Dustin Johnson. LIV Golf
Here is a quick look at each of the 12 LIV Golf League teams going into the first round of LIV Golf Greenbrier.
4 ACES
- Current individual points standings: Patrick Reed (4), Dustin Johnson (5), Peter Uihlein (9), Pat Perez (19)
- With win in London, team posted their sixth podium finish of season
- Team have ranked No. 1 in standings after eight consecutive tournaments
- Only team with all four players inside Lock Zone (top 24 in points)
- Scoring averages in 2023: Reed (68.8), Johnson (68.8), Uihlein (68.9), Perez (69.3)
TORQUE
- Current individual points standings: Sebastián Muñoz (8), Mito Pereira (10), Joaquin Niemann (24), David Puig (30)
- Team suffered their first non-points finish of season in London (10th place)
- Team lead League in par-4 scoring (29-under)
- Niemann’s win at Greenbrier in 2019 was his eighth career professional win
- Scoring averages in 2023: Pereira (68.9), Muñoz (69.0), Niemann (69.4), Puig (70.1)
RANGEGOATS
- Current individual points standings: Talor Gooch (1), Harold Varner III (7), Thomas Pieters (34), Bubba Watson (36)
- Only team this season with points finishes (top 8) in first nine tournaments
- Gooch’s three individual wins are the most in LIV Golf history
- Pieter’s 10th place points finish in London is his best LIV Golf result
- Scoring averages in 2023: Gooch (68.2), Varner (69.0), Pieters (69.7), Watson (70.3)
STINGER
- Current individual points standings: Branden Grace (6), Dean Burmester (15), Louis Oosthuizen (17), Charl Schwartzel (38)
- Team’s 3rd place in London is third podium finish in last four tournaments
- Schwartzel’s 395-yard drive in Tucson is longest by any LIV golfer this season
- Oosthuizen’s active streak of 191 holes without a three-putt is fourth longest in LIV history
- Scoring averages in 2023: Grace (69.1), Burmester (69.3), Oosthuizen (69.5), Schwartzel (70.6)
CRUSHERS
- Current individual points standings: Charles Howell III (11), Bryson DeChambeau (13), Anirban Lahiri (21), Paul Casey (33)
- Team lead League in scrambling this season at 65 per cent (395 of 609)
- DeChambeau’s active streak of 17 consecutive rounds under par is longest in LIV history
- Casey expected to return after WD (injury) during final round in London
- Scoring averages in 2023: DeChambeau (69.1), Howell (69.4), Lahiri (69.8), Casey (70.0)
FIREBALLS
- Current individual points standings: Carlos Ortiz (14), Sergio Garcia (16), Eugenio Chacarra (29), Abraham Ancer (41)
- Team have finished with points (top 8) in seven of first nine events
- Ancer’s 16th place points finish in London is his best result of season
- Garcia is 20 under in par-4 scoring, tied for third best in League
- Scoring averages in 2023: Ortiz (69.3), Garcia (69.3), Chacarra (70.1), Ancer (70.2)
SMASH
- Current individual points standings: Brooks Koepka (3), Jason Kokrak (18), Matthew Wolff (27), Chase Koepka (47)
- Brooks Koepka has finished in points (top 24) in seven consecutive tournaments
- Brooks leads League in par-5 scoring (54-under)
- Kokrak is 20-under in par-4 scoring, tied for third best in League
- Scoring averages in 2023: B Koepka (68.3), Kokrak (69.0), Wolff (71.0), C Koepka (72.0)
RIPPER
- Current individual points standings: Cameron Smith (2), Marc Leishman (26), Matt Jones (35), Jediah Morgan (44)
- Smith’s win in London is his second career LIV victory and sixth consecutive top-12 LIV finish
- Team’s runner-up finish in London is their best LIV result
- Leishman’s third-place points finish in London is his best LIV result
- Scoring averages in 2023: Smith (68.2), Leishman (69.4), Jones (70.4), Morgan (72.0)
MAJESTICKS
- Current individual points standings: Henrik Stenson (23), Ian Poulter (31), *Sam Horsfield (39), Laurie Canter (40), Lee Westwood (45) (*-injured)
- Poulter’s active streak of 112 consecutive par 5s at par or better is LIV Golf record
- Poulter’s 11th place in London is best result this season among the four active members
- Canter led field in fairways hit in London
- Scoring averages in 2023: Stenson (69.6), Poulter (69.8), Canter (70.2), Westwood (71.2)
HYFLYERS
- Current individual points standings: Cameron Tringale (12), Brendan Steele (20), Phil Mickelson (43), James Piot (49)
- Tringale’s 8th place in London is his third consecutive top-10 points finish
- Tringale has finished with individual points (top 24) in all nine starts in 2023
- Piot has team’s longest drive this season (355 yards, Orlando, Rd. 2)
- Scoring averages in 2023: Tringale (68.7), Steele (69.4), Mickelson (70.8), Piot (71.7)
IRON HEADS
- Current individual points standings: Danny Lee (22), Kevin Na (25), Scott Vincent (28), Sihwan Kim (50)
- Lee (2015), Na (2018) have won professional events at Greenbrier
- Na’s 15th place in London is his seventh points finish of season
- Lee has finished in points once in seven starts since winning in Tucson
- Scoring averages in 2023: Na (69.4), Vincent (69.6), Lee (70.1), Kim (75.0)
CLEEKS
- Current individual points standings: Richard Bland (32), Graeme McDowell (42), Bernd Wiesberger (46), Martin Kaymer (48)
- Team’s 6th place in London is best finish in last six tournaments
- Bland’s 6th in London is best individual result by any team member in 2023
- Team is 3rd in fairways hit but 12th in greens in regulation this season
- Scoring averages in 2023: Bland (69.9), McDowell 70.6), Wiesberger (70.9), Kaymer (71.7)