The 2024 LIV Golf League season reached the halfway stage after its Singapore event at Sentosa Golf Club.
During coverage of the second round of the event, presenter Jim Foltz revealed that, for the first time, the League would have a mid-season transfer window. So, what exactly does it entail?
Here are the key points you need to know about LIV Golf’s inaugural mid-season transfer window.
What Is The LIV Golf Mid-Season Transfer Window?
Greg Norman has explained the reason for the transfer window
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The mid-season transfer window has been introduced to “support opportunities for teams to improve their rosters during the season.”
LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman said: “As LIV Golf grows, the League will continue to establish opportunities to strengthen the competition. By opening a trade window midway through the season, all 13 teams have an opportunity to fine-tune their rosters and assess their team’s composition and performance.
“LIV Golf is delivering another exciting opportunity for professional golf that aligns with the traditions of many team sports around the globe, promoting strategic player moves and enriched team storylines.”
When Is The LIV Golf Mid-Season Transfer Window Open?
The transfer window opened days after LIV Golf Singapore
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After seven tournaments so far this season, with the most recent two coming in the last two weeks, there is now a mid-season break of a month, offering time for teams to tinker with their rosters via the window.
The window opened three days after LIV Golf Singapore, on Wednesday 8 May, and closes on Sunday 9 June – that’s the date of the final round of the next tournament on the LIV Golf schedule, in Houston.
What Are The Rules Of The Transfer Window?
Teams can agree straight trades during the window
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The window allows teams to agree to straight swaps of players with other teams with the stipulations that both teams must agree to the trade and modifications to players’ contracts can’t take place.
Additionally, players in the final year of their contracts can agree to extensions with their existing teams. However, those extensions would be voided if the player ended the season in the Drop Zone.
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