LIV Golf Invitational Chicago

LIV Golf Chicago
Tournament information
LocationSugar Grove, Illinois
Established2022
Course(s)Rich Harvest Farms
Par71
Length7,408 yards (6,774 m)
Tour(s)LIV Golf
MENA Tour
FormatIndividual and team stroke play
Prize fundUS$5,000,000 (individual)
US$20,000,000 (team)
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate200 Bryson DeChambeau (2023)
To par−13 Cameron Smith (2022)
−13 Bryson DeChambeau (2023)
Current champion
Bryson DeChambeau
Location Map
Rich Harvest Farms is located in the United States
Rich Harvest Farms
Rich Harvest Farms
Location in the United States
Rich Harvest Farms is located in Illinois
Rich Harvest Farms
Rich Harvest Farms
Location in Illinois

The LIV Golf Chicago is a professional golf tournament held at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois, outside of Chicago.

The inaugural event was held in September 2022 as part of the LIV Golf Invitational Series, a golf series led by Greg Norman and funded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund. The 48-player field featured several former major championship including Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Charl Schwartzel, Patrick Reed and Sergio García, and was won by 2022 Open champion Cameron Smith.

Format

The tournament was a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four-man teams were announced on the Monday before the tournament, with a set number of their total scores counting for the team on each day. Each round commenced with a shotgun start, with the leaders beginning on the first hole for the final round, in order to finish on the eighteenth.

Inaugural field

48 golfers participated in the inaugural LIV Chicago event.

Teams

  • 4 Aces GC: Johnson (c), Gooch, Perez, Reed
  • Cleeks GC: Kaymer (c), McDowell, Canter, Bland
  • Crusher GC: DeChambeau (c), Casey, Howell III, Lahiri
  • Fireball GC: García (c), Ancer, Ortiz, Chacarra
  • HY Flyers GC: Mickelson (c), Wiesberger, Wolff, Tringale
  • Iron Heads GC: Na (c), Kaewkanjana, Khongwatmai, Kim
  • Majesticks GC: Westwood (c), Stenson, Poulter, Horsfield
  • Niblicks GC: Swafford, Piot, Pettit, Varner III
  • Punch GC: Ormsby, Jones, Leishman, Smith
  • Smash GC: B. Koepka (c), C. Koepka, Kokrak, Uihlein
  • Stinger GC: Oosthuizen (c), Schwartzel, Grace, Norris
  • Torque GC: Niemann, Vincent, Puig, Morgan

Winners

Individual

Year Tour(s) Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runners-up
LIV Golf Chicago
2023 LIV, MENA Bryson DeChambeau 200 −13 1 stroke Anirban Lahiri
Marc Leishman
LIV Golf Invitational Chicago
2022 LIV Cameron Smith 203 −13 3 strokes Dustin Johnson
Peter Uihlein

Team

Year Winner Score
(to par)
Margin of
victory
Runner-up
LIV Golf Chicago
2023 Crushers GC Paul Casey −33 3 strokes Fireballs GC Abraham Ancer
Bryson DeChambeau (c) Eugenio Chacarra
Charles Howell III Sergio García (c)
Anirban Lahiri Carlos Ortiz
LIV Golf Invitational Chicago
2022 4 Aces GC Talor Gooch −24 1 stroke Smash GC Brooks Koepka (c)
Dustin Johnson (c) Chase Koepka
Pat Perez Jason Kokrak
Patrick Reed Peter Uihlein