First Look: LIV Golf Virginia presented by Maaden

Jun 2, 2025 - 11:40 AMWritten by: Mike McAllister

LIV Golf begins the second half of the 2025 season with this week’s LIV Golf Virginia presented by Maaden, the eighth tournament during the 14-event league schedule.

BASIC INFO

When: June 6-8

Where: Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Virginia

Competition: Three rounds/54 holes of stroke play

Field: 54 players – 13 teams of four players each, and two wild cards

Shotgun Start local time
Rd. 1, 12:15 p.m.
Rd. 2, 1:15 p.m.
Rd. 3, 9:54 a.m.

More information: Tickets | Tournament | Broadcast info

KEY STORYLINES

  • LIV Golf makes its first visit to Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia, site of the 2024 Solheim Cup as well as four Presidents Cup competitions and a PGA Tour event
  • This week’s tournament will be the second LIV Golf event held in Virginia, with Harold Varner III and Torque GC winning trophies at LIV Golf DC in 2023
  • LIV Golf Virginia will be the final LIV Golf event played before next week’s U.S. Open; at least 12 LIV Golf players are set to compete at Oakmont, including Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau, the defending U.S. Open champion
  • DeChambeau won LIV Golf’s most recent tournament in Korea to move into second place in the points standings behind Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann
  • DeChambeau’s Crushers also won the team trophy in Korea and are now in third place behind points leader Legion XIII and second-place Fireballs GC
  • Fifteen players who competed at the recent PGA Championship will return to action in Virginia, including top-10 finishers DeChambeau (T2), Niemann (T8) and Jon Rahm (T8)
  • HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson played in all four Presidents Cups held at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, compiling a record of 9 wins, 5 losses and 3 ties as a member of the American team
  • Five of the first seven individual winners this season are captains; the only non-captain winners are Cleeks GC’s Adrian Meronk (Riyadh) and Ripper GC’s Marc Leishman (Miami)

DID YOU KNOW?

Joaquin Niemann’s success in 2025 has come about due to his improvements on the greens. In 2024, Niemann ranked 25th in strokes gained putting, gaining +0.06. In 2025, he is gaining +0.50 strokes per round and ranks sixth.

Sergio Garcia has driven the ball exceptionally well in 2025 with a vast improvement in hitting fairways (nearly 67%). His previous best in any given year since turning pro was 63.5% His strokes gained driving average of +0.77 rivals the best Garcia has ever performed in his career, with his career average the last 20 years being +0.60 strokes per round.

Patrick Reed has five Top 10s in his last eight starts. He has been the most active LIV golfer in 2025, playing 13 tournaments in 10 countries.

Statistically, since the start of 2023, Sebastian Munoz is the best player not to have won an individual event on LIV Golf. In that time he has averaged a gain of +0.89 strokes per round, ranking 10th in the league. All players above him in the rankings have LIV Golf League wins. The next best players without a win statistically is Patrick Reed (+0.77) and Cameron Tringale (+0.71).

ABOUT THE COURSE

ROBERT TRENT JONES GOLF CLUB
Gainesville, Virginia

Par 71
Yardage 7,354
Meters 6,726

  • Famed golf architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed the championshjip course that was officially opened in April 1991.
  • Jones, who built and remodeled more than 450 courses throughout the world, considered the course his “masterpiece.” Said Jones: “The terraine is aesthetically perfect. I don’t think we could have done anything better anywhere.”
  • The course hosted the 2024 Solheim Cup as well as the first four Presidents Cups held in the United States (1994, 1996, 2000, 2005) and a PGA Tour event
  • Lake Manassas provides soothing views on the property, especially on the back nine, but realistically comes into play at the par-3 11th, in which players must hit across the lake
  • Greens in Regulation will be a key metric this week as scoring differences between hitting greens and missing them is wider and more penal than the league average.
  • The putting green at the 476-yard par-4 18th is on the shore of Lake Manassas, and players will need to avoid going left with their approach shots
  • The shortest par 4 on the course is the 323-yard 10th, with two tiers on the putting green
  • HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson is the only player in the field who competed at the Presidents Cups held at RTJ; in fact, he represented the U.S. in all four events held there, winning nine and tying three of his of 17 matches

WEATHER

Forecast from weather.com


Friday, Rd. 1

Saturday, Rd. 2

Sunday, Rd. 3

Temps

Hi: 88 Lo: 67

Hi: 82 Lo: 63

Hi: 82 Lo: 63

Outlook

PM T-storms

Isolated T-storms

Partlcy Cloudy

Chance of precipitation

37%

30%

19%

Wind

SSW, 8 mph

WNW, 9 pmh

N, 7 mph

SEASON STATISTICS

TEAM SCORING

TEAM

TOTAL

RD. 1

RD. 2

RD. 3

Stroke Avg.

Par 3

Par 4

Par 5

Legion XIII

-139

-34

-61

-44

69.8

+17

-30

-126

Crushers

-121

-57

-26

-38

70.0

+17

-31

-107

Ripper

-109

-24

-46

-39

70.1

+15

-8

-116

Torque

-98

-41

-37

-20

70.3

E

+12

-110

Fireballs

-95

-24

-22

-49

70.3

+21

-4

-112

4Aces

-86

-37

-15

-34

70.4

+15

-3

-98

Stinger

-73

-11

-25

-37

70.6

+36

+15

-124

Smash

-39

-1

-32

-6

71.0

+19

+14

-72

HyFlyers

-38

-1

-14

-23

71.0

+21

+34

-93

RangeGoats

-25

-14

+2

-13

71.1

+42

+32

-99

Majesticks

+37

-9

+6

+40

71.9

+55

+50

-68

Iron Heads

+37

+2

+18

+17

71.9

+27

+96

-86

Cleeks

+41

+19

+32

-10

71.9

+24

+73

-56

STROKES GAINED LEADERS

Minimum 18 rounds

Total

DeChambeau

+2.52

Off The Tee

DeChambeau

+1.90

Off The Tee Par 3

Leishman

+0.59

Approach Long

Masaveu

+0.26

Approach Medium

Casey

+0.62

Approach Short

Burmester

+0.67

Around The Green

Smith

+0.93

On The Green

Schwartzel

+1.25

SEASON SCORING LEADERS

Stroke Avg.

Par 3

Par 4

Par 5

DeChambeau (68.3)

Leishman (-9)

DeChambeau  (-29)

Rahm, Herbert (-41)

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