LIV GOLF LONDON PREVIEW: NOTES ON THE 12 TEAMS
ST ALBANS, England – A quick look at each of the 12 LIV Golf League teams going into the first round of LIV Golf London at Centurion Club.
Teams listed in order of current point standings
4ACES GC
Current individual points standings: Dustin Johnson (5), Peter Uihlein (7), Patrick Reed (11), Pat Perez (23)
Team has finished with points (top 8) in 7 of first 8 tournaments in 2023
Team leads League in par-3 scoring (-10) and par-5 scoring (-160)
Reed’s 5th-place points finish in Andalucía is his third top 5 of season
Scoring averages in 2023: Uihlein (69.0), Johnson (69.0), Reed (69.1), Perez (69.5)
TORQUE GC
Current individual points standings: Sebastián Muñoz (6), Mito Pereira (8), Joaquin Niemann (20), David Puig (29)
Became first team to win three titles in 2023 with victory in Andalucía
Have won two consecutive titles while moving into second place in team standings
Puig’s 7th-place points finish in Andalucía is his LIV career best
Scoring averages in 2023: Pereira (68.6), Muñoz (69.0), Niemann (69.5), Puig (70.0)
RANGEGOATS GC
Current individual points standings: Talor Gooch (1), Harold Varner III (9), Bubba Watson (32), Thomas Pieters (38)
Team has five consecutive podium finishes, longest active streak in League
Gooch has won the last three LIV Golf tournaments played outside the U.S.
Gooch was only player in Andalucía to shoot all three rounds in the 60s
Scoring averages in 2023: Gooch (68.1), Varner (69.1), Pieters (70.0), Watson (70.3)
STINGER GC
Current individual points standings: Branden Grace (4), Dean Burmester (15), Louis Oosthuizen (22), Charl Schwartzel (35)
Grace recorded field’s only bogey-free final round in Andalucía
Schwartzel shot -7 to win LIV Golf London in 2022 while team shot -20 to win by 14 strokes
Team’s 1-2-3 individual podium result in 2022 London is League’s only sweep by a single team
Scoring averages in 2023: Grace (69.1), Burmester (69.3), Oosthuizen (69.8), Schwartzel (70.7)
CRUSHERS GC
Current individual points standings: Charles Howell III (10), Bryson DeChambeau (13), Anirban Lahiri (21), Paul Casey (30)
DeChambeau’s runner-up finish in Andalucía is his best LIV Golf individual result
DeChambeau has 14 consecutive rounds under par, longest active streak in League
Team leads League in scrambling at 65% (355 of 547)
Scoring averages in 2023: Howell (69.2), DeChambeau (69.3), Casey (69.9), Lahiri (70.0)
FIREBALLS GC
Current individual points standings: Carlos Ortiz (12), Sergio Garcia (16), Eugenio Chacarra (28), Abraham Ancer (43)
Team has finished with points (top 8) in six of first eight events
Garcia is -23 on par 4s, ranking third in the League
Ancer ranks 2nd in League in fairways hit (71%)
Scoring averages in 2023: Ortiz (69.2), Garcia (69.3), Chacarra (70.3), Ancer (70.5)
SMASH GC
Current individual points standings: Brooks Koepka (2), Jason Kokrak (17), Matthew Wolff (25), Chase Koepka (47)
Team’s 5th place in Andalucía was fifth points finish in last six events
B. Koepka’s 3rd place in Andalucía was his third individual podium finish of season (won Orlando)
Kokrak was Rd. 1 co-leader in Andalucía after shooting 67 despite not playing a practice round
Scoring averages in 2023: B. Koepka (68.2), Kokrak (69.0), Wolff (70.7), C. Koepka (72.3)
RIPPER GC
Current individual points standings: Cameron Smith (3), Matt Jones (31), Marc Leishman (37), Jediah Morgan (44)
Smith’s T12 leaderboard finish is his first result outside top 10 in his last 7 worldwide starts
Smith leads League in putting average (1.52)
Team ranks T3 in League in par-5 scoring (-141)
Scoring averages in 2023: Smith (68.5), Leishman (69.8), Jones (70.4), Morgan (72.2)
HYFLYERS GC
Current individual points standings: Cameron Tringale (14), Brendan Steele (18), Phil Mickelson (42), James Piot (49)
Tringale posted second consecutive top-10 points finish of season in Andalucía (T8)
Tringale has finished with individual points (top 24) in all eight starts in 2023
Steele among League leaders in greens in regulation (72%)
Scoring averages in 2023: Tringale (68.8), Steele (69.4), Mickelson (70.8), Piot (71.7)
IRON HEADS GC
Current individual points standings: Danny Lee (19), Kevin Na (24), Scott Vincent (26), Sihwan Kim (50)
Team leads League in fairways hit at 62% (829 of 1344)
Na ranks T2 in League in fairways hit at 66% (222 of 336)
Vincent’s 6-over 77 in Andalucía Rd. 1 is League’s highest individual counting score of season
Scoring averages in 2023: Vincent (69.5), Na (69.6), Lee (70.1), Kim (75.3)
MAJESTICKS GC
Current individual points standings: Henrik Stenson (27), Ian Poulter (34), *Sam Horsfield (36), Laurie Canter (40), Lee Westwood (45) (*-injured)
Poulter’s active streak of 100 consecutive par 5s at par or better is LIV Golf record
Poulter ranked 1st in field in Andalucía in fairways hit
Poulter’s 13th place points result in Andalucía is his best finish since season opener in Mayakoba (12th)
Scoring averages in 2023: Stenson (69.8), Poulter (70.0), Canter (70.5), Westwood (71.2)
CLEEKS GC
Current individual points standings: Graeme McDowell (39), Richard Bland (41), Bernd Wiesberger (46), Martin Kaymer (48)
Bland has played 179 consecutive holes without a three-putt, League’s longest active streak
Team ranks 2nd in League in fairways hit at 62% (828 of 1344)
Team posted League’s highest single-round counting score in Rd. 2 in Andalucía (10 over)
Scoring averages in 2023: Bland (70.1), McDowell 70.8), Wiesberger (71.0), Kaymer (71.7)