Just a few weeks back, Dustin Johnson became the first American to win a LIV Golf event on the tour’s invitational series in 2022, and he did it with style. Johnson outlasted newcomers Joaquin Niemann and Anirban Lahiri with an epic putt on a playoff hole to take home the win in Boston.
There were no more splashy additions to the LIV Golf series since the event in Boston, but there will still be splashy shots and plenty of green to go around this weekend.
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It’s the fifth LIV Golf event from about an hour away from the “Second City.” Here’s who’s slated to show up at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois, this weekend:
LIV Golf Chicago field 2022
There are only two changes from the field that teed off in Boston: Henrik Stenson returns after dealing with injury, and David Puig replaces Adrian Otaegui.
Here’s the full 48 for this weekend’s event, which runs from Friday, Sept. 16 through Sunday, Sept. 18:
LIV Golf Chicago teams
- Watson is a non-playing team captain this week
Harold Varner III
What is the LIV Chicago purse?
Each of the eight LIV Golf Invitational events this year have a minimum purse of $25 million — $20 million of that is devoted to the individual golfers.
$4 million of the purse will go to the winner.
The remaining $5 million of the purse is spread amongst the top three teams.