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Cam Smith (M) holds the hardware after winning the Chicago LIV Golf Championship at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove last September.
THE FINAL 2023 Schedule is not ready yet, but more pieces of the puzzle are coming together.
LIV GOLF that recently announced three new destination tournaments outside the USA, have announced three tournament sites within the United States.
Plus the Chicago tournament will move up from Mid-September to Labor Day weekend, with championship week running from late August days into the first few days of September. But the official announcement will be out shortly.
The Greenbrier Resort and the First Tee area of the classic Old White Golf Course. LIV Golf at the Greenbrier is August 4-6.
MARCH 17-19 The Gallery Golf Club in Tucson Arizona. MAY 12-14 at Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa. AUGUST 4-6 at America’s Resort the Greenbrier in West Virginia.
“LIV Golf’s expansion to new U.S. markets adds to the growing excitement for the league launch in 2023,” said LIV Golf CEO and Commissioner Greg Norman. ” So more fans across the country and around the globe will experience the LIV Golf energy and innovative competition that has reinvigorated the sport, and these championship courses will contribute to the transformative season ahead for players, fans and the game of golf.
Grounds passed for these three new USA events are now available at LIVGolf.com. many of the top LIV Golf stars are known, the full roster of players will be announced in 2023. So there will be 12 team franchises and a 14 event schedule with prize money totaling $405 million dollars in prize purses.
The Gallery Club in Tucson Arizona.
The Gallery Club in Tucson has previously hosted the Match Play Championship.
Current LIV Golfer Henrik Stenson won the championship in 2007.
The courses green complexes have been compared to the famed Pinehurst No.2 course by Donald Ross. John Fought designed the two courses at the Galley Club.
Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa Oklahoma.
Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa Oklahoma will host LIV Golf from May 12-14.
The club was built in the late 1960’s. But architect Tripp Davis was hired by the club to rework the golf course in 2016. But with the project being done three holes at a time.
World Golf Hall of Famer Jan Stephenson, won the 1983 U.S. Women’s Open at Cedar Ridge.
Old White at the Greenbrier.
The Greenbrier Resort will again host professional golf on it’s classic design “Old White” golf course from August 4-6.
Old White opened for play in 1914, and was designed by the famed Charles Blair Macdonald. Updates were made in the 1920’s by Seth Raynor. But more recently a major restoration was completed after major flood affected the golf course and the area. Classic course specialist Keith Foster was brought in to restore Old White. Reviews have been outstanding, and current LIV Golfers Kevin Na and Joaquin Niemann have won professional tournaments on the golf course. But for years, golfs the all-time leader in tournaments won Sam Snead called Old White His home course.
LIV GOLF will begin it’s 2023 season in February. So learn more at LIVGolf.com and watch for the release of the full 2023 LIV Golf schedule coming soon.