Multiple LIV Golf Teams To Be Renamed For 2023 League

A number of LIV teams will be getting new names and logos ahead of the full LIV Golf League launch

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Around half of the current 12 LIV Golf teams will be renamed for 2023, Golf Monthly understands.

Of those, it is understood that Sergio Garcia's Fireballs GC will be getting a new name along with Bubba Watson's Niblicks GC and Brooks Koepka's Smash GC. Garcia had previously announced that the Fireballs would be getting re-branded. "Exciting news, my team is set and we'll soon be changing the logo and the name of the team so very excited to have all these things going on," Garcia said ahead of the second event in Portland.

Most of the other LIV Golf teams will be getting re-branded, it's understood, which could include new logos and colors.

The inaugural season of LIV Golf Invitational tournaments was always seen as a pilot year, with 2023 and the launch of the 14-event LIV Golf League being how LIV was envisioned. It is understood the 12 team names and branding were thought up just to get the pilot series' teams off the ground, with captains and team owners who inherited the franchises free to change them.

The 2023 calendar could also see players wear team uniforms or team colors, which may still be undecided due to players' sponsorship agreements.

Next year's LIV Golf League is set to get underway in February, with new tournaments potentially lined up in Australia, Singapore, Spain, Arizona, California and also Mexico or Canada. A total of $405m will be up for grabs in the 2023 league.

There will be new signings announced for the upcoming season, although no announcements are expected until next year. One player linked with moving to LIV is Chile's Mito Pereira, with Torque GC captain Joaquin Niemann said to be very keen to have his countryman join up.

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


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