Bryson DeChambeau. LIV Golf

Fresh from his stunning 58 at the Greenbrier last week, Bryson DeChambeau with have the honour off the first tee for Friday’s first round of LIV Golf Bedminster.

The big-hitting American has been paired with 4 Aces captain Dustin Johnson and Majesticks co-skipper Henrik Stenson for the 1.15pm shotgun start.

Among the other eye-catching groups are Brooks Koepka, Sergio Garcia and Cameron Smith (Hole 2) and Talor Gooch, Matthew Wolff and Patrick Reed (18).

Here is a quick look at each of the 12 LIV Golf League teams going into the first round of LIV Golf Bedminster.

4 ACES

LIV Golf

  • Current individual points standings: Patrick Reed (6), Dustin Johnson (8), Peter Uihlein (11), Pat Perez (21)
  • Team followed their win in London with a lowly 12th place in Greenbrier
  • No player finished with points (top 24) in Greenbrier, first time that has happened to the team
  • Team leads league in par-5 scoring this season (207-under)
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Johnson (68.7), Reed (68.8), Uihlein (68.9), Perez (69.4)

TORQUE

  • Current individual points standings: Mito Pereira (4), Sebastián Muñoz (10), Joaquin Niemann (26), David Puig (27)
  • Team bounced back from their only non-points finish of season in London by winning in Greenbrier, their fourth team title this season
  • Team set a LIV record with a winning counting score of 49-under
  • Pereira’s 62 in Round 2 Greenbrier is his lowest LIV round, and his second-place finish is his best result
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Pereira (68.5), Muñoz (68.7), Niemann (69.2), Puig (69.6)

STINGER

  • Current individual points standings: Branden Grace (7), Dean Burmester (15), Louis Oosthuizen (18), Charl Schwartzel (38)
  • Team’s third place in Greenbrier is thier fourth podium finish in last five tournaments
  • Burmester has led the field in driving distance in three of the last four tournaments
  • Schwartzel withdrew during Round. 3 Greenbrier with an injury; his status for Bedminster is TBD
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Grace (68.7), Burmester (68.9), Oosthuizen (69.3), Schwartzel (70.4)

RANGEGOATS

  • Current individual points standings: Talor Gooch (1), Harold Varner III (9), Thomas Pieters (34), Bubba Watson (36)
  • Only team this season with points finishes (top 8) in first 10 tournaments
  • Varner’s 6th place in Greenbrier is his fourth top-10 points finish in last six League tournaments
  • Gooch is only team member who competed in 2022 LIV Golf Bedminster
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Gooch (68.0), Varner (68.7), Pieters (69.7), Watson (70.1)

CRUSHERS

  • Current individual points standings: Bryson DeChambeau (5), Charles Howell III (12), Anirban Lahiri (22), Paul Casey (33)
  • DeChambeau’s record-setting 58 fuelled 20-under counting score in Round 3 Greenbrier, tying for team’s lowest counting score in a single round this season
  • Team’s secnd place in Greenbrier is their fourth podium finish of the season and best result since winning season-opener in Mayakoba
  • DeChambeau’s active streak of 20 consecutive rounds under par is longest in LIV history
  • Scoring averages in 2023: DeChambeau (68.5), Howell (69.1), Lahiri (69.4), Casey (69.8)

FIREBALLS

  • Current individual points standings: Carlos Ortiz (13), Sergio Garcia (16), Eugenio Chacarra (31), Abraham Ancer (41)
  • Team’s 19-under total in Round 3 Greenbrier was their best counting score of the season
  • Ancer’s 4-under 66 in Round 3 Greenbrier is the lowest non-counting score in the League this season
  • Team rallied from ninth to fifth in Round 3 Greenbrier to finish with points for eighth time this season
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Ortiz (68.9), Garcia (69.0), Chacarra (69.9), Ancer (69.9)

SMASH

LIV Golf

  • Current individual points standings: Brooks Koepka (3), Jason Kokrak (19), Matthew Wolff (20), Chase Koepka (48)
  • Wolff’s 61 in Round 1 Greenbrier is lowest round shot by a team member in 2023
  • Wolff’s fifth-place finish in Greenbrier matches his best result of the season
  • Brooks Koepka saw his streak of 29 consecutive counting scores snapped in Round 2 Greenbrier
  • Scoring averages in 2023: B. Koepka (68.3), Kokrak (68.8), Wolff (70.3), C. Koepka (71.7)

RIPPER

  • Current individual points standings: Cameron Smith (2), Marc Leishman (30), Matt Jones (35), Jediah Morgan (46)
  • Smith leads League in putting as well as par-3 scoring (-12)
  • Smith’s LIV-record streak of 33 consecutive counting rounds snapped in Round 3 Greenbrier
  • Team finished 11th in Greenbrier, their third non-podium result in last four events
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Smith (68.2), Leishman (69.3), Jones (70.1), Morgan (71.9)

HYFLYERS

  • Current individual points standings: Cameron Tringale (14), Brendan Steele (17), Phil Mickelson (44), James Piot (47)
  • Team’s fourth-place finish in Greenbrier ties for its best points result this season (also 4th in Adelaide)
  • Tringale is only League player to finish with individual points (top 24) in all 10 starts in 2023
  • Steele’s 10th place in Greenbrier is his best result in his last eight LIV events
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Tringale (68.4), Steele (69.0), Mickelson (70.5), Piot (71.2)

MAJESTICKS

  • Current individual points standings: Henrik Stenson (25), Ian Poulter (32), *Sam Horsfield (39), Laurie Canter (40), Lee Westwood (45) (*-injured)
  • Poulter’s active streak of 118 consecutive par 5s at par or better is LIV Golf record
  • Team’s second-place finish in Bedminster last year is their best result in LIV history
  • Stenson’s best result since winning in Bedminster last year is a fifth place this year in DC
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Stenson (69.4), Poulter (69.6), Canter (69.9), Westwood (70.7)

IRON HEADS

  • Current individual points standings: Danny Lee (24), Kevin Na (28), Scott Vincent (29), Sihwan Kim (50)
  • Team finished 10th in Greenbrier and have claimed just one team point in last five events
  • Lee, playoff winner in Tucson, starts this week on the bubble (24th) inside the Lock Zone
  • Vincent’s 14th in Greenbrier is his best points finish since fourth place in Singapore
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Vincent (69.3), Na (69.5), Lee (70.0), Kim (74.5)

CLEEKS

  • Current individual points standings: Richard Bland (23), Graeme McDowell (42), Bernd Wiesberger (43), Martin Kaymer (49)
  • Bland’s third-place finish in Greenbrier is first podium result (individual or team) this season
  • Bland moved inside the Lock Zone (top 24 in points) after starting the week in 32nd
  • Team have finished with points in three of the last four tournaments
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Bland (69.4), McDowell 70.3), Wiesberger (70.4), Kaymer (71.4)