MIAMI, Florida – The fifth event of 14 on the 2024 LIV Golf League calendar begins Friday April 5 at Trump National Doral, with 13 of the 54-player field headed to the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club immediately following play on Sunday. Set against the backdrop of the renowned Blue Monster course, golf enthusiasts will witness the game’s best talents in action, including Masters Champion Jon Rahm and South Florida native and PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka.
The star-studded, international field also features reigning Individual Champion Talor Gooch, U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, Open Champion Cameron Smith, and World Golf Hall of Famer Phil Mickelson, alongside major winners Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson and Martin Kaymer.
ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT
When: April 5-7, 2024
Where: Trump National Doral, Miami, Florida
Competition: Three rounds/54 holes of stroke play
Field: 54 players – 13 teams of four players each, and two wild cards
Purse: $25 million US ($20 million individual, $5 million team)
Winner’s Share: $4 million USD (individual), $3 million USD (team)
Local Tee Times: Shotgun Start for Rds. 1-2 at 1:15 p.m. ET; Rd. 3 at 1:05 p.m. ET
KEY STORYLINES
LIV Golf visits Miami for the first time in the regular season after playing the Team Championship at Doral in the first two years.
Captain Bryson DeChambeau and his Crushers GC won the 2023 Team Championship at Doral and enter this year having won consecutive team titles at LIV Golf Jeddah and LIV Golf Hong Kong
Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann, already a two-time individual winner in 2024, enters as the season-long Individual Championship points leader through the first four tournaments
Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm, the only player this season to finish inside the top 10 in all four tournaments, is playing Doral for the first time as a professional
Rahm will make his final start before heading to Augusta National to defend his Masters title; he is one of 13 LIV Golf players who will compete in the year’s first major
HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson, 4Aces GC Captain Dustin Johnson and teammate Patrick Reed have won individual titles in previous pro tournaments held at Doral, while Johnson and Reed were members of the 4Aces team that won the LIV Golf Team Championship during the inaugural 2022 season
Johnson and Smash GC Captain Brooks Koepka are among several LIV Golf members who reside in the South Florida area
ABOUT THE COURSE
TRUMP NATIONAL DORAL
Miami, Florida
Par 72
Yardage 7,701
The Blue Monster course at Trump National Doral is hosting its third LIV Golf tournament and first in the regular season after hosting the Team Championships in 2022 and 2023
Doral hosted elite-level professional tournaments starting in 1962
The course was lengthened and made more dramatic during a complete redesign by famed golf architect Gil Hanse in 2014
The course features a series of strategically placed deep bunkers, long flowing fairways, interesting undulating greens, deep Bermuda rough and a challenging assortment of water hazards
The famous 18th hole is traditionally considered one of the most difficult in golf
LIV Golf members Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Patrick Reed are among the golfers who have tamed the Blue Monster, while Bubba Watson is a three-time runner-up
LIV Golf Commissioner and CEO Greg Norman won three times at Doral during a seven-year stretch (1990, 1993, 1996)
In last year’s final round, the par-4 7th was the most difficult hole, playing to a stroke average of 4.333, while the par-5 8th was the easiest with a stroke average of 4.229.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE BLUE MONSTER
PHIL MICKELSON – “This is a great golf course. It lends itself obviously with the [closing hole] to this course being pretty exciting.”
CHARLES HOWELL III – “This golf course is brutal and every shot counts. There’s a lot of water out here, a lot of crosswinds and a lot of difficult shots.”
HOW TO WATCH
UNITED STATES: The CW Network airs the LIV Golf League in 100% of U.S. markets.
Friday – Live on The CW App, LIV Golf Plus and LIV Golf YouTube
Saturday and Sunday – Live on The CW, LIV Golf Plus and LIV Golf YouTube.
GLOBAL: Broadcast in over 160 international territories Live and On-Demand, free of charge, via LIV Golf Plus. Available for download on iOS, Android, FireTV, and on LIVGolfPlus.com. Also airing on several international broadcast partners.
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