How does the 2024 LIV Golf Team Championship work? Explaining the format, scoring, prize money and more

cameron jourdan

Tue, 17 Sept 2024, 8:00 am·3-min read

Team Crushers GC captain Bryson DeChambeau celebrates with teammates Paul Casey, Charles Howell III and Anirban Lahiri, after winning the 2023 LIV Golf Team Championship at Trump National Doral. (Photo: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports)

The LIV Golf League's regular season is in the books, which means it's time for the season-ending Team Championship.

LIV Golf's third season comes to an end this week in Texas, as Maridoe Golf Club in Dallas hosts the 2024 LIV Golf Team Championship, where all 13 teams will compete and have a chance to win the title. Maridoe is a par-72 layout measuring 7,535 yards.

Last year, Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers GC took home the title, and this week, they have the top seed and a quarterfinal bye. The Team Championship format features three days of competition with match and stroke play involved.

On Sunday, Jon Rahm won 2024 LIV Golf Chicago, and in the process he claimed the individual championship and the $18 million prize.

Here's everything you need to know about the 2024 LIV Golf Team Championship.

Every team will compete

Brooks Koepka of Smash GC talks with his caddie Ricky Elliott on the 16th hole during day three of the LIV Golf Invitational - Las Vegas at Las Vegas Country Club on February 10, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Initially, only 12 of the 13 LIV Golf teams were going to compete in the Team Championship. Thanks to a rule change, the last-place team, Kevin Na's IronHeads GC, will be in the field as the 13th-seeded team.

The quarterfinals will consist of five matches between teams, with Brooks Koepka's Smash GC having the ability to pick which team it wants to play. Then the next highest seed will pick its opponent, and so on. Five teams will advance into the semifinals to complete the bracket.

LIV Golf match play is comprised of two singles matches and then a foursomes match. Team Captains may opt to participate in the singles or foursomes matchups.

Quarterfinal byes

Tyrrell Hatton of Legion XIII gets soaked in champagne at The Grove. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-USA TODAY Sports

Three teams earned quarterfinal byes based off their 2024 regular season performance: Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers GC, the defending champions of LIV Golf, Jon Rahm's Legion XIII and Cameron Smith's Ripper GC.

In a similar format to the quarterfinals, Crushers GC will have the choice to pick who it wants to play in the quarterfinals, followed by Legion XIII and then Ripper GC. The remaining two teams will battle it out in the fourth semifinal match.

Match play to stroke play

Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert, Cameron Smith, and Matt Jones of Ripper GC celebrate winning the team competition after the final round of LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide on April 28, 2024. (Photo by Brenton Edwards / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE -- (Photo by BRENTON EDWARDS/AFP via Getty Images)

The four semifinal winners will advance to Sunday, when the team championship switches from match play to stroke play.

In stroke play, similar to the final round of the 13 regular-season LIV Golf events, will count all four scores, and the team with the lowest score will determine the champion.

Schedule of events

Fans watch a parachute land during the final round of the LIV Golf Chicago tournament at Bolingbrook Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images

Friday, Sept. 20: Shotgun start, 12:15 p.m. ET

Saturday, Sept. 21: Shotgun start, 12:15 p.m. ET

Sunday, Sept. 22: Shotgun start, 12:05 p.m. ET

Gates and hospitality areas will open at 10 a.m. ET each day.

Prize money

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Yes, there is money up for grabs at the Team Championship. $50 million, in fact. There's a twist, however, as 60 percent of the winnings will go to each team while the leftover 40 percent will go to the players, or 10 percent of the total per player.

The winning team will earn $14 million, with $5.6 million of that divided evenly among the four players. Second place is awarded $8 million with third place earning $6 million. Eleven teams will earn seven-figure paydays, with the team placing last earning $600,000.

How to watch

Brooks Koepka celebrates on the podium after winning the 2024 LIV Golf Singapore at Sentosa Golf Club. (Photo: Lionel Ng/Getty Images)

Friday, Sept. 20: 12-5 p.m. ET, CW App and LIV Golf Plus

Saturday, Sept. 21: 12-5 p.m. ET, The CW, CW App and LIV Golf Plus

Sunday, Sept. 22: 12-5 p.m. ET, The CW, CW App and LIV Golf Plus

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: How does the 2024 LIV Golf Team Championship work? Explaining the format, scoring, prize money and more