By Matt Smith
As we get set for the third LIV Golf Invitational Series event at Bedminster, let’s take a quick look at the new faces and all the stats for the New Jersey festival.

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NEW FACES

2016 Open Champion Henrik Stenson, former world No. 3 Paul Casey, 11-time champion Jason Kokrak and veteran pro Charles Howell III, one the United States’ most consistent golfers with more than 600 starts to his name are all taking their LIV Golf bow. .

HENRIK STENSON
The former No. 2 world ranked Stenson has won 21 times as a professional and amassed 149 top-10 finishes. A marquee member for Europe in international team play, Stenson has appeared in five Ryder Cups, helping lead Europe to victories in three of those competitions (2006, 2014, 2018). Stenson will join Majesticks GC, captained by former world No. 1 Lee Westwood.

JASON KOKRAK
Ranked No. 36 in the world, the 11-time winner as a pro has earned more than 40 top-10 finishes throughout his career. Since September 2020, he has been ranked among the top 50 players in the world, with a ranking as high as No. 20. Beginning in Bedminster, he will compete on Smash GC, captained by four-time major champion Brooks Koepka.

CHARLES HOWELL III
‘CH3’ has amassed 102 top-10 finishes throughout his career, including three professional wins. A former NCAA Division I Champion and Haskins Award winner as the country’s most outstanding collegiate golfer, he has been ranked as high as No. 15 in the world and has represented the United States in multiple international team competitions. Howell III will play for Crushers GC, led by 2020 US Open Champion Bryson DeChambeau.

PAUL CASEY
Casey has won 21 tournaments since turning pro in 2000. In that time, he’s amassed 150 top-10 finishes, including a tie for second at the 2020 PGA Championship and a tie for third at the 139th Open Championship. The English golfer has represented Europe in five Ryder Cups and has annually performed amongst the globe’s best, having been ranked as high as No. 3 in the world.

LIV GOLF BY THE NUMBERS

11 — Major champions (Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Martin Kaymer, Brooks Koepka, Graeme McDowell, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Henrik Stenson)
21 — Combined majors won (7 Masters, 6 US Opens, 5 PGA Championships, 3 Open Championships)
65 — Combined appearances at the Ryder Cup
4 — Former world No. 1s (Johnson, Kaymer, Koepka, Westwood)
5 — NCAA Division I individual champions (DeChambeau, Howell III, Mickelson, Pettit, Wolff)
9 – Olympians (Silver medalist Henrik Stenson, Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer, Patrick Reed and Bernd Wiesberger in 2016; Abraham Ancer, Paul Casey, Carlos Ortiz, Scott Vincent and Reed again in 2021)
18 — Players with 10 or more professional wins (DeChambeau 10, Garcia 36, Grace 15, Harding 11, Johnson 28, Kaymer 23, B. Koepka 15, Kokrak 11, McDowell 16, Mickelson 57, Norris 12, Oosthuizen 20, Poulter 19, Schwartzel 16, Stenson 21, Tanihara 16, Westwood 44, Wiesberger 13)
22 — Players inside the top 100 of the world rankings

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