2024 LIV Golf Greenbrier Primer: TV, Format, Field, Teams, Odds

LIV Golf heads to West Virginia for the second annual LIV Golf Greenbrier at the vaunted Old White Course, marking the penultimate event of the 2024 regular season.

Headlining the LIV Golf Greenbrier tournament is box office star Bryson Dechambeau.

Joining the popular Youtube star are fellow major champions such as Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, and Cameron Smith, among others.

Below are some details to get you primed for an exciting week of golf at the acclaimed resort.

2024 LIV Golf Greenbrier

Pro Golf Weekly previews LIV Golf’s stop in West Virginia for this week’s 2024 LIV Golf Greenbrier Primer.

The Skinny

Tournament: LIV Golf Greenbrier
Dates: Aug 16-18, 2024
Where: White Sulphur Springs, WV
Course: The Old White at The Greenbrier
Schedule Week: 12 of 14
Distance: Par 70 / 7,299
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: ET

How to Follow: LIV Golf Greenbrier

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 Greenbrier Storylines

• LIV Golf returns to The Greenbrier resort for the second consecutive season.
• Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau is the defending Greenbrier champion, and Torque GC are the defending team champions.
• Just two tournaments remain in the season-long race to determine the Individual Champion and team seeds for the Team Championship.
• Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann leads the Individual standings by just under 25 points and could wrap up the title at Greenbrier.
• Crushers GC and Legion XIII are the top teams in points and could secure top-three seeds this week.
• Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm won his first LIV Golf individual title at the previous tournament, LIV Golf UK by JCB.
• Rahm’s Legion XIII won its league-leading fourth team title of the season in England.
• The first round at Greenbrier marks the 100th competition day in LIV Golf history.

LIV Golf Greenbrier 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 (6-1)
2. Bryson DeChambeau (7-1)
3. Joaquin Niemann (8-1)
3. Tyrrell Hatton (8-1)
5. Cam Smith (14-1)

LIV Golf Greenbrier 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
3. Fireballs (Sergio) 6-1
4. Torque (Niemann) 7-1
4. Ripper (C. Smith) 7-1

The Course: The Old White Course

• Designed by legendary architect Charles Blair Macdonald, The Old White opened for play in 1914.
• Macdonald modeled several holes from some of the most famous in Europe, including holes from St Andrews and Prestwick in Scotland.
• Macdonald’s associate Seth Raynor returned in the 1920s to oversee updates to the course.
• In addition to Bryson DeChambeau’s win last year, three other current LIV Golf League members have experienced success at The Old White at other professional events – Danny Lee (2015), Kevin Na (2018) and Joaquin Niemann (2019).
• DeChambeau’s 12-under 58 in the final round last year broke the previous professional low of 59 at The Old White.
• The par-3 18th is the shortest hole on the course at 160 yards.
• The 382-yard 10th hole is the shortest par 4 and not expected to be drivable.
• 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: 7,299
Par 3s: 4 (3, 8, 15, 18)
Par 5s: 2 (12, 17)
Easiest Hole: 12th (Par 5, 570 yds): 4.392
Hardest Hole: 3rd (Par 3 208 yds): 3.042
Hardest Hole: 15th (Par 3 216 yds): 3.042

LIV Golf Payouts: Points & Money

The winner of LIV Golf Greenbrier 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 Chicago

After all the epic comebacks, the tense play-offs and the thrilling last-day turnarounds, the new LIV Golf Individual Champion will be crowned in Chicago. Rahm, DeChambeau, DJ, Koepka and Smith…they’ll all be out there, fighting for glory.

Sources: LIV Golf Media, Getty Images