LIV Golf’s guide to the 2025 Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. – What you need to know from a LIV Golf perspective going into Thursday’s first round of the Masters.

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FORM CHECK

A look at how each of the LIV Golf players are performing coming into the Masters (players listed in order of their betting odds).

JON RAHM (14-1) – Has continued his top-10 LIV Golf streak and says he’s playing better than what his scores indicate (example: a good swing led to a bad score that took him out of contention in Miami). The 2023 Masters champ is looking to rebound from a disappointing 2024 major season. Last career win: September 2024-LIV Golf Chicago

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU (16-1) – Has three top 10s and two other top 20s and comes off his best result of the year, a solo fifth in Miami. A career-best T6 last year at Augusta was a good confidence booster. Last career win: June 2024-U.S. Open

JOAQUIN NIEMANN (30-1) – LIV Golf’s current points leader after winning two of the first five events (as well as the PIF Saudi International in December). Desperately wants to contend in a major, and his form has many people expecting him to be in the hunt Sunday afternoon. Last career win: March 2025-LIV Golf Singapore

BROOKS KOEPKA (33-1) – As usual, he’s turning on the jets as the major season approaches. Has two top-10s in his last four starts, including a solo second last month in Singapore. Last career win: August 2024–LIV Golf Greenbrier

CAMERON SMITH (50-1) – Given his track record at the Masters (five top 10s in seven starts), he should be a threat. But a wayward driver has been his nemesis lately. Comes off his best result of the year (T9 in Miami). Last career win: August 2023–LIV Golf Bedminster

TYRRELL HATTON (55-1) – Been a bit of an underwhelming start for the Legion XIII star, especially after his impressive LIV Golf debut in 2024 and an early 2025 offseason win. His only top 10 was a T6 under the lights in the season opener in Riyadh. Played well last year at Augusta, but the course hasn’t always been his friend. Last career win: January 2025-Dubai Desert Classic

SERGIO GARCIA (66-1) – Three top-six finishes this season, including his victory in Hong Kong. Throw out the T32 in Singapore, as he was ill that week (he felt better on Sunday and finished strong). Entering the Masters in his best form in several years. Last career win: March 2025-LIV Hong Kong

PATRICK REED (66-1) – Shot 59 en route to winning in Hong Kong, breaking a three-year drought. Has two top 10s in his last three LIV Golf starts. The 2018 Masters champ is quietly confident entering this week. Last career win: November 2024-Hong Kong Open

DUSTIN JOHNSON (80-1) – The 2020 Masters champ has been all over the map this season. Went from last place in Hong Kong to T5 in Singapore and made some early noise in Miami. Stringing together three good rounds has been a challenge lately, so does he have four good days in him this week? Don’t underestimate his ability to turn it on anytime. Last career win: February 2024-LIV Golf Vegas

PHIL MICKELSON (90-1) – Certainly trending well with his best stretch since joining LIV Golf – solo third in Hong Kong and sixth last week in Miami. If ever a 54-year-old is going to win a major, it would be this week on this course. Last career win: May 2021-PGA Championship

CHARL SCHWARTZEL (200-1) – The 2011 champ said that for the “first time in a long time” he feels optimistic about his chances this week. Improved health and swinging freely, he comes off a solo second in Miami. Definitely a dark horse candidate. Last career win: June 2022-LIV Golf London

BUBBA WATSON (500-1) – The two-time Masters champ played well in Riyadh, but the momentum has faded since then. Has also missed the cut in his last two Masters starts. Of the 12 LIV Golf players, he has the longest betting odds. Last career win: June 2018-Travelers Championship

SCORING AVERAGES

A look at each player’s scoring averages, listed in order of their overall stroke average

NOTEWORTHY

• Sergio Garcia is making his 100th start in a major, becoming the 19th different male golfer to reach that career milestone
• Mickelson is making his 126th start in a major and remains sixth on the all-time list
• Mickelson is making his 32nd career Masters start, which ties him with Ian Woosnam for 21st overall in most Masters appearances
• Bryson DeChambeau is making his first Masters start since winning the U.S. Open last year
• DeChambeau (T6) and Tyrrell Hatton (T9) produced their best Masters results last year
• Ten different teams are represented among the 12 LIV Golf players in the field
• Seven LIV Golf players have won a combined 10 Masters
• Mickelson and Bubba Watson are two of the three lefthanded golfers to win the Masters, and the only two LIV Golf players with multiple Masters victories
• Mickelson and Brooks Koepka share for the best Masters result by a player since joining LIV Golf as they tied for second place in 2023 behind winner Jon Rahm (who joined LIV Golf prior to the 2024 season)

NUMBERS GAME

A selection from the Masters stats book for each LIV Golf player

Bryson DeChambeau has led the Masters field in driving distance just once – in 2020 when he averaged 324.4 yards, the highest average of his eight career starts.

Sergio Garcia has finished under par in six of his 25 previous Masters starts (he was 9 under when he won in 2017)

Tyrrell Hatton averaged the second fewest putts of any player last year at 27.0 per round

Dustin Johnson led the field in driving distance in four of his first seven starts

Brooks Koepka has broken par twice in his last 12 rounds at Augusta National

Phil Mickelson is 51 under at the par-5 15th but did not birdie the hole in any of his four rounds while winning his first Masters in 2004

Joaquin Niemann has been inside the top 10 of the leaderboard after the first round twice in the last three years

Jon Rahm ranked T3 in the field in greens in regulation when he won in 2023 and ranked T1 last year when he finished tied for 45th.

The only time Patrick Reed broke 70 in the third round was in his victory year of 2018 when he shot 67

Charl Schwartzel and Jack Nicklaus are the only two champions to play holes 15-18 in 4 under on the final day

Cam Smith is the only player to shoot four rounds in the 60s in a single tournament (67-68-69-69 in 2020)

Bubba Watson ranked first in greens hit, tied for second in fairways hit and ranked third in driving distance in 2018

REGISTRATION ORDER

Caddie jumpsuit numbers are distributed in order of when each player registers for the tournament (the defending champion always receives No. 1). With LIV Golf Miami finishing on Sunday, the 12 players making their way from Doral to Augusta were obviously among the last of the 95 players in the field to arrive. Here’s the order in which they registered, along with their caddie’s jumpsuit number:

• 68 – Hatton
• 72 – Koepka
• 77 – Reed
• 79 – Watson
• 85 - Rahm
• 86 – Garcia
• 88 – Johnson
• 89 – DeChambeau
• 91 – Niemann
• 93 – Smith
• 94 – Schwartzel
• 95 – Mickelson

(Phil Mickelson photo by Montana Pritchard/LIV Golf)