NUMBERS CRUNCHING: A LOOK AT LIV GOLF'S CLASS OF 2023
The LIV Golf League makes its full-season debut Friday at LIV Golf Mayakoba. Rosters will be stabilized for the entire year (except for injury replacements). Here's a look at the 48 regular players making up the 12 team rosters in 2023.
NEW MEMBERS
Dean Burmester
Danny Lee
Sebastian Munoz
Mito Pereira
Thomas Pieters
Brendan Steele
AGES
Players in their 20s – 11
Players in their 30s – 24
Players in their 40s – 11
Players in their 50s – 2
Youngest player: David Puig, 21
Oldest player: Phil Mickelson, 52
AVERAGE AGE OF EACH TEAM
| Team | Average Age |
|---|---|
Torque GC | 25.50 |
Smash GC | 30.25 |
Fireballs GC | 31.75 |
Ripper GC | 33.25 |
Iron Heads GC | 33.75 |
RangeGoats GC | 34.50 |
Stinger GC | 36.25 |
4Aces GC | 37.25 |
HyFlyers GC | 37.50 |
Crushers GC | 38.00 |
Cleeks GC | 42.00 |
Majesticks GC | 42.00 |
COUNTRIES
TEAMS WITH PLAYERS FROM SAME COUNTRY
4Aces GC – United States
HyFlyers GC – United States
Ripper GC – Australia
Smash – United States
Stinger GC – South Africa
TEAM WITH PLAYERS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Cleeks GC – Austria (Bernd Wiesberger), England (Richard Bland), Germany (Martin Kaymer), Northern Ireland (Graeme McDowell)
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
| Country | No. of Players |
|---|---|
USA | 19 |
England | 5 |
Australia | 4 |
South Africa | 4 |
Spain | 3 |
Chile | 2 |
Mexico | 2 |
Austria | 1 |
Belgium | 1 |
Colombia | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
India | 1 |
New Zealand | 1 |
Northern Ireland | 1 |
Sweden | 1 |
Zimbabwe | 1 |
UNIVERSITIES
21 different U.S. universities are represented by 30 players
Alabama-Birmingham – Graeme McDowell
Arizona State – Paul Casey, Matt Jones, Phil Mickelson, Pat Perez, David Puig
Augusta State – Patrick Reed
California-Riverside – Brendan Steele
Coastal Carolina – Dustin Johnson
East Carolina – Harold Varner III
Florida – Sam Horsfield
Florida State – Brooks Koepka
Georgia – Bubba Watson
Georgia Tech – Cameron Tringale
Illinois – Thomas Peters
Michigan State –James Piot
North Texas – Sebastian Munoz, Carlos Ortiz
Oklahoma – Abraham Ancer
Oklahoma State – Eugenio Chacarra, Charles Howell III, Talor Gooch, Peter Uihlein, Matthew Wolff
SMU – Bryson DeChambeau
South Florida – Chase Koepka
Stanford – Sihwan Kim
Texas Tech – Mito Pereira
Virginia Tech – Scott Vincent
Xavier – Jason Kokrak
WINS
21 LIV Golf players have 10 or more career worldwide wins
Phil Mickelson (57), Lee Westwood (44), Sergio Garcia (36), Dustin Johnson (29), Martin Kaymer (23), Henrik Stenson (22), Paul Casey (21), Anirban Lahiri (18), Ian Poulter (17), Brooks Koepka (16), Graeme McDowell (16), Charl Schwartzel (16), Branden Grace (15), Louis Oosthuizen (14), Bubba Watson (14), Marc Leishman (13), Bernd Wiesberger (12), Jason Kokrak (11), DeChambeau (10), Mito Pereira (10), Cameron Smith (10).
Majors won
MASTERS
2004 – Mickelson
2006 – Mickelson
2010 – Mickelson
2011 – Schwartzel
2012 – Watson
2014 – Watson
2017 – Garcia
2018 – Reed
2020 – Johnson
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
2005 – Mickelson
2010 – Kaymer
2018 – B. Koepka
2019 – B. Koepka
2021 – Mickelson
U.S. OPEN
2010 – McDowell
2014 – Kaymer
2016 – Johnson
2017 – B. Koepka
2018 – B. Koepka
2020 – DeChambeau
THE OPEN
2010 – Oosthuizen
2013 – Mickelson
2016 – Stenson
2022 – Smith
OLYMPIANS
18 LIV Golf players have competed in the Olympics since golf's return to the competition program in 2016
Abraham Ancer, Mexico
Paul Casey, United Kingdom
Sergio Garcia, Spain
Martin Kaymer, Germany
Anirban Lahiri, India
Danny Lee, New Zealand
Marc Leishman, Australia
Sebastian Munoz, Colombia
Joaquin Niemann, Chile
Carlos Ortiz, Mexico
Mito Pereira, Chile
Thomas Pieters, Belgium
Patrick Reed, USA
Camerson Smith, Australia
Henrik Stenson, Sweden (silver medal, 2016)
Scott Vincent, Zimbabwe
Bubba Watson, USA
Bernd Wiesberger, Austria