LIV Golf Riyadh 2025: Season 4 tees off under the lights in Saudi capital

Riyadh Golf Club will host LIV Golf’s inaugural night tournament as the breakaway tour returns for its season-opening event.

LIV Golf will make its debut under the lights in the Saudi capital after three successive seasons at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on the outskirts of Jeddah.

But that’s not the only shake-up to proceedings as LIV Golf prepares to embark on a fourth season. It’s all change at the top with polarizing commissioner Greg Norman making way for new CEO Scott O’Neil. The Australian two-time Open champion was announced this week as an independent director on the board of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games organizing committee.

There’s plenty of change among the pack too, most notably with Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin ignoring Rory McIlroy’s advice to fill the vacant place in the Jon Rahm-fronted Legion XIII roster.

And then there was the equal worst-kept secret that golf’s biggest YouTuber Rick Shiels has signed with LIV Golf as an official ambassador and content creator, bringing with him popular series from his channel including ‘Break 75′ and the ’10-Shot Challenge’, where he starts at 10-under par and attempts to beat the tour’s best over 18 holes.

Aside from that, it’s back to business as usual for season 4, with 13 teams of four players vying for points across a 14-event schedule, culminating in the Team Championship, held this year at The Cardinal at Saint John’s – Michigan. Here’s how the teams are fixed going into 2025:

Who is playing on LIV Golf in 2025?

4Aces GC: Dustin Johnson (captain) | Thomas Pieters | Patrick Reed | Harold Varner III

Cleeks GC: Martin Kaymer (captain) | Richard Bland | Adrian Meronk | Frederik Kjettrup

Crushers GC: Bryson DeChambeau (captain) | Paul Casey | Charles Howell IIII | Anirdban Lahiri

Fireballs GC: Sergio Garcia (captain) | Abraham Ancer | Luis Masaveu | David Puig

Hyflers GC: Phil Mickelson (captain) | Brendan Steele | Cameron Tringale | Andy Ogletree

Iron Heads GC: Kevin Na (captain) | Danny Lee | Yubin Jang | Jinichiro Kozuma

Legion XIII GC: Jon Rahm (captain) | Tyrrell Hatton | Caleb Surratt | Tom McKibbin

Majesticks GC: Ian Poulter (co-captain) | Lee Westwood (co-capt.) | Henrik Stenson (co-capt.) | Sam Horsfield

RangeGoats GC: Bubba Watson (captain) | Peter Uhlein | Matthew Wolff | Ben Campbell

Ripper GC: Cameron Smith (captain) | Marc Leishman | Matt Jones | Lucas Herbert

Smash GC: Brooks Koepka (captain) | Talor Gooch | Jason Kokrak | Graeme McDowell

Stinger GC: Louis Oosthuizen (captain) | Dean Burmester | Branden Grace | Charl Schwartzel

Torque GC: Joaquin Niemann (captain) | Sebastián Muñoz | Mito Pereira | Carlos Ortiz

Unattached ‘Wild Card’ players: Anthony Kim | Max Lee

LIV Golf Riyadh: Key details

Venue: Riyadh Golf Club, Saudi Arabia (Par 71 – 7,408 yards).

Format: 54-hole strokeplay with no cut.

Individual Purse: $20 million with the winner receiving $4 million.

Team Purse: $5 million (1st – $3m, 2nd – $1.5m, 3rd – $500,000).

Favorites: Jon Rahm 6/1, Joaquin Niemann 7/1, Tyrrell Hatton 7/1, Bryson DeChambeau 9/1.

Defending champions: Joaquin Nieman, -17 | Crushers GC, -38 (LIV Golf Jeddah, 2024).

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How to watch LIV Golf Riyadh

US viewers can catch all the action on Fox Sports.

Thursday, February 06: Fox Sports 2, 10.00 EST (15.00 GMT)

Friday, February 07: Fox Sports 2, 10.00 EST(15.00 GMT)

Saturday, February 08: Fox Sports 1, 10.00 EST(15.00 GMT)

LIV Golf Riyadh can also be streamed for free on the LIV Golf YouTube channel, as well as on the LIV Golf+ app.