The format changed in 2026
LIV’s announcement replaces the original three-day, 54-hole programme with four days and 72 holes from 2026. Its current format page identifies 57 players: 52 attached to 13 four-player teams, plus five wild cards. These are the current stated numbers, rather than an assumption that the launch-era field and format stayed unchanged.
One round contributes to two competitions
In a regular-season event, each player has an individual stroke-play score. For the teams, all four players’ scores count in each round under the current format page. An individual leaderboard and a team leaderboard therefore measure related but different outcomes. One player can lead individually while their team trails another four-player group.
A shotgun start changes how to read progress
The organiser describes groups beginning simultaneously on different holes. A player starting on the tenth can complete the eighteenth before playing the first. The hole number alone is therefore not a count of how much of their round is finished. Use the through-holes indicator alongside score when comparing two players in a live leaderboard.
Event wins and season titles are distinct
The format page describes the Individual Championship standings being finalised after the first 13 events, before the season-ending Team Championship. A single tournament’s winner and the season’s points leader are different titles. The special Team Championship also has its own match-play structure, so the regular stroke-play description should not be applied to every phase of that event.
Use the specific event programme
LIV says most 2026 events run Thursday to Sunday, with Riyadh a Wednesday-to-Saturday exception. That exception shows why a general weekly pattern is not an exact appointment. The league also announced a UK and Ireland TNT Sports agreement. Check the actual round and applicable current offer rather than inferring that a league reference supplies a broadcaster subscription or that every programme is the same live feed.