The LIV Golf League heads to Asia for the first edition of the LIV Golf Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Golf Club.
Joaquin Niemann, a winner in two of the first three LIV Golf events in 2024, will headline in the Far East. The Chilean superstar will be joined by the likes of Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, Bryson Dechambeau, Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia and Cameron Smith, among others.
Below are some details to get you primed for an exciting week of golf in Hong Kong.
2024 LIV Golf Hong Kong
Pro Golf Weekly previews LIV Golf’s stop in Asia in this week’s 2023 LIV Golf Hong Kong Primer.
The Skinny
Tournament:Â LIV Golf Hong Kong
Dates:Â Mar. 8-10, 2024
Where: Sheung Shui, Hong Kong
Course:Â Hong Kong Golf Club
Distance: Par 70, 6710 yards
Format: 13 Teams | 54 Players | 54 Holes
Purse: $20M (Player), $5M (Team)
Winning Share: $4M
Winning Team Share: $3M
TV Broadcast: The CW Network
How to Follow: LIV Golf Hong Kong
TELEVISION: Sat-Sun: 12-5 p.m. (The CW)
STREAMING: Fri-Sun: 12-5 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 Hong Kong Field
The LIV field in Hong Kong will include some of golf’s most familiar names, such as red-hot Joaquin Niemann, Jon Rahm, the reigning Masters champion, Brooks Koepka, the reigning PGA champion, Tyrrell Hatton, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed, and Cameron Smith.
Other marquee names, co-headlining in the Kingdom, 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, Anthony Kim, and Harold Varner III, among others.
Top-10 Betting Favorites
1. Jon Rahm +500
2. Joaquin Niemann +800
3. Bryson DeChambeau +1200
4. Talor Gooch +1400
4. Tyrrell Hatton +1400
6. Brooks Koepka +1600
6. Cameron Smith +1600
6. Dustin Johnson +1600
9. Louis Oosthuizen +1800
10. Sergio Garcia +2000
10. Adrian Meronk +2500
Full Field & Odds
LIV Golf Hong Kong Teams
Below are the 13 teams (with captains italicized) who will compete in Hong Kong.
- 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. Crushers (DeChambeau) +400
1. Torque (Niemann) +400
3. Legions XIII (Rahm) +450
3. Smash (Koepka) +450
5. Stinger (Oosthuizen) +800
LIV Golf Hong Kong Course
Hong Kong Golf Club was established in 1889. It’s been a fixture in professional tour golf for more than six decades. The club has hosted the Hong Kong Open since 1959 and is currently part of the 2024 Asian Tour schedule as one of the 10 International Series tournaments.
The Hong Kong Open is one of just three events in the history of golf to be played at the same venue for more than six decades.
Current LIV Golf League member Ian Poulter, co-captain of Majesticks GC, returns to the site of his Hong Kong Open win in 2010 in which he shot a career-best 10-under 60 in the second round.
A dozen current LIV Golf League members played in the most recent Hong Kong Open in 2023, including Ripper GC Captain Cameron Smith, who finished runner-up to current LIV Golf reserve player Ben Campbell.
LIV Golf Hong Kong will utilize the same composite layout at Fanling that is used by the Hong Kong Open.
The 493-yard ninth is the longest par-4 hole on the scorecard and generally considered the most difficult hole on the course.
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
Next Stop: LIV Golf Miami
LIV Golf Miami (Apr. 5-7) – After about a month off after Hong Kong, the boys will head down to Miami at Trump Doral, the week ahead of the Masters.
