Live on Sky Sports Golf from Thursday, the tournament in Scotland features an individual event for the professionals – and a crucial one at that amid the closing weeks of the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai – and a team competition in which the pros are paired with amateurs in rounds across three famous links courses – St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns – ahead of a final round at the Old Course for the top performers on Sunday.
And the announcement of the pro-am pairings and playing groups for the week has proved to be eye-catching.
Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour commissioner, and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, who is the governor of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) which bankrolls LIV, are both present in Scotland and will play in a group alongside each other and their respective professional player in Thursday’s first round.