LIV Golf Greenbrier explained

LIV Golf Greenbrier
Location:White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Establishment:2023
Course:The Greenbrier
Old White Course
Par:70
Lang:us
Tour:LIV Golf
Format:Individual and team stroke play
Purse: (individual)
(team)[1]
Month Played:August
To-Par:−23 as above
Current Champion: Brooks Koepka
Coordinates:37.7888°N -80.3161°W
Map:USA#West Virginia
Map Label:The Greenbrier
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200

LIV Golf Greenbrier is a professional golf tournament sponsored by LIV Golf in the United States, held at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It debuted in August 2023. The first event was also co-sponsored by the MENA Tour.

Format

The tournament is a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four man teams are chosen, 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]

Winners

Individual

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
191 −19 Playoff Jon Rahm
187 −23 6 strokes Mito Pereira

Team

YearWinnersScore
(to par)
Margin of
victory
Runners-up
Smash GC −53 3 strokes Ripper GC
Torque GC −49 3 strokes Crushers GC

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Woodard . Adam . LIV Golf Adelaide prize money for each player, team . Golfweek . Golfweek . 5 February 2024 . en . 23 April 2023.
  2. Web site: Scrivener . Peter . LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series . BBC Sport . 12 June 2022 . 8 June 2022.