LIV Golf Korea is the seventh event in the 2025 season and it marks the first time the Saudi-backed league has ventured into the country.
Korea is the tenth different nation to hold a LIV event since 2022. Yet further evidence of the league’s desire to play in different countries each year.
Joaquin Niemann is the standout performer of the 2025 season so far, securing his third individual victory during the Mexico City event last week.
He leads the way at the top of the standings by a staggering 40 points after six events. It will take something special to catch him.
Elsewhere, the Jon Rahm-led Legion XIII leapfrogged Fireballs GC to take the lead in the team standings and this race is a lot closer than the individual one.
Three Koreans – Kevin Na, Danny Lee and Jinichiro Kozuma – will play in front of a home crowd and this could them a big boost, especially as Iron Heads GC are currently 13th in the team standings.
This event not only marks the halfway stage of the season, but it is also the final competition before the PGA Championship. Quail Hollow hosts the second major of the year in a couple of weeks.
Course details: Jack Nicklaus Golf Club
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea is a Par 72, 7,470 yard course that was opened in 2010. It became the first Asian course to hold a Presidents Cup in 2015. The course has even held tournaments on the Champions Tour and LPGA Tour.
Ten current LIV players took part in the 2015 Presidents Cup, therefore they know the track fairly well.
More than half of the 18 holes feature either a pond or lake which comes into play, making it a difficult challenge for even the best in the field.
It was even named as the fourth best course in South Korea by Golf Digest, who said: “This is an impressive Nicklaus design, one that transformed a flat, dull site into a surprisingly rolling, pine-dotted layout with water on 11 holes, equitably distributed with six hazards to the left and five to the right.”
LIV Golf Korea 2025: Format and prize fund
LIV Golf Mexico City 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. 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 as the second and third place finishers win $1.5m and $500,000 respectively.
How to watch LIV Golf Korea
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 in February.
LIV Golf Korea 2025 winner
Selected odds for LIV Golf Korea.
Bryson DeChambeau 6/1
Jon Rahm 6/1
Joaquin Niemann 13/2
Tyrrell Hatton 9/1
Cameron Smith 18/1
Patrick Reed 18/1
David Puig 20/1
Lucas Herbert 20/1
Sergio Garcia 20/1
Odds provided by Betway
