First-half superlatives: Best rounds, longest drives, most impressive win and more

Thanks to our stats experts at Champion Data, we’ve put together this list of superlatives for the first half of the 2025 season.

BEST ROUND

By practically all accounts, Ripper GC’s Lucas Herbert’s 10-under 61 in the final round in Mexico City is the best round thus far this season.

Not only is it the lowest round this year, it also ties Adrian Meronk’s 10-under 62 in Riyadh for lowest round relative to par.

Perhaps most impressive, Herbert’s round was the best round via strokes gained total this season. In fact, his +10.43 is the second best strokes gained total for any LIV Golf round in history, bettered only by Joaquin Niemann’s 59 in the opening round in Mayakoba in 2023 (+11.61).

For comparison’s sake, Meronk’s 62 in the opening round in Riyad was +7.09.

MOST IMPRESSIVE WIN

Of the seven wins this season, only one finished just one stroke ahead of his closest competitor (Marc Leishman in Miami by one over Charl Schwartzel).

Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann has three wins, all by at least three strokes. His Singapore victory as a five-stroke romp over Brooks Koepka – the largest winning margin this season.

If you look at strokes gained totals, however, Bryson DeChambeau’s victory last month in Korea was the most dominant, as he gained +5.49 strokes over the field. He ultimately won by two shots over teammate Charles Howell III.

STROKES GAINED DOMINANCE

Here are the season’s best performers – in a single round as well as an entire tournament – in various strokes gained categories.

LONGEST

DRIVE: Torque GC’s Mito Pereira posted the longest drive of the year with a 422-yarder on the third hole of the opening round in Korea.

PUTT: Ripper GC’s Marc Leishman holed a putt from 84 feet, 9 inches on the fourth hole in the second round in Miami.

HOLE-OUT: Cleeks GC’s Richard Bland recorded just the second albatross in LIV Golf history when he holed out from 253 yards at the 16th hole in the second round in Mexico City.

EAGLES & BIRDIES

MOST BIRDIES

ROUND: 10 by Cleeks GC’s Adrian Meronk (Riyadh, Rd. 1) and Crushers GC’s Charles Howell III (Korea, Rd. 3)

TOURNAMENT: 21 by HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson (Hong Kong) and Torque GC’s Sebastian Munoz (Riyadh)

SEASON: 106, by Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm

MOST EAGLES

ROUND: 2 by Stinger GC’s Dean Burmester (Korea, Rd. 1), Fireballs GC’s Luis Masaveu (Hong Kong, Rd. 1) and RangeGoats GC’s Peter Uihlein (Singapore, Rd. 1)

TOURNAMENT: 2, achieved 16 times this season by various players

SEASON: 6 each by Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau, Burmester and Ripper GC’s Lucas Herbert

MOST PUTTING FOOTAGE

ROUND: Crushers GC’s Paul Casey holed 195.7 feet of putts in his opening round in Miami.

TOURNAMENT: RangeGoats GC’s Ben Campbell holed 385.1 feet of putts in Singapore.

SEASON: Stinger GC’s Charl Schwartzel leads the league with most putting footage holed with 2,105 feet through the first seven events.

THE MOST

FAIRWAYS HIT: Seven players have hit all 14 fairways in a single round; RangeGoats GC Captain Bubba Watson, Torque’s Sebastian Munoz and Smash’s Talor Gooch each hit 38 fairways in Korea, tying for most in a single tournament; Majesticks GC Co-Captain Henrik Stenson has hit the most this season with 215.

GREENS HIT: Cleeks GC’s Adrian Meronk (Riyadh, Rd. 1), Fireballs GC’s Luis Masaveu (Riyadh, Rd. 3) and Iron Heads GC’s Yubin Jang (Richard, Rd. 1) are the only three players to hit all 18 greens in a single round; Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm share for most greens hit in a tournament with 47, both in Riyadh: and 4Aces GC’s Harold Varner has the most greens hit this season with 280.

LONGEST STREAKS

FAIRWAYS HIT: 21 by Smash GC’s Talor Gooch in Korea.

GREENS HIT: 30 by Ripper GC’s Marc Leishman (Riyadh) and Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm (Riyadh).

SCRAMBLING: 16 by Stinger GC Captain Louis Oosthuizen (Riyadh/Adelaide)

SAND SAVES: 10 by Oosthuizen (Riyadh)