Welcome to LIVbreathegolf the newsletter that likes big putts… we cannot lie.

What we’re teeing up for you today:

• What is LIV Golfs Format - And How Does the LIV Golf League Championship Work?

• Chart - How Points are Awarded

• Player Profile - Eugenio Chacarra

• Fargiveness

What is LIV Golf’s Format? - And How Does the LIV Golf League Championship Work???

With LIV Tucson, the 2nd event this year, only 1 week away questions are going to start popping up again about how exactly this season works. Especially for the teams.

If you watched Mayakoba you may have seen a very “PR” video that gave us a lot of hype words, but not all of the substance of what we can expect from these events.

Leaving you wondering…

• What does each event mean for these individuals and the teams?

• How do the points work?

• How is this all added up throughout the season?

• When is the championship?

• How is a champion decided?

Not gonna lie, LIV needs to put out some PR (Pretty Real) information on the playoffs and the championship still (I’m not fully convinced they know).

Anyway, here we go.

13 Regular Season Events

Players will compete in 13 regular season events that consist of stroke play.

1. Mayakoba: 24 - 26 February 2023

2. Tucson: 17 - 19 March 2023

3. Orlando: 31 March - 2 April 2023

4. Adelaide (party hole): 20 - 23 April 2023

5. Singapore: 27 - 30 April 2023

6. Tulsa: 12 - 14 May 2023

7. DC: 26 - 28 May 2023

8. Valderrama: 30 June - 2 July 2023

9. London: 7 - 9 July 2023

10. Greenbrier: 4 - 6 August 2023

11. Bedminster: 11 - 13 August 2023

12. Chicago: 22 -24 September

13. Miami: 20 - 22 October

During these 13 events they are competing as individuals, as well as on a team of 4 players.

Individuals finish based on their individual strokes (I know… crazy right)

Teams strokes are counted at the end of each day and only include the 3 best scores of the round.

For example, if a team shot 70, 70, 70, 71, then their total score for that day would be 210 and the last 71 would be dropped off. Then it would happen again the next day. And the one score that gets dropped is always the lowest for that day, it doesn’t matter what player it is.

They Earn Points For Their Finishing Position

Every player and team earn points based on their finishing strokes at the end of the tournament.

Now, this isn’t spelled out on LIV’s website (none of this really is…) but if you investigate the standings you would find:

Individuals:

• Get points for coming in 1st - 24th. 25th - 48th get nada.

• First place earns you 40 points

• 24th place earns you 1 point

• Everyone in between those two basically descends down the point ladder

Teams:

• Get points for coming in 1st - 8th. 9th - 12th get nada.

• First place earns you 32 points

• 8th place earns you 1 point

Individuals and teams keep accruing these points throughout the 13 regular season events. Until….

CHAMPIONSHIP TIME!!!

XIV. Jeddah: 3 - 5 November 2023

The 14th event is the big one where all of the teams face off to crown a champion.

Unfortunately this is where all 2023 LIV format information ceases and it is really up in the air on how the championship will work. Considering most things are pretty similar from last year I will give you that layout and maybe it will be the same???

Last Year’s Championship

Last years championship was held over 3 days (that’s always the same).

Day 1:

• Top 4 ranked teams get a bye

• Middle 4 ranked teams chose which of the 4 lowest ranked teams they are going to play

• Those 8 teams compete in a head-to-head Match Play Bracket with 3 points up for grabs

  • 2 singles matches (2 points)

  • 1 alternate shot (foursome) match (1 point)

• Top 4 teams from day 1 move on to day 2

Day 2:

• Exactly the same as day 1, but now the teams that had bye’s are playing

Day 3:

• All 16 players from across the 4 remaining teams compete in a stroke play round of golf

• All 4 players strokes are counted and added to their teams score

• The team with the lowest number of strokes at the end of the day is the winner (4Aces humbly takes a bow)

TL;DR

1. 14 total events (last one is the team championship)

2. Players and teams get points for where they finish in each event

3. The player with the most points at the end wins

4. The team’s fight head-to-head over 3 days based on their point rankings. Whoever comes out of that is the champion.

5. LIV Golf League needs to throw together another video or put a little more info on their website to codify all of this…

Chart

Individual and Team Points Distributions After Mayakoba

If you’re anything like me you are probably skipping over all the words up to this point and just looking for more pictures.

Not to worry! Here are the individual and team point breakdowns after LIV’s first event of the year in Mayakoba.

This one is important not just because you know who is in first, but because you can take these points rules (1st is 40, etc…) and apply them to all of the following events to understand how people are moving around this board.

Only the top 25 individuals are shown because the rest have 0 points just like Henrik. The only reason he is on there anyway is to be the example of where the cutoff line is. Poor Henrik.

If you want to know where these are so you can check on them after the next event - they’ll be in this newsletter just check here!!!! (But here is the link too ;))

Player Profile - Eugenio Chacarra

A lot of sports earn followings from loyalty to geographic locations, colleges, etc… This is your chance to learn about the LIV golfers and find who you connect with.

Eugenio Chacarra turned pro to play in the LIV Golf League. That couldn’t have been an easy decision. He quickly showed that he is one of the big boys though by winning in his 5th professional start. Up isn’t the only way he can go, but it looks like where he is headed.

• Age - 22

• Birthplace - Madrid, Spain

• College - Oklahoma State

• Plays From - Spain

• Turned Pro - 2022

• Joined LIV - 2022

• LIV Team - Fireballs GC (can’t you taste the cinnamon?)

• OWGR - 1730th (If that sounds high - read this about how OWGR is calculated and this about how it effects LIV Players)

Breakfast Balls

(Click on the links for more info)

“Fargiveness” might already be too far gone. Morikawa has returned to a SIM driver after some issues last week at Bay Hill with the newer model. Still a pretty funny word though.

Rory McIlroy hits a wild shot to get out of a tough spot in the first round of The Players. He then goes on to 3 putt… but, ya know.

Pro Golf Critic, or @notdrj, put out a great article on how golf media covers LIV and the truth behind some roster narratives. I try to stay pretty neutral between PGA Tour and LIV, but he makes some good points and comes at it from a good angle.

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