LIV Golf Invitational London

LIV Golf London
Tournament information
Location	Hemel Hempstead, England
Established	2022
Course(s)	Centurion Club
Par	72
Length	7,084 yards (6,478 m)^[1]
Tour(s)	LIV Golf League MENA Tour
Format	Individual and team stroke play
Prize fund	US$20,000,000 (individual) US$5,000,000 (team)
Month played	June
Tournament record score
Aggregate	198 Cameron Smith (2023)
To par	−15 as above
Current champion
Cameron Smith
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The LIV Golf Invitational London is a golf tournament that is held at the Centurion Club near Hemel Hempstead, England. The inaugural tournament was held in June 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 2022 48-player field included Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio García, and Kevin Na.^[2]^[3]

Charl Schwartzel won the inaugural event, finishing one shot ahead of Hennie du Plessis.^[4]

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Format

The tournament was a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four man teams were selected via a draft by their designated team captains, 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.^[5]

Inaugural field

48 golfers participated in the inaugural LIV London event. 43 players were invited, with the remaining five qualifying through the Asian Tour's International Series; three through an order of merit and the two highest finishers in the International Series England not already in the field.^[6]^[a]^[b]

Winners

Individual

Year	Tour(s)^[c]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
LIV Golf London
2023	LIV, MENA	Cameron Smith	198	−15	1 stroke	Marc Leishman Patrick Reed
LIV Golf Invitational London
2022	LIV	Charl Schwartzel	203	−7	1 stroke	Hennie du Plessis

Team

Year	Winner^[d]		Score (to par)	Margin of victory	Runner-up^[d]
LIV Golf London
2023	4 Aces GC	Dustin Johnson (c)	−34	1 stroke	Ripper GC	Matt Jones
		Pat Perez				Marc Leishman
		Patrick Reed				Jediah Morgan
		Peter Uihlein				Cameron Smith (c)
LIV Golf Invitational London
2022	Stinger GC	Hennie du Plessis	−20	14 strokes	Crushers GC	Richard Bland
		Branden Grace				Phachara Khongwatmai
		Louis Oosthuizen (c)				Travis Smyth
		Charl Schwartzel				Peter Uihlein (c)

Notes

^ (a) – Amateur
^ (q) – Buranatanyarat, Snyman and Yuan qualified through the International Series order of merit; Madappa and Smyth qualified as highest finishers in the International Series England.
^ LIV − LIV Golf League; MENA − MENA Tour.
^ ^a ^b (c) – Team captain

References

^ "Golf Country Course". centurionclub.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ Van Valkenburg, Kevin (7 June 2022). "Dustin Johnson leaves PGA Tour to play in LIV". ESPN. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ Schlabach, Mark (6 June 2022). "Mickelson added to field for LIV Golf's first event". ESPN. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Charl Schwartzel wins inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event; Also part of team competition". Sky Sports. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ Scrivener, Peter (8 June 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "Scott Vincent wins at Slaley Hall as Travis Smyth earns LIV Invitational spot". Sky Sports. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

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