LIV Golf: Caddies may not be too excited about the change the Saudi-backed series made for its team championship
The first LIV Golf Series season comes to a close this week in Miami, Florida, at the circuit’s team championship.
Trump National Dural will host and the Saudi-backed league has announced another change to the format.
Earlier this year, Greg Norman posted to social media that LIV would allow their players to wear shorts during competitive rounds. This change was just another aspect LIV introduced to distance themselves from the PGA Tour — 54-hole events, no cut, shotgun starts.
Now, rangefinders will also be allowed.
On Tuesday, LIV Golf took to Twitter to announce that distance measuring devices during rounds will now be excepted, although elevation change calculation (slope reading) will be prohibited.
For #LIVGolfMiami Team Championship 2022, Distance Measuring Devices are permitted during the tournament for obtaining information on distance. Please note: Measuring elevation changes are prohibited.
— LIVGolfComms (@LIVGolfComms) October 25, 2022
In 2021, rangefinders were allowed during the PGA Championship.
If you’re unfamiliar with how the LIV team championship will work, read up on it here.
