The 48-man field for this week’s inaugural LIV Golf Series event in London has been confirmed as players step into the unknown at Centurion Club.
After months of rumours, threats and comments from Greg Norman, the Saudi-backed series gets underway with the first of eight events scheduled for 2022.
Phil Mickelson’s participation was only confirmed on Monday night, with the 51-year-old reportedly signing a contract in the region of $200m to be a part of the breakaway events. Dustin Johnson and Kevin Na have both resigned their membership of the PGA Tour ahead of competing this week, with Sergio Garcia and Louis Oosthuizen believed to have done the same.
Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Richard Bland are among the English contingent competing on home soil while Talor Gooch, who won his first PGA Tour event last November, is a surprise name making the trip across the Atlantic. One man not involved is Tiger Woods, who Norman confirmed turned down a “high nine digits” offer to join the series.
A draft took place on Tuesday night, splitting the 48 players into 12 teams of four.
Here’s the full field and teams for this week’s inaugural LIV Golf Series event...
Top 50 in the world
World rankings in brackets
Dustin Johnson (15), Louis Oosthuizen (21), Kevin Na (34), Talor Gooch (35)
51-100 in the world
Sergio Garcia (57), Richard Bland (67), Shaun Norris (68), Matt Jones (69), Pablo Larrazabal (70), Phil Mickelson (72), Sam Horsfield (74), Lee Westwood (78), Ryosuke Kinoshita (89), Scott Vincent (91), Ian Poulter (92), Bernd Wiesberger (94), Hudson Swafford (95), Oliver Bekker (96)
101 - 250 in the world
Jinichiro Kozuma (106), Justin Harding (109), Sadom Kaewkanjana (118), Laurie Canter (119), Branden Grace (123), Charl Schwartzel (126), Hennie Du Plessis (133), Phachara Khongwatmai (136), Sihwan Kim (139), JC Ritchie (156), Adrian Otaegui (165), Hideto Tanihara (180), Martin Kaymer (215), Jediah Morgan (239)
251-1000 in the world
Blake Windred (259), Wade Ormsby (265), Ratchanon Chantananuwat (269), Peter Uihlein (327), Ian Snyman (367), Graeme McDowell (374), Travis Smyth (395), Viraj Madappa (493), Itthipat Buranatanyarat (591), Turk Pettit (600)
1001+ in the world
Oliver Fisher (1034), Kevin Yuan (1050), Andy Ogletree (1371), Chase Koepka (1562), James Piot (1751), David Puig (1751)
Teams
4 Aces: Johnson, Norris, Bekker, Yuan
Cleeks: Kaymer, Larrazabal, Ritchie, Snyman
Crushers: Ulhein, Bland, Khongwatmai, Smyth
Fireballs: Garcia, Puig, Piot, Morgan
Hy Flyers: Mickelson, Harding, Chantananuwat, Koepka
Ironheads: Na, Kaewkanjana, Tanihara, Madappa
Majesticks: Poulter, Westwood, Horsfield, Canter
Niblicks: McDowell, Wiesberger, Petit, Fisher
Punch: Ormsby, Jones, Kinoshita, Windred
Smash: Kim, Vincent, Kozuma, Buranatanyarat
Stinger: Oosthuizen, Du Plessis, Schwartzel, Grace
Torque: Gooch, Swafford, Otaegui, Ogletree
