| Year: | 2023 |
| Tour: | LIV Golf League |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 14 |
| Most Wins: |  Talor Gooch (3) |
| Honor1: | Individual points list |
| Honoree1: | Talor Gooch |
| Honor2: | Team champions |
| Honoree2: | Crushers GC |
| Honor3: | Money list |
| Honoree3: | Talor Gooch |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 LIV Golf League was the second season of LIV Golf following the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series. The season consisted of thirteen 54-hole tournaments, featuring 48 players and no cut, with a team championship event at the season end.
Talor Gooch won three tournaments during the season to claim the individual title by 22 points from Cameron Smith, with Brooks Koepka in third place.[1] The team championship was won by Crushers GC, captained by Bryson DeChambeau, by two strokes from Range Goats GC; 4 Aces GC had topped the regular season points standings but finished in fourth place in the final.[2] Smith, Koepka and DeChambeau all won twice during the season; the other winners were Charles Howell III, Danny Lee, Dustin Johnson and Harold Varner III.
In the United States, The CW broadcast and streamed the tournaments under a multi-year deal with the organization signed in January 2023.[3]
In June 2023, it was announced that the Public Investment Fund, the PGA Tour and the European Tour would create a new entity to serve the best interests of each entity.[4]
In October 2023, it was announced by the Official World Golf Ranking that LIV Golf's application to receive OWGR points was rejected.[5] [6]
The 2023 LIV Golf League consisted of twelve teams. Unlike the structure of the 2022 Invitational Series; where some players regularly changed teams from week-to-week, the 2023 season was planned to have players signed to individual teams and will have remained with that team throughout the entire season. LIV Golf began announcing team rosters on 15 February 2023.[7]
| Team | Members | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain(s) | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Substitute players | ||
| 4Aces GC | ||||||
| Cleeks GC | Laurie Canter | |||||
| Crushers GC | Andy Ogletree | |||||
| Fireballs GC |  Carlos Ortiz | |||||
| HyFlyers GC | ||||||
| Iron Heads GC | ||||||
| Majesticks GC | Laurie Canter Andy Ogletree | |||||
| RangeGoats GC |  Wade Ormsby | |||||
| Ripper GC | ||||||
| Smash GC |  Kieran Vincent | |||||
| Stinger GC | ||||||
| Torque GC | ||||||
The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[8] [9] [10]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) | Individual winner | Winning team | Other tours | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Team | ||||||||
| 26 Feb | Mexico | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Charles Howell III (1) | Crushers GC | ||||
| 19 Mar | LIV Golf Tucson | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 |  Danny Lee (1) | Fireballs GC | |||
| 2 Apr | LIV Golf Orlando | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Brooks Koepka (2) | Torque GC | |||
| 23 Apr | Australia | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Talor Gooch (1) | 4Aces GC | ||||
| 30 Apr | LIV Golf Singapore | Singapore | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Talor Gooch (2) | RangeGoats GC | |||
| 14 May | LIV Golf Tulsa | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Dustin Johnson (2) | Stinger GC | |||
| 28 May | LIV Golf Washington, D.C. | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Harold Varner III (1) | Torque GC | |||
| 2 Jul | Spain | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Talor Gooch (3) | Torque GC | ||||
| 9 Jul | England | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Cameron Smith (2) | 4Aces GC | ||||
| 6 Aug | LIV Golf Greenbrier | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Bryson DeChambeau (1) | Torque GC | |||
| 13 Aug | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Cameron Smith (3) | Ripper GC | ||||
| 24 Sep | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Bryson DeChambeau (2) | Crushers GC | ||||
| 15 Oct | Saudi Arabia | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Brooks Koepka (3) | Fireballs GC | ||||
| 22 Oct | LIV Golf Miami | United States | n/a | 50,000,000 | n/a | Crushers GC | Team Championship | ||
The individual points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[11] [12]
| Position | Player | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RangeGoats GC | 192 | ||
| 2 | Ripper GC | 170 | ||
| 3 | Smash GC | 152 | ||
| 4 | Crushers GC | 149 | ||
| 5 | 4Aces GC | 125 |
The team points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[11] [13]
| Position | Team | Points | finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4Aces GC | 192 | 4th | |
| 2 | Crushers GC | 186 | 1st | |
| 3 | Torque GC | 183 | 3rd | |
| 4 | RangeGoats GC | 179 | 2nd | |
| 5 | Stinger GC | 157 | 5th |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[14]
| Position | Player | Prize money ($) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Team | Bonus | Total | |||
| 1 | Talor Gooch | 17,320,012 | 4,187,500 | 18,000,000 | 39,507,512 | |
| 2 | Cameron Smith | 13,955,417 | 1,625,000 | 10,000,000 | 25,580,417 | |
| 3 | Bryson DeChambeau | 13,335,000 | 6,250,000 | 19,585,000 | ||
| 4 | Brooks Koepka | 13,495,833 | 812,500 | 4,000,000 | 18,308,333 | |
| 5 | Harold Varner III | 9,125,833 | 4,187,500 | 13,313,333 | ||
Non-exempt players who finished 45th or lower in the individual points list were relegated from the league. Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer finished 45th and 49th, respectively; however, both were exempt from relegation as they were team captains. Jediah Morgan (46th), James Piot (47th), Chase Koepka (48th), and Sihwan Kim (50th) were relegated from the league.[11] [15]
The LIV Golf Promotions Event is due to be held 8–10 December 2023 at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates.[16]
The event will take place over three days, with 72 holes being played in total.[17] The first round will be open players finishing 6–32 in the 2023 International Series Order of Merit, winners of leading amateur tournaments, players ranked inside the top-200 of the Official World Golf Ranking and players ranked inside the top-20 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking. The top-20 and ties from the first round advance to the second round, where scores are reset. Also entering at this stage will be players relegated from the 2023 LIV Golf League, tournament winners during the 2022–23 PGA Tour and 2023 European Tour seasons, major champions since 2018, Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup players, and players finishing 2–5 on the 2023 International Series Order of Merit. The top-16 from the second round will advance to the final two rounds, with the scores being reset once again. The top three finishers over the final two rounds will earn status to play in the 2024 LIV Golf League.