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LIV Golf gets ready for year three in Great Britain

By Samuel Blatchford

Uttoxeter, England – LIV Golf returns to England for the third consecutive year, this time at JCB Golf and Country Club in Uttoxeter, England. Six English players will be competing on home soil.

Earlier this year, LIV signed a multi-year naming rights deal with JCB for their LIV Golf UK tournaments

The Course

JCB Golf and Country Club is located in Uttoxeter, England opened in 2018 and has become one of England’s best new clubs

Par 71 | 7,255 yardage

JCB was designed by Robin Hiseman of European Golf Design and made Golf Monthly’s list of 10 Most Exclusive Golf Clubs in the UK

Water features are prominent throughout the course: Holes 1 and 3 are next to the Uttoxeter Canal and Holes 5, 11 and 12 highlight the Alders Brook.

The island green 17th is the longest par 3 on the course at 244 yards

Creeping Bent grass is on the greens with a projected green speed of 11

They’re Coming Home

The tournament welcomes back English born players Tyrrell Hatton (Legion XIII), Lee Westwood (Majesticks GC), Ian Poulter (Majesticks GC), Sam Horsfield (Majesticks GC), Richard Bland (Stingers GC) and Paul Casey (Crushers GC).

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