The LIV Golf League heads to the Middle East for the third edition of the LIV Golf Jeddah in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia.
Two-time LIV Golf Jeddah champion Brooks Koepka will headline at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, alongside marquee names such as Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, Bryson Dechambeau, Joaquin Niemann, Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia and Cameron Smith, among others.
One of those “others” is Anthony Kim, the reclusive star, who will tee it up for the first time in over a decade.
Below are some details to get you primed for an exciting week of golf in Saudi Arabia.
2024 LIV Golf Jeddah
Pro Golf Weekly previews LIV Golf’s stop in Saudi Arabia in this week’s 2023 LIV Golf Jeddah Primer.
The Skinny
Tournament: LIV Golf Jeddah
Dates: Mar. 1-3, 2024
Where: King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia
Course: Royal Greens Golf & Country Club
Distance: Par 70, 7048 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
How to Follow: LIV Golf Jeddah
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 Jeddah Field
The LIV field in Las Vegas will include some of golf’s most familiar names, such as Jon Rahm, the reigning Masters champion, Brooks Koepka, the reigning PGA champion, Tyrrell Hatton, Joaquin Niemann, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed, Cameron Smith, and Anthony Kim.
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, and Harold Varner III, among others.
Top-10 Betting Favorites
1. Jon Rahm +500
2. Brooks Koepka +1000
2. Dustin Johnson +1000
4. Joaquin Niemann +1100
5. Bryson DeChambeau +1200
6. Talor Gooch +1400
6. Tyrrell Hatton +1400
8. Cameron Smith +1600
9. Sergio Garcia +2000
10. Adrian Meronk +2500
10. Louis Oosthuizen +2500
Full Field & Odds
LIV Golf Jeddah Teams
Below are the 13 teams (with captains italicized) who will compete in Saudi Arabia.
- 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) +300
2. Crushers (DeChambeau) +500
2. Smash (Koepka) +500
4. Torque (Niemann) +600
5. 4 Aces (DJ) +700
LIV Golf Jeddah Course
Royal Greens was nominated for multiple World Golf Awards in 2023, including World’s Best Golf Course, Middle East’s Best Golf Course and Saudi Arabia’s Best Golf Course.
The signature hole is the 180-yard par-3 16th located next to the Red Sea.
Royal Greens has hosted professional tour events multiple times since opening in 2017, including the PIF Saudi International, the flagship event on the Asian Tour.
Two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka, the captain of Smash GC, said his gameplan at Royal Greens is “just stay out of the desert, stay out of the bunkers. … I like this place. What can I say?”
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 Hong Kong
LIV Golf Hong Kong (Mar. 8-10) – LIV Golf will head to Hong Kong for the second stop on its spring swing to the Middle East and Asia. After about a month off the boys will head down to Miami at Trump Doral, the week ahead of the Masters.
