With just eight tournaments scheduled for its inaugural season in 2022, LIV Golf has always intended to host many more. Originally planning to host 10 tournaments in 2023 and 14 tournaments in 2024 and 2025, LIV Golf will instead move that timeline to a year and host 14 events next season, according to the report. Golf Digest.
Not only will the LIV Golf Invitational Series nearly double in size in a year’s time, but it will also operate under a new form as the name will change to LIV Golf League.
These two aspects will join another revision for next year, as the group composition will also take on a new, much more structured shape. Through the two events of the 2022 season, both teams and captains have changed without much explanation to the public, as a revolving door of competitors played in London and Portland.
With big names like Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed and Matthew Wolff signed to LIV Golf, some teams were assembled first, while other captains were left to their teammates. The consolidation of 48 league members by 2023 will allow LIV Golf to experience a full season with 12 specific teams open for trade and potentially a free agent version of the course if more people are added. Play register to participate in rival tournaments.
LIV Golf envisions parties buying these different teams in much the same way as your standard professional sports team, and that’s how they expect to generate most of the revenue. It will take some time for these considerations to materialize, but it’s still interesting that these independent contractors are likely to soon be under the umbrella of franchise owners.
