FIRST LOOK: LIV GOLF HONG KONG

When: March 07-09, 2025

Where: Hong Kong Golf Club, Fanling, Hong Kong

Competition: Three rounds/54 holes of stroke play

Field:  54 players – 13 teams of four players each, and two wild cards

Purse: $25 million USD, $20 million individual, $5 million team

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

Local Tee Time: Shotgun Start for Rds. 1-2 at 12:15 p.m. (4:15am GMT) ; Rd. 3 at 12:05 p.m. (4:05am GMT)

LIV  Golf returns to Hong Kong Golf Club for a second consecutive season following a highly successful debut in 2024 in front of packed crowds at the historic Fanling course.

Hong Kong Golf Club, established in 1889, has been a fixture in professional golf for more than six decades. The club has hosted the Hong Kong Open since 1959 and is currently part of the 2024 Asian Tour schedule as one of the 10 International Series tournaments.

Playing this week as a Par 70 at just 6,711 yards LIV Golf Hong Kong will utilize the same composite layout at Fanling that is used by the Hong Kong Open.

Standout holes include the dogleg left 493-yard ninth, the longest par 4 on the course, and the 410-yard par-4 18th tied as the most difficult holes during the 2024 LIV Golf Hong Kong, with each hole playing to a stroke average of 4.167.

Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC, the defending LIV Golf Hong Kong team champions, are looking for their first podium finish of the season following consecutive fourth-place results in Riyadh and Adelaide.

Fireballs GC’s Abraham Ancer prepped for his individual championship title defense with a tie for second in Adelaide. Ancer won last year in a three-man playoff against Crushers GC’s Paul Casey and Ripper GC Captain Cameron Smith.

Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm will look to maintain his streak of top-10 finishes in every LIV Golf start that he’s completed. Rahm’s Legion XIII team enters Hong Kong atop the team points standings after a win in Riyadh and second place in Adelaide.

Cleeks GC’s Adrian Meronk, the winner in Riyadh, enters as the Individual points leader, with Adelaide champion Joaquin Niemann, the Torque GC captain, in third place behind Rahm.