2024 Season in Review: Crushers GC

Third in a series of stories reviewing the 2024 season for each of the 13 LIV Golf League teams.

Previous reviews: 4Aces | Cleeks

CRUSHERS QUICK REVIEW

TEAM

After winning the Team Championship in 2023, the Crushers followed with an impressive regular season in 2024, winning three tournament titles, including the last regular-seaon event in Chicago to clinch the No. 1 seeding. But their title defense the following week in Dallas fizzled with an upset loss to 13th-seeded Iron Heads GC in the semifinals.

PLAYERS (final points ranking)

Bryson DeChambeau (8): Consistent but not spectacular, as his best LIV Golf result was a T3 in Nashville, his only podium finish. Made up for his lack of individual trophies on LIV Golf with his second career major title at the U.S. Open.

Paul Casey (11): Returned to form after a frustrating 2023 regular season, and nearly broke through with his first LIV Golf win, making the playoff in Hong Kong.

Anirban Lahiri (16): His runner-up finish in Andalucía was his fourth career second-place showing in LIV Golf. A mostly rollercoaster season of results but still highly productive.

Charles Howell III (32): Missed four tournaments due to a stress fracture in his left tibia; otherwise, he likely would’ve finished in the Lock Zone.

TEAM OVERVIEW

Wins: 3
Podiums: 7
Points Finishes: 12
Seed: 1st
Team Championship: T7

COUNTING SCORES (league ranking)

Round 1: 100 under (2nd)
Round 2: 114 under (2nd)
Round 3: 96 under (1st)
Total: 310 under (1st)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Secured No. 1 seed for first time by winning regular-season finale in Chicago

• Won back-to-back team titles in Jeddah and Houston

• Team finished with points in all but one tournament

• Runner-up finishes by Lahiri (playoff in Andalucía) and Casey (playoff in Hong Kong) were team’s best individual results

• Only team with three players finishing inside top 20 in points – DeChambeau 8th, Casey 11th, Lahiri 16th

• Team led league in fairways hit and scrambling while DeChambeau led league in driving distance

• Beyond LIV Golf, DeChambeau won the second major title of his career at U.S. Open

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Semifinals: Lost to Iron Heads, 3-0. DeChambeau lost to Lee 2 up. Casey lost to S. Vincent 1 up. Lahiri-Howell lost to Na-Kozuma, 3 and 1.

Finals (Tier 2): T7 at 2 under. Casey 69, Lahiri 71, DeChambeau 73, Howell III 73.

REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

LEAGUE RANKINGS