By GolfDigestME.com
Ahead of the Team Championship final this weekend on the famous Blue Monster at Trump Doral, Miami, with $50 million on the line, here is a quick by-the-numbers look back at the season, from London all the way to Saudi Arabia:
3 – Players who have won professional tournaments at the Blue Monster (Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Dustin Johnson)
4 – Former world No. 1s (Johnson, Martin Kaymer, Brooks Koepka, Lee Westwood)
5 – Countries represented by tournament winners (South Africa/Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace; Sweden/Henrik Stenson; USA/Johnson, Koepka; Australia/Cameron Smith; Spain/Eugenio Chacarra)
5 – NCAA Division I individual champions (Bryson DeChambeau, Charles Howell III, Mickelson, Turk Pettit, Matthew Wolff)
7 – Players currently ranked No. 1 in their country (Australia/Smith; Chile/Joaquin Niemann; India/Anirban Lahiri; Mexico/Abraham Ancer; South Africa/Louis Oosthuizen; Thailand/Sadom Kaewkanjana; Zimbabwe/Scott Vincent)
11 – Players with 500 or more professional starts (Richard Bland, Paul Casey, Sergio Garcia, Charles Howell, Mickelson, Kevin Na, Pat Perez, Ian Poulter, Schwartzel, Stenson, Westwood)
12 – Major champions (DeChambeau, Garcia, Johnson, Kaymer, B Koepka, Graeme McDowell, Mickelson, Oosthuizen, Reed, Schwartzel, Smith, Stenson)
13 – Players who have participated in the Olympics
14 – Countries represented (USA 19, England 6, Australia 5, South Africa 5, Spain 3, Mexico 2, Thailand 2, Austria 1, Chile 1, Germany 1, India 1, Northern Ireland 1, Sweden 1, Zimbabwe 1)
20 – Players with 10 or more professional wins (Casey 21, DeChambeau 10, Garcia 36, Grace 15, Johnson 29, Kaymer 23, Phachara Khongwatmai 10, B Koepka 16, Jason Kokrak 11, Lahiri 18, Marc Leishman 13, McDowell 16, Mickelson 57, Shaun Norris 10, Oosthuizen 14, Poulter 17, Schwartzel 16, Stenson 22, Westwood 44, Bernd Wiesberger 12)
22 – Combined majors won (7 Masters, 6 US Opens, 5 PGA Championships, 4 Open Championships)
28 – Players who played all seven events in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational regular season
502 – Cumulative professional wins for the 48-man field
Eugenio Chacarra. LIV Golf
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Players in their 20s: 14
Players in their 30s: 21
Players in their 40s: 12
Players in their 50s: 1
Youngest player: Eugenio Chacarra, 22 (born March 22, 2000)
Oldest player: Phil Mickelson, 52 (born June 16, 1970)
Ages of LIV Golf champions (at time of victory): Charl Schwartzel 37, Branden Grace 34, Henrik Stenson 46, Dustin Johnson 38, Cameron Smith 29, Eugenio Chacarra 22, Brooks Koepka 32
Lee Westwood. LIV Golf
SEASON STATS
Lowest round: Lee Westwood, 62, Boston, Rd 3; Brooks Koepka, 62, Jeddah, Rd. 1
Lowest round (relative to par): Dustin Johnson, 9-under 63, Chicago, Rd. 1; Eugenio Chacarra, 9-under 63, Bangkok, Rd. 2
Lowest tournament score: Eugenio Chacarra, 19-under 197, Bangkok
Biggest winning margin, individual: Cameron Smith, 3 strokes, Chicago; Eugenio Chacarra, 3 strokes, Bangkok
Biggest winning margin, team: Stinger GC, 14 strokes, London
Lowest team score, tournament: Fireballs GC, 45-under, Bangkok
Lowest team score by round (relative to par):
Round 1 – Fireballs GC, 14-under, Bangkok
Round 2 – Fireballs GC, 20-under, Bangkok
Round 3 – Majesticks GC, 17-under, Boston
Most counting team scores: Dustin Johnson, 20; Matt Jones, 18; Lee Westwood, 16; Martin Kaymer, 15; Charl Schwartzel, 15; Scott Vincent, 15
Holes-in-one: Matthew Wolff, Boston, Rd. 1
Most birdies, one tournament: Dustin Johnson, 21, Boston
Most fairways hit, one tournament: James Piot, Abraham Ancer, 40 (of 42), Bangkok
Highest driving distance average, one tournament: Bryson DeChambeau, 348.1yards, Bangkok
Most greens in regulation, one tournament: Joaquin Niemann, 47 (of 54), Boston; Marc Leishman, 47 (of 54), Bangkok
Fewest putts, one tournament: Patrick Reed, 72, Chicago
Cumulative team counting scores and prize earnings for the seven regular-season events:
4 Aces GC: 167-under — $12,250,000
Fireballs GC: 120-under — $5,500,000
Crushers GC: 118-under — $4,750,000
Stinger GC: 116-under — $4,500,000
Majesticks GC: 106-under — $2,500,000
Smash GC: 103-under — $4,500,000
Torque GC: 81-under — $0
Hy Flyers GC: 80-under — $250,000
Cleeks GC: 74-under — $500,000
Iron Heads GC: 60-under — $0
Punch GC: 59-under — $250,000
Niblicks GC: 49-under — $0
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