LIV Golf Adelaide: Everything you need to know

The LIV Golf League is set to return, making its first appearance in Australia after two of their star players nearly caused an upset at The Masters.

LIV Golf Adelaide is the fourth of 14 tournaments in 2023. It will take place over 21-23 April at The Grange Golf Club in South Australia. 

As is standard in LIV, there will be a 48-man individual competition with the players also competing separately in established teams of four. 

The total prize purse is $25m, with the winner individual winner taking home a whopping $4m and the winning team splitting $3m. 

The shotgun start for rounds one and two will be at 11.45am local time and 11.15am in the third and final round. 

A record-breaking attendance is expected in Australia. A large chunk of the appeal will be the all-Australian Ripper GC side. 

The big news ahead of LIV Golf Adeliade is that there will be a Party Hole on the 12th.

That team is skippered by 2022 Open champion Cameron Smith, who joined the breakaway tour last summer for a reported $140m fee. 

Smith has already had a happy homecoming, having won the Australian PGA Championship last November. 

Storylines:

Charles Howell III currently leads the individual standings on 56 points, four ahead of Peter Uihlein.

LIV's inaugural individual champion, Dustin Johnson, has been somewhat off the pace this year and is currently ranked 13th in the standings. 

Brooks Koepka moved into the top five players on the circuit with his win in Orlando before The Masters. 

Phil Mickelson is one of eight players who is yet to register a single point in the individual standings. 

Languishing at the bottom of the table is Sihwan Kim, who boasts a truly shocking score to par in LIV Golf events this year. 

In the team standings, Johnson's 4 Aces have a 14-point lead over Joaquin Niemann's Torque GC. Sergio Garcia's Fireballs GC are third. 

Bottom of the table are Bubba Watson's RangeGoats GC.

LIV Golf Adelaide payout info:

WIN - $4,000,000

2. $2,125,000

3. $1,500,000

4. $1,050,000

5. $975,000

6. $800,000

7. $675,000

8. $625,000

9. $580,000

10. $560,000

11. $540,000

12. $450,000

13. $360,000

14. $270,000

15. $250,000

16. $240,000

17. $232,000

18. $226,000

19. $220,000

20. $200,000

21. $180,000

22. $172,000

23. $170,000

24. $168,000

25. $166,000

26. $164,000

27. $162,000

28. $160,000

29. $158,000

30. $156,000

31. $154,000

32. $152,000

33. $150,000

34. $148,000

35. $146,000

36. $144,000

37. $142,000

38. $140,000

39. $138,000

40. $136,000

41. $134,000

42. $132,000

43. $130,000

44. $128,000

45. $126,000

46. $124,000

47. $122,000

48. $120,000

Team payout info:

WIN - $3,000,000

2. $1,500,000 

3. $500,000

 

 

 

 

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LIV Golf League 2023 team names and captains:

4 Aces GC

Captain: Dustin Johnson 

Team-mates:

• Peter Uihlein
• Pat Perez
• Patrick Reed

Crushers GC 

Captain: Bryson DeChambeau

Team-mates:

• Paul Casey
• Charles Howell III
• Anirban Lahiri

Fireballs GC

Captain: Sergio Garcia

Team-mates:

• Abraham Ancer
• Carlos Ortiz
• Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra

Cleeks GC

Captain: Martin Kaymer

Team-mates:

• Graeme McDowell
• Bernd Wiesberger
• Richard Bland

Hy Flyers GC

Captain: Phil Mickelson

Team-mates: 

• Cameron Tringale
• James Piot
• Brendan Steele

Iron Heads GC

Captain: Kevin Na

Team-mates:

• Scott Vincent
• Sihwan Kim
• Danny Lee

Majesticks GC 

Captain: Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson

Team-mates:

• Lee Westwood
• Sam Horsfield

RangeGoats GC

Captain: Bubba Watson

Team-mates:

• Thomas Pieters 
• Talor Gooch
• Harold Varner III

Ripper GC

Captain: Cameron Smith

Team-mates:

• Marc Leishman 
• Matt Jones
• Jed Morgan

Smash GC

Captain: Brooks Koepka

Team-mates:

• Chase Koepka
• Jason Kokrak 
• Matthew Wolff

Stinger GC

Captain: Louis Oosthuizen

Team-mates:

• Charl Schwartzel 
• Branden Grace
• Dean Burmester

Torque GC 

Captain: Joaquin Niemann

Team-mates: 

• Mito Pereira
• Sebastian Munoz
• David Puig

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