Charl Schwartzel took home a whopping £3.2 million for winning the opening event of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series at the Centurion Club in Hemel Hempstead last month, as the Rebel circuit now heads to the US for three stops.
As always with the Rebels, there has rarely been a dull moment. And all eyes will be on Portland, Oregon on June 30 to witness the next fascinating installation.
Which players have signed up?
Revealed exclusively by Telegraph Sport, Brooks Koepka was announced as the latest high-profile addition to the Saudi rebel circuit and will play in the first LIV Series event on US soil.
The four-time major winner will join brother Chase on Greg Norman’s breakaway tour and will almost certainly be banned from the PGA Tour as a result. His LIV debut in Portland, Oregon will be another blow to the U.S. Ryder Cup team, which will face five members of the 2018 team and three from 2021 who will not qualify for next year’s game in Rome.
Koepka, 32, has been in talks with the Saudi-funded series for months and sources have confirmed the deal has finally been finalized. Dustin Johnson, another former world No. 1, signed a £120 million ($150 million) upfront payment and Koepka will also have raised a seven-figure sum as he takes his place alongside not only Johnson, but Phil. Mickelson, Sergio García, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Abraham Ancer, who is revealed as a prisoner.
Where are the eight LIV Golf events?
The breakaway circuit started at the Centurion Club in Hertfordshire and now moves to the United States for three stops.
It then has two events in Bangkok and Saudi Arabia, before the tour concludes at Trump Doral in Miami in late October.