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| Duration | 6 February 2025 – 24 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 14 |
| Most wins |  Joaquín Niemann (5) |
| Individual points list |  Jon Rahm |
| Team champions | Legion XIII |
| Money list | Jon Rahm |
| Most Valuable Player | Joaquín Niemann |
| Breakout Star of the Year | David Puig |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 LIV Golf League was the fourth season of LIV Golf. The season consisted of 54-hole tournaments, featuring 54 players and no cut, with a team championship event at the season end.
Player movements
[edit]From the end of the 2024 season until the beginning of the 2025 season saw numerous changes to team rosters.[citation needed]
Free agents
[edit]Players who declined their contract extensions, along with those who finished in places 25–48 of the individual standings, also called the Open Zone, whose contracts expired after the season became free agents and could negotiate with any team. Free agents were not guaranteed to be signed and may have lost their playing privileges in 2025 if they were not signed. The following table lists players who became free agents.
| Player | 2024 Team | 2024 Finish |
2025 Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugenio Chacarra |
Fireballs GC | 39th | Unsigned | [1][2] |
 Pat Perez |
4Aces GC | 48th | Unsigned | [3][4] |
Relegated players
[edit]Players who finished in places 49th and below and were not team captains, were relegated from the LIV Golf League and could not be signed by another team unless they earned their way back into the 2025 season through the LIV Golf Promotions event. If a team captain was relegated, then he needed to make a business case to LIV Golf in order to return.[5]
The following table lists players who were relegated after the 2024 season.
| Player | 2024 Team | 2024 Finish |
2025 Status |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kalle Samooja |
Cleeks GC | 49th | None |
 Scott Vincent |
Iron Heads GC | 50th | None |
 Branden Grace |
Stingers GC | 51st | Signed[a] |
 Laurie Canter |
Wild card | 52nd[b] | None |
| Bubba Watson |
RangeGoats GC | 53rd | Signed |
| Kieran Vincent |
Legion XIII GC | 54th | None |
| Hudson Swafford |
Wild card | 55th | None |
| Anthony Kim |
Wild card | 56th | Signed |
Promoted players
[edit]| Player | 2024 Tour | Qualification method | 2025 Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lee Chieh-po |
Asian Tour | LIV Golf Promotions | None[c] | [8] |
Newly signed players
[edit]In addition to qualifying for the 2025 season through the International Series or via the LIV Golf Promotions event, players who have not played for LIV Golf could join the 2025 season by signing with the league or with a team.
| Player | 2024 Tour | 2025 Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ben Campbell | Asian Tour | Range Goats GC | [9] |
 Jang Yu-bin | Korean Tour | Iron Heads GC | [10] |
 Frederik Kjettrup | PGA Tour Americas | Cleeks GC | [11] |
| Luis Masaveu | N/A (amateur) | Fireballs GC | [12] |
 Tom McKibbin | European Tour | Legion XIII | [13] |
Departures
[edit]The following players (full-time/wildcard only) were no longer with LIV Golf after the conclusion of the 2024 season:
- Hudson Swafford departed from LIV Golf as a wildcard after his contract was not renewed.[14]
- Laurie Canter departed LIV Golf after his two-event wildcard contract ended in 2024 and returned to the European Tour full time.[15]
Mid-season transfers
[edit]| Player | From | To | Details | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Masaveu | Fireballs GC | n/a | End of contract | [16] |
| José Luis Ballester | n/a (amateur) | Fireballs GC | New signing | [16] |
Rosters
[edit]
Wild cards
[edit]In addition to the teams, in order to make tournament fields up to 54 players, there were two wild card spots available. Anthony Kim, who played as a wild card in 2024, was retained for 2025 and joined by LIV Golf Promotions winner Lee Chieh-po.[7]
Reserve players
[edit]In January 2025, 2024 Asian Tour Order of Merit winner John Catlin confirmed that he would continue to serve as a reserve in the case of withdrawals and other absences.[29] Former amateur world number one Ollie Schniederjans, who finished fourth in the promotions event, also announced that he would act as a reserve.[30] Also retained as reserves were Wade Ormsby; continuing his role from the previous season, Kalle Samooja, who was relegated at the end of 2024, and Saudi Arabian Khalid Attieh.[31]
Schniederjans substituted for Hy Flyers captain Phil Mickelson in the opening event of the season in Riyadh. Also out injured at the start of the season was the Iron Heads' Jinichiro Kozuma; Ormsby substituted for him in Riyadh and his home event in Adelaide, with Schniederjans standing in in Hong Kong; before the fourth event in Singapore, a shootout was held between the four main reserves, with Catlin winning the spot.[22] Korean Song Young-han was added to the roster to substitute for Kozuma in Miami.[23]
The Range Goats Ben Campbell withdrew after the first round in Mexico with a wrist injury, and was replaced by Catlin for the remainder of the tournament. The following week in South Korea, Kim Min-kyu was added to the roster to substitute for him.[32] Having been replaced in the Fireballs lineup by José Luis Ballester before the Virginia event, Luis Masaveu ended up continuing with the team as a substitute for teammate David Puig; during the event, the Range Goats Matthew Wolff withdrew, with Schniederjans substituting for him. At the following event in Dallas, Schniederjans again substituted for Wolff, Max Rottluff substituted for Frederik Kjettrup on the Cleeks, and midway through the first round Brooks Koepka withdrew with an illness and was replaced by Luis Carrera.[17] Wolff remained sidelined in Andalucía, where Masaveu substituted. There were no substitutes required at the final three events of the season.
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2025 season.[33][34][35]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) | Individual winner[r] | Winning team | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Team | ||||||
| 8 Feb | LIV Golf Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 |  Adrian Meronk (1) | Legion XIII | |
| 16 Feb | LIV Golf Adelaide | Australia | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Joaquín Niemann (3) | Fireballs GC | |
| 9 Mar | LIV Golf Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Sergio García (2) | Fireballs GC | |
| 16 Mar | LIV Golf Singapore | Singapore | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Joaquín Niemann (4) | Fireballs GC | |
| 6 Apr | LIV Golf Miami | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 |  Marc Leishman (1) | Ripper GC | |
| 27 Apr | LIV Golf Mexico City | Mexico | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Joaquín Niemann (5) | Legion XIII | New tournament |
| 4 May | LIV Golf Korea | South Korea | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Bryson DeChambeau (3) | Crushers GC | New tournament |
| 8 Jun | LIV Golf Virginia | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Joaquín Niemann (6) | Crushers GC | |
| 29 Jun | LIV Golf Dallas | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Patrick Reed (1) | Crushers GC | |
| 13 Jul | LIV Golf Andalucía | Spain | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Talor Gooch (4) | Legion XIII | |
| 27 Jul | LIV Golf UK | United Kingdom | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Joaquín Niemann (7) | Legion XIII | |
| 10 Aug | LIV Golf Chicago | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Dean Burmester (2) | Stinger GC | |
| 17 Aug | LIV Golf Indianapolis | United States | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 |  Sebastián Muñoz (1) | Torque GC | New tournament |
| 24 Aug | LIV Team Championship Michigan | United States | n/a | 50,000,000 | n/a | Legion XIII | Team Championship |
Points list
[edit]Individual points list
[edit]The individual points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[36][37]
| Position | Player | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Rahm | Legion XIII | 226.16 |
| 2 | Joaquín Niemann | Torque GC | 223.68 |
| 3 | Bryson DeChambeau | Crushers GC | 144.74 |
| 4 | Sebastián Muñoz | Torque GC | 133.06 |
| 5 | Dean Burmester | Stinger GC | 117.25 |
Team points list
[edit]The team points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[36][38]
| Position | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legion XIII | −20 |
| 2 | Crushers GC | −20 |
| 3 | Stinger GC | −12 |
| 4 | Smash GC | −18 |
| 5 | HyFlyers GC | −14 |
Money list
[edit]The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[39]
| Position | Player | Prize money ($) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Bonus | Total | ||
| 1 | Jon Rahm |
13,608,791 | 18,000,000 | 31,608,791 |
| 2 | Joaquín Niemann |
22,222,762 | 8,000,000 | 30,222,762 |
| 3 | Bryson DeChambeau |
10,334,560 | 4,000,000 | 14,334,560 |
| 4 | Dean Burmester |
9,828,958 | 9,828,958 | |
| 5 | Sebastián Muñoz |
9,727,953 | 9,727,953 | |
Awards
[edit]| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Joaquín Niemann | [40] |
| Breakout Star of the Year | David Puig | [40] |
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Grace was re-signed on a two year contract under a "business case" deal.[6]
- ↑ Canter only played the opening two events as a wild card in 2024 before being replaced by Anthony Kim.
- ↑ Lee was not signed by a team so was allocated one of the two wild cards.[7]
- ↑ Rottluff substituted for Kjettrup in Dallas.[17]
- ↑ Ballester was signed mid-season to replace Masaveu, who played in the first 7 events of the season.[16]
- ↑ Masaveu sustituted for Puig in Virginia.
- ↑ Schniederjans substituted for Mickelson in Riyadh.[18]
- ↑ Ormsby substituted for Kozuma in Riyadh[19] and Adelaide.[20]
- ↑ Schniederjans substituted for Kozuma in Hong Kong.[21]
- ↑ Catlin won an 18-hole shootout in order to substitute for Kozuma in Singapore.[22]
- ↑ Song substituted for Kozuma in Miami.[23]
- ↑ Stenson, Poulter, and Westwood are co-captains of Majesticks GC.[24]
- ↑ Catlin substituted for Campbell in Mexico, after he withdrew following the first round.[25]
- ↑ Kim substituted for Campbell in South Korea.[26]
- ↑ Schniederjans substituted for Wolff in Virginia, after he withdrew with injury, and Dallas.[17]
- ↑ Carrera substituted for Koepka in Dallas after he withdrew with illness after 8 holes of the first round.[17]
- ↑ Catlin substituted for Grace in South Korea.[28]
- ↑ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of LIV Golf League events they had won up to and including that tournament.
References
[edit]- ↑ Roberts, Andy (10 October 2024). "Exclusive: Sergio Garcia confirms new player will join Fireballs GC in 2025". GolfMagic. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ↑ Flushing It [@flushingitgolf] (6 December 2024). "24 year old Spaniard, Eugenio Chacarra, is a late withdrawal from the LIV Golf Promotion's Event next week. He has not signed for another franchise after being released by the Fireballs, so he will not be on the LIV Golf League in 2025, despite winning in the opening season" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 December 2024 – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ↑ Jourdan, Cameron (2 December 2024). "First LIV Golf offseason domino falls as Dustin Johnson's 4Aces trades for former European Ryder Cup team member". Golfweek. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ↑ Myers, Alex (27 January 2025). "LIV Golf's Pat Perez is making a big career transition". Golf Digest. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ↑ Harig, Bob (15 September 2024). "Bubba Watson Is Being Relegated Out of LIV Golf, But Will Likely Keep Playing". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ Butler, Lynn (8 January 2025). "Stingers 'thrilled' as Branden Grace pens deal to rejoin SA's LIV Golf team". News24. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- 1 2 Deokule, Ira (30 January 2025). "LIV Golf hands Anthony Kim another wild card for the 2025 season". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ↑ "Lee Chieh-po wins LIV Golf Promotions and earns spot in 2025 league season". Irish Golfer. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ↑ Parsons, Ben (7 January 2025). "Bubba Watson completes LIV team with new signing". Bunkered. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ↑ "LIV's Iron Heads sign No. 1 Korean player Yubin Jang". Big News Network. Field Level Media. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ↑ Romine, Brentley (20 December 2024). "Florida State product becomes latest LIV Golf signing". NBC Sports. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ↑ Romine, Brentley (10 January 2025). "U.S. Amateur standout signs with LIV Golf's Fireballs team". NBC Sports. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ "McKibbin confirms switch to LIV Golf". BBC Sport. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ↑ Smith, Ben (22 October 2024). "Report: Former PGA Tour pro booted out of LIV Golf". GolfMagic. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ↑ Lees, Joshua (13 February 2024). "LIV Golf recall Laurie Canter - The wildcard star with key DP World Tour loophole". The Mirror. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
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- ↑ Iron Heads GC [@ironheads_gc]; (6 March 2025). "Jinichiro Kozuma has withdrawn due to injury and will be replaced by Ollie Schniederjans". Retrieved 18 April 2025 – via Instagram.
- 1 2 Ball, Josh (11 March 2025). "LIV Golf Singapore: Catlin earns Iron Heads spot after league's first 18-hole shoot-out". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- 1 2 Iron Heads GC [@ironheads_gc]; (1 April 2025). "Jinichiro Kozuma has withdrawn due to injury and will be replaced by Younghan Song". Retrieved 18 April 2025 – via Instagram.
- ↑ Roberts, Andy (17 September 2024). "Exclusive: Majesticks GC Team Principal talks to GolfMagic about all things LIV Golf". GolfMagic. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ↑ @RangeGoatsGC (26 April 2025). "Breaking: Ben Campbell withdraws from LIV Golf Mexico City with a wrist injury. He will be replaced by @JohnCatlin59" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 May 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ↑ @RangeGoatsGC (29 April 2025). "24 year old Minkyu Kim is filling in for Ben Campbell who will miss LIVgolf Korea with a wrist injury" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 May 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ↑ Smith, Ben (23 September 2024). "Cameron Smith reveals unsurprising LIV Golf plans for 2025". GolfMagic. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ↑ @stingergc_ (1 May 2025). "Branden Grace has been forced to withdraw from this weekend's LIV Golf Korea event due to a wrist injury" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 May 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ↑ Parsons, Ben (8 January 2025). "LIV Golf hopeful misses out on 'dream' transfer". Bunkered. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ↑ Hall, Mike (11 January 2025). "Former Amateur No.1 Becomes LIV Golf Reserve After Strong Promotions Event Showing". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ "LIV Golf roster: Meet the teams and players ahead of the 2025 season". Today's Golfer. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ↑ Parsons, Ben (29 April 2025). "LIV Golf set to field brand new player at Korea event". Bunkered. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ↑ "LIV Golf kicks off 2025 schedule with global events". LIV Golf. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ↑ Lees, Joshua (28 June 2023). "Exclusive: Inside Valderrama's LIV Golf switch including merger clause and seven-year commitment". Mirror Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ↑ "LIV Golf returning to Maridoe Golf Club, but no concrete schedule date". Sports Business Journal. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- 1 2 "2025 standings". LIV Golf. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ↑ Stavas, Nick (17 August 2025). "Jon Rahm claims LIV Golf season-long individual title despite being winless all season". Golfweek. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ↑ Kilvington, Ross (25 August 2025). "Legion XIII claim LIV Golf Team Championship after dramatic finale". Golf Today. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ↑ Hall, Mike (18 August 2025). "LIV Golf Money List 2025". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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