LIV Golf is ready to go up in opposition to a few of the PGA Tour’s greatest occasions early subsequent yr.
The Saudi-backed league introduced the primary 4 tournaments of its 2025 schedule on Tuesday night time, and every of the 4 contests share competitors weeks with a notable Tour occasion.
LIV will open its fourth season with a global swing that features:
• Riyadh, Feb. 6-8
• Adelaide, Feb. 14-16
• Hong Kong, March 7-9
• Singapore, March 14-16
These dates compete with the next Tour occasions: WM Phoenix Open, Feb. 6-9; Genesis Invitational, Feb. 13-16; Arnold Palmer Invitational, March 6-9; The Gamers, March 13-16. That’s the Tour’s greatest non-major on its calendar, two signature occasions and arguably one of the common non-signature tournaments.
Whereas negotiations between the Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund, which backs LIV, are ongoing, this schedule drop possible signifies that neither aspect is especially near agreeing on a pathway again into Tour occasions for LIV members. Contemplate this hypothetical: If LIV gamers had been, say, provided exemptions into sure high Tour fields, they wouldn’t be capable to play 5 of the primary six notable tournaments of the season as a result of their LIV commitments (the winners-only The Sentry kicks off the Tour’s 2025 season).
