The new era of GOLF is underway with the second event in the controversial Saudi-backed LIV series taking place in Portland.
After the inaugural event in London earlier this month, players are ready to gather in Oregon to continue the show.
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Players who signed up were threatened with bans, fines and suspensions from the PGA Tour.
But other star names have since joined LIV, including Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka.
They join Phil Michelson, Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia who all played at the Centurion Club earlier this month.
Here’s how to watch the action this week from Portland and all the format and field info.
Who is playing this week in Portland?
The full field of 48 players has now been confirmed by the organisers.
Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia all return for the second event.
Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Matthew Wolff are among the big-name newcomers.
Charl Schwartzel won the opening tournament in London earlier this month and he returns to Portland.
Full field:
- Abraham Ancer – Mexico
- Richard Bland – England
- Itthipat Buranatanyarat – Thailand
- Laurie Canter – England
- Eugenio Chacarra – Spain
- Bryson DeChambeau – United States
- Hennie Du Plessis – South Africa
- Sergio Garcia – Spain
- Talor Gooch – United States
- Branden Grace – South Africa
- Justin Harding – South Africa
- Sam Horsfield – England
- Yuki Inamori – Japan
- Dustin Johnson – United States
- Matt Jones – Australia
- Sadom Kaewkanjana – Thailand
- Martin Kaymer – Germany
- Phacara Khongwatmai – Japan
- Sihwan Kim – United States
- Ryosyke Kinoshita – Japan
- Brooks Koepka – United States
- Chase Koepka – United States
- Jinichiro Kozuma – Japan
- Graeme McDowell – Northern Ireland
- Phil Mickelson – United States
- Jediah Morgan – Australia
- Kevin Na – United States
- Shaun Norris – South Africa
- Louis Ooosthuizen – South Africa
- Wade Ormsby – Australia
- Carlos Ortiz – Mexico
- Adrian Otaegui – Spain
- Pat Perez – United States
- Turk Pettit – United States
- James Piot – United States
- Ian Poulter – England
- Patrick Reed – United States
- Charl Schwartzel – South Africa
- Travis Smyth – Australia
- Ian Snyman – South Africa
- Hudson Swafford – United States
- Hideto Tanihara – Japan
- Peter Uihlein – United States
- Scott Vincent (Zimbabwe)
- Matt Wolff – United States
- Lee Westwood – England
- Bernd Wiesberger – Austria
- Blade Windred – Australia
What is the format?
The 48 players will be drafted into 12 four-man teams and there will be a shotgun start.
This means that all players will tee off at a different hole on the course at the same time.
The events take place over three days and 54 holes – compared to 72 holes and four days as on the PGA and European tours – and there will be no cut.
There will be an individual and team event held simultaneously during the event.
The individual winner will be the player with the lowest score over 54 holes.
In the team event, the two best scores from the first two rounds will count.
For the third and final round, the top three scores will count and the team’s lowest overall score after 54 holes will win the event.
How can I watch it?
The event will be streamed live on LIVGolf.com as well as YouTube and Facebook.
Coverage will begin 4 p.m. ET daily – 1 p.m. local West Coast time.
What is the LIV Golf schedule?
The inaugural event in London was the first of eight scheduled for 2022.
The next four will take place in the United States between June and September starting in Portland this week.
And there will be back-to-back events in Thailand and Saudi Arabia in October.
The 2022 series is scheduled to end in Miami on October 30.
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