LIV Golf (Chicago)
America
LIV Golf
Played as LIV Golf Chicago (Aug 8-10; 54-hole 48-player no-cut individual event, and accompanying 4-player team event). [Bolingbrook GC, Bolingbrook, nr Chicago, Illinois].
Individual event: Dean Burmester (RSA) beat Jon Rahm (Esp) and Josele Ballester (Esp) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-4 18th).
Team winners: Stinger team (-17; Louis Oosthuizen, Dean Burmester, Branden Grace & Charl Schwartzel) beat the Torque team (-17; Joaquín Niemann, Sebastián Muñoz, Carlos Ortiz & Mito Pereira) by 1 shot at the first playoff hole (par-4 18th). Stinger team shared the $3 million team first prize.
Note: one of fourteen 2025 LIV Golf League events run by the Saudi Arabian-bankrolled LIV Golf company.
America
LIV Golf
Played as LIV Golf Chicago (Sept 13-15; 54-hole 48-player no-cut individual event, and accompanying 4-player team event). [Bolingbrook GC, Bolingbrook, nr Chicago, Illinois].
Individual event: second-placed Joaquín Niemann (Chile) and Sergio Garcia (Esp) finished 3 shots behind Jon Rahm (Esp), who recorded his second win in his last three LIV Golf starts. Rahm pocketed the $4 million first prize.
Individual championship: Rahm collected enough points during the season to be declared LIV Golf's 2024 Individual Champion, for which he received the champion's $18 million bonus cheque.
Team event: second-placed Legion XIII team (-13; Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt, Kieran Vincent) finished 1 shot behind the Crushers team (-14; Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri), who shared the $3 million team first prize.
Note: the last individual event, and thirteenth of fourteen 2024 LIV Golf League events run by Greg Norman's Saudi Arabian-bankrolled LIV Golf company.
America
LIV Golf
Played as LIV Golf Chicago (Sept 22-24; 54-hole 48-player no-cut individual event, and accompanying 4-player team event). [Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, nr Chicago, Illinois].
Individual event: second-placed Marc Leishman (Aus) and Anirban Lahiri (India) finished 1 shot behind Bryson DeChambeau (USA), who took away the $4 million first prize.
Team event: second-placed Fireballs team (-30; Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra & Carlos Ortiz) finished 3 shots behind the Crushers team (-33; Bryson DeChambeau, Anirban Lahiri, Paul Casey & Charles Howell III), who shared the $3 million team first prize.
Note: the twelfth of fourteen 2023 LIV Golf League events run by Greg Norman's Saudi Arabian-bankrolled LIV Golf company.
America
LIV Golf
Played as the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series (Chicago) (Sept 16-18; LIV Golf event; 54-hole 48-player no-cut individual event, and accompanying 4-player team event). [Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, nr Chicago, Illinois].
Individual event: Second-placed Dustin Johnson (USA) and Peter Uihlein (USA) finished 3 shots behind Cameron Smith (Aus). Smith scooped the $4 million first prize, while the two runners-up each bagged $1,812,500.
Team event: second-placed Smash team (brothers Brooks & Chase Koepka, Peter Uihlein and Jason Kokrak) finished 2 shots behind the Four Aces team (Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Pat Perez & Talor Gooch), who shared the $3 million team first prize.
Note: the fifth of eight 2022 "Invitational Series" events run by Greg Norman's Saudi Arabian-bankrolled LIV Golf company.
Presidents Cup: Geoff Ogilvy’s International Team take on Brandt Snedeker’s USA Team at the revered Medinah Country Club, near Chicago. The Internationals are trying to halt a run of 11 consecutive American wins. (Sept 24-27).
French Open: Continental Europe’s oldest national championship, dating from 1906, is once again staged on the Albatros Course at Le Golf National, near Paris. Defending champion is America’s Michael Kim. (Sept 24-27).
Our visit last month included two rounds at Golf de Chantilly, one of France’s most prestigious clubs.
It offers two superb layouts: Le Vineuil, a five-star championship course with a rich history, and Longères, an excellent four-star course that provides a strong and enjoyable test.
The wider Paris region offers plenty more. Courses such as Fontainebleau, Golf de Saint-Germain, and several other top-rated layouts make this area one of Europe’s most rewarding golf destinations, offering a mix of woodland, heathland, and parkland designs.
The Dutch: "It's no' just a game", as they say in Scotland, and that's certainly true at The Dutch. With 5-star services throughout, a lavishly comfortable Loch Lomond-inspired clubhouse, and a superbly designed and presented golf course, one could not ask for more from this top-end private club.
Join us at The Dutch from August 21–24 for the Festival of Golf, featuring the HotelPlanner Tour. Experience four days of top-tier sport, live music, incredible food, and unexpected surprises. Explore the grounds, connect with others, embrace new challenges, and dive into an unforgettable celebration. Click here to buy tickets.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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