Some of the players on the Greg Norman run circuit even making a trip across the pond to play the BMW PGA at Wentworth in between the two events and finding form, despite receiving a less than welcome reception from the DP World Tour and some of its players.

Unlike at the Boston event, when six new players were unveiled including Cam Smith and Marc Leishman, this week has been relatively quiet on the signing front with the exception of top amateur David Puig turning pro and taking his place. The Spaniard having played two LIV events as an amateur.

With the players remaining largely the same, the team rosters have now taken a seemingly more permanent form, including the Smith led ‘Punch GC’ featuring an all Australian line up of Leishman, Matt Jones and Wade Ormsby.

As was the case in Boston, the Chicago event takes place at a course nearly an hour’s drive out of the centre of the ‘Windy City’. This week’s host venue an ultra-exclusive private club in Sugar Grove.

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Inaugural event.

COURSE: What started as a six-hole “backyard” course with multiple tees and pins to allow 18-hole play, Rich Harvest Farms belongs to Jerry Rich who made his money in technology innovation.

RIGHT: Dustin Johnson provided LIV's most exciting finish last time the Tour was on display near Boston. PHOTO: Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via Getty Images.

Rich designed the original course in 1990 with Augusta National as his inspiration, before Greg Martin was brought in and an 18-hole course was developed that hosted the 2009 Solheim Cup.

Measuring over 7,700 yards, the par-72 traverses undulating terrain through heavily tree-lined corridors, with water a regular challenge in addition to expansive bunkering.

The shaping of the bunkers and mowing lines mean there is no mistaking Rich Harvest Farms for a course mostly shaped by nature, but it will be exceptionally presented this week and is built for exciting golf, something Norman and his Saudi financiers will be hoping has made its way to the Midwest from the east coast.

PRIZEMONEY: US$25,000,000 ($20 million for the individual event; $5 million to be split among the leading teams)

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PLAYERS TO WATCH: Top of this list has to be Dustin Johnson after his impressive win at The International near Boston.

Johnson hammered in his eagle putt on the first play-off hole following 54-holes and level scores with Anirban Lahiri and Joaquin Niemann to claim his first LIV win after being the first signing that grabbed major headlines.

The former World No.1 certainly won’t have it all his own way as the LIV Golf stocks have improved of late, and some of his fellow ‘4 Aces’ teammates were right in the mix at Wentworth.

Cam Smith almost made the perfect start to his LIV career last time, but a late stumble saw him miss a spot in sudden-death, and the Queenslander is likely to feature here again.

Rich Harvest Farms was last on worldwide display during the Solheim Cup in 2009 and owner Jerry Rich will surely have been tinkering with the layout since. PHOTO: David Cannon/Getty Images.

Dropping to No.3 on the world rankings this week with points not available at LIV events, Smith missed out on PGA Tour Player of the Year honours last week but is having a magnificent year and should find Rich Harvest Farms right in his wheelhouse.

Talor Gooch and Patrick Reed were the best of this group at the BMW PGA, and will be hoping their form holds on their travels back stateside.

Gooch went to England chasing world ranking points, and has more than likely secured a Masters invite following his fourth place that elevated him to No.35 on the rankings.

For his part, Reed has been plenty vocal over the last week on the topic of playing on the formerly European Tour and his law suit against Brandel Chamblee and the Golf Channel.

But The Masters winner let his clubs do the talking on Sunday with a final round of 63 that had him atop the leaderboard as the later starters tried to chase down his mark.

Reed ultimately finished in a share of fifth, but as anyone who pays attention to professional golf knows, the American plays his best golf when he is making headlines, wrong reasons or right, and he will be dangerous around a course that mimics Augusta.

Another player who likes tree lined courses with sloping terrain and big bunkers, despite growing up on something quite different, is Warrnambool’s own Marc Leishman.

Leishman has been trying to consistently find his best all year, but a second round 64 in Massachusetts will have the Victorian feeling positive about his chances.

Niemann is another big signing for Norman who has eschewed the Presidents Cup next week in favour of LIV’s riches and showed just why he was high on the priority list for the new circuit last time out.

Lee Westwood and Abraham Ancer were two others to put some good scores on the board at Wentworth that could figure here, while Sergio Garcia won’t likely repeat his mid-event change of heart about playing this week.

AUSTRALIANS IN THE FIELD: Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Jed Morgan and Wade Ormsby

COVERAGE: Beginning Friday local time, coverage will be available via the LIV Golf website, YouTube and Facebook channels.