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Will the new format of the 2024 LIV Golf Team Championship make or break the tournament's excitement?

In just 24 hours, LIV Golf will conclude its 2024 season in Dallas with a team taking home the $ 14 million check and celebrating with all the champagne they can use. The second of the LIV Golf Team Championship at the Maridoe Golf Club was one for the books. The 2-time US Open winner, Bryson DeChambeau, was the crowd’s favorite to win against Iron Heads GC’s Danny Lee. However, unfortunately for DeChambeau, he lost 2 down.

And with that, Crushers GC, who won 3 LIV Golf team events this season, were out of the race to place themselves in the first to fourth position in the final round. DeChambeau will start his final round with Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson, and Louis Oosthuizen at the shotgun start time of 11:05 a.m. at hole 13th. Unlike every team event, where each player starts together but just at a different hole, this time the final would be a tiny but different.

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Tyrrell Hatton, Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson, and Kevin Na, who are all in the top four teams in the final, will be starting the final round at 11:18 a.m. on hole 1 where just thirteen minutes before Patrick Reed, Lee, Caleb Surratt, and Marc Leishman would be starting their final round. The rest of the groupings are below and don’t forget Jon Rahm will be missing the event as he was diagnosed with Flu and John Catlin replaced as a player.

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Group NoHolesPlayers
11Danny Lee, Caleb Surratt, Marc Leishman, Patrick Reed
21Tyrrell Hatton, Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson, Kevin Na
32Harold Varner III, Jinichiro Kozuma, John Catlin, Lucas Herbert
44Matt Jones, Pat Perez. Scott Vincent, Kieran Vincent
56Brooks Koepka, Joaquin Niemann, Martin Kaymer, Bubba Watson
67Henrik Stenson, Talor Gooch, Carlos Ortíz, Adrain Meronk
78Matthew Wolff, Jason Kokrak, Lee Westwood, Sebastian Munoz
810Richard Bland, Peter Uihlein, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell
911Mito Pereira, Kalle Samooja, Thomas Pieters, Sam Horsfield
1013Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Louis Oosthuizen, Phil Mickelson
1114Brandon Steele, Paul Casey, Abraham Ancer, Dean Burmester
1216Charles Schwartzel, Cameron Tringale, Anirban Lahiri, David Puig
1317Eugenio Chacarra, Branden Grace, Andy Ogletree, Charles Howell III

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The final round of the LIV Golf Team Championship will be packed with intense action and drama, as all the players will try to hit the best score. But what is the format of the event?

What will the format of the final LIV Golf Team Championship round be?

On the first day of the LIV Golf Team Championship, the top three on the Team Standings received a bye to the semifinals and did not have to play finals. But the 10 remaining did play a combination of head-to-head match play with singles and foursomes. The five losing teams were added to Tier 3 (positions 9-13) for the final round.

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Then on Saturday, five winners from the quarter-finals and three top teams were put up against each other in another match play, from this, the four winning teams were given spots in Tier 1 (positions 1-4) and the losing ones in Tier 2 (positions 5-8). Now, on the Sunday round, all 52 players from all 13 teams will be playing 18 hole stroke play.

The individual score of all four players will be counted for their teams, and for positioning them in their respective tiers. Accordingly, the winner will be announced and the $50 million prize purse will be distributed. Who will turn out to be the ultimate team to hold the 2024 LIV Golf Team Champion title? Stay tuned to find out.

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