LIV GOLF ANDALUCÍA PREVIEW: NOTES ON THE 12 TEAMS

Teams listed in order of current point standings

4ACES GC

Current individual points standings: Peter Uihlein (5), Dustin Johnson (9), Patrick Reed (12), Pat Perez (21)

Team leads League with five podium finishes in 2023

Team leads League in par-3 scoring (14 under) and par-5 scoring (146 under)

Reed is active leader in sand saves with 10 consecutive saves

Perez is active leader in three-putt avoidance with 160 consecutive holes

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STINGER GC

Current individual points standings: Branden Grace (2), Dean Burmester (13), Louis Oosthuizen (20), Charl Schwartzel (33)

Team has three podium finishes in last four tournaments, including a win in Tulsa

Grace has podium finishes in last two starts (3rd/Tulsa, 2nd/DC)

Grace ranks T2 in League in par-4 scoring (22 under)

Schwartzel has League’s longest drive this season (395 yards)

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TORQUE GC

Current individual points standings: Mito Pereira (8), Sebastián Muñoz (10), Joaquin Niemann (26), David Puig (12)

Became first team to win two titles in 2023 with victory in DC

Team has finished inside the points in all seven tournaments

Team leads League in team driving distance average (310.6 yards avg.)

Puig’s 12th place points finish in DC was his best of season

RANGEGOATS GC

Current individual points standings: Talor Gooch (1), Harold Varner III (6), Bubba Watson (30), Thomas Pieters (40)

Team has four consecutive podium finishes, longest active streak in League

Only team this season with two different individual winners (Gooch, Varner)

Varner leads League with 10 eagles

Pieters forced to WD at LIV Golf DC due to injury

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CRUSHERS GC

Current individual points standings: Charles Howell III (7), Anirban Lahiri (19), Bryson DeChambeau (27), Paul Casey (29)

Team has finished top-5 in last four tournaments

Howell leads League in par-4 scoring (25 under); Crushers lead all teams in par-4 scoring (56 under)

DeChambeau has top-10 finishes in last two starts

Casey forced to WD at LIV Golf DC due to injury

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FIREBALLS GC

Current individual points standings: Carlos Ortiz (11), Sergio Garcia (14), Eugenio Chacarra (28), Abraham Ancer (43)

Team has two podium finishes this season, including win in Tucson

Ortiz (2nd/Tucson) and Garcia (2nd/Singapore) have top individual results

Ancer ranks 2nd in League in fairways hit (73%); Fireballs rank T1 in team fairways hit (62%)

Garcia has 14 top 10s in 15 professional starts at Valderrama

SMASH GC

Current individual points standings: Brooks Koepka (3), Jason Kokrak (18), Matthew Wolff (23), Chase Koepka (47)

Team ended string of four consecutive points finishes with 12th place in DC

B. Koepka leads League in par-3 scoring (9 under)

B. Koepka ranks T2 in League scoring average (68.2)

Kokrak, Wolff forced to WD at LIV Golf DC due to injuries

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RIPPER GC

Current individual points standings: Cameron Smith (4), Matt Jones (31), Marc Leishman (36), Jediah Morgan (44)

Team ended string of three consecutive points finishes with 11th place in DC

Smith has team’s only individual podium finish (2nd/Tulsa)

Smith leads League in scoring average (68.1) and putting (1.52)

Team ranks T3 in par-5 scoring (130 under)

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IRON HEADS GC

Current individual points standings: Danny Lee (17), Kevin Na (22), Scott Vincent (24), Sihwan Kim (50)

Team comes off its third points finish of season (8th/DC)

Na’s 8th place individual finish in DC ties for his best of season

Vincent has finished with points in six of his seven starts this season

Team ranks 2nd in League in putting average (1.60)

HYFLYERS GC

Current individual points standings: Cameron Tringale (15), Brendan Steele (16), Phil Mickelson (39), James Piot (49)

Team finished outside the points in DC (10th) for third time this season

Tringale has finished top 10 in points in two of last four starts (5th/Adelaide, 9th/DC)

Tringale (11th), Mickelson (T12) rank inside top 15 in League in birdies made

Mickelson comes off his 120th career major start at US Open

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MAJESTICKS GC

Current individual points standings: Henrik Stenson (25), Sam Horsfield (34), Ian Poulter (37), Laurie Canter (42), Lee Westwood (46)

Reserve player Canter taking spot for injured Horsfield for fifth consecutive tournament

Team finished 5th in DC for its best points finish of season

Stenson’s 5th place finish in DC is best individual result of any team member this season

Stenson leads League in fairways hit at 76%

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CLEEKS GC

Current individual points standings: Graeme McDowell (38), Richard Bland (41), Bernd Wiesberger (45), Martin Kaymer (48)

Team finished 7th in DC for its second points finish of season

McDowell’s 19th place finish in DC was his best result since finishing 13th in Mayakoba

Kaymer’s 25th place finish in DC was the best result in four starts since returning from wrist surgery

Bland is one of six League players who have played the par 5s in 40 under or better