Trump National, Washington DC. LIV Golf

Here’s a quick look at each of the 12 LIV Golf League teams going into the first round of LIV Golf DC at Trump National.
Teams listed in order of current point standings

4 ACES 

Dustin Johnson. LIV Golf

Current individual points standings: Peter Uihlein (5), Dustin Johnson (6), Patrick Reed (8), Pat Perez (21)

  • Team produced their third runner-up finish and fifth podium of the season in Tulsa
  • Only team with all four players currently inside top 24 in individual points
  • Johnson’s individual win in Tulsa was the second in his LIV Golf career
  • Uihlein and Johnson are 1-2 in the League’s driving distance average

STINGER

Branden Grace (7), Dean Burmester (10), Louis Oosthuizen (25), Charl Schwartzel (32)

  • Victory in Tulsa was team’s first since winning inaugural 2022 Invitational Series event in London
  • Team have five top-4 finishes in first six events in 2023
  • Grace made Tulsa playoff and finished third in points for the second time this season
  • Grace shot first 61 in LIV Golf history in Tulsa opening round

RANGEGOATS 

Talor Gooch (1), Harold Varner III (19), Bubba Watson (29), Thomas Pieters (37)

  • Finished third in Tulsa, the team’s third consecutive podium result
  • Gooch finished 36th individually in Tulsa after winning previous two tournaments
  • Varner (4th), Watson (10th) had career-best individual results in Tulsa
  • Varner’s 61 (9-under) in final round ties LIV Golf record for lowest score

CRUSHERS 

Bryson DeChambeau. LIV Golf

Charles Howell III (4), Anirban Lahiri (17), Paul Casey (27), Bryson DeChambeau (28)

  • Finished fourth in Tulsa, the team’s third consecutive top-5 result
  • DeChambeau finished seventh in Tulsa, his best individual points finish
  • DeChambeau’s second-round 63 is his lowest round in LIV Golf
  • Casey returns to action after a WD at PGA Championship due to injury

FIREBALLS 

Carlos Ortiz (9), Sergio Garcia (11), Eugenio Chacarra (24), Abraham Ancer (41)

  • Finished sixth in Tulsa, the team’s fifth points finish this season
  • Chacarra finished fifth in individual points in Tulsa, his best result this season
  • Team lead League in fairways hit at 63 per cent
  • Garcia has prior success in DC area, winning at Congressional in 2005

TORQUE 

Mito Pereira (12), Sebastián Muñoz (14), Joaquin Niemann (22), David Puig (45)

  • Team have finished in the points in all six tournaments
  • Team lead League in team driving distance average (308.8 yards)
  • Niemann finished ninth in Tulsa, his best points finish of the season and second consecutive top 10
  • Pereira leads League in Greens in Regulation (77.47 per cent)

SMASH 

Brooks Koepka. LIV Golf

Brooks Koepka (2), Jason Kokrak (16), Matthew Wolff (20), Chase Koepka (46)

  • Brooks Koepka moved from fourth to second in individual standings after his sixth-place points finish in Tulsa
  • Brooks Koepka ranks T1 in League with 91 birdies this season
  • Kokrak on active streak of four consecutive top-12 finishes
  • Kokrak ranked second in field in GIR in Tulsa

RIPPER 

Cameron Smith (3), Matt Jones (30), Marc Leishman (34), Jediah Morgan (42)

  • Finished seventh in Tulsa, team’s fifth points finish of season
  • Smith made playoff in Tulsa and finished secon, his best individual result of the season
  • Smith’s 61 in Tulsa final round ties LIV Golf record-low score
  • Leishman resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia, approximately 220 miles from course location in Potomac Falls

HYFLYERS 

Brendan Steele (13), Cameron Tringale (18), Phil Mickelson (36), James Piot (47)

  • Steele’s seven-under 63 in Tulsa first round was his lowest score since joining LIV Golf
  • Piot ranked T1 in the Tulsa field in fairways hit
  • Tringale ranks T3 in League putting average this season
  • Mickelson coming off 119th major start of his career at PGA Championship

IRON HEADS 

Kevin Na. Andrew Redington

Danny Lee (15), Scott Vincent (23), Kevin Na (26), Sihwan Kim (49)

  • Vincent finished 16th in points in Tulsa, his fifth top-24 finish of the season
  • Lee’s six-under 64 in the second round in Tulsa ties for his lowest round relative to par this season
  • Lee, Vincent and Na have contributed counting scores for 17 of their 18 rounds
  • Na ranks T3 in putting this season

CLEEKS 

Graeme McDowell (38), Richard Bland (39), Bernd Wiesberger (43), Martin Kaymer (48)

  • Team finished 12th in points for third consecutive tournament
  • Wiesberger finished 20th in Tulsa, his first points finish of the season
  • Kaymer finished 41st, his best result in three starts since returning from off-season wrist surgery
  • Team among leaders in fairways hit at 63 per cent

MAJESTICKS 

Henrik Stenson (31), Sam Horsfield (33), Ian Poulter (35), Laurie Canter (40), Lee Westwood (44)

  • Reserve player Canter taking spot for injured Horsfield
  • Westwood expected to return after WD prior to Tulsa final round
  • Poulter has recorded par or better in his last 79 par 5 holes played to extend LIV record
  • Stenson leads the League in fairways hit at 76.19 per cent