The 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series was the first season of the

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. 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

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. The 54-hole tournaments will have no

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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.

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serves as lead broadcaster with pundits

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and Dom Boulet. Su-Ann Heng serves as an on-course reporter and Troy Mullins is billed as both on-course reporter and

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for the tour. In July, it was confirmed that

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would be leaving

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to join the LIV Golf broadcast team. In the U.S., the organization attempted to buy time on

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as its broadcaster, but were unable to reach an agreement. All of the remaining major television networks in the U.S. have ties to the

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's media rights, and

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is under the purview of

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, which serves as the tour's major broadcaster overseas, which would effectively prevent them from airing LIV Golf due to its animosity. Likewise, PGA Tour media partners have largely avoided direct references to LIV during golf telecasts, only discussing it from a critical perspective.

Teams

*4 Aces GC *Cleeks GC *Crusher GC *Fireball GC *HY Flyers GC *Iron Heads GC *Majesticks GC *Niblicks GC *Punch GC *Smash GC *Stinger GC *Torque GC

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.

Points standings

Individual

Players finishing top-24 at each Invitational Series tournament receive points ranging from 40 (first place) to 1 (21st–24th place), and the player with the most points after the seven regular season events will be crowned Individual Champion. Prizes are $18 million to the individual champion, $8 million to the runner-up and $4 million to third. Final individual points standings:

Team

Final team points standings:

Money leaders

Final standings of leading players in the money list:

Awards

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:LIV Golf Invitational Series

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