First Look: LIV Golf Chicago at Bolingbrook

ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT

When: September 13-15, 2024

Where: Bolingbrook Golf Club, Bolingbrook, Illinois

Competition: Three rounds/54 holes of stroke play

Field: 54 players – 13 teams of four players each, and two Wild Cards

Purse: $25 million US ($20 million individual, $5 million team)

Winner’s Share: $4 million USD (individual), $3 million USD (team)

Local Tee Times: Shotgun Start for Rds. 1-2 at 12:15 p.m. CDT; Rd. 3 at 12:05 p.m. CDT.

KEY STORYLINES

LIV Golf returns to Chicago for the third consecutive season but the first time at Bolingbrook

LIV Golf Chicago marks the final tournament of the 2024 regular season, followed by next week’s Dallas Team Championship

Season-long races and player status for 2025 will be determined, including the season-long Individual Championship, which will be decided for the first time in the United States

Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm and Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann will compete for the Individual Championship, while the next five players in points will vie for the final podium position

Chicago is the last tournament for players to move into the top 24 Lock Zone, which guarantees a spot in the 2025 LIV Golf League; other players at the bottom of the points standings will seek to play their way out of the relegation Drop Zone

The seeding order for the Dallas Team Championship will also be determined in Chicago, with the top three seeds in points earning first-round byes

Smash GC Captain Brooks Koepka comes off his league-best fifth career individual tournament title at LIV Golf Greenbrier, defeating Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm in a playoff, and his Smash team come off their second team victory of the season

Ripper GC Captain Cameron Smith (2022) and Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau (2023) previously won individual titles at LIV Golf Chicago held at Rich Harvest Farms

4Aces GC (2022) and Crushers GC (2023) are previous team tournament winners in Chicago

RAHM VS. NIEMANN

Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm and Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann are the only players mathematically eligible to win the 2024 Individual Championship, with Rahm currently leading Niemann by 195.17 points to 192.20 points, a difference of 2.97 points.

The close race promises a thrilling finish at LIV Golf Chicago.

In his first season with LIV Golf, Rahm has one win while finishing inside the top 10 in each of his 11 completed events. Niemann, in his third LIV Golf season, won two of this season’s first three tournaments and opened the season with a round of 59.

Niemann had been the points leader since his win in Jeddah until Rahm passed him after Greenbrier.

“He's been playing great lately, so he's probably going to keep doing the same,” Niemann said of Rahm. “I've got to try to bring my ‘A’ game.”

Said Rahm: “I'm probably going to need to win. He’s going to be up there. I'm going to need another good week.”

Jon Rahm leads Joaquin Niemann by 2.97 points, which means Rahm will win the Individual Championship as long as he finishes ahead or tied with Niemann in Chicago. Here are the scenarios for where Rahm and Niemann must finish to win.

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCENARIOS

Here are the scenarios for where Rahm or Niemann must finish to win.

Note: This chart does not factor in the likelihood of ties.

ABOUT THE COURSE

BOLINGBROOK GOLF CLUB
Bolingbrook, Illinois

Par: 70
Yardage: 7,076

• Designed by Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest, the course opened in 2002 and is ranked by GolfPass as the No. 1 public course in Illinois (2024)

• The ample space and terrain make Bolingbrook a great spectator course

• Elevated tees, rolling fairways and seven lakes are scattered throughout the layout

• The members’ nines have been flipped for LIV Golf Chicago, and two of the par 5s (Nos. 1 and 12) will be played as par 4s

• The signature hole is the par-3, 165-yard island green 6th, with rough behind the green for shots that may be slightly long

• The par-5 14th is the longest hole on the course at 600 yards, which usually plays with a prevailing wind

• The par-4 15th is expected to be drivable at 342 yards

• Tees, fairways and greens are Bent/Poa, with Kentucky Bluegrass in the first cut and rough

• Projected green speed is 11.5

WEATHER

Forecast from weather.com

HOW TO WATCH

UNITED STATES: The CW Network airs the LIV Golf League in 100% of U.S. markets.

Friday – Live on The CW App, LIV Golf Plus and LIV Golf YouTube.

Saturday and Sunday – Live on The CW, LIV Golf Plus and LIV Golf YouTube.

GLOBAL: Broadcast in over 180 international territories Live and On-Demand, free of charge, via LIV Golf Plus. Available for download on iOS, Android, FireTV, and on LIVGolfPlus.com. Also airing on several international broadcast partners.

In person: Tickets available here

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