The season-ending LIV Golf event in Miami promises much fanfare due to the nature of the event. With an eye-watering purse of $50 million up for grabs, the team-based competition promises to be the perfect finale for LIV’s inaugural season. There is news coming in about the complete format for the event, which has netizens reacting manically.
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How is LIV Golf’s final different from other events?
For starters, the Miami event will grant no prizes for individual events. While each and every LIV event so far has awarded a bumper prize of $4 million out of the total pool of $25 million, the finale will be focused solely on team performances.
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Don’t let it fool you into thinking LIV is taking a U-turn here – the prize money remains as glamorous as it has been. The winning team in Miami will be crowned the LIV Golf Invitational Series Team Champion, with a cheque of an absurd $16 million.
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Sep 1, 2022; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Pat Perez and Dustin Johnson walk down to the green during the Pro-Am round of the LIV Golf tournament at The International. Mandatory Credit: Richard Cashin-USA TODAY Sports
The final will also abide by LIV Golf’s fundamentals – every player gets a share of the pie. The players on the winning team will take home prize money worth $4 million. There’s something for the lower-ranked players as well the bottom-placed team will receive $1 million, which roughly translates to $250k for each golfer.
Fans react to title format of LIV Golf
A majority of golf fans have been skeptical about the success of the LIV Golf Series. Fans and golfers alike were not pleased with the introduction of the new league, which ultimately led to the PGA Tour banning its players from taking part in the Saudi-backed series.
However, the eruption has somewhat calmed down as we head towards the inaugural finale of the series. The new format has received a mixed response; some of them are mentioned below:
It’s definitely a more interesting team format than their usual ‘just combine four players’ score’
— Shannonigans (@sjgolf891) September 27, 2022
should be fun to watch. golf needs more team match play events
— Golf Wars (@golf_wars) September 27, 2022
Sounds like it could be fun.
— Alex (@mcnuttyswanson) September 27, 2022
On the other hand, a section of fans were still in the process of neglecting any new LIV updates for the sake of the PGA Tour. Here’s a selection of those tweets which highlight that emotion:
Don't care not watching or reading about it
— Jamie Kutzer (@jamiekutzer) September 27, 2022
Guessing it's a one day hmm it can't be called an event,, Ohh right it's an EXIBITION
💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩SHOW— david stahl (@zindogs1) September 27, 2022
Yawnfest
— Paul Wilson (@pwgolfer) September 27, 2022
The LIV Golf Series in Miami kicks off on 28th October at the Trump National Doral. Stay tuned to keep a close eye on the proceedings before the event.
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