LIV Golf 2025 Schedule
Posted by Jamie Martin on 5th Feb 2025
LIV Golf will kick off its new season under lights in Saudi Arabia this week, the first of 14 tournaments around the globe in 2025.
The Golf, But Louder tour’s fourth season features new stopovers in South Korea, Indianapolis and Michigan, while the tour revisits Washington DC after a year’s absence.
Compared to previous years, there haven’t been any earth-shattering moves in the off-season (apart from the Shark stepping down as CEO). But six new players round out the 2025 rosters and will battle with LIV big guns Jon Rahm, Cam Smith, Bryson Dechambeau and Brooks Koepka for individual and team glory.
LIV’s team scoring format has been tweaked slightly for 2025. Previously, only the best three scores contributed to the team total during the first and second rounds before all four scores counted in the third round. However, in 2025 all four scores will count in all three rounds. It’ll heighten the tension on the first two days and penalise high scores significantly.
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2025 LIV golf season.
UPDATED: February 5, 2025
LIV GOLF 2025 SCHEDULE
LIV RIYADH February 6-8
LIV’s fourth season kicks off at Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia. The course takes over from Royal Greens in Jeddah as the Saudi stopover and will be played at night under floodlights. Riyadh GC has previously hosted the Asian Tour’s Saudi Open. Phil Mickelson is out for the HyFlyers and will be replaced by Ollie Schniederjans for the first event of the year.
Defending: Joaquin Niemann. Crushers GC.
LIV ADELAIDE February 14-16
LIV Adelaide was again nominated as the world’s best golf event after the 2024 edition set a new attendance record. Over 94,000 spectators flooded into The Grange Golf Club, creating an electrifying atmosphere that culminated in a playoff win for Ripper GC. LIV Adelaide will be held a couple of months earlier this year and local fans will be hoping Ripper GC can get the job done again.
Defending: Brendan Steele. Ripper GC.
LIV HONG KONG March 7-9
The short, quirky Hong Kong Golf Club was tamed by Fireballs’ Abraham Ancer when LIV Hong Kong made its debut last year, with Bryson’s Crushers pulling off an incredible comeback to win the team component. 4Aces' Patrick Reed won the Asian Tour’s Hong Kong Open at the same course in November after shooting a 59.
Defending: Abraham Ancer. Crushers GC.
LIV SINGAPORE March 14-16
LIV’s mini-Asian swing wraps up in Singapore and Sentosa Golf Club will again host. Sentosa Golf Club was named the world’s best golf course in 2023 and it’s expected to be hot and humid again for LIV Singapore, particularly with the event now earlier in the schedule. Brooks Koepka won in Singapore last year, holding off Ripper GC’s Cam Smith and Marc Leishman.
Defending: Brooks Koepka. Ripper GC.
LIV MIAMI April 4-6
LIV touches down in Miami for the first US tournament of 2025. For the handful of LIV pros playing the Masters the following week, the host course, Doral, will be an ideal tune-up. The Blue Monster features a brutal stretch of closing holes and enough water to keep everyone on their toes. Last year saw Stinger GC’s Dean Burmester claim a win when he defeated Sergio Garcia in a play-off.
Defending: Dean Burmester. Legion XIII.
LIV MEXICO April 25-27
After being the pipe opener the previous two seasons, LIV Mexico switches to a later date this year and shakes things up with a new location and course. Previously played at the Mayakoba resort course, Club de Golf Chapultepec, located just outside the heaving metropolis of Mexico City, is the new venue. Chile’s Joaquin Niemann dazzled for Torque last year in Mexico. But expect locals Carlos Ortiz and Abraham Ancer to rise to the occasion.
Defending: Joaquin Niemann. Legion XIII.
LIV KOREA May 2-4
A new event for 2025, LIV Korea will be played at Incheon’s Jack Nicklaus Golf Course, host venue of the 2015 President’s Cup. LIV Korea can be considered a home game for Iron Heads GC, with talented Danny Lee born in Incheon before emigrating to New Zealand and new signing Yubin Jang a star of the domestic Korean tour.
New event
LIV WASHINGTON DC June 6-8
LIV Washington DC is the lead-in event for the US Open, where Crushers captain Bryson DeChambeau will defend his crown. It’ll be played about 30 miles from downtown DC at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, a distinguished layout that has hosted four President’s Cup and last year’s Solheim Cup (yep, that one with the bus fiasco).
New event
LIV DALLAS June 27-29
LIV Dallas shifts to a mid-year date in 2025 after hosting the LIV Teams Championship last year. Maridoe Golf Club is the venue again. It’s also a home game for Bryson Dechambeau: the 2024 US Open champion and Crushers captain resides in Dallas.
Defending: Sebastian Munoz. Ripper GC.
LIV ANDALUCIA July 11-13
LIV Andalucia is always a highlight, with the spectacular but difficult Valderrama taking centre stage. The tournament returns for the third year in a row and Spanish superstars Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia — captains of Legion XIII and Fireballs, respectively — will be keen to win on home soil. Garcia won a two-hole playoff in 2024 against Anirban Lahiri, who missed a one-foot putt to win in regulation.
Defending: Sergio Garcia. Fireballs GC.
LIV UK June 25-27
Played after the Open Championship in 2024, LIV UK shifts to a June date in 2025. Played at JCB Golf and Country Club near Uttoxeter, the course features rolling fairways and island greens — a complete contrast to what LIV players will experience at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush a few weeks later. Could the Majesticks finally win one? Or will England’s Tyrrell Hatton prove his class?
Defending: Jon Rahm. Legion XIII.
LIV CHICAGO August 8-10
LIV Chicago was arguably the surprise event of the year in 2024. Bolingbrook Golf Club, a municipal course, was short but its small, fast greens made it a true test for the elite LIV field. Half the players finished over par but Jon Rahm got the job done on his way to claiming the LIV Individual Championship.
Defending: Jon Rahm. Crushers GC.
LIV INDIANAPOLIS August 15-17
A new event for 2025, LIV Indianapolis will certainly be intriguing. It’ll be played at The Club at Chatham Hills, which sounds almost as eccentric as the bloke who designed the course — the legendary architect Pete Dye. It was Dye’s last design and LIV Indianapolis is the last stand for players in the dreaded Drop Zone, aka LIV’s relegation category.
New event
LIV MICHIGAN August 22-24
Last year the all-Aussie Ripper GC won the teams title and $14 million cash prize in Dallas. This year the LIV Teams Championship moves north to Detroit, and the final LIV tournament of the year will be held at The Cardinal at St John’s course. It’s a public access course that only opened for play in the middle of 2024 so it’s going to be fresh for everyone. Don’t be surprised if an underdog team charges to an unexpected victory.
Defending: Ripper GC
WHO HAS JOINED LIV IN 2025
There hasn’t been a great deal of turnover in the five months since the 2024 season finished, with only six new players joining LIV this year.
Tom McKibbin is arguably the biggest signing, the talented Ulsterman joining Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII as a replacement for the relegated Scott Vincent. McKibbin turned his back on the PGA Tour just months after securing his card and will strengthen what is one of LIV’s most successful teams.
At Bubba Watson’s RangeGoats, Ben Campbell finally gets a full-time gig after filling in as a reserve three times in 2024. The Kiwi finished third on the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit last year and won an International Series event in Morocco. He replaces Thomas Pieters, who was traded to the 4Aces.
At the Cleeks, Martin Kaymer has signed Danish young gun Frederik Kjettrup to replace Finland’s Kalle Samooja. Kjettrup was a top college player at Florida State and won three times on the PGA Tour Americas last year.
Meanwhile, Sergio Garcia has given Eugenio Chacarra the flick at the Fireballs and signed another young Spaniard. Luis Masaveu, a 22-year-old from Madrid, recently turned pro after a glittering amateur career.
Kevin Na has signed Yubin Jang to the Iron Heads for 2025. Jang dominated the Korean Tour last year and is the first Korean to join LIV. He takes over from Kieran Vincent. And finally, Taiwan’s Max Lee will join LIV as a wildcard player after winning the LIV promotions event last December. At the Stingers, Brandan Grace has been re-signed despite falling into the relegation zone last year.
And finally, Pat Perez will join the LIV commentary team this year after the 4Aces shifted him aside to sign up Thomas Pieters.
HOW TO WATCH LIV GOLF IN 2025
Australian golf fans can watch LIV Golf live on free-to-air TV, with Channel 7 and the 7+ app covering every tournament.
In the US, LIV events will broadcast on Fox Sports.
The LIV+ app and YouTube channel will also broadcast LIV tournaments to selected countries. LIV tournaments will also be shown on L’Equipe, SuperSport, DirecTV, K+, Servus TV, SPOTV, and Claro.
LIV GOLF TEAMS 2025
4 ACES
Dustin Johnson (captain), Patrick Reed, Harold Varner, Thomas Pieters
CLEEKS
Martin Kaymer (captain), Richard Bland, Adrian Meronk, Fredrik Kjettrup
CRUSHERS
Bryson DeChambeau (captain), Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri
FIREBALLS
Sergio Garcia (captain), Abraham Ancer, David Puig, Luis Masaveu
HYFLYERS
Phil Mickelson (captain), Cameron Tringale, Brendan Steele, Andy Ogletree
IRON HEADS
Kevin Na (captain), Danny Lee, Jinichiro Kozuma, Yubin Jang
LEGION XIII
Jon Rahm (captain), Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt, Tom McKibbin
MAJESTICKS
Ian Poulter (co-captain), Henrik Stenson (co-captain), Lee Westwood (co-captain), Sam Horsfield
RANGEGOATS
Bubba Watson (captain), Peter Uihlein, Matthew Wolff, Ben Campbell
RIPPER
Cameron Smith (captain), Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Lucas Herbert
SMASH
Brooks Koepka (captain), Jason Kokrak, Graeme McDowell, Talor Gooch
STINGER
Louis Oosthuizen (captain), Charl Schwartzel, Dean Burmester, Branden Grace
TORQUE
Joaquin Niemann (captain), Mito Pereira, Sebastian Munoz, Carlos Ortiz
WILDCARDS
Anthony Kim, Max Lee
RESERVES
John Catlin, Kalle Samooja, Ollie Schniederjans, Khalid Attieh
WHAT ABOUT THE MERGER?
Back in June 2023, the PGA Tour and Saudi Public Investment Fund — the main financier of the LIV Tour — announced a merger.
At the time it signalled a ceasefire in the golf war. But despite plenty of talk in the 18 months since, there is little to suggest LIV and the PGA Tour will reunite in 2025.
However, there has been a thaw in relations and a reduction in rhetoric between the tours. With Greg Norman gone and new CEO Scott O’Neil at the helm will more progress be made in 2025? Whatever the outcome, LIV Golf is here to stay, and the 2025 season looks set to be even better.
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Written by Jamie Martin Jamie Martin is currently locked in a battle to keep his handicap hovering around the mid-single digits. Despite his obvious short-game shortcomings, Jamie enjoys playing and writing about every aspect of golf and is often seen making practice swings in a mirror.
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