LIV Golf Invitational Boston
Tournament information
LocationBolton, Massachusetts
Established2022
Course(s)The Oaks Golf Course at The International
Par72
Length7,100 yards (6,500 m)[1]
Tour(s)LIV Golf
FormatIndividual and team stroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000,000 (individual)
US$5,000,000 (team)
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate195 Dustin Johnson (2022)
195 Anirban Lahiri (2022)
195 Joaquín Niemann (2022)
To par−15 as above
Current champion
United States Dustin Johnson
Location Map
The International is located in the United States
The International
The International
Location in the United States
The International is located in Massachusetts
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The International
Location in Massachusetts

The LIV Golf Invitational Boston is a golf tournament held in Bolton, Massachusetts, outside of Boston at The Oaks Golf Course at The International. The inaugural tournament will be held in September 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, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed and Sergio García.[2]

Format

The tournament will be a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four man teams will be 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.[3]

Inaugural field

48 golfers participated in the inaugural LIV Boston event.[lower-alpha 1]

Teams

  • 4 Aces GC: Johnson (c), Gooch, Perez, Reed
  • Cleeks GC: Kaymer (c), McDowell, Canter, Bland
  • Crusher GC: DeChambeau (c), Casey, Howell III, Lahiri
  • Fireball GC: García (c), Ancer, Ortiz, Chacarra
  • HY Flyers GC: Mickelson (c), Wiesberger, Wolff, Tringale
  • Iron Heads GC: Na (c), Kaewkanjana, Khongwatmai, Kim
  • Majesticks GC: Westwood (c), Al Kurdi, Poulter, Horsfield
  • Niblicks GC: Swafford, Piot, Pettit, Varner III
  • Punch GC: Ormsby, Jones, Leishman, Smith
  • Smash GC: B. Koepka (c), C. Koepka, Kokrak, Uihlein
  • Stinger GC: Oosthuizen (c), Schwartzel, Grace, Norris
  • Torque GC: Niemann, Vincent, Otaegui, Morgan

Winners

Individual

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
2022United States Dustin Johnson195−15Playoff[lower-alpha 4]India Anirban Lahiri
Chile Joaquín Niemann

Team

YearWinner[lower-alpha 1]Score
(to par)		Margin of
victory		Runner-up[lower-alpha 1]
20224 Aces GCUnited States Talor Gooch−322 strokesCrushers GCEngland Paul Casey
United States Dustin Johnson (c)United States Bryson DeChambeau (c)
United States Pat PerezUnited States Charles Howell III
United States Patrick ReedIndia Anirban Lahiri

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 (c) – Team captain
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Smith, Niemann, Varner III, Tringale, Leishman, Lahiri and Al Kurdi made their first appearances in the series.[5]
  3. ↑ Al Kurdi replaced Henrik Stenson, who was suffering from vertigo.[4]
  4. ↑ Johnson won with an eagle on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

  1. ↑ "The International". LIV Golf. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  2. ↑ "LIV Roster". LIV Golf. June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  3. ↑ Scrivener, Peter (June 8, 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Matthew Wolff makes first hole-in-one in LIV Golf history, tied for lead in Boston". ESPN. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  5. ↑ Schlabach, Mark (August 30, 2022). "Open champion Cameron Smith, five others leave PGA Tour for LIV Golf". ESPN. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
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