LIV Golf Chicago explained

The LIV Golf Chicago is a professional golf tournament held at Bolingbrook Golf Club in Bolingbrook, Illinois, outside of Chicago. It was held at Rich Harvest Farms in 2022 and 2023.

The inaugural event was held in September 2022 at Rich Harvest Farms as part of the LIV Golf Invitational Series, a golf series led by Greg Norman and funded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund. The 48-player field featured several former major championship including Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Charl Schwartzel, Patrick Reed and Sergio García,^[1] and was won by 2022 Open champion Cameron Smith.^[2]

Format

The tournament was a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four-man teams were announced on the Monday before the tournament, with a set number of their total scores counting for the team on each day. Each round commenced with a shotgun start, with the leaders beginning on the first hole for the final round, in order to finish on the eighteenth.^[3]

Inaugural field

48 golfers participated in the inaugural LIV Chicago event.

• Abraham Ancer
• Richard Bland
• Laurie Canter
• Paul Casey
• Eugenio Chacarra
• Bryson DeChambeau (c)
• Sergio García (c)
• Talor Gooch
• Branden Grace
• Sam Horsfield
• Charles Howell III
• Dustin Johnson (c)
• Matt Jones
• Sadom Kaewkanjana
• Martin Kaymer (c)
• Phachara Khongwatmai
• Sihwan Kim
• Brooks Koepka (c)
• Chase Koepka
• Jason Kokrak
• Anirban Lahiri
• Marc Leishman
• Graeme McDowell
• Phil Mickelson (c)
• Jediah Morgan
• Kevin Na (c)
• Joaquín Niemann
• Shaun Norris
• Louis Oosthuizen (c)
• Wade Ormsby (c)
• Carlos Ortiz
• Pat Perez
• Turk Pettit
• James Piot
• David Puig
• Ian Poulter
• Patrick Reed
• Charl Schwartzel
• Cameron Smith
• Henrik Stenson
• Hudson Swafford (c)
• Cameron Tringale
• Peter Uihlein
• Harold Varner III
• Scott Vincent
• Lee Westwood
• Bernd Wiesberger
• Matthew Wolff

Teams

• 4 Aces GC: Johnson (c), Gooch, Perez, Reed
• Cleeks GC: Kaymer (c), McDowell, Canter, Bland
• Crusher GC: DeChambeau (c), Casey, Howell III, Lahiri
• Fireball GC: García (c), Ancer, Ortiz, Chacarra
• HY Flyers GC: Mickelson (c), Wiesberger, Wolff, Tringale
• Iron Heads GC: Na (c), Kaewkanjana, Khongwatmai, Kim
• Majesticks GC: Westwood (c), Stenson, Poulter, Horsfield
• Niblicks GC: Swafford, Piot, Pettit, Varner III
• Punch GC: Ormsby, Jones, Leishman, Smith
• Smash GC: B. Koepka (c), C. Koepka, Kokrak, Uihlein
• Stinger GC: Oosthuizen (c), Schwartzel, Grace, Norris
• Torque GC: Niemann, Vincent, Puig, Morgan

Winners

Individual

Year	Tour(s)	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
LIV Golf Chicago
2024			199	−11	3 strokes	Sergio García Joaquín Niemann
2023			200	−13	1 stroke	Anirban Lahiri Marc Leishman
LIV Golf Invitational Chicago
2022			203	−13	3 strokes	Dustin Johnson Peter Uihlein

Team

Year	Winners	Score (to par)	Margin of victory	Runners-up
LIV Golf Chicago
	Crushers GC	−14	1 stroke	Legion XIII
	Crushers GC	−33	3 strokes	Fireballs GC
LIV Golf Invitational Chicago
	4Aces GC	−24	1 stroke	Smash GC

Notes and References

1. News: LIV Roster . LIV Golf . 7 June 2022 . 7 June 2022.
2. Web site: Priest . Evin . Cam Smith wins LIV Golf's Chicago event, proves he's not 'a worse player' just because he switched tours . Golf Digest . 28 September 2022 . 18 September 2022.
3. Web site: Scrivener . Peter . LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series . BBC Sport . 12 June 2022 . 8 June 2022.