LIV Golf Brings Its Season Finale—and Questions About Its Future—to Hamilton County

World-class golfers descend on Chatham Hills as Westfield becomes the center of the professional golf world.

WESTFIELD, Ind. — LIV Golf has returned to Hamilton County this weekend, bringing Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson, Joaquin Niemann, Cameron Smith, Sergio Garcia and other internationally recognized players to The Club at Chatham Hills for the league’s unexpectedly consequential 2026 season finale.

Although the tournament is frequently described as taking place in Carmel or Indianapolis, the course is located at 1100 Chatham Hills Boulevard in Westfield, just north of Carmel. The four-day competition began Thursday and concludes Sunday, August 23.

This is LIV Golf’s second consecutive appearance at Chatham Hills, but the stakes have changed considerably since the original schedule was announced. LIV recently canceled its planned Team Championship in Michigan, making the Westfield tournament the final event of the entire 2026 season. Individual honors, team standings and questions about the league’s future have all converged on one Hamilton County golf course.

For Indiana sports fans, that means this is no routine tournament stop. The professional golf world is watching Westfield.

Chatham Hills gets a global showcase

The Club at Chatham Hills is hosting a 57-player field consisting of 13 four-player teams and five wild-card entrants. Unlike the traditional PGA Tour format, LIV uses shotgun starts, sending players onto different holes simultaneously and creating action across the course from the opening moment.

This year’s event has also expanded to four rounds and 72 holes. The competition began Thursday afternoon, with Friday’s second round starting at 12:15 p.m. Play begins Saturday at 11:15 a.m., followed by Sunday’s final round at 2:05 p.m. LIV Golf’s official Indianapolis schedule⁠

Laurie Canter delivered the tournament’s first major performance Thursday, shooting an eight-under-par 62 to establish a one-stroke individual lead.

Cameron Smith and wild-card entrant Richard T. Lee followed closely behind.

Canter’s Majesticks Golf Club also led the team competition at 17 under par after the opening round, two strokes ahead of Ripper GC and Legion XIII. The fast start gave the Majesticks their best team round in several years and established an early storyline for the weekend. LIV Golf’s first-round recap⁠

The field still contains enough major-championship experience and explosive scoring ability to make the final three rounds unpredictable. DeChambeau remains one of golf’s largest attractions, capable of turning nearly any course into a test of raw power. Rahm brings relentless consistency, while Niemann, Johnson, Smith, Garcia and Lee Westwood give the tournament a collection of familiar