LIV Golf Bedminster explained

LIV Golf Bedminster
Location:	Bedminster, New Jersey
Establishment:	2022
Final Year:	2023
Course:	Trump National Golf Club Bedminster
Par:	72
Yardage:	^[1]
Lang:	uk
Tour:	LIV Golf League MENA Tour
Format:	Individual stroke play and team event
Purse:	(individual) (team)
Month Played:	July
Aggregate:	201 Cameron Smith (2023)
To-Par:	−12 as above
Final Champion:	Cameron Smith
Coordinates:	40.653°N -74.696°W
Map:	USA#New Jersey
Map Label:	Trump National GC Bedminster
Map Relief:	yes
Map Size:	200

The LIV Golf Bedminster was a professional golf tournament that was held in Bedminster, New Jersey, outside of New York City. The tournament was held in July 2022, at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster and was the third event for LIV Golf, a new golf series led by Greg Norman and funded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.

Format

The tournament was a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four man teams were selected via a draft by their designated team captains, 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.^[2]

Inaugural field

The field for the inaugural event was announced on July 19. 45 of the 48 players were named, with the remaining three to be confirmed.^{[3] [4]} The following day they were confirmed as Henrik Stenson (who had been relieved from his position as captain of the European Ryder Cup team earlier in the day), Jason Kokrak and Charles Howell III.

• Abraham Ancer
• Richard Bland
• Laurie Canter
• Paul Casey
• Eugenio Chacarra
• Bryson DeChambeau (c)
• Hennie du Plessis
• Sergio García (c)
• Talor Gooch
• Branden Grace
• Justin Harding
• Sam Horsfield
• Charles Howell III
• Yuki Inamori
• Dustin Johnson (c)
• Matt Jones
• Sadom Kaewkanjana
• Martin Kaymer (c)
• Phachara Khongwatmai
• Ryosuke Kinoshita
• Brooks Koepka (c)
• Chase Koepka
• Jason Kokrak
• Jinichiro Kozuma
• Graeme McDowell
• Phil Mickelson (c)
• Jediah Morgan
• Kevin Na (c)
• Shaun Norris
• Louis Oosthuizen (c)
• Wade Ormsby (c)
• Carlos Ortiz
• Pat Perez
• Turk Pettit
• James Piot
• Ian Poulter
• David Puig (a)
• Patrick Reed
• Charl Schwartzel
• Travis Smyth
• Henrik Stenson
• Hudson Swafford (c)
• Hideto Tanihara (c)
• Peter Uihlein
• Scott Vincent
• Lee Westwood (c)
• Bernd Wiesberger
• Matthew Wolff

Teams

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

Winners

Individual

Year	Tour(s)	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
LIV Golf Bedminster
2023			201	−12	7 strokes	Anirban Lahiri
LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster
2022			202	−11	2 strokes

Team

Year	Winners	Score (to par)	Margin of victory	Runners-up
LIV Golf Bedminster
	Ripper GC	−20	11 strokes	Crushers GC Stinger GC
LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster
	4Aces GC	−25	8 strokes	Majesticks GC

Notes and References

1. Web site: Virtual Course Tour . 11 June 2022.
2. Web site: Scrivener . Peter . LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series . BBC Sport . 12 June 2022 . 8 June 2022.
3. Web site: Woodard . Adam . LIV Golf announces field for event at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, leaves three spots open for new players . Golfweek . USA Today . July 20, 2022 . July 19, 2022.
4. Web site: Teams Announced For LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster . LIV Golf . July 27, 2022 . July 26, 2022.