LIV Golf News: Visits The Grove in Greater Nashville this Week, June 21-23, 2024

By Bert Leeson

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THE TOURNAMENT SETUP

When: June 21-23, 2024

Where: The Grove, College Grove, Tennessee

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. local (1:15 p.m. ET); Rd. 3 at 12:05 p.m. local (1:05 p.m. ET)

COURSE INFORMATION

THE GROVE

College Grove, Tennessee

Par: 71 Yardage: 7,297

Designed by LIV Golf CEO and Commissioner Greg Norman, The Grove opened in 2012

Golf Digest ranks The Grove as one of its top 10 courses in its Best In Tennessee list

The Grove hosted one of the four Korn Ferry Tour Finals events in 2023, and has also hosted USGA and NCAA tournaments

Tees and fairways grass are Zorro Zoysia, while the green is TifEagle Bermuda

THE WEEK’S STORYLINES

*LIV Golf makes its first visit to Tennessee, which becomes the 12th different state to host a LIV Golf tournament

*Legion XIII’s Tyrrell Hatton is the only player this season to finish with points (top 24) in each of the first eight tournaments this season.

*Cleeks GC, captained by two-time major winner Martin Kaymer, won its first LIV Golf team title at the previous tournament in Houston

*Torque’s Carlos Ortiz won his first LIV Golf individual title by one stroke over Cleeks newcomer Adrian Meronk

*The Cleeks are the 10th different team to win a team trophy, while Ortiz is the 17th different individual winner

 

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