LIV GOLF UK PREVIEW – Golf News

admin July 25, 2024

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The LIV Golf League returns this week for the 11th event of the season as the UK plays host to its first and only venue in 2024.

In June 2022, the first tournament was held at the Centurion Club in Hertfordshire as a dissident Saudi league began to rise to disrupt the professional game.

Fast forward two years, the series has grown rapidly. Centurion hosted the LIV Golf UK event last year, but this week will see JCB Golf & Country Club in Staffordshire host the event for the first time.

JCB's LIV Golf UK will take place between July 26-28 and will be the last venue outside the US for the 2024 LIV Golf season. Among the 56-man field for the 54-hole event will be Ryder Cup stars Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm, both of whom will be making their LIV Golf UK debut at the event, as well as a host of majors. including Bryson DeChambeau, Cam Smith, Brooks Koepka, Sergio Garcia and Phil Mickelson.

Torque GC captain Joaquin Niemann currently leads the individual standings, with two wins and six other top ten finishes this season. Legion XIII captain Jon Rahm is second on the individual standings and has finished in the top-10 in all nine tournaments he has completed.

Majestics GC Co-Captain Lee Westwood is one of six English players in the LIV Golf UK field (Photo by Jon Ferrey/LIV Golf)

THE HEAVENS AHEAD

Six English-born LIV Golfers, including LIV Golf Nashville winner Tyrrell Hatton and two-time major champion Richard Bland, will get plenty of support this week as they compete in front of their home fans at LIV Golf UK for a total of $25 in prize money. m.

Hatton joined LIV Golf at the start of the season to be a member of Jon Rahm's Ryder Cup team, Legion XIII. He has been among the most consistent players this season, the only player on the LIV Golf roster to finish with points (top 24) in each of the first 10 tournaments. Legion XIII won the team three times this season.

The 51-year-old Bland recently won back-to-back majors – the Senior PGA Championship and the US Senior Open. He also helped the Cleeks GC team, captained by Martin Kaymer, win the team title for the first time in Houston.

Paul Casey was a key member of Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers GC team with four top 10 finishes this season, including a runner-up finish in a playoff loss in Hong Kong.

Senior captains Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are among England's most popular players, with 61 professional victories and 18 Ryder Cup appearances. Teammate Sam Horsfield recently posted his best LIV Golf finish, second place behind Hatton in Nashville.

The Majestics GC has its own branded pub in the spectator area at the JCB

LESSON

First opened in 2018, the JCB course was designed by Robin Hiseman of European Golf Design and built on a 240-acre site near the JCB World headquarters.

The 7,308-yard, par 72 course serves as a showcase for JCB mechanical engineering and is open only to JCB employees and its corporate partners, with green fees costing £60 for employees and £70 for employee guests.

The course route uses a variety of terrain, including open farmland, beautiful parks, woods and beautiful lakes. Holes 1 and 3 use the Uttoxeter Canal, while holes 5, 11 and 12 play alongside Alders Brook.

The island's 17th green is the longest on the course at 244 yards, while the 506-yard par 6 plays as a par 5 for members but will be a par 4 for LIV Golf UK. Holes 2 (337 yards) and 12 (303) can both drive 4s.

There will be plenty of fun and spilling on JCB's island green on the par 3 17th hole

TICKETS

A limited number of LIV Golf UK hospitality tickets by JCB are still available on livgolf.com, starting at £180 for the Birdie Shack on Saturday and rising to £245 for the Gallery Club on Sunday.