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Riley Hamel

LIV Golf: Caddies may not be too excited about the change the Saudi-backed series made for its team championship

The first LIV Golf Series season comes to a close this week in Miami, Florida, at the circuit’s team championship.

Trump National Doral will host and the Saudi-backed league has announced another change to the format.

Earlier this year, Greg Norman posted to social media that LIV would allow their players to wear shorts during competitive rounds. This change was just another aspect LIV introduced to distance themselves from the PGA Tour — 54-hole events, no cut, shotgun starts.

Now, rangefinders will also be allowed.

On Tuesday, LIV Golf took to Twitter to announce that distance measuring devices during rounds will now be excepted, although elevation change calculation (slope reading) will be prohibited.

In 2021, rangefinders were allowed during the PGA Championship.

If you’re unfamiliar with how the LIV team championship will work, read up on it here.

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