LIV Golf season finale REVEALED with new venue and updated format for $50M Team Championship

LIV Golf's season finale has been revealed with a new venue and updated format for the league's $50million Team Championship, as it will take place in Dallas, Texas, this fall.

On Tuesday, LIV announced that its three-day tournament will be held at the Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton - a suburb of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area - from September 20-22. It will include both match play and stroke play. 

Adjustments to the Team Championship format have been implemented to enhance the competition. Those updates include all 13 teams competing, with only the top three teams receiving first-round byes and automatically qualifying for Saturday’s semifinals.

Ten teams seeded 4-13 will compete in five quarterfinals matches on Friday, with matchups determined at a live press conference featuring team captains during tournament week. The five winners of the opening match play round will then advance to the semifinals. 

To enhance the strategy within the competition, team captains may opt to participate in the singles or foursomes matchups during the first two days of match play.

'Our LIV Golf players are looking forward to playing in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with its great golf tradition,' said LIV Golf Commissioner and CEO Greg Norman. 

'Texas is legendary for producing and hosting great golfers who set a high bar while competing for championships. Our LIV Golf Team Championship at Maridoe Golf Club will be a great experience for our players and all the fans in attendance.'

Maridoe Golf Club, located just 20 miles from downtown Dallas, was ranked by Golf Digest among the top three new private courses in 2018. The course is considered among the most difficult in the area, tipping out at 7,817 yards.

Last season, the Team Championship in Miami featured a thrilling finish won by Crushers GSC, comprised of Byson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III and Arniban Lahiri. 

Halfway through the 2024 season, the Crushers have maintained their form with back-to-back team wins in Jeddah and Hong Kong and sit in first place with 105.50 points.

Legion XIII, the LIV's new expansion team with captain Jon Rahm, Tyrell Hatton, Kieran Vincent and Caleb Surratt, have also won twice and sit in second place with 94 points.

LIV Golf’s global field features 14 major champions as well as many of the sport's biggest names including Brooks Koepka (Smash GC), Dustin Johnson (4Aces GC, Phil Mickelson (HyFlyers GC), Sergio Garcia (Fireballs GC), Bubba Watson (RangeGoats GC), Talor Gooch (Smash GC), Louis Oosthuizen (Stinger GC), and many more.