LIV Golf has unveiled details of the 2022 Invitational Series Team Championship, which will take place October 28-30 at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami.
The iconic Blue Monster course will stage the seeded three-day, knockout competition featuring both singles and foursomes match play over the first two days and then stroke play as 12 teams in total compete for a huge $50 million purse. The winning team will split $16 million four ways, with $10 million awarded to second place and $8 million to third.
Each team captain, which includes the likes of Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson, will play in a featured singles match. They will also determine who will represent their teams in the other singles match and one alternate-shot match.
The final day will see the remaining four teams compete in a shotgun start round of stroke play with all four players’ scores counting and the lowest aggregate team crowned the LIV Golf Invitational Series Team Champion.
“This has been a transformative year for golf and we’re just getting warmed up. After only five LIV Golf events, the sport has entered a new era – one designed to be daring and different,” said LIV Golf CEO and Commissioner Greg Norman. “The Invitational Series finale, played at the fan-favourite Blue Monster at Doral, is befitting our game-changing model that delivers an innovative, one-of-a-kind experience for players and fans. I’m looking forward to watching the teams compete in what will be a historic and monumental event.”
Trump National Doral Golf Club is one of many courses owned by Donald Trump and is no stranger to Greg Norman. The Blue Monster, which was remodelled by famed architect Gill Hanse in 2014, was the stage for three of Norman’s 20 PGA Tour victories and provided one of the most iconic scenes in PGA Tour history.
In the 1990 Doral-Ryder Open, the Australian tamed the fearsome Blue Monster and shattered the course record with a closing 10-under-par 62. From seven shots adrift, Norman raced up the leaderboard and joined Paul Azinger, Mark…
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