The fourth LIV Golf season is rapidly reaching its conclusion, with just two more regular events to come before the Team Championship at The Cardinal at Saint John’s Resort in Plymouth, Michigan.
That will be played between August 22nd and 24th, where teams will be hoping to emulate Cameron Smith’s Ripper GC, who won the Team Championship a year ago.
However, there will be some significant changes to the format of the 2025 tournament.
As in previous years, the event marks the culmination of the season-long battle to be named the top LIV Golf team.
In each of the 13 regular events that precede it, the team placing determines points awarded towards the overall standings, with only the top eight teams each week eligible for points.
For the first time this year, the two lowest-seeded teams after the final regular tournament, LIV Golf Indianapolis, will compete in a play-in match on Wednesday, August 20th, two days before the event proper begins.
There, the two teams, currently Majesticks GC and Iron Heads GC, will take part in a single-elimination match play round. The losing team will be eliminated and play no further part in the Team Championship.
Lee Westwood’s Majesticks GC could be facing a Team Championship play-in
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In 2024, the top three seeded teams weren’t required to play in the quarterfinals, instead receiving a bye into the semifinals. However, it’s all change this year, with the 12 remaining teams all competing in Friday’s quarterfinals.
Unlike a year ago, when beaten quarterfinalists sat out Saturday’s semifinals, all 12 teams will again compete on Saturday, albeit with Friday’s winning six teams going into a Championship Bracket and the losing teams into a Rankings Bracket.
The three winning teams from the Championship Bracket then get to play for the Team Championship in Sunday’s finals stage, when the action shifts to strokeplay.
Even though only three teams can win the Team Championship trophy at that stage, all 48 players from the 12 teams will be on the course to determine their final position in the Team Championship standings.
The losing teams from the Championship Bracket will compete for places 4-6, with the winning Rankings Bracket teams battling for positions 7-9 and the losing Rankings Bracket…
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