LIV Golf Jeddah explained

LIV Golf Jeddah
Location:King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia
Establishment:2022
Course:Royal Greens Golf & Country Club
Par:70
Lang:us
Tour:LIV Golf
Format:Individual and team stroke play
Purse: (individual)
(team)
Month Played:March
Aggregate:193 Joaquín Niemann (2024)
To-Par:−17 as above
Current Champion: Joaquín Niemann
Coordinates:22.449°N 39.1°W
Map:Saudi Arabia
Map Label:Royal Greens Golf & Country Club
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200

LIV Golf Jeddah is a professional golf tournament sponsored by LIV Golf in Saudi Arabia, held at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, north of Jeddah. It debuted in October 2023. The first two events were 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.[1]

Winners

Individual

YearTour(s)WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
LIV Golf Jeddah
2024 193 −17 4 strokes Louis Oosthuizen
Charl Schwartzel
2023 Brooks Koepka (2) 196 −14 Playoff Talor Gooch
LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah
2022 198 −12 Playoff Peter Uihlein

Team

YearWinnersScore
(to par)
Margin of
victory
Runners-up
LIV Golf Jeddah
Crushers GC −38 4 strokes Stinger GC
Fireballs GC −34 3 strokes RangeGoats GC
LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah
Smash GC −33 6 strokes Fireballs GC

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scrivener . Peter . LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series . BBC Sport . 12 June 2022 . 8 June 2022.