LIV GOLF BEDMINSTER PREVIEW: NOTES ON THE 12 TEAMS

Teams listed in order of current point standings

4ACES GC

Current individual points standings: Patrick Reed (6), Dustin Johnson (8), Peter Uihlein (11), Pat Perez (21)

Team followed its win in London with a 12th place finish in Greenbrier

No player finished with points (top 24) in Greenbrier, first time that has happened to the team

Team leads league in par-5 scoring this season (207 under)

Scoring averages in 2023: Johnson (68.7), Reed (68.8), Uihlein (68.9), Perez (69.4)

TORQUE GC

Current individual points standings: Mito Pereira (4), Sebastián Muñoz (10), Joaquin Niemann (26), David Puig (27)

Team bounced back from its only non-points finish of season in London by winning in Greenbrier, its fourth team title this season

Team set a LIV record with a winning counting score of 49 under

Pereira’s 62 in Rd. 2 Greenbrier is his lowest LIV round, and his 2nd place finish is his best result

Scoring averages in 2023: Pereira (68.5), Muñoz (68.7), Niemann (69.2), Puig (69.6)

STINGER GC

Current individual points standings: Branden Grace (7), Dean Burmester (15), Louis Oosthuizen (18), Charl Schwartzel (38)

Team’s 3rd place in Greenbrier is its fourth podium finish in last five tournaments

Burmester has led the field in driving distance in three of the last four tournaments

Schwartzel withdrew during Rd. 3 Greenbrier with an injury; his status for Bedminster is TBD

Scoring averages in 2023: Grace (68.7), Burmester (68.9), Oosthuizen (69.3), Schwartzel (70.4)

RANGEGOATS GC

Current individual points standings: Talor Gooch (1), Harold Varner III (9), Thomas Pieters (34), Bubba Watson (36)

Only team this season with points finishes (top 8) in first 10 tournaments

Varner’s 6th place in Greenbrier is his fourth top-10 points finish in last six League tournaments

Gooch is only team member who competed in 2022 LIV Golf Bedminster

Scoring averages in 2023: Gooch (68.0), Varner (68.7), Pieters (69.7), Watson (70.1)

CRUSHERS GC

Current individual points standings: Bryson DeChambeau (5), Charles Howell III (12), Anirban Lahiri (22), Paul Casey (33)

DeChambeau’s record-setting 58 fueled 20-under counting score in Rd. 3 Greenbrier, tying for team’s lowest counting score in a single round this season

Team’s 2nd place in Greenbrier is its fourth podium finish of the season and best result since winning season-opener in Mayakoba

DeChambeau’s active streak of 20 consecutive rounds under par is longest in LIV history

Scoring averages in 2023: DeChambeau (68.5), Howell (69.1), Lahiri (69.4), Casey (69.8)

FIREBALLS GC

Current individual points standings: Carlos Ortiz (13), Sergio Garcia (16), Eugenio Chacarra (31), Abraham Ancer (41)

Team’s 19 under total in Rd. 3 Greenbrier was its best counting score of the season

Ancer’s 4-under 66 in Rd. 3 Greenbrier is the lowest non-counting score in the League this season

Team rallied from 9th to 5th in Rd. 3 Greenbrier to finish with points for eighth time this season

Scoring averages in 2023: Ortiz (68.9), Garcia (69.0), Chacarra (69.9), Ancer (69.9)

SMASH GC

Current individual points standings: Brooks Koepka (3), Jason Kokrak (19), Matthew Wolff (20), Chase Koepka (48)

Wolff’s 61 in Rd. 1 Greenbrier is lowest round shot by a team member in 2023

Wolff’s 5th-place finish in Greenbrier matches his best result of the season

B. Koepka saw his streak of 29 consecutive counting scores snapped in Rd. 2 Greenbrier

Scoring averages in 2023: B. Koepka (68.3), Kokrak (68.8), Wolff (70.3), C. Koepka (71.7)

RIPPER GC

Current individual points standings: Cameron Smith (2), Marc Leishman (30), Matt Jones (35), Jediah Morgan (46)

Smith leads League in putting as well as par-3 scoring (-12)

Smith’s LIV-record streak of 33 consecutive counting rounds snapped in Rd. 3 Greenbrier

Team finished 11th in Greenbrier, its third non-podium result in last four events

Scoring averages in 2023: Smith (68.2), Leishman (69.3), Jones (70.1), Morgan (71.9)

HYFLYERS GC

Current individual points standings: Cameron Tringale (14), Brendan Steele (17), Phil Mickelson (44), James Piot (47)

Team’s 4th place finish in Greenbrier ties for its best points result this season (also 4th in Adelaide)

Tringale is only League player to finish with individual points (top 24) in all 10 starts in 2023

Steele’s 10th place in Greenbrier is his best result in his last eight LIV events

Scoring averages in 2023: Tringale (68.4), Steele (69.0), Mickelson (70.5), Piot (71.2)

MAJESTICKS GC

Current individual points standings: Henrik Stenson (25), Ian Poulter (32), *Sam Horsfield (39), Laurie Canter (40), Lee Westwood (45) (*-injured)

Poulter’s active streak of 118 consecutive par 5s at par or better is LIV Golf record

Team’s second place finish in Bedminster last year is its best result in LIV history

Stenson’s best result since winning in Bedminster last year is a 5th place this year in DC

Scoring averages in 2023: Stenson (69.4), Poulter (69.6), Canter (69.9), Westwood (70.7)

IRON HEADS GC

Current individual points standings: Danny Lee (24), Kevin Na (28), Scott Vincent (29), Sihwan Kim (50)

Team finished 10th in Greenbrier and has claimed just one team point in last five events

Lee, playoff winner in Tucson, starts this week on the bubble (24th) inside the Lock Zone

Vincent’s 14th in Greenbrier is his best points finish since 4th place in Singapore

Scoring averages in 2023: Vincent (69.3), Na (69.5), Lee (70.0), Kim (74.5)

CLEEKS GC

Current individual points standings: Richard Bland (23), Graeme McDowell (42), Bernd Wiesberger (43), Martin Kaymer (49)

Bland’s 3rd place finish in Greenbrier is first podium result (individual or team) this season

Bland moved inside the Lock Zone (top 24 in points) after starting the week in 32nd

Team has finished with points in three of the last four tournaments

Scoring averages in 2023: Bland (69.4), McDowell 70.3), Wiesberger (70.4), Kaymer (71.4)