Busan, South Korea — LIV Golf Korea 2026 is set for May 28-31 at Asiad Country Club in Busan, South Korea. This marks the league’s return after a successful 2025 debut (held at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon) and serves as the eighth event of the 2026 season.
The Korea stop is the beginning of the final stretch of the regular season ahead of the Team Championship in Michigan.
The event will feature superstars like Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Joaquín Niemann, and Cameron Smith, among others.
Pro Golf Weekly previews LIV Golf’s stop in Korea at Asiad Country Club for this week’s LIV Golf Korea Primer.
The LIV Golf Skinny
Tournament: LIV Golf Korea
Dates: May 28-31, 2026 (Thu-Sun)
Where: Busan, Korea (outskirts of Washington, D.C.)
Course: Asiad Country Club
Architect: Arnold Palmer (1991)
Reno: Rees Jones (2019)
Par/Yardage: Par 70 / 7,024 yards
Format: 72-hole individual and team stroke play (no cut)
Field: 57 players (13 teams of 4 + 5 wild cards)
Total Purse: $30M
Individual Purse: $20M ($4M to winner)
Team Purse: $10M ($3M to winning team)
Defending Individual Champion: Bryson DeChambeau
Defending Team Champion: Crushers GC (DeChambeau captain)
OWGR Pts: 23
TV Broadcast: FOX Sports Network (FS1, FOX)
Time Zone: Korean Standard Time (KST) +13 hours ET US
How to Watch
- THU (Rd 1): 12 a.m. (FS1)
- FRI (Rd 2): 12 a.m. (FS1)
- SAT (Rd 3): 12 a.m. (FS1)
- SUN (Rd 4): 12 a.m. (FOX)
IN KOREA: Each of the four rounds will be broadcast on JTBC GOLF and JTBC SPORTS in Korea starting at 1 p.m. local time. In addition, Coupang Play and the JTBC Golf app will provide coverage.
Note: There will be no YouTube streaming in the U.S.
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Weather Forecast
- THU (Rd 1): Hi 75 Lo 62, Partly Cloudy, Rain: 16%, Winds: W 10-15 mph
- FRI (Rd 2): Hi 79 Lo 61, Mostly Sunny, Rain: 4%, Winds: W 10-15 mph
- SAT (Rd 3): Hi 78 Lo 60, Mostly Sunny, Rain: 3%, Winds: W-SW 5-10 mph
- SUN (Rd 4): Hi 78 Lo 62, Mostly Sunny, Rain: 2%, Winds: S-SW 5-10 mph
LIV Golf Format
The LIV Golf League 2026 features 13 teams comprised of four players, along with five wild card players. In total, 57 players will compete this week, with players and teams competing simultaneously for both points and prize money.
The tournaments consists of 72-hole stroke play, no cut and shotgun start, ensuring a faster and more exciting pace of play for fans.
Captains: Each team has a captain while members of the four-player teams, including the captain, participate in the four-day tournament.
Individual Winner: Like the PGA Tour, the player with the lowest 72-hole stroke play total is the tournament winner. The event’s champion receives $4m in prize money along with 200 LIV rankings points (from 40) and about 23 OWGR points. Jon Rahm enters Korea holding about a 250-point lead on Bryson DeChambeau, with 802.33 points.
Team Competition: All four scores count in each round for every team, an adjustment that began in the 2025 season. As with the individual competition, the team with the lowest total score wins the event’s team title. An adjustment for 2026: all 13 teams will earn prize money each week based on their finishing position (1st-$3m, 13th-$200k) rather than only the top 3 teams. In addition, in 2026, the league introduced a $2.3m prize to be allocated to the players on the team podiums (top 3) each week. For example, the winning team earns $3m which goes in as team revenue for building and managing the team (salaries, marketing, etc). Additionally, the winning team splits another $1m ($250k each or however the captain sees fit) among the four players.
LIV Golf Korea Storylines
- Global Tour: LIV Golf continues its worldwide schedule with a visit to Busan, Korea – the eighth different country to host a LIV Golf tournament in the first eight tournaments of the 2026 season.
- Second Stop in Korea: The visit is the second to Korea in league history, with the inaugural LIV Golf Korea held during the 2025 season at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon outside Seoul.
- Asiad Country Club: Host venue for this week’s LIV Golf Korea, becomes the 32nd different course to host a LIV Golf League tournament.
- 4th Stop in Asia in 2026: The tournament is the fourth this season to be held in Asia, following stops in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
- Off Impressive PGA Form: Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm enters Korea off his tie for second at the PGA Championship, in which four of the 11 LIV Golf players in the field finished inside the top 20.
- Jon Rahm Leads: Rahm is the current season-long points leader as he chases his third consecutive LIV Golf Individual Championship.
- Bryson DeChambeau Defends: Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau, currently second to Rahm in points, is the defending LIV Golf Korea champion, having won last year in Incheon.
- Festival Atmosphere: Beyond golf, enjoy Fan Village activities, family-friendly zones, and the Bailey Zimmerman concert — turning it into a full entertainment weekend that may feel more important than ever for league optics.
- Red-Hot 4 Aces: 4Aces GC, captained by Dustin Johnson, has won three of the last five tournaments, including the last two in Asia (Hong Kong and Singapore) as well as the most recent one in Virginia when the club beat Fireballs GC in a playoff to move atop the team standings.
- Korean GC Debut: Korean Golf Club makes its first visit to its home country after rebranding in the offseason, having previously competed as Iron Heads GC.
- Lucas Herbert Breakthrough: The Aussie broke through for his first LIV Golf victory earlier in the month in Virginia, becoming the fourth different team member – and second this season after newcomer Elvis Smylie’s debut win in Riyadh – to claim an individual tournament trophy.
LIV Golf Korea Field
The beauty of LIV Golf is — unlike the PGA Tour where ten of the world’s top 11 players won’t even be in the field — you know each and every star will be teeing it up in Korea. For fans shelling out big money for tickets, this is a huge plus mark for the upstart league.
The field is headlined by two of the top-4 betting favorites in next month’s U.S. Open: Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, who have combined to win four of the last five LIV Golf tournaments, with Rahm taking Hong Kong and Mexico City and DeChambeau going back-to-back in Singapore and South Africa.
Cameron Smith, the 2022 Open Champion, broke out of his major slump in a big way, contending right up until the final few holes at the PGA Championship.
Other LIV golfers entering in good form include contenders like Thomas Detry (4 top-6s in last 5 LIV starts), David Puig (4 top-20s in last 4, incl T18 PGA), Josele Ballester (5 straight top-12s, incl 3 straight top-5s), Branden Grace 2 top-5s in last 3), Dean Burmester (7 straight top-20s incl 5 top-10s), Matthew Wolff (4 top-15s in last 6), and Joaquin Niemann (5 straight top-20s, incl 2 top-10s).
Top-10 Betting Favorites
1. Jon Rahm 2-1
2. Bryson DeChambeau 9-1
3. Joaquin Niemann 11-1
4. David Puig 12-1
5. Dean Burmester 14-1
5. Thomas Detry 14-1
7. Josele Ballester 20-1
8. Lucas Herbert 22-1
9. Abraham Ancer 25-1
9. Branden Grace 25-1
9. Cameron Smith 25-1
LIV Golf Korea Teams
Below are the 13 teams (with captains italicized) who will compete at Asiad Country Club.
- ACES GC – Dustin Johnson, Thomas Detry, Anthony Kim, Thomas Pieters
- CLEEKS GC – Martin Kaymer, Adrian Meronk, Richard Bland, Victor Perez
- CRUSHERS GC – Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri
- FIREBALLS GC – Sergio Garcia, Josele Ballester, Luis Masaveu, David Puig
- HY FLYERS GC – *Phil Mickelson, Brendan Steele, Cameron Tringale, Michael La Sasso
- KOREAN GC – Byeong Hun An, Minkyu Kim, Younghan Song
- LEGION XIII GC – Jon Rahm, *Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt, Tom McKibbin
- MAJESTICKS GC – Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Laurie Canter, Sam Horsfield
- OKGC – Talor Gooch, Harold Varner III, Jason Kokrak, Graeme McDowell
- RANGEGOATS GC – Bubba Watson, Matthew Wolff, Peter Uihlein, Ben Campbell
- RIPPER GC – Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Elvis Smylie, Lucas Herbert
- SOUTHERN GUARDS GC – Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, Dean Burmester
- TORQUE GC – Joaquin Niemann, Abraham Ancer, Sebastian Munoz, Carlos Ortiz
- WILD CARDS – Scott Vincent, Bjorn Hellgren, Yosuke Asaji, Richard T. Lee, Miguel Tabuena, Danny Lee
* Phil Mickelson has been sidelined for most of the 2026 season due to a serious family health matter. Tyrrell Hatton will miss this week after birth of child.</small >
Teams: Top-5 Betting Favorites
1. Legion XIII (Rahm) +250
2. 4Aces (DJ) +300
3. Ripper (Cam Smith) +400
3. Crushers (DeChambeau) +400
5. Torque (Niemann) +600
5. Fireballs (Sergio) +600
LIV Golf Korea Course
Originally built by Arnold Palmer’s group, for the 2002 Asian Games, Asiad Country Club underwent a major redesign in 2019 led by renowned architect Rees Jones, elevating it to professional tournament standards.
The club hosted the BMW LPGA Championship for three seasons and was the first LPGA-certified golf course outside the U.S.
Three 9-hole courses are on the property – Valley, Lake and Pine; LIV Golf Korea will use the Valley course for the first 9 holes and the Lake course for the second 9 holes.
The Valley course is narrow and tree-lined, providing a target golf approach; the Lake course is more open and expected to be more scoreable.
The signature hole is the 159-yard par-3 6th hole that plays downhill to an island green.
The double-dogleg ninth hole is a par 5 for members but will play as a 501-yard par 4 for LIV Golf Korea.
The two-tiered fairway 11th hole also is a par 5 for members but will play as a 486-yard par 4.
The 601-yard par-5 15th is the longest hole on the scorecard and has a green surrounded by water on three sides.
Fast Facts
Architect: Arnold Palmer, Rees Jones (2019)
Superintendent: Brad Enie, GCSAA
Par: 35-35-70
Yards: 7,024
Par 3s: 4 (3, 6, 13, 16)
Par 5s: 2 (4, 15)
Easiest Hole: 15th (Par 5, 550 yds)
Hardest Hole: 5th (Par 4, 409 yds)
LIV Golf Korea Payouts: Points & Money
The winner of LIV Golf Virginia will receive a $4,000,000 payday along with 200 first-place points and 23 OWGR points.
Note: a one-hole playoff will be conducted if there is a tie for first place after 72 holes. Hole 18 will be repeated until a winner is determined.
Individual
Pos-(Points)-Money
1. (200) $4,000,000
2. (113) $2,225,000
3. (75) $1,500,000
4. (50) $1,000,000
5. (40) $800,000
6. (35) $700,000
7. (30) $600,000
8. (26) $525,000
9. (23) $450,000
10. (21) $415,000
11. (19) $380,000
12. (18) $360,000
13. (17) $340,000
14. (16) $320,000
15. (15) $300,000
16. (14) $285,000
17. (13.5) $270,000
18. (13) $260,000
19. (12.5) $250,000
20. (12) $240,000
21. (11.5) $230,000
22. (11) $220,000
23. (10.5) $210,000
24. (10) $200,000
25. (9.8) $195,000
26. (9.6) $190,000
27. (9.4) $185,000
28. (9.2) $180,000
29. (9) $175,000
30. (8.8) $170,000
31. (8.6) $165,000
32. (8.4) $160,000
33. (8.2) $155,000
34. (8) $150,000
35. (7.6) $147,500
36. (7.4) $145,000
37. (7.2) $142,500
38. (7) $140,000
39. (6.8) $137,500
40. (6.6) $135,000
41. (6.4) $132,500
42. (6.2) $130,000
43. (6) $129,000
44. (5.8) $128,000
45. (5.5) $127,000
46. (5) $126,000
47. (4) $50,000
48. (3.7) $50,000
49. (3.4) $50,000
50. (3.1) $50,000
51. (2.8) $50,000
52. (2.5) $50,000
53. (2.2) $50,000
54. (1.9) $50,000
55. (1.6) $50,000
56. (1.3) $50,000
57. (1) $50,000
Team
1. (30) $3,000,000
2. (15) $1,500,000
3. (9) $900,000
4. (7) $700,000
5. (6.5) $650,000
6. (6) $600,000
7. (5.5) $550,000
8. (5) $500,000
9. (4.5) $450,000
10. (4) $400,000
11. (3) $300,000
12. (2.5) $250,000
13. (2) $200,000
Individual Split Via Team
1. $1,000,000
2. $800,000
3. $500,000
Sources/Credits: AP, LIV Golf, Wikipedia, Blue Tees, Getty Images
