: 3rd (Par 5, 562 yds)
Hardest Hole: 18th (Par 4 443 yds)
Tees/Fairways/Greens: Bent/Poa
First Cut/Rough: Kentucky Bluegrass
LIV Golf Payouts: Points & Money
The winner of LIV Golf Chicago 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.
Individual
Pos-(Points)-Money
1 (40) $4,000,000
2 (30) $2,225,000
3 (24) $1,500,000
4 (18) $1,000,000
5 (16) $800,000
6 (14) $700,000
7 (13) $600,000
8 (12) $525,000
9 (11) $442,500
10 (10) $405,000
11 (8) $380,000
12 (7) $360,000
13 (6) $340,000
14 (5) $320,000
15 (4) $300,000
16 (3) $285,000
17 (3) $270,000
18 (2) $260,000
19 (2) $250,000
20 (2) $240,000
21 (1) $230,000
22 (1) $220,000
23 (1) $210,000
24 (1) $200,000
25 (-) $195,000
26 (-) $190,000
27 (-) $185,000
28 (-) $180,000
29 (-) $175,000
30 (-) $170,000
31 (-) $165,000
32 (-) $160,000
33 (-) $155,000
34 (-) $150,000
35 (-) $148,000
36 (-) $145,000
37 (-) $143,000
38 (-) $140,000
39 (-) $138,000
40 (-) $135,000
41 (-) $133,000
42 (-) $130,000
43 (-) $128,000
44 (-) $128,000
45 (-) $125,000
46 (-) $125,000
47 (-) $123,000
48 (-) $120,000
49 (-) $60,000
50 (-) $60,000
51 (-) $60,000
52 (-) $50,000
53 (-) $50,000
54 (-) $50,000
Team
1 (32) $3,000,000
2 (24) $1,500,000
3 (16) $500,000
4 (12) $0
5 (8) $0
6 (4) $0
7 (2) $0
8 (1) $0
9 (0) $0
10 (0) $0
11 (0) $0
12 (0) $0
13 (0) $0
Next Stop: LIV Golf Dallas
It all comes down to a three-day showdown in the gorgeous Texan sun. This is where the LIV Golf Team Championship goes on the line. Will Bryson’s Crushers create a dynasty in Dallas by going back-to-back? Or will Rahm, Koepka or Johnson lead their power-packed teams to glory?
Sources: LIV Golf Media, Getty Images
