LIV GOLF SINGAPORE PREVIEW: NOTES ON THE 12 TEAMS

Teams listed in order of current point standings

4ACES GC

Current individual points standings: Peter Uihlein (1), Patrick Reed (5), Pat Perez (15), Dustin Johnson (17)

Only team with podium finishes in each of the first four tournaments (2/Mayakoba, 2/Tucson, 3/Orlando, 1/Adelaide)

Adelaide win was first team title of the season and first win outside the U.S.

First team with all four members finishing inside top 10 of individual leaderboard

Uihlein takes over points lead and is only League player with top 10 points finishes in all four tournaments (2, 10, 8, 7)

TORQUE GC

Current individual points standings: Sebastián Muñoz (6), Mito Pereira (14), Joaquin Niemann (28), David Puig (42)

Team has finished inside the points in each of the first four tournaments

Pereira leads the team in scoring average at 68.7 (fourth in League)

Muñoz is tied for best par-3 performance in League (5 under)

Team has second-best scoring average this season (69.5)

STINGER GC

Current individual points standings: Dean Burmester (10), Branden Grace (12), Louis Oosthuizen (20), Charl Schwartzel (25)

Produced best result of the season with third place in Adelaide

Burmester has consecutive top-10 points finishes (3rd/Orlando, 8th/Adelaide)

Schwartzel, despite battling shoulder injury, produced best points result of season (9th)

2nd-best team in par-4 scoring at 17 under

CRUSHERS GC

Current individual points standings: Charles Howell III (2), Anirban Lahiri (16), Paul Casey (21), Bryson DeChambeau (38)

Lahiri moved from 44th to 16th in points with runner-up finish in Adelaide

Team’s 5th place in Adelaide is best result since winning season opener in Mayakoba

Mayakoba winner Howell has second-best League stroke average (67.9)

Lahiri, Howell, Casey have previous experience playing Sentosa

FIREBALLS GC

Current individual points standings: Carlos Ortiz (4), Sergio Garcia (23), Abraham Ancer (36), Eugenio Chacarra (43)

Comes off 9th place in Adelaide, first time this season team hasn’t finished in the points

Ortiz’s 37th in Adelaide was first time he had not finished inside top 10

Top team in League in scrambling at 65% (180 of 279)

Garcia has previous success at Sentosa, having won 2018 Singapore Open

SMASH GC

Current individual points standings: Brooks Koepka (7), Matthew Wolff (11), Jason Kokrak (22), Chase Koepka (44)

Chase Koepka records 2nd hole-in-one in LIV Golf history in Adelaide

Kokrak (11th), Chase Koepka (24th) record best individual finishes of season

Team has been under par in 25% of all holes played, second best in League

Brooks Koepka among five League players whose scores have counted in each of the first 12 rounds

RANGEGOATS GC

Current individual points standings: Talor Gooch (3), Bubba Watson (29), Harold Varner III (35), Thomas Pieters (40)

Gooch’s individual win in Adelaide is first trophy of any kind for the team

Team’s second-place finish is its first-ever podium result

Gooch’s back-to-back 10-under 62s are lowest two rounds relative to par in LIV history

Varner’s 8-under 64 was second-lowest score in field in second round

HYFLYERS GC

Current individual points standings: Brendan Steele (9), Cameron Tringale (18), Phil Mickelson (39), James Piot (47)

Team produced best finish of season with fourth place in Adelaide

40 under total in Adelaide is team’s best counting score under par

Tringale (5th in points), Mickelson (16th) come off their best results of season

Mickelson led field in Adelaide with fewest putts (76) and most birdies (22)

RIPPER GC

Current individual points standings: Cameron Smith (13), Matt Jones (24), Marc Leishman (34), Jediah Morgan (45)

Smith tied for 3rd on leaderboard, 4th in points in Adelaide – his best results of the season

Leishman has finished inside the points (top 24) three times

Team rallied from 12th to 8th in final day of Adelaide with 17 under counting scores

Smith leads League in putting with 1.51 average

IRON HEADS GC

Current individual points standings: Danny Lee (8), Kevin Na (19), Scott Vincent (31), Sihwan Kim (50)

Na, Lee have had their scores count for each of first 12 rounds this season

Kim’s 71 in second round of Adelaide was his first counting score this season

Na among the League putting leaders with 1.52 average

Kim, Vincent have prior experience at Sentosa, competing in Singapore Open

CLEEKS GC

Current individual points standings: Graeme McDowell (29), Richard Bland (30), Laurie Canter (32), Bernd Wiesberger (45)

Only team with all four players having prior experience playing at Sentosa

Captain Martin Kaymer (wrist) returned to action in Adelaide for first time in six months

Team led after first round in Adelaide by shooting collective 16 under

Team among the League leaders in fairways hit at 63%

MAJESTICKS GC

Current individual points standings: Sam Horsfield (26), Henrik Stenson (27), Ian Poulter (30), Lee Westwood (41)

Laurie Canter replaced injured Horsfield in Adelaide and is expected to again be in lineup in Singapore

Westwood turned 50 on Monday, becoming third LIV golfer to reach that age

Stenson tied for first in fairways hit in Adelaide

Stenson has finished top 15 in each of his last two starts

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