Saudi-Backed LIV Golf Tour Details Shaping up—Including $50 Million Finale at Doral

LIV Golf, the cash-flush golf tour backed by Saudi money and fronted publicly by Greg Norman, made several announcements Monday.

The least of which is the tour putting their money where their mouth is, announcing the final event of the eight-tournament series will be a match-play knockout tournament at Trump National Doral Miami with a purse of $50 million, shattering the record by more than double of the $20 million purse at The Players Championship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The event will consist of 12 four-man teams, with the winners getting $4 million apiece.

The first LIV event is set for June 9-11 outside London, and reports are that 15 of the world’s top 100 golfers will be a part of the 48-man field.

A separate report from The Telegraph in London said to expect at least three major winners as part of the field, and Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, and Louis Oosthuizen are rumored participants.

Phil Mickelson, an outspoken critic of the PGA Tour earlier this year, filed for a release from the PGA Tour in order to play in the LIV event, which comes one week before the U.S. Open in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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