Yahoo Autos LIV Golf: How to watch on TV, schedule details and the players involved
Charl Schwartzel took home a staggering £3.2million for winning the opening event of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series at the Centurion Club in Hemel Hempstead last month, as the rebel circuit now heads to the US for three stops.
As ever with the rebels, there has rarely been a dull moment. And all eyes will be on Portland, Oregon on June 30 to witness the next fascinating instalment.
Which players signed up?
Exclusively revealed by Telegraph Sport, Brooks Koepka was announced as the Saudi rebel circuit’s latest high-profile signing and will play in the first LIV Series event on US soil.
The four-time major winner is joining brother Chase on Greg Norman's breakaway tour and will almost certainly be banned from the PGA Tour as a result. His LIV debut in Portland, Oregon, will be another blow to the US Ryder Cup team, who will face five members of 2018 team and three from 2021 being deemed ineligible for next year’s match in Rome.
Koepka, 32, has been in talks with the Saudi-funded series for months and sources have confirmed that the deal has finally been delivered. Dustin Johnson, another former world No 1, signed for an £120 million ($150m) up-front fee and Koepka will have also commanded a seven-figure sum as he takes his place alongside not only Johnson, but Phil Mickelson, Sergio García, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Abraham Ancer, who has been unveiled as a capture.
Where are the eight LIV Golf events?
The breakaway circuit began at the Centurion Club in Hertfordshire, and now moves to the United States for three stops.
It then has two events in Bangkok and Saudi Arabia, before the tour finishes at Trump Doral in Miami at the end of October.
What is the format?
The 48-man field will play across 12 teams of four players, which was determined at a draft on June 7.
The first seven regular season events will consist of three 54-hole events, with no cut and shotgun starts, while the final event will be a four-day team matchplay knockout.
LIV then plans 10 events in 2023 followed by "a full season" of 14 tournaments in 2024 and 2025.
Centurion, like the other seven events in 2022, is being classed by chief executive Greg Norman as "baiter tournaments", aiming to lure big names who have so far resisted the circuit's overtures.
