A quick glance at LIV Golf Las Vegas, the second tournament of the 2024 LIV Golf League.
ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT
When: February 8-10
Where: Las Vegas Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada
Competition: Three rounds/54 holes of stroke play
Field: 54 players – 13 teams of four players each, and two wild cards
Purse: $25 million US ($20 million individual, $5 million team)
Winner’s Share: $4 million USD (individual), $3 million USD (team)
Local Tee Times: Shotgun Start for Rds. 1 & 2 at 10:15 a.m. local (1:15 p.m. ET); Rd. 3 at 9:35 a.m. local (12:35 p.m. ET)
KEY STORYLINES
The LIV Golf League visits Las Vegas for the first time; it’s the 19th different global market and 11th different U.S. market to host a League or Promotions tournament
The historic Las Vegas Country Club, established in 1967 and the city’s longest-standing country club, is the host site
The tournament, which will begin on Thursday and finish on Saturday, will be played six miles away from Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium
Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann will seek his second consecutive victory after winning the season-opening LIV Golf Mayakoba on the fourth hole of a playoff against Fireballs GC Captain Sergio Garcia
LIV Golf’s first expansion team, Legion XIII captained by reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm and including Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt and Kieran Vincent, won its debut event at Mayakoba
Surratt, the 19-year-old former University of Tennessee sophomore who turned pro prior to Mayakoba, posted a final-round 67 and finished with five consecutive birdies
Rahm tied for third on the individual leaderboard while his former Ryder Cup partner Hatton tied for eighth in their LIV Golf debuts
Local resident Kevin Na, captain of Iron Heads GC, has won two professional events in Las Vegas and Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau has one win in the area
Of the top 10 players in the Individual Championship standings, seven are team captains – Niemann, Garcia, Rahm, Dustin Johnson (4Aces GC), Brooks Koepka (Smash GC), Cameron Smith (Ripper GC) and Louis Oosthuizen (Stinger GC)
SUPER WEEK IN VEGAS
LIV Golf Las Vegas, which begins on Thursday and finishes on Saturday, will be played six miles away from Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium.
“It’s going to be a special event,” said Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau. “There’s going to be a lot of buzz around the city. It’s going to be a fun-filled event. It’s going to be electric.”
“I think it’s going to be fantastic,” added 4Aces GC Captain Dustin Johnson. “It’s the week of the Super Bowl. Vegas is going to be buzzing.”
Said HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson: “LIV Golf Las Vegas is an opportunity to showcase what LIV Golf can bring to the U.S. … In the U.S., our demographic is much younger than the traditional golf fan. To be in Las Vegas the week of the Super Bowl, that’s the demographic we’re trying to hit.”
LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB
Las Vegas, Nevada
PAR 70
YARDAGE 7,089
The historic Las Vegas Country Club becomes the 11th different course in the United States to host a LIV Golf tournament
The course, which opened in 1967, was designed by Ed Ault and built on the site of a horse and automobile racetrack
The club, which features a 54,000 square-foot clubhouse, was frequented by Las Vegas celebrities Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin
LVCC has hosted multiple professional golf tournaments, including the Las Vegas Invitational from 1983-91
Among the past winners is LIV Golf Commissioner & CEO Greg Norman, who won in 1986
The 146-yard par-3 eighth will offer a party-hole atmosphere reminiscent of previous party holes in Adelaide and Chicago
Course routing: The nines have been reversed from the member routing, with the member front nine playing as the back nine for LIV Golf Las Vegas
The 469-yard 18th hole has been converted to a par-4 hole from the members’ par 5
Grass type: Rye grass/Bermudagrass on tees, fairways, first cut, rough and fringe/collar; Bent grass (Penn Link/T1) on greens
Projected green speed: 12.5
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT LVCC
“I played Las Vegas Country Club many years ago. It’s a fun course to play. There’s a lot of great risks/rewards.” – HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson
“It’s a great, fine golf course with a lot of history. Right off the strip. The vibe is going to be great.” – Iron Heads GC Captain Kevin Na
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