LIV Golf stay stream: How to observe newest occasion in Chicago

The LIV Golf sequence is making ready for its fifth occasion this week with Open champion Cameron Smith making ready to make his second look on the Saudi-backed sequence after a debut in Boston.

The Aussie switched from the PGA Tour alongside Joaquin Niemann, Harold Varner III, Cameron Tringale, Marc Leishman and Anirban Lahiri, with the sector shaping out forward of the 2023 season too, regardless of rumours of extra gamers primed to make the swap within the coming weeks or months.

The high of the sector is now extra compelling than in any of the earlier occasions, as Smith battles it out with Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed, Bryson DeChambeau and Lee Westwood.

The group occasion has been dominated by Four Aces and Johnson, Reed and co. will possible stay favourites once more regardless of the newest reshuffle.

Here is find out how to watch the Chicago occasion as LIV Golf returns:

Here’s every little thing you could find out about golf’s latest tour.

What is LIV Golf?

Reports of a brand new breakaway league first emerged in 2019 however gathered tempo final 12 months as two-time Open champion Greg Norman grew to become the face of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series as its chief govt.

With Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund financing the sequence, there’s a clear hyperlink to the Saudi Arabia authorities, whose report on human rights has been criticised by teams equivalent to Amnesty International.

But what for a very long time was thought-about to be a bargaining menace to the normal PGA and DP World Tours and nothing extra, took form because the LIV Golf Series, which additionally options new competitors guidelines and what event organisers say is an “exciting” new format.

Is it on TV?

LIV Golf has but to be picked up by a serious broadcaster within the UK.

However, the motion is stay streamed totally free on the LIV Golf YouTube channel and Facebook web page.

What are the principles?

LIV Golf Series occasions might be performed over three days and 54 holes, slightly than the normal four-day occasions with 72 holes. There gained’t be a reduce, both, so the 48 gamers who begin the week will play all three rounds.

There may also be particular person and group competitions throughout the similar occasion. The particular person competitors might be gained by the participant who shoots the bottom rating over 54 holes, as regular.

The group competitors, nevertheless, might be made up of 12 groups of 4 gamers, with group captains choosing the groups utilizing a ‘snake draft’ forward of every occasion. Teams may also have their very own distinctive names and logos.

In phrases of scoring, the perfect two particular person scores will rely in direction of the group’s general complete throughout the opening two rounds, with the perfect three scores combining on the third and closing spherical. The group with the bottom general rating on the finish of the third spherical would be the winner.

How will the season work and the place is the subsequent occasion?

Chicago would be the fifth of seven ‘regular’ occasions this 12 months with the group championship forming the ultimate occasion of the season at Doral in Miami in October.

The group championship will see all 12 groups seeded and a four-day knockout event might be performed utilizing match play scoring to find out the winner, with a championship match happening on the ultimate day.

An particular person champion may also be topped utilizing factors accrued over the seven ‘regular season’ occasions.

When is the Chicago occasion?

The 54-hole event will start on Friday 16 September and run via to Sunday 18 September. The first spherical begins at 1pm ET (6pm BST) at Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Illinois.

Who is enjoying?

The greatest names initially included Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Louis Oosthuizen, Martin Kaymer, Sergio Garcia, Charl Schwartzel and Kevin Na. However, after its first occasion, LIV Golf added main champions Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed to its ranks, earlier than tempting 2016 Open champion Henrik Stenson throughout forward of Bedminster – at which level the Swede was stripped of the Ryder Cup captaincy. Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann had been the headline names from the ultimate spherical of recruitment for this season and make their second appearances in Chicago.

Full participant record for Chicago occasion

What are the groups?

How a lot is the prize cash?

Each common season occasion can have a prize fund of $25m – each participant within the area receives a reduce, with a assured $4m for first and $120,000 for final place. Of the $25m, $5m might be cut up between the highest three groups.

The high three gamers within the general particular person championship will obtain a cut up of $30m, with the general champion taking $18m, the runner-up receiving $8m and third place getting $4m.

The season-ending group championship has a prize fund of $50m, with the profitable group splitting $16m and the group who finishes final receiving $1m. Each participant receives a 25 per cent reduce.

By comparability, the winner of the PGA Championship, one in all golf’s 4 majors, receives $3m out of a complete prize fund of $15m.

Individual prize cash

Team prize cash