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Danny Lee wins LIV Golf Tucson via four-way playoff for first win since 2015 on PGA Tour

The win is Lee’s first on the Saudi Arabia-backed circuit.

LIV Golf Tucson went to a four-way playoff Sunday evening, and it was Danny Lee who emerged from the pack after three extra holes.

The 32-year-old from New Zealand defeated Carlos Ortiz, Louis Oosthuizen and Brendan Steele in a playoff at the Gallery Club in Marana, Arizona, and will leave with not just the trophy, but also the $4 million top prize. The win is Lee’s first in just his second start since joining the LIV Golf League this year. He previously hadn’t won since 2015 at the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic.

On the team side of things, Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs GC ran away with the team title at 25 under to win by four shots over last year’s champion 4 Aces GC, captain by Dustin Johnson, who finish runner-up for the second time in as many events this season. Kevin Na’s Iron Heads finished third at 19 under. The Fireballs earned $3 million, while the Aces will take home $1.5 million and the Iron Heads $500,000.

The league led by Greg Norman and financially backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is back in action for its third event in 2023 at Orange County National in Orlando, March 31-April 2.

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LIV Golf announces stops in Arizona, Oklahoma and West Virginia for 2023 schedule

Seven of LIV’s 14 events for 2023 have now been announced.

LIV Golf continued its slow drip schedule reveal on Wednesday and announced three new courses for its 2023 schedule.

The re-branded LIV Golf League will host events at the Gallery Golf Club in Marana, Arizona (March 17-19), Cedar Ridge Country Club in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (May 12-14) and The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (August 4-6). The upstart circuit backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund previously announced four international stops for 2023. So far, the league has announced seven of 14 events for 2023.

LIV officials had previously said they would avoid going head-to-head with major championships and would steer clear of so-called PGA Tour “heritage events,” such as the Memorial and Arnold Palmer Invitational. The event in Arizona will be held the same week as the Valspar Championship and a week after the Players Championship. The Oklahoma tournament will run opposite the AT&T Byron Nelson, the week before the PGA Championship. The stop in West Virginia is the same week as the Wyndham Championship.

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LIV Golf League 2023 schedule (so far)

Date Event Course City
Feb. 24-26 LIV Golf Mayakoba El Camaleon Golf Club Riviera Maya, Mexico
March 17-19 LIV Golf Tucson Gallery Golf Club Marana, Arizona
April 21-23 LIV Golf Adelaide Grange Golf Club Adelaide, Australia
April 28-30 LIV Golf Singapore Sentosa Golf Club Sentosa, Singapore
May 12-14 LIV Golf Tulsa Cedar Ridge Country Club Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
June 30-July 2 LIV Golf Valderrama Valderrama Sotogrande, Cádiz, Spain
Aug. 4-6 LIV Golf Greenbrier The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Team rosters for the 14-event season in 2023 have yet to be finalized, where 12 teams and 48 individuals will compete for a total of $405 million in prize purses.

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