FIRST LOOK: LIV GOLF JEDDAH PRESENTED BY ROSHN

ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT

When: October 13-15, 2023

Where: Royal Greens Golf and Country Club, King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia

Competition: 54 holes of stroke play

Field: 48 players/12 teams

Purse: US $25 million ($20 million individual, $5 million team)

Winner’s Share: US $4 million (individual), $3 million (team)

Local tee time: Shotgun start for Rds. 1-2 at 12:15 p.m. AST (5:15 a.m. EDT), Rd. 3 at 12:05 p.m. AST (5:05 a.m. EDT)

KEY STORYLINES

• LIV Golf returns to Jeddah, site of last year’s win by Brooks Koepka (individual) and his Smash GC (team)

• Jeddah is the final event of the 2023 regular season, with all individual races completed and team seedings for next week’s Team Championship in Miami finalized

• Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau has won two of the last three LIV Golf tournaments, including the most recent one in Chicago

• DeChambeau is now third in Individual points and is one of three players – along with Cameron Smith and Talor Gooch – competing for the season-long Individual Champion title

• 4Aces GC leads the team standings and has clinched a bye for the Team Championship. Four other teams – No. 2 Crushers GC, No. 3 Torque GC, No. 4 Stinger GC and No. 5 RangeGoats GC – are competing for the remaining byes

• Lock Zone (top 24 in points), Open Zone (25th-44th) and Drop Zone (45th and below) status for every player will be determined after Jeddah (Current standings here)

• Defending champion Koepka makes his first start after competing for the U.S. team at the Ryder Cup in Italy

INDIVIDUAL TITLE HOPEFULS

The Individual Champion race is down to the top three players in the standings. Here is a quick look at each player:

1. CAMERON SMITH (Ripper GC captain)

• Has two wins in 2023, six top 10s and eight top-24 points finishes

• Leads League in putting average (1.51)

• Last year in Jeddah: Finished 22nd in points at 5 under

2. TALOR GOOCH (RangeGoats GC)

• Has three wins in 2023, four top 10s and 11 top-24 points finishes

• Shot back-to-back 10-under 62s en route to winning in Adelaide

• Last year in Jeddah: Finished 12th in points at 7 under

3. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU (Crushers GC captain)

• Has two wins in 2023, five top 10s and 10 top-24 points finishes

• Shot LIV-record 12-under 58 in final round in Greenbrier

• Last year in Jeddah: Finished 21st in points at 5 under

For more details on the top three players, click here.

ABOUT THE COURSE

ROYAL GREENS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia

Par 70
Yardage 7,048

Royal Greens Golf & Country Club has hosted professional events multiple times since opening in 2017, including last year’s LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah.

The course also hosts the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers, the flagship event on the Asian Tour.

All five winners of the PIF Saudi International are members of the 2023 LIV Golf League – 4Aces GC Captain Dustin Johnson (winner in 2019 and 2021), Cleeks GC’s Graeme McDowell (winner in 2020), RangeGoats GC’s Harold Varner III (winner in 2022) and Fireballs GC’s Abraham Ancer (winner in 2023).

Royal Greens is nominated for multiple World Golf Awards in 2023, including World’s Best Golf Course, Middle East’s Best Golf Course and Saudi Arabia’s Best Golf Course.

The signature hole is the 180-yard par-3 16th located next to the Red Sea.

“It's a really good golf course. The way the wind blows here, you have to hit a lot of different shots. It asks all the questions. You have to put it in the fairway to hit key shots. But to me it's a big iron-play golf course.” – Graeme McDowell.

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HOW TO WATCH

United States: The CW Network airs the LIV Golf League in 100% of U.S. markets.

Friday – Live on The CW App, LIV Golf Plus and LIV Golf YouTube

Saturday and Sunday – Live on The CW App, LIV Golf Plus and LIV Golf YouTube.

Global: Broadcast in over 160 international territories Live and On-Demand, free of charge, via LIV Golf Plus. Available for download on iOS, Android, FireTV, and on LIVGolfPlus.com. Also airing on 12 international broadcast partners and counting.

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In person: Tickets available here

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