Staff WriterIf you thought the off-season was where golf put its feet up and stared wistfully into the pantry, LIV Golf has other plans. Tonight, Thursday, January 22, at 9 p.m. EST on FS1, the league is teeing up The LIV Golf Showcase—a one-hour awards special built to bottle the best of the 2025 season, then shake it like a fizzy drink near expensive carpets. Miss it live? It’ll be available on LIV Golf’s YouTube channel after the initial telecast, because modern fandom rarely agrees to be on time.
The concept is part awards show, part locker-room chatter, part animated fever dream—in a good way. Rather than trotting out the usual ballroom-and-microphone routine, The LIV Golf Showcase plays out on an interactive, animated 18-hole course, mixing trophies with challenges, candid conversations, and the kind of storytelling that tries to make golf feel like it has a soundtrack even when it’s silent.
A host with broadcast polish—and a guest who knows the internet’s pulse
Fronting the show is newly named LIV Golf Broadcaster Henni Zuël, with golf content creator Fat Perez popping in as a special guest. The cast list reads like a world ranking with a personality upgrade: Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Cam Smith, Tyrrell Hatton, Joaquin Niemann, Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson, David Puig, Ian Poulter, and more.
There’s also a nod to the new faces joining the party: newly signed LIV Golf players Björn Hellgren, Richard T. Lee, Victor Perez, and Yosuke Asaji. If you’re counting storylines, that’s fresh talent layered onto an already opinionated ecosystem—exactly the kind of thing this league likes to turn into content.
What the Showcase is actually doing (besides being shiny)
The show aims to map the “how” and “why” of the 2025 LIV Golf season—breakthroughs, rivalries, team arcs, and those moments that made you either cheer, groan, or text someone a screenshot at an ungodly hour. It’s produced by EverWonder Studio and Lost Tribe Productions, with the stated goal of blending dynamic visual storytelling and behind-the-scenes insight into a single, watchable sprint.
And unlike awards shows that feel decided in a back room over lukewarm coffee, this one leans on a mix of player voting, fan participation, and committee input. Translation: the golfers get a say, the fans get a say, and the grown-ups make sure the whole thing doesn’t spiral into chaos. Probably.
Awards to watch: players, fans, committees—and one for impact
Here’s how the categories break down, and why they matter:
Player-Voted Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Breakout Star of the Year
- Clutch Player of the Year
- Caddie of the Year
- Comeback Player of the Year
Player-voted hardware is always spicy, because pros are rarely sentimental and never unanimous. If someone wins “Clutch,” it’s because their peers have felt the pressure of trying to beat them when it mattered.
Fan-Voted Awards
- Under the Influence: Best Golf Influencer Moment of the Year
- Best of the Duels: Best Head-to-Head Duels of the 2025 Season
This is LIV Golf leaning into what it’s been building all along: golf as a live competition and an always-on conversation. Influencer moments and duels are essentially the league admitting what everyone already knows—people don’t just watch golf now; they discuss it, clip it, remix it, and argue about it.
Committee-Voted Awards
- Shot of the Year: The Most Incredible Single Shot of the 2025 Season
- Simply the Best: 15 Awards Recognizing Individual Excellence
“Shot of the Year” is the category that can define an entire season in one replay loop. And “Simply the Best” sounds like a generous sweep of recognition—because in a league built on personalities, the job is to spotlight more than one hero.
League-Directed Awards
- The Impact Award: Presented to the team leading LIV Golf’s Impact initiative based on charitable efforts during the 2025 season
This is the league putting a formal frame around the philanthropic work done across the season—an attempt to ensure the legacy isn’t only measured in birdies and bravado.
The league’s bigger message: broadcast ambition, bigger reach
LIV Golf isn’t shy about what this is really about: expanding the way it packages the product. And it said so plainly.
“The LIV Golf Showcase is a reflection of our ambition to evolve our content experience and broadcast presentation,” said Chris Heck, President of Business Operations of LIV Golf. “LIV Golf’s competitive platform delivers a powerful duel narrative – elite individual and team competition, set to the backdrop of the world’s most iconic locations – featuring the intense personalities and cultural storylines that make LIV Golf distinctive. As fans look ahead, they should expect LIV Golf content to reimagine broadcast presentation. Through our relationship with FOX Sports, the LIV Golf Showcase will reach audiences throughout North America.”
That quote does two things at once: it frames the awards show as entertainment, and it frames the league as a media property with a strategy—one built around FOX Sports distribution, narrative-driven coverage, and a deliberate push to “reimagine” how golf shows up on screens.
A neat runway into 2026: Riyadh first, then the world
The timing is no accident. The LIV Golf Showcase arrives just before the 2026 LIV Golf season begins February 4–7 with ROSHN Group LIV Golf Riyadh at Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia. From there, the schedule spans 14 events in 10 countries across five continents, rolling on through Adelaide, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, the United States, the United Kingdom—and, notably, LIV Golf’s first-ever event in South Africa (March 19–22).
In other words: this isn’t a season recap so much as a trailer for what comes next, with the 2025 highlights doing the heavy lifting to sell the 2026 ride.
LIV Golf Showcase viewing details
- When: Tonight, Thursday, January 22 — 9 p.m. EST
- Where: FS1
- Streaming after: LIV Golf YouTube channel (following the initial telecast)
FAQs
What is The LIV Golf Showcase?
A one-hour LIV Golf awards special celebrating standout performances, moments, and players from the 2025 season, presented on an animated interactive 18-hole course.
Who is hosting The LIV Golf Showcase?
Henni Zuël hosts, with golf content creator Fat Perez appearing as a special guest.
How are the awards decided?
A blend of player voting, fan participation, and committee/consultant input, depending on the category.
When does the 2026 LIV Golf season start?
February 4–7 at ROSHN Group LIV Golf Riyadh at Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia.
Where is LIV Golf going in 2026?
A global schedule across five continents, including Adelaide, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, the U.S., the U.K., and the league’s first event in South Africa (March 19–22).
