LIV Golf Day 1 Life Changes: Follow Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson in the Original Event
The LIV Golf International Series arrived, and the players set off at 9:15 am ET (2:15 pm local) and fired shots to start a challenging new journey. We will have the latest updates all day first, so come back for more information, news and analysis for the first day of LIV Golf.
Day 1 Finishes With Schwartzel Leader
Charl Schwartzel closed his opening tour with the birds to take one lead. Schwartzel is a former Masters professional and one of the 17 current or former members of the PGA Tour competing in the event. LIV scenarios have 54 holes, so two rounds are left.
Hennie Du Plessis fired 4 shots and is alone in second place, one in the back.
Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson rallied together, and fired similar 69s to follow Schwartzel with four shots.
“With the exception of a few loose routes, I felt like I was hitting my nails really well. Golf courses are tough and conditions are very difficult,” Johnson said later on the radio.
Here is a look at the last day of Day 1:
Who is Phachara Khongwatmai?
The 48-person field on the LIV Golf opener has some well-known golfers and many golfers but many others who may not know it.
One of the finalists could be the 4th floor leader with three holes to Centurion Club, Pachara Khongwatmai of Thailand. A 23-year-old boy was selected No. 133 world and regular expedition to Asia.
In 2013 at the age of 14, he became the most successful professional athlete when he won the Sing Hua Hin Open on the All Thailand Golf Tour. Three years later he played in the British Open at the age of 17, in need of a cut.
The LIV Golf Invitational Series is sponsored by Asia Tour. LIV Golf Investments, a company founded last October with the idea of sponsoring golf around the world, has donated $ 300 million to Asia Tour in 10 annual events that help expand the tour. The Public Investment Fund, an Saudi-funded independent fund, is a major shareholder of LIV Golf Investments.
Three players from Thailand are on the field and three are from Japan.
How LIV Broadcast Looks and Sounds
As with the new league, a lot of interest revolved around how LIV Golf would be aired.
For developers outside London, LIV Golf is aired on its website, YouTube and Facebook. And it looks like … a golf tournament.
The display includes a constantly changing board to the left of the screen, with players and their team symbols. At the top left there are holes left, as the gun starts all players finish almost immediately.
American golf fans who are obsessed with broadcasts with more leisure time, note – there is no charge this week with the new series, which is why there are no promotions. In circular motion there has been no form or other components to be removed from the golf course.
In terms of comments, the main court features former Premier League football broadcaster Arlo White, an Englishman, along with American Jerry Foltz, most recently of the Golf Channel and a native of Hong Kong Dom Boulet, the lyrics of Asia Tour.
Dustin Double Bogeys the 7th Hole
Not all smiles at Centurion Club. At the par-4 7th hole, Dustin Johnson swerved his car to the right and dropped his coat angrily.
He made two bogeys in the hole to fall from 1 on the ground to 1 round, tied for 15 in the process.
Johnson is playing alongside Phil Mickelson – LIV Golf put his big names and started them on the 1st tee – and Mickelson also has 1 on his first golf course since Saudi International in early February.
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How Team Format Works
One of LIV Golf’s biggest selling items is its four-person brand. With 12 holes left around – as LIV follows the time the gun started – the Crushers GC team was leading 4 down.
Phachara Khongwatmai of Thailand was on the 4th floor, leading the Crushers and the whole event.
The team’s goal is scored by the two best goals in the team in the first two lines, and the three best goals in the third and final round.
The top three teams receive $ 5 million, $ 3 million initially, $ 1.5 million second and $ 500,000 in third place among the four players. As a result, in theory, one player may have a poor experience but only three good players and get a paid date.
So What Are They Wearing?
If you just look, you will see that most players do not look different from other games. Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia, for example, are in their common thread with the Adidas brand; Garcia with the Adidas hat and Johnson logo TaylorMade logo.
LIV Golf Player Teams are represented through the cards, with the team names and logos on their vests.
In the case of Phil Mickelson, who lost his supporters after his February comments on the “disgusting greed” of the PGA Tour and the Saudi-sponsored alliance, he wears a black hat with his jump-key logo and a black vest with Augusta. Sign of the National Golf Club.
Playing Starts on LIV Golf Opener
Dustin Johnson’s shot was shown on the radio, and he shared the fairway. Phil Mickelson is joined by a DJ, and he also hit the fairway with his shot at No. 1. And so the new golf league begins.
Phil Mickelson has shot into the new LIV Golf league.
Live Broadcast
Earlier in the day, Greg Norman joined the venue and said, “I’m excited to bring the game of golf to life. Gunshots are just around the corner.
Arlo White, Greg Norman and Jerry Foltz at the launch of the radio.
Climbing Early Shotgun
As anyone who has ever played a friendly golf course or a major event at a local club knows, the starting line-up for shooting becomes chaotic. They usually include a group of golf carts that are launched simultaneously from the clubhouse.
LIV Golf advanced and acquired black London cabs to transport players to the Centurion Club.
LIV Golf also released a recent video on Thursday, presented by Dennis Quaid.
Tee Times and Day 1 Groups at LIV Golf
Here are the Day 1 groups, along with the names of the new groups. Everyone will shoot immediately at the start of the shooting:
- pit 1 Dustin Johnson – 4 Aces GC Scott Vincent – Smash GC Phil Mickelson – Hy Flyers GC
- pit 2 Sergio Garcia – Fireballs GC Talor Gooch – Torque GC Pablo Larrazabal – Cleeks GC
- yesterday 3 Charl Schwartzel – Stinger GC Graeme McDowell – Crushers GC Wade Ormsby – Punch GC
- yesterday 4 Sam Horsfield – Majesticks GC Sadom Kaewkanjana – Iron Heads GC Andy Ogletree – Torque GC
- yesterday 5 Richard Bland – Crushers GC Ratchanon Chantananuwat (a) – Hy Flyers GC Ryosuke Kinoshita – Punch GC
- yesterday 6 Jediah Morgan – Fireballs GC Ian Snyman – Cleeks GC Oliver Fisher – Niblicks GC
- yesterday 7 Chase Koepka – Hy Flyers GC Turk Pettit – Niblicks GC Kevin Yuan – 4 Aces GC
- yesterday 8 Itthipat Buranatanyarat – Smash GC Hennie Du Plessis – Stinger GC James Piot (a) – Fireballs GC
- pit 10 Jinichiro Kozuma – Smash GC Phachara Khongwatmai – Crushers GC JC Ritchie – Cleeks GC
- 12 holes David Puig (a) – Fireballs GC Oliver Bekker – 4 Aces GC Viraj Madappa – Iron Heads GC
- pit 13 Peter Uihlein – Niblicks GC Adrian Otaegui – Torque GC Blake Windred – Punch GC
- pit 14 Laurie Canter – Majestics GC Martin Kaymer – Cleeks GC Hudson Swafford – Torque GC
- pit 15 Shaun Norris – 4 Aces GC Travis Smyth – Crushers GC Hideto Tanihara – Iron Heads GC
- pit 16 Branden Grace – Stinger GC Sihwan Kim – Smash GC Matt Jones – Punch GC
- yesterday 17 Lee Westwood – Majesticks GC Bernd Wiesberger – Niblicks GC Justin Harding – Hy Flyers GC
- yesterday 18 Louis Oosthuizen – Stinger GC Kevin Na – Iron Heads GC Ian Poulter – Majestics GC
What is the LIV Golf 2022 Calendar?
LIV Golf kicks off in London, and there have been seven other events, which will take place in the US and abroad throughout the year. Here is the whole list:
- June 9-11, Centurion Club, Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans
- June 30-July 2, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, North Plains, Ore.
- July 29-31. Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, NJ
- Sept. 2-4, The International, Bolton, Mass.
- Sept. 16-18, Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Ill.
- Oct. 7-9, Stonehill Golf Club, Bangkok
- Oct. 14-16, Royal Greens Golf Club, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Oct. 28-30, Trump National Doral, Miami
Show me the Money
If the broadcast didn’t really explain what the players are competing for this week, here’s a quick story.
Of the 12 competing teams, only the top three will receive $ 5 million wallets – first place will be $ 3 million four-way ($ 750,000 per player), second place will be $ 1.5 million ($ 375,000 per player) and third place earns $ 500,000 ($ 125,000 per player). player).
Individually, $ 4 million will go to the winner, followed by $ 2,125 million (second), $ 1.5 million (third) and $ 1.05 million (fourth). In addition, the 12th will receive $ 450,000, the 24th will receive $ 168,000 and the dead will receive $ 120,000.
Best of all, the player can earn $ 4.75 million starting Saturday evening. Worse, the player leaves with $ 120,000.
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