FIRST LOOK: LIV GOLF LAS VEGAS

ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT

When: February 8-10

Where: Las Vegas Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada

Competition: Three rounds/54 holes of stroke play

Field: 54 players – 13 teams of four players each, and two wild cards

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

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

Local Tee Times: Shotgun Start for Rds. 1 & 2 at 10:15 a.m. local (1:15 p.m. ET); Rd. 3 at 9:35 a.m. local (12:35 p.m. ET)

KEY STORYLINES

The LIV Golf League visits Las Vegas for the first time; it’s the 19th different global market and 11th different U.S. market to host a League or Promotions tournament

The historic Las Vegas Country Club, established in 1967 and the city’s longest-standing country club, is the host site

The tournament, which will begin on Thursday and finish on Saturday, will be played six miles away from Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium

Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann will seek his second consecutive victory after winning the season-opening LIV Golf Mayakoba on the fourth hole of a playoff against Fireballs GC Captain Sergio Garcia

LIV Golf’s first expansion team, Legion XIII captained by reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm and including Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt and Kieran Vincent, won its debut event at Mayakoba

Surratt, the 19-year-old former University of Tennessee sophomore who turned pro prior to Mayakoba, posted a final-round 67 and finished with five consecutive birdies

Rahm tied for third on the individual leaderboard while his former Ryder Cup partner Hatton tied for eighth in their LIV Golf debuts

Local resident Kevin Na, captain of Iron Heads GC, has won two professional events in Las Vegas and Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau has one win in the area

Of the top 10 players in the Individual Championship standings, seven are team captains – Niemann, Garcia, Rahm, Dustin Johnson (4Aces GC), Brooks Koepka (Smash GC), Cameron Smith (Ripper GC) and Louis Oosthuizen (Stinger GC)

SUPER WEEK IN VEGAS

LIV Golf Las Vegas, which begins on Thursday and finishes on Saturday, will be played six miles away from Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium.

“It’s going to be a special event,” said Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau. “There’s going to be a lot of buzz around the city. It’s going to be a fun-filled event. It’s going to be electric.”

“I think it’s going to be fantastic,” added 4Aces GC Captain Dustin Johnson. “It’s the week of the Super Bowl. Vegas is going to be buzzing.”

Said HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson: “LIV Golf Las Vegas is an opportunity to showcase what LIV Golf can bring to the U.S. … In the U.S., our demographic is much younger than the traditional golf fan. To be in Las Vegas the week of the Super Bowl, that’s the demographic we’re trying to hit.”

LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB

Las Vegas, Nevada

PAR 70

YARDAGE 7,089

• The historic Las Vegas Country Club becomes the 11th different course in the United States to host a LIV Golf tournament

• The course, which opened in 1967, was designed by Ed Ault and built on the site of a horse and automobile racetrack

• The club, which features a 54,000 square-foot clubhouse, was frequented by Las Vegas celebrities Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin

• LVCC has hosted multiple professional golf tournaments, including the Las Vegas Invitational from 1983-91

• Among the past winners is LIV Golf Commissioner & CEO Greg Norman, who won in 1986

• The 146-yard par-3 eighth will offer a party-hole atmosphere reminiscent of previous party holes in Adelaide and Chicago

• Course routing: The nines have been reversed from the member routing, with the member front nine playing as the back nine for LIV Golf Las Vegas

• The 469-yard 18th hole has been converted to a par-4 hole from the members’ par 5

• Grass type: Rye grass/Bermudagrass on tees, fairways, first cut, rough and fringe/collar; Bent grass (Penn Link/T1) on greens

• Projected green speed: 12.5

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT LVCC

“I played Las Vegas Country Club many years ago. It’s a fun course to play. There’s a lot of great risks/rewards.” – HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson

“It’s a great, fine golf course with a lot of history. Right off the strip. The vibe is going to be great.” – Iron Heads GC Captain Kevin Na

WEATHER

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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, 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 several international broadcast partners.

In person: Tickets available here

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