The 2025 LIV Golf League was the fourth season of LIV Golf. The season consisted of 54-hole tournaments, featuring 54 players and no cut, with a team championship event at the season end.
Player movements From the end of the 2024 season until the beginning of the 2025 season saw numerous changes to team rosters.
Free agents Players who declined their contract extensions, along with those who finished in places 25–48 of the individual standings, also called the Open Zone, whose contracts expired after the season became free agents and could negotiate with any team. Free agents were not guaranteed to be signed and may have lost their playing privileges in 2025 if they were not signed. The following table lists players who became free agents. Player2024 Team2024Finish2025 Team Eugenio ChacarraFireballs GC39thUnsigned Pat Perez4Aces GC48thUnsigned
Relegated players Players who finished in places 49th and below and were not team captains, were relegated from the LIV Golf League and could not be signed by another team unless they earned their way back into the 2025 season through the LIV Golf Promotions event. If a team captain was relegated, then he needed to make a business case to LIV Golf in order to return.
The following table lists players who were relegated after the 2024 season.
Player2024 Team2024Finish2025 Status Kalle SamoojaCleeks GC49thNone Scott VincentIron Heads GC50thNone Branden GraceStingers GC51stSigned Laurie CanterWild card52ndNone Bubba WatsonRangeGoats GC53rdSigned Kieran VincentLegion XIII GC54thNone Hudson SwaffordWild card55thNone Anthony KimWild card56thSigned
Promoted players Player2024 TourQualification method2025 Team Lee Chieh-poAsian TourLIV Golf PromotionsNone
Newly signed players In addition to qualifying for the 2025 season through the International Series or via the LIV Golf Promotions event, players who have not played for LIV Golf could join the 2025 season by signing with the league or with a team.
Player2024 Tour2025 Team Ben Campbell Asian Tour Range Goats GC Jang Yu-bin Korean Tour Iron Heads GC Frederik Kjettrup PGA Tour Americas Cleeks GC Luis Masaveu N/A (amateur) Fireballs GC Tom McKibbin European Tour Legion XIII
Departures The following players (full-time/wildcard only) were no longer with LIV Golf after the conclusion of the 2024 season: Hudson Swafford departed from LIV Golf as a wildcard after his contract was not renewed. Laurie Canter departed LIV Golf after his two-event wildcard contract ended in 2024 and returned to the European Tour full time.
Mid-season transfers PlayerFromToDetails Luis Masaveu Fireballs GC n/a End of contract José Luis Ballester n/a (amateur) Fireballs GC New signing
Rosters Team Members Captain(s) Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Substitute players4Aces GC Dustin Johnson Patrick Reed Harold Varner III Thomas Pieters Cleeks GC Martin Kaymer Richard Bland Frederik Kjettrup Adrian Meronk Max RottluffCrushers GC Bryson DeChambeau Paul Casey Charles Howell III Anirban Lahiri Fireballs GC Sergio García Abraham Ancer Luis Masaveu José Luis Ballester David Puig Luis MasaveuHyFlyers GC Phil Mickelson Cameron Tringale Brendan Steele Andy Ogletree Ollie SchniederjansIron Heads GC Kevin Na Danny Lee Jang Yu-bin Jinichiro Kozuma Wade Ormsby Ollie Schniederjans John Catlin Song Young-hanLegion XIII Jon Rahm Tyrrell Hatton Caleb Surratt Tom McKibbin Majesticks GC Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson Sam Horsfield RangeGoats GC Bubba Watson Matthew Wolff Peter Uihlein Ben Campbell John Catlin Kim Min-kyu Ollie SchniederjansRipper GC Cameron Smith Marc Leishman Matt Jones Lucas Herbert Smash GC Brooks Koepka Jason Kokrak Talor Gooch Graeme McDowell Luis CarreraStinger GC Louis Oosthuizen Branden Grace Charl Schwartzel Dean Burmester John CatlinTorque GC Joaquín Niemann Mito Pereira Sebastián Muñoz Carlos Ortiz
Wild cards In addition to the teams, in order to make tournament fields up to 54 players, there were two wild card spots available. Anthony Kim, who played as a wild card in 2024, was retained for 2025 and joined by LIV Golf Promotions winner Lee Chieh-po.
Reserve players In January 2025, 2024 Asian Tour Order of Merit winner John Catlin confirmed that he would continue to serve as a reserve in the case of withdrawals and other absences. Former amateur world number one Ollie Schniederjans, who finished fourth in the promotions event, also announced that he would act as a reserve. Also retained as reserves were Wade Ormsby; continuing his role from the previous season, Kalle Samooja, who was relegated at the end of 2024, and Saudi Arabian Khalid Attieh.
Schniederjans substituted for Hy Flyers captain Phil Mickelson in the opening event of the season in Riyadh. Also out injured at the start of the season was the Iron Heads' Jinichiro Kozuma; Ormsby substituted for him at Riyadh and his home event at Adelaide, with Schniederjans standing in at Hong Kong; before the fourth event in Singapore, a shootout was held between the four main reserves, with Catlin winning the spot. Korean Song Young-han was added to the roster to substitute for Kozuma in Miami.
The Range Goats Ben Campbell withdrew after the first round in Mexico with a wrist injury, and was replaced by Catlin for the remainder of the tournament. The following week in South Korea, Kim Min-kyu was added to the roster to substitute for him. Having been replaced in the Fireballs lineup by José Luis Ballester before the Virginia event, Luis Masaveu ended up continuing with the team as a substitute for teammate David Puig; during the event, the Range Goats Matthew Wolff withdrew, with Schniederjans substituting for him. At the following event in Dallas, Schniederjans again substituted for Wolff, Max Rottluff substituted for Frederik Kjettrup on the Cleeks, and midway through the first round Brooks Koepka withdrew with an illness and was replaced by Luis Carrera. Wolff remained sidelined in Andalucía, where Masaveu substituted. There were no substitutes required at the final three events of the season.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2025 season.
Date Tournament Host country Purse (US$) Individual winner Winning team Notes Individual Team 8 Feb LIV Golf Riyadh Saudi Arabia 20,000,000 5,000,000 Adrian Meronk (1) Legion XIII 16 Feb LIV Golf Adelaide Australia 20,000,000 5,000,000 Joaquín Niemann (3) Fireballs GC 9 Mar LIV Golf Hong Kong Hong Kong 20,000,000 5,000,000 Sergio García (2) Fireballs GC 16 Mar LIV Golf Singapore Singapore 20,000,000 5,000,000 Joaquín Niemann (4) Fireballs GC 6 Apr LIV Golf Miami United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 Marc Leishman (1) Ripper GC 27 Apr LIV Golf Mexico City Mexico 20,000,000 5,000,000 Joaquín Niemann (5) Legion XIII New tournament 4 May LIV Golf Korea South Korea 20,000,000 5,000,000 Bryson DeChambeau (3) Crushers GC New tournament 8 Jun LIV Golf Virginia United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 Joaquín Niemann (6) Crushers GC New tournament 29 Jun LIV Golf Dallas United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 Patrick Reed (1) Crushers GC 13 Jul LIV Golf Andalucía Spain 20,000,000 5,000,000 Talor Gooch (4) Legion XIII 27 Jul LIV Golf UK United Kingdom 20,000,000 5,000,000 Joaquín Niemann (7) Legion XIII 10 Aug LIV Golf Chicago United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 Dean Burmester (2) Stinger GC 17 Aug LIV Golf Indianapolis United States 20,000,000 5,000,000 Sebastián Muñoz (1) Torque GC New tournament 24 Aug LIV Team Championship Michigan United States n/a 50,000,000 n/a Legion XIII 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.
Position Player Team Points1 Jon Rahm Legion XIII 226.162 Joaquín Niemann Torque GC 223.683 Bryson DeChambeau Crushers GC 144.744 Sebastián Muñoz Torque GC 133.065 Dean Burmester Stinger GC 117.25
Team points list The team points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.
Position Team Points1 Legion XIII −202 Crushers GC −203 Stinger GC −124 Smash GC −185 HyFlyers GC −14
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.
PositionPlayerPrize money ($)IndividualBonusTotal1 Jon Rahm13,608,79118,000,00031,608,7912 Joaquín Niemann22,222,7628,000,00030,222,7623 Bryson DeChambeau10,334,5604,000,00014,334,5604 Dean Burmester9,828,9589,828,9585 Sebastián Muñoz9,727,9539,727,953
Awards AwardWinner Most Valuable Player Joaquín Niemann Breakout Star of the Year David Puig
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