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2023 LIV Golf League
The 2023 LIV Golf League is the second season of LIV Golf following the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series. The season consists of fourteen 54-hole tournaments, featuring 48 players and no cut, and a team championship event at the season end. Twelve teams and forty-eight individuals are competing for a total of $405 million in prize purses. Broadcasting In the United States, The CW will broadcast and stream the tournaments under a multi-year deal with the organization signed in January 2023. PGA Tour agreement 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. Teams The 2023 LIV Golf League will consist of twelve teams. Unlike the structure of the 2022 Invitational Series; where some players regularly changed teams from week-to-week, the 2023 season is planned to have players signed to individual teams and will remain with that team throughout the entire sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series
The 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series was the first season of the LIV Golf Invitational Series. The season consisted of seven 54-hole tournaments, featuring 48 players and no cut, and a team championship event at the season end. Development On 17 March 2022, the first eight tournament schedule with prize money of $255 million was announced by Greg Norman. The 54-hole tournaments will have no cut and will feature 48 players drafted into 12 four-man teams, with shotgun starts. The first seven events will have $20 million purses with an additional $5 million split among the top three teams each week; a team championship concludes the schedule with a $30 million on offer to the top three players and an additional $50 million in team prizes. Broadcasting Currently LIV Golf broadcasts events on its website and on its own YouTube and Facebook pages. Arlo White serves as lead broadcaster with pundits Jerry Foltz and Dom Boulet. Su-Ann Heng serves as an on-course reporter and Troy Mull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryson DeChambeau
Bryson James Aldrich DeChambeau (born September 16, 1993) is an American professional golfer. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 2020 U.S. Open. As an amateur, DeChambeau became the fifth player in history to win both the NCAA Division I championship and the U.S. Amateur in the same year. With his U.S. Open victory he became the third player to have won those three championships, after Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, and the sixth player to win both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open. Renowned for his analytical and scientific approaches to the sport, DeChambeau has acquired the nickname of "The Scientist". His clubs are specially designed to his specifications, with thicker than normal grips and irons that are all the same length. In 2020, he became the longest driver on the PGA Tour. Early life, family and amateur career DeChambeau was born on September 16, 1993, in Modesto, California to John Howard Aldrich DeChambeau and Janet Louise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Na
Kevin Sangwook Na ( ko, 나상욱; born September 15, 1983) is a Korean American professional golfer. He was a member of the PGA Tour until June 2022, when he resigned in order to join LIV Golf. He won five tournaments on the PGA Tour between 2011 and 2021. Early years Born in Seoul, South Korea, Na emigrated with his family to the United States when he was eight years old, settling in southern California. He left Diamond Bar High School after his junior year to play professional golf at age 17. Professional career Na has played on the Asian Tour (with a win at the 2002 Volvo Masters of Asia), European Tour and PGA Tour. Na got his PGA Tour card for the 2004 season. He finished third at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic and fourth at the Honda Classic. In 2005 he finished second at the FBR Open and Chrysler Classic of Tucson. He missed six months with a hand injury in 2006. In his first start back, a rehab start on the Nationwide Tour, he won the Mark Christopher Charity Class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Steele
Brendan Dean Steele (born April 5, 1983) is an American professional golfer. He played predominantly on the PGA Tour, where he had three tournament victories, prior to joining LIV Golf in 2023. Early years Born in Idyllwild, California, Steele played high school golf at Hemet High school and college golf at the University of California, Riverside, graduating in 2005. Professional career Steele turned professional in 2005 and played on the Golden State Tour in California, winning four times. He played on the Canadian Tour in 2006 and 2007, where his best finish was second at the 2006 Telus Edmonton Open. Steele began playing on the Nationwide Tour in and won the final event of the season in 2010, the Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island. This win moved him from thirtieth to sixth on the money list and earned him a PGA Tour card for the 2011 season. PGA Tour On April 17, 2011, the week after the Masters, Steele notched his first PGA Tour win at the Valero Texas Open at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Piot
James Piot (born October 14, 1998) is an American professional golfer from Canton, Michigan. In 2021, he won the U.S. Amateur. Amateur career Piot was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan. In high school, he led Detroit Catholic Central to three consecutive state championships and won the Michigan junior amateur championship in 2015. Piot enrolled at Michigan State in 2017, majoring in finance. He earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors in 2018. As a fifth-year senior in 2021, he was named an All-Big Ten First Team selection, an All-American Honorable Mention, and set a school record for lowest scoring average. At the 2020 U.S. Amateur, Piot was the No. 2 seed in stroke-play before losing in the second round. He advanced to the final in 2021 at Oakmont Country Club, winning four consecutive holes on the back-nine to defeat Austin Greaser of North Carolina, 2 and 1. Piot became the first U.S. Amateur champion from Michigan. Professional career Piot turned professional in May 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Tringale
Cameron Joseph Tringale (born August 24, 1987) is an American professional golfer. Born in Mission Viejo, California, Tringale was a three-time NCAA All-American at Georgia Tech. He was a member of the PGA Tour from 2010 until 2022, when he resigned his membership and joined LIV Golf. Amateur career After graduating from Mission Viejo High School in 2005, Tringale attended Georgia Tech and won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship as a freshman. He played in the 2007 U.S. Amateur Championship, where he lost his first round match. He qualified again in 2009 and reached the third round. Tringale was a three-time NCAA All-American, earning second-team honors in 2006 and 2007, and making the first team in 2009 as a senior. He qualified for the 2009 U.S. Open but missed the cut, and he represented the U.S. that year as a member of the Palmer Cup and Walker Cup teams. Professional career In December 2009, Tringale successfully gained a 2010 PGA Tour card through qualifying s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Mickelson
Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970), nicknamed Lefty, is an American professional golfer who plays for LIV Golf. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six Men's major golf championships, major championships: three Masters Tournament, Masters titles (2004 Masters Tournament, 2004, 2006 Masters Tournament, 2006, 2010 Masters Tournament, 2010), two PGA Championships (2005 PGA Championship, 2005, 2021 PGA Championship, 2021), and one The Open Championship, Open Championship (2013 Open Championship, 2013). With his win at the 2021 PGA Championship, Mickelson became the oldest major championship winner in history at the age of 50 years, 11 months, and 7 days. Mickelson is one of 17 players in the history of golf to win at least three of the four majors. He has won every major except the U.S. Open (golf), U.S. Open, in which he has finished runner-up a record six times. In 2022, Mickelson became the only golfer who has won 3 (or more) of the 4 majors to join the Sau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenio Chacarra
Eugenio López-Chacarra (born 22 March 2000) is a Spanish professional golfer. Early life Chacarra was born in Madrid, Spain. His sister, Carolina, also plays college golf in the United States, at Wake Forest University. Amateur career Chacarra attended Oklahoma State University, where he studied Sports Management, Finance and Psychology. He was a first team All-American and reached a high of number two in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, before turning professional and joining LIV Golf in June 2022, reportedly on a three-year contract. Two months before then, he had announced that he would be returning for a fifth year at Oklahoma State, despite qualifying for the Korn Ferry Tour through the PGA Tour University rankings. Professional career In October 2022, Chacarra gained his first professional victory, winning the LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok by three strokes from Patrick Reed; his Fireballs team also won team component. Amateur wins *2017 Grand Prix de Landes *2019 Copa d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Ortiz (golfer)
Carlos Ortiz Becerra (born 24 April 1991) is a Mexican professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour. He won the 2020 Vivint Houston Open on the PGA Tour. He now plays in the LIV Golf League. Early life Ortiz was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He played college golf in the United States at the University of North Texas. At the 2011 Summer Universiade, he was on the team that won the bronze medal. He played in the Mexican team at the 2010 Eisenhower Trophy and again in 2012 where Mexico were runners-up. His younger brother Álvaro is a professional golfer who represented Mexico in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2014, 2016 and 2018 and won the 2019 Latin America Amateur Championship. Professional career Ortiz turned professional in 2013. He finished T-15 at the Web.com Tour qualifying school after playing in the first, second and final stages. He then joined the Tour in 2014. He won the fourth event of the year, the Panama Claro Championship. He won hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Ancer
Abraham Ancer (; born 27 February 1991) is a Mexican-American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and is currently playing on the LIV Golf tour. He won the 2018 Emirates Australian Open and the 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational for his first PGA Tour career victory. Amateur career Ancer was born in McAllen, Texas; raised partially in Reynosa, Mexico; and has dual American and Mexican citizenship. He attended Sharyland High School in Mission, Texas. He played college golf at Odessa College and the University of Oklahoma, from which he graduated in 2013 with a degree in General Studies. During his one year at Odessa, Ancer was a first-team All-American and finished in a tie for second in the Junior College National Golf Championship. At Oklahoma, he saw his most success during his first year, winning twice while having the sixth-lowest scoring average in Oklahoma history of 72.03. During his entire career, he ended up second in all-time scoring average. Professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio García
Sergio García Fernández (; born 9 January 1980) is a Spanish professional golfer. He has played on the European Tour, PGA Tour and LIV Golf Invitational Series. García has won 36 international tournaments as a professional, most notably the 2008 Players Championship and the 2017 Masters Tournament. García was also the Chairman of Spanish football team CF Borriol. García has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking, including over 300 weeks in the top 10 between 2000 and 2009, and over 450 weeks in the top 10 in total. He reached his highest career ranking, second, after winning the HSBC Champions tournament in November 2008. García has achieved career earnings of more than US$43 million. As a player, he is noted for strong iron play and accuracy. In the Ryder Cup, he competed in ten of the eleven matches playing during his professional career cumulatively earning a record 28.5 points during those matches. Early years and amate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Ogletree
Andrew Ogletree (born April 3, 1998) is an American professional golfer from Union, Mississippi. He won the 2019 U.S. Amateur. Amateur career Ogletree attended Union High School in Union, Mississippi, leading his team to the Mississippi state championship in 2016. He also won the individual state championship that year. In 2015 he reached the quarter-finals of the U.S. Junior Amateur and qualified for the U.S. Amateur for the first time. Ogletree began attending Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Georgia Tech in 2016. In 2019, his senior year, he won the Monroe Invitational by two shots with a score of 279 (−1). In August, he won the U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, defeating John Augenstein of Vanderbilt, 2 and 1, in the championship match. Ogletree was the third Georgia Tech player to win the title, joining Bobby Jones (golfer), Bobby Jones (five times) and Matt Kuchar. By winning the Havemeyer Trophy, he earned exemptions into the 2020 Masters Tournament, 2020 U.S. Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
