The 2024 event was an almighty success. More than 12,000 people witnessed Abraham Ancer win the tournament with a birdie on the first playoff hole to defeat Paul Casey and Cameron Smith, claiming his first victory on the breakaway tour in the process.
This was the biggest crowd ever at Hong Kong Golf Club and it shows the potential that LIV has for growth, especially in Asia.
Bryson DeChambeau and his Crushers GC team were the team champions last year and are seeking their first podium finish of the 2025 season.
Adrian Meronk and Joaquin Niemann were victorious in Saudi Arabia and Adelaide – the first two events of the season – while Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII team currently leads the team standings heading into the third event.
This is the first of two tournaments taking place in Asia, with LIV Singapore taking place next week before stops in the USA and Mexico in what is a busy few weeks ahead.
Course details: Hong Kong Golf Club
Hong Kong Golf Club is one of the oldest courses in Asia, being founded in 1889. The Old Course at Fanling was built in 1911, before the New Course was added 20 years later.
The club has played host to the Hong Kong Open since 1959, and the tournament is just one of three throughout the history of golf to be played at the same venue for more than six decades.
LIV Hong Kong will utilise a composite layout at the course and this measured just 6,710 yards last year.
Although short, the course offers plenty of challenges for the field. Tight holes and narrow fairways ensure wayward shots will be punished, placing a premium on accuracy off the tee.
There are a few difficult par-4s, notably the dogleg left ninth, which measures 493-yards and the 410-yard 18th, both tying for the most difficult hole during the 2024 event, playing to a 4.167 stroke average.
Elsewhere, the 13th, a 429-yard par-5 offers an excellent chance of making up some ground, especially as 13 eagles were made on this hole last year.
Hong Kong Golf Club certainly has a unique layout, one that demands a strategic approach to almost every hole.
LIV Golf Hong Kong 2025: Format and prize fund
LIV Golf Hong Kong will be played over 54 holes across three days, with a shotgun start each day and no cut.
Every player in a team competes in two competitions simultaneously – individual and team – with each stroke counting in the individual event, whereas only the combined scores of the team’s top three players count for the opening two rounds.
All four scores count in the final round of each event.
There is a $25m prize fund on offer. $20m is assigned to the individual competition, with $5m going towards the team event.
The winner will take home a $4m share, with last place earning $50,000. In the team event, £3m goes to the winning foursome and the second and third place finishers win $1.5m and $500,000, respectively.
LIV Golf Hong Kong 2024 individual standings
| Position | Player | Score | Winner(s) share |
| 1 | Abraham Ancer (won playoff) | -13 | $4,000,000 |
| T2 | Cameron Smith | -13 | $1,875,000 |
| T2 | Paul Casey | -13 | $1,875,000 |
| T4 | Joaquin Niemann | -12 | $900,000 |
| T4 | Carlos Ortiz | -12 | $900,000 |
| T6 | Kevin Na | -11 | $650,000 |
| T6 | Bryson DeChambeau | -11 | $650,000 |
| T8 | Richard Bland | -10 | $396,071 |
| T8 | Graeme McDowell | -10 | $396,071 |
| T8 | Charles Howell III | -10 | $396,071 |
How to watch LIV Golf Hong Kong
Viewers in the US can watch all of the action on Fox Sports. Those in the UK will now be able to watch the entire 2025 season on ITVX due to the new broadcasting deal that was agreed upon in February.
LIV Golf Hong Kong 2025 winner
Selected odds for LIV Golf Hong Kong
Jon Rahm 11/2
Joaquin Niemann 7/1
Tyrrell Hatton 9/1
Bryson DeChambeau 10/1
Cameron Smith 14/1
Abraham Ancer 16/1
Brooks Koepka 18/1
David Puig 20/1
Sergio Garcia 22/1
Odds provided by Betway
