LIV Golf Invitational Boston

Golf tournament

The LIV Golf Invitational Boston was a golf tournament held in Bolton, Massachusetts, outside of Boston at The Oaks Golf Course at The International. The tournament was held in September 2022 as part of the LIV Golf Invitational Series, a golf series led by Greg Norman and funded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund. The 2022 48-player field included Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed and Sergio García.^[2]

Format

The tournament will be a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four man teams will be selected via a draft by their designated team captains, with a set number of their total scores counting for the team on each day. Each round commenced with a shotgun start, with the leaders beginning on the first hole for the final round, in order to finish on the eighteenth.^[3]

Inaugural field

48 golfers participated in the inaugural LIV Boston event.^[a]

• Shergo Al Kurdi^[b][c]
• Abraham Ancer
• Richard Bland
• Laurie Canter
• Paul Casey
• Eugenio Chacarra
• Bryson DeChambeau (c)
• Sergio García (c)
• Talor Gooch
• Branden Grace
• Sam Horsfield
• Charles Howell III
• Dustin Johnson (c)
• Matt Jones
• Sadom Kaewkanjana
• Martin Kaymer (c)
• Phachara Khongwatmai
• Sihwan Kim
• Brooks Koepka (c)
• Chase Koepka
• Jason Kokrak
• Anirban Lahiri^[b]
• Marc Leishman^[b]
• Graeme McDowell
• Phil Mickelson (c)
• Jediah Morgan
• Kevin Na (c)
• Joaquín Niemann^[b]
• Shaun Norris
• Louis Oosthuizen (c)
• Wade Ormsby (c)
• Carlos Ortiz
• Adrián Otaegui
• Pat Perez
• Turk Pettit
• James Piot
• Ian Poulter
• Patrick Reed
• Charl Schwartzel
• Cameron Smith^[b]
• Hudson Swafford (c)
• Cameron Tringale^[b]
• Peter Uihlein
• Harold Varner III^[b]
• Scott Vincent
• Lee Westwood
• Bernd Wiesberger
• Matthew Wolff

Teams

• 4 Aces GC: Johnson (c), Gooch, Perez, Reed
• Cleeks GC: Kaymer (c), McDowell, Canter, Bland
• Crusher GC: DeChambeau (c), Casey, Howell III, Lahiri
• Fireball GC: García (c), Ancer, Ortiz, Chacarra
• HY Flyers GC: Mickelson (c), Wiesberger, Wolff, Tringale
• Iron Heads GC: Na (c), Kaewkanjana, Khongwatmai, Kim
• Majesticks GC: Westwood (c), Al Kurdi, Poulter, Horsfield
• Niblicks GC: Swafford, Piot, Pettit, Varner III
• Punch GC: Ormsby, Jones, Leishman, Smith
• Smash GC: B. Koepka (c), C. Koepka, Kokrak, Uihlein
• Stinger GC: Oosthuizen (c), Schwartzel, Grace, Norris
• Torque GC: Niemann, Vincent, Otaegui, Morgan

Winners

Individual

Team

Notes

1. (c) – Team captain
2. Smith, Niemann, Varner III, Tringale, Leishman, Lahiri and Al Kurdi made their first appearances in the series.^[5]
3. Al Kurdi replaced Henrik Stenson, who was suffering from vertigo.^[4]
4. Johnson won with an eagle on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
5. Talor Gooch, Dustin Johnson (c), Pat Perez and Patrick Reed
6. Paul Casey, Bryson DeChambeau (c), Charles Howell III and Anirban Lahiri

References

1. "The International". LIV Golf. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
2. "LIV Roster". LIV Golf. June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
3. Scrivener, Peter (June 8, 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
4. "Matthew Wolff makes first hole-in-one in LIV Golf history, tied for lead in Boston". ESPN. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
5. Schlabach, Mark (August 30, 2022). "Open champion Cameron Smith, five others leave PGA Tour for LIV Golf". ESPN. Retrieved August 30, 2022.