2025 Season in Review: Torque GC
Last in a series of stories reviewing the 2025 season for each of the 13 LIV Golf League teams.
SEASON REVIEWS: 4Aces GC | Cleeks GC | Crushers GC | Fireballs GC | HyFlyers GC | Iron Heads GC | Legion XIII | Majesticks GC | RangeGoats GC | Ripper GC | Smash GC | Stinger GC
TORQUE GC REVIEW
TEAM: Torque GC led the League with three players in the top 10 of the season-long standings. Captain Joaquin Niemann delivered a historic performance, securing five victories. The team also celebrated their first win since LIV Golf Greenbrier in 2023, claiming both the individual (Sebastian Munoz) and team titles at LIV Golf Indianapolis. Torque was fourth in the regular season standings and had six podium finishes. They advanced to the semifinals at the Michigan Team Championship before being upset by Stinger GC in the semifinals.
PLAYER (FINAL POINTS RANKING)
Joaquin Niemann (2): Niemann’s season was highlighted by five individual wins, the most of any player in a single season in LIV Golf’s four-year history. The Torque captain looked dominant for most of the season, winning in Adelaide, Singapore, Mexico City, Virginia and UK. With his win in Virginia, Niemann became the winningest individual golfer in LIV Golf history, amassing six total wins (seven by season’s end) in his last 21 LIV Golf starts. Expectations were high for Niemann at the major championships, and although he wasn’t able to contend, he did manage to achieve his best major finish, tying for eighth at the 2025 PGA Championship.
Sebastian Munoz (4): Muñoz had a remarkable season, finishing in the top 10 in the season-long standings for the first time in his LIV Golf career. He didn’t have as many wins as his captain, but he did lead the team with 12 finishes inside the points-earning top-24 in his 13 starts. The Colombian had one of the most impressive weeks in LIV Golf history when he won in Indianapolis, becoming the first player in professional golf history to shoot 59 in a round where a double-bogey was recorded on the scorecard. His 59 was just the third sub-60 round in LIV Golf history. Muñoz erupted for 13 birdies in his final 14 holes, including a LIV Golf record of eight consecutive birdies. His 14 birdies in a single round was another historic first in professional golf.
Carlos Ortiz (8): Ortiz has quietly been one of the best players on LIV Golf year in and year out. The Mexican star has finished inside the Lock Zone in all four of his seasons and his 8th place finish in 2025 was his best season yet. Although he didn’t join his teammates Niemann and Muñoz as Torque players to boast an individual title on LIV Golf, he did win the International Series Macau and finish in the top-10 six times. He also had the best major finish of any Torque player, finishing T4 at the U.S. Open at Oakmont. Ortiz is a reliable ball-striker and one of the most underrated talents in professional golf.
Mito Pereira (51): Pereira had a disappointing season which led to his relegation from LIV Golf after finishing in the Drop Zone. He put forth valiant effort towards the end of the season, finishing 13th and in the points at Chicago, but it was too little too late. Pereira’s got off to a promising start on LIV Golf, finishing 8th in the season-long standings in 2023 before struggling over the past two seasons. Pereira will have to earn his way back through the promotions event or the International Series.
TEAM OVERVIEW
Wins: 1
Podiums: 6
Points Finishes: 10
Seed: 4th
Team Championship: 6th
HIGHLIGHTS
- Won both the individual (Muñoz) and team title at LIV Golf Indianapolis, marking their first team victory since Greenbrier in 2023.
- Team finished the season with three consecutive podium finishes in UK, Chicago and Indianapolis.
- Niemann became LIV Golf’s all-time individual wins leader with seven total victories in his LIV Golf career.
- Niemann set the all-time single season wins record on LIV Golf (5).
- Niemann recorded the best major championship finish of his career with a T8 finish at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.
- In Indianapolis, Muñoz became the first golfer in professional golf history to card a 59 that included a double bogey on the card.
- Muñoz set a record for consecutive birdies in a single round (8).
- Muñoz set a professional golf record by making 17 birdies in a span of 18 holes across two rounds.
- Ortiz had the best major finish of his career with a T4 at the U.S. Open at Oakmont.
- The only team to play the par 3s collectively under par for the season (-6).
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
Quarterfinals: Def. RangeGoats GC 2-1. Niemann def. Watson, 2 & 1. Campbell def. Pereira, 2 & 1. Muñoz /Ortiz def. Wolff/Uihlein, 2 & 1.
Semifinals: Lost to Stinger GC 2-1. Niemann lost to Burmester, 2 up. Pereira def. Grace, 4 & 2. Muñoz/Ortiz lost to Oosthuizen/Schwartzel, 2 & 1.
Finals (Tier 2): 6th at 9-under. Ortiz 67, Pereira 67, Niemann 68, Muñoz 69.
REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS
Event
Team
Niemann
Muñoz
Ortiz
Pereira
Riyadh
7
T33
T2
T25
T49
Adelaide
3
1
45
T2
46
Hong Kong
T5
T12
T6
T30
T20
Singapore
4
1
T5
37
T51
Miami
T9
T33
T21
4
52
Mexico City
3
1
T7
16
49
Korea
3
T20
T20
T7
T29
Virginia
4
1
T15
T10
T50
Dallas
11
T23
T16
T40
53
Andalucía
9
T23
T10
48
T41
United Kingdom
2
1
T11
T25
T42
Chicago
2
T17
T10
4
T13
Indianapolis
1
T4
1
T4
T36
PLAYER LEAGUE RANKINGS
Player
Off The Tee - Driving
SG: APP (Long)
SG: APP (Medium)
SG: APP (Short)
SG: ARG
SG: Putting
Joaquin Niemann
+0.99 (3rd)
+0.17 (2nd)
+0.07 (21st)
+0.20 (11th)
+0.22 (11th)
+0.12 (20th)
Sebastián Muñoz
+0.41 (10th)
-0.12 (43rd)
+0.05 (24th)
+0.50
(2nd)
+0.06 (29th)
+0.16 (15th)
Carlos Ortiz
+0.25 (17th)
+0.09 (17th)
+0.15 (13th)
-0.13 (36th)
+0.33 (6th)
-0.03 (28th)
Mito Pereira
-0.46 (46th)
-0.27 (49th)
-0.42 (51st)
-0.27 (48th)
-0.25 (45th)
-0.19 (39th)
TEAM PERFORMANCE
Category
Team
League Ranking
Season score
203 under
4th
Round 1
47 under
4th
Round 2
78 under
2nd
Round 3
78 under
T6
Par 3
6 under
1st
Par 4
7 under
5th
Par 5
190 under
5th
