{"id":48568,"date":"2025-08-06T19:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/48568\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T19:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:24:10","slug":"liv-golf-confirms-return-to-virginia-for-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/48568\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf confirms return to Virginia for 2026 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI am thrilled to welcome LIV Golf back to Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C.,\u201d said Eric Trump, Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization. \u201cWhen we last hosted at Trump D.C, we set all-time attendance records\u2014and this year will be even bigger. I look forward to showcasing one of the nation\u2019s most iconic golf venues and welcoming back many of the world\u2019s greatest golfers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This past June, Robert Trent Jones Golf Club hosted LIV Golf Virginia presented by Maaden, where Torque GC captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/joaquin-niemann\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joaquin Niemann<\/a> bested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/graeme-mcdowell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Graeme McDowell<\/a> (Smash GC) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/anirban-lahiri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anirban Lahiri<\/a> (Crushers GC) by one shot for the individual title. In the team competition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/crushers-gc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crushers GC<\/a>, led by captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/bryson-dechambeau\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryson DeChambeau<\/a>, secured their second team title of the season. The League now returns to the venue from 2023, where record crowds witnessed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/harold-varner-iii\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harold Varner III<\/a> claim the individual title and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/torque-gc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Torque GC<\/a> raise the team trophy. Featuring rolling terrain, water-lined fairways, and dramatic sightlines along the Potomac River, the course demands precision from the sport\u2019s very best.<\/p>\n<p>The LIV Golf field is comprised of 14 major champions with a combined 28 major championships, bringing many of the sport\u2019s biggest names to Virginia once again. In addition to Niemann, McDowell, Lahiri, and DeChambeau, fans can expect to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/brooks-koepka\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooks Koepka<\/a> (Smash GC), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/phil-mickelson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Mickelson<\/a> (HyFlyers GC), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/cameron-smith\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Smith<\/a> (Ripper GC), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/dustin-johnson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dustin Johnson<\/a> (4Aces GC), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/jon-rahm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Rahm<\/a> (Legion XIII), and many more competing throughout the three-day event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI am thrilled to welcome LIV Golf back to Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C.,\u201d said Eric Trump,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-48568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}