The 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series was the inaugural season of LIV Golf. The season consisted of seven 54-hole tournaments, featuring 48 players and no cut, with a team championship event at the season end.

Development On 17 March 2022, the first eight tournament schedule with prize money of was announced by Greg Norman. The 54-hole tournaments had no cut and featured 48 players drafted into 12 four-man teams, with shotgun starts. The first seven events had $20 million purses with an additional $5 million split among the top three teams each week; a team championship concluded the schedule with a $30 million on offer to the top three players and an additional $50 million in team prizes.

Broadcasting LIV Golf broadcast events on its website and on its own YouTube and Facebook pages. Arlo White served as lead broadcaster with pundits Jerry Foltz and Dom Boulet. Su-Ann Heng served as an on-course reporter and Troy Mullins was billed as both on-course reporter and influencer for the tour. In July, it was confirmed that David Feherty would be leaving NBC Sports to join the LIV Golf broadcast team.

In the U.S., LIV Golf attempted to buy time on Fox 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 PGA Tour's media rights, and Turner Sports was under the purview of Warner Bros. Discovery, which served as the tour's major broadcaster overseas, which would have effectively prevented them from airing LIV Golf due to its animosity. Likewise, PGA Tour media partners largely avoided direct references to LIV during golf telecasts, only discussing it from a critical perspective.

Teams

4Aces 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.

Date Tournament Host country Purse (US$) Winner Othertours Notes Individual Team Individual Team 11 Jun LIV Golf Invitational London England 20,000,000 5,000,000 Charl Schwartzel (1) Stinger GC 2 Jul LIV Golf Invitational Portland United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 Branden Grace (1) 4Aces GC 31 Jul LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 Henrik Stenson (1) 4Aces GC 4 Sep LIV Golf Invitational Boston United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 Dustin Johnson (1) 4Aces GC 18 Sep LIV Golf Invitational Chicago United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 Cameron Smith (1) 4Aces GC 9 Oct LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok Thailand 20,000,000 5,000,000 Eugenio Chacarra (1) Fireballs GC MENA 16 Oct LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah Saudi Arabia 20,000,000 5,000,000 Brooks Koepka (1) Smash GC MENA 30 Oct LIV Golf Invitational Miami United States n/a 50,000,000 n/a 4Aces GC Team Championship

Points list Individual points list The individual points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

PositionPlayerPoints1 Dustin Johnson 1352 Branden Grace 793 Peter Uihlein 794 Patrick Reed 795 Charl Schwartzel 66

Team points list The team points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

Position Team Points finish1 4Aces GC 152 1st2 Crushers GC 96 T53 Fireballs GC 93 T54 Stinger GC 72 4th5 Smash GC 62 3rd

Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)IndividualTeamBonusTotal1 Dustin Johnson10,575,2677,062,50018,000,00035,637,7672 Branden Grace6,509,6662,125,0008,000,00016,634,6663 Peter Uihlein5,814,7863,000,0004,000,00012,814,7864 Patrick Reed5,148,2147,062,50012,210,7145 Talor Gooch3,312,0017,062,50010,374,501

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