2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series explained

The 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series was the inaugural season of LIV Golf. The season consisted of seven 54-hole tournaments, featuring 48 players and no cut, with a team championship event at the season end.

Development

On 17 March 2022, the first eight tournament schedule with prize money of was announced by Greg Norman. The 54-hole tournaments had no cut and featured 48 players drafted into 12 four-man teams, with shotgun starts. The first seven events had $20 million purses with an additional $5 million split among the top three teams each week; a team championship concluded the schedule with a $30 million on offer to the top three players and an additional $50 million in team prizes.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Broadcasting

LIV Golf broadcast events on its website and on its own YouTube and Facebook pages. Arlo White served as lead broadcaster with pundits Jerry Foltz and Dom Boulet. Su-Ann Heng served as an on-course reporter and Troy Mullins was billed as both on-course reporter and influencer for the tour.^[4] In July, it was confirmed that David Feherty would be leaving NBC Sports to join the LIV Golf broadcast team.^[5]

In the U.S., LIV Golf attempted to buy time on Fox as its broadcaster, but were unable to reach an agreement. All of the remaining major television networks in the U.S. have ties to the PGA Tour's media rights, and Turner Sports was under the purview of Warner Bros. Discovery, which served as the tour's major broadcaster overseas, which would have effectively prevented them from airing LIV Golf due to its animosity.^[6] Likewise, PGA Tour media partners largely avoided direct references to LIV during golf telecasts, only discussing it from a critical perspective.^[7]

Teams

• 4Aces GC
• Cleeks GC
• Crusher GC
• Fireball GC
• HY Flyers GC
• Iron Heads GC
• Majesticks GC
• Niblicks GC
• Punch GC
• Smash GC
• Stinger GC
• Torque GC

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.^{[8] [1]}

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)		Winner		Other tours	Notes
			Individual	Team	Individual	Team
11 Jun		England	20,000,000	5,000,000	Charl Schwartzel (1)	Stinger GC
2 Jul		United States	20,000,000	5,000,000	Branden Grace (1)	4Aces GC
31 Jul		United States	20,000,000	5,000,000	Henrik Stenson (1)	4Aces GC
4 Sep		United States	20,000,000	5,000,000	Dustin Johnson (1)	4Aces GC
18 Sep		United States	20,000,000	5,000,000	Cameron Smith (1)	4Aces GC
9 Oct	LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok	Thailand	20,000,000	5,000,000	Eugenio Chacarra (1)	Fireballs GC
16 Oct		Saudi Arabia	20,000,000	5,000,000	Brooks Koepka (1)	Smash GC
30 Oct	LIV Golf Invitational Miami	United States	n/a	50,000,000	n/a	4Aces GC		Team Championship

Points list

Individual points list

The individual points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^{[9] [10]}

Position	Player	Points
1		135
2		79
3		79
4		79
5		66

Team points list

The team points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^{[11] [12]}

Position	Team	Points	finish
1	4Aces GC	152	1st
2	Crushers GC	96	T5
3	Fireballs GC	93	T5
4	Stinger GC	72	4th
5	Smash GC	62	3rd

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^{[13] [14] [15]}

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
		Individual	Team	Bonus	Total
1	Dustin Johnson	10,575,267	7,062,500	18,000,000	35,637,767
2	Branden Grace	6,509,666	2,125,000	8,000,000	16,634,666
3	Peter Uihlein	5,814,786	3,000,000	4,000,000	12,814,786
4	Patrick Reed	5,148,214	7,062,500		12,210,714
5	Talor Gooch	3,312,001	7,062,500		10,374,501

Notes and References

1. DiMeglio . Steve . Greg Norman announces Saudi Arabia-backed 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series will start in June, feature $255 million in prize money . Golfweek . 16 March 2022 . 16 March 2022.
2. Web site: Beall . Joel . Rapaport . Dan . Saudi-backed LIV Golf announces eight-event, $255 million series that will visit United States . Golf Digest . 16 March 2022 . 16 March 2022.
3. Beall . Joel . Trump Doral to host $50 million LIV Golf series finale . Golf Digest . 25 April 2022 . 26 April 2022.
4. Web site: Kerschbaumer . Ken . 2022-06-07 . LIV Golf Details Production Plans for Centurion Club Debut . 2022-06-17 . Sports Video Group.
5. News: Bain . Mark . 18 July 2022 . Northern Irish golf pundit David Feherty to move to LIV Golf to become an analyst . 19 July 2022 . Belfast Telegraph.
6. News: Draper . Kevin . 2022-06-16 . LIV Golf Has Marquee Names and Giant Purses. So Why No TV Deal? . The New York Times . 2022-06-17.
7. Web site: Rigdon . Jay . 2022-07-14 . Dan Hicks sidesteps saying "LIV" during Open Championship coverage . 2022-07-14 . Awful Announcing.
8. Web site: 2022 Tournament schedule . LIV Golf . 9 June 2022.
9. Web site: Individual standings . LIV Golf . 18 October 2022.
10. Web site: LIV Golf: Inaugural champion Dustin Johnson receives £16.2m in prize money . BBC Sport . 10 October 2022 . 10 October 2022 . It's an honour to be LIV's first individual season champion..
11. Web site: Team standings . LIV Golf . 18 October 2022.
12. News: 2022 LIV Golf in Miami leaderboard, scores: Dustin Johnson's 4 Aces GC wins inaugural team championship . CBS Sport . Patrick . McDonald . 31 October 2022 . 30 October 2022.
13. Web site: Individual prize earnings . 15 October 2023 . LIV Golf.
14. Web site: LIV Golf prize money: How much every player has earned so far . Today's Golfer . 17 October 2022 . Rob . Jerram . 15 October 2023.
15. Web site: Dustin Johnson not satisfied with banking $35.6 million and sweeping LIV Golf's triple crown . Yahoo! Sport . Tom . D'Angelo . 31 October 2022 . 31 October 2022.