LIV GOLF GREENBRIER PREVIEW: NOTES ON THE 12 TEAMS

Teams listed in order of current point standings

4ACES GC

Current individual points standings: Patrick Reed (4), Dustin Johnson (5), Peter Uihlein (9), Pat Perez (19)

With win in London, team posted its sixth podium finish of season

Team has ranked No. 1 in standings after eight consecutive tournaments

Only team with all four players inside Lock Zone (top 24 in points)

Scoring averages in 2023: Reed (68.8), Johnson (68.8), Uihlein (68.9), Perez (69.3)

TORQUE GC

Current individual points standings: Sebastián Muñoz (8), Mito Pereira (10), Joaquin Niemann (24), David Puig (30)

Team suffered its first non-points finish of season in London (10th place)

Team leads League in par-4 scoring (29 under)

Niemann’s win at Greenbrier in 2019 was his eighth career professional win

Scoring averages in 2023: Pereira (68.9), Muñoz (69.0), Niemann (69.4), Puig (70.1)

RANGEGOATS GC

Current individual points standings: Talor Gooch (1), Harold Varner III (7), Thomas Pieters (34), Bubba Watson (36)

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

Gooch’s three individual wins are the most in LIV Golf history

Pieter’s 10th place points finish in London is his best LIV Golf result

Scoring averages in 2023: Gooch (68.2), Varner (69.0), Pieters (69.7), Watson (70.3)

STINGER GC

Current individual points standings: Branden Grace (6), Dean Burmester (15), Louis Oosthuizen (17), Charl Schwartzel (38)

Team’s 3rd place in London is third podium finish in last four tournaments

Schwartzel’s 395-yard drive in Tucson is longest by any LIV golfer this season

Oosthuizen’s active streak of 191 holes without a three-putt is fourth longest in LIV history

Scoring averages in 2023: Grace (69.1), Burmester (69.3), Oosthuizen (69.5), Schwartzel (70.6)

CRUSHERS GC

Current individual points standings: Charles Howell III (11), Bryson DeChambeau (13), Anirban Lahiri (21), Paul Casey (33)

Team leads League in scrambling this season at 65% (395 of 609)

DeChambeau’s active streak of 17 consecutive rounds under par is longest in LIV history

Casey expected to return after WD (injury) during final round in London

Scoring averages in 2023: DeChambeau (69.1), Howell (69.4), Lahiri (69.8), Casey (70.0)

FIREBALLS GC

Current individual points standings: Carlos Ortiz (14), Sergio Garcia (16), Eugenio Chacarra (29), Abraham Ancer (41)

Team has finished with points (top 8) in seven of first nine events

Ancer’s 16th place points finish in London is his best result of season

Garcia is 20 under in par-4 scoring, tied for third best in League

Scoring averages in 2023: Ortiz (69.3), Garcia (69.3), Chacarra (70.1), Ancer (70.2)

SMASH GC

Current individual points standings: Brooks Koepka (3), Jason Kokrak (18), Matthew Wolff (27), Chase Koepka (47)

B. Koepka has finished in points (top 24) in seven consecutive tournaments

B. Koepka leads League in par-5 scoring (54 under)

Kokrak is 20 under in par-4 scoring, tied for third best in League

Scoring averages in 2023: B. Koepka (68.3), Kokrak (69.0), Wolff (71.0), C. Koepka (72.0)

RIPPER GC

Current individual points standings: Cameron Smith (2), Marc Leishman (26), Matt Jones (35), Jediah Morgan (44)

Smith’s win in London is his second career LIV victory and sixth consecutive top-12 LIV finish

Team’s runner-up finish in London is its best LIV result

Leishman’s third-place points finish in London is his best LIV result

Scoring averages in 2023: Smith (68.2), Leishman (69.4), Jones (70.4), Morgan (72.0)

MAJESTICKS GC

Current individual points standings: Henrik Stenson (23), Ian Poulter (31), *Sam Horsfield (39), Laurie Canter (40), Lee Westwood (45) (*-injured)

Poulter’s active streak of 112 consecutive par 5s at par or better is LIV Golf record

Poulter’s 11th place in London is best result this season among the four active members

Canter led field in fairways hit in London

Scoring averages in 2023: Stenson (69.6), Poulter (69.8), Canter (70.2), Westwood (71.2)

HYFLYERS GC

Current individual points standings: Cameron Tringale (12), Brendan Steele (20), Phil Mickelson (43), James Piot (49)

Tringale’s 8th place in London is his third consecutive top-10 points finish

Tringale has finished with individual points (top 24) in all nine starts in 2023

Piot has team’s longest drive this season (355 yards, Orlando, Rd. 2)

Scoring averages in 2023: Tringale (68.7), Steele (69.4), Mickelson (70.8), Piot (71.7)

IRON HEADS GC

Current individual points standings: Danny Lee (22), Kevin Na (25), Scott Vincent (28), Sihwan Kim (50)

Lee (2015), Na (2018) have won professional events at Greenbrier

Na’s 15th place in London is his seventh points finish of season

Lee has finished in points once in seven starts since winning in Tucson

Scoring averages in 2023: Na (69.4), Vincent (69.6), Lee (70.1), Kim (75.0)

CLEEKS GC

Current individual points standings: Richard Bland (32), Graeme McDowell (42), Bernd Wiesberger (46), Martin Kaymer (48)

Team’s 6th place in London is best finish in last six tournaments

Bland’s 6th in London is best individual result by any team member in 2023

Team is 3rd in fairways hit but 12th in greens in regulation this season

Scoring averages in 2023: Bland (69.9), McDowell 70.6), Wiesberger (70.9), Kaymer (71.7)