LIV Golf isn't backing down from the PGA Tour in how it scheduled its first 4 events of 2025

LIV Golf will lean into its strategy of reaching out to global markets at the start of its 2025 season. And it will do so while also staring down its competition at the PGA Tour.

LIV Golf officials revealed Tuesady night the first four events on what’s expected to be a 14-tournament schedule for next year. The season will kick off Feb. 6-8 in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, with a second event the following week at The Grange Golf Club in Adelaide, Australia.

In March, the league will then compete in back-to-back weeks in Hong Kong (March 7-9) and Singapore (March 14-16).

In all four cases, LIV is returning to tournament venues where it has played in its first three seasons. The Grange stop in Australia has twice hosted tournaments and has drawn the largest crowds and best support of any LIV event since the league launched in June 2022.

“As we set our sights on 2025, LIV Golf is gearing up for our most ambitious season start, to date,” said Greg Norman, LIV Golf Commissioner and CEO, in a press release. “Since our debut in 2022, LIV Golf has played 34 tournaments in nine different countries across four continents. We are a global league with a global footprint, and we’re excited to kick off next season with four truly international events that will deliver our unique blend of elite golf, entertainment and culture to fans around the world.”

Most notable about the release of the early schedule is what events the LIV tournaments will be going up against on the PGA Tour. The opener in Saudi Arabia at Riyadh Golf Club is the same week as the PGA Tour’s WM Phoenix Open, and the event in Australia will coincide with the Genesis Invitational, the PGA Tour signature event hosted by Tiger Woods. Meanwhile, LIV’s Hong Kong spot will be played the same week as the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Singapore overlaps with the week of The Players.

Indeed, the release of the schedule, as was the case when the PGA Tour revealed its 2025 calendar earlier this summer, signals that while the two sides are in the midst of negotiations to see if they can come together form a partnership, any union of the two is still at least a year away if not more.

There are two events remaining on LIV’s 2024 schedule. LIV’s regular season concludes next week with a stop in Chicago at Bolingbrook Golf Club. A week later, LIV hosts its season-ending team championship in Dallas at Maridoe Golf Club.