The LIV Golf League announced its 2024 regular season schedule on Wednesday, despite ongoing merger negotiations over a framework agreement between LIV’s Saudi backers and the US PGA Tour.
The campaign will run from February to August with 12 events in eight countries, followed by LIV’s individual and team championship tournaments, but details have not been announced.
Some of LIV’s events are on opposite sides of the U.S. PGA Tour’s signature events, suggesting golf’s civil war could intensify next year if a merger agreement is not reached. There is.
The fractures began in 2022, when several of the PGA’s top players transferred to LIV and were banned from competing in PGA events.
For the merger to be completed under the agreement with the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) that PGA officials announced in June, the PGA Tour Policy Committee would need to approve any agreement by the end of the year.
Since then, other groups have explored stock deals with the PGA Tour.
LIV’s 2024 campaign is scheduled to take place in Mayakoba, Mexico from February 2nd to 4th, opposite the PGA signature event at Pebble Beach, and the next event will be just before the Super Bowl in Nevada. It is scheduled to be held in Las Vegas from February 8th to 10th. A gambling show.
LIV will play in Saudi Arabia from March 1-3, at the Hong Kong Golf Club (opposite the US PGA representative’s Bay Hill venue) from March 8-10, and in the US from April 5-7. Play in another event where the location is not specified. A week before the Masters.
Adelaide will host LIV Golf from April 26th to 28th, with a stop in Singapore from May 3rd to 5th.
LIV will play in Houston from June 7-9, the week before the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, and across from The Memorial, the PGA’s marquee event hosted by Jack Nicklaus, and LIV’s talented players will He is scheduled to tee off across the street from the PGA in Nashville from the 21st to the 23rd. Signature event, Travelers Championship.
The Spanish tournament will be held at Valderrama from July 12-14, ahead of the British Open at Royal Troon, followed by the LIV event at JCB Golf and Country Club in Staffordshire, England, from July 26-28. will be held.
The regular season finale, another U.S. event, will be held at the Greenbrier in West Virginia from August 16-18, opposite the first weekend of the U.S. PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs.
“We are pleased to announce an exciting series of events that reflect our commitment to bringing world-class players and the best competition to new and returning markets each year,” said LIV Golf Commissioner Greg Norman. Stated.
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