LIV Golf Superlatives: Inside the best putting stats of 2025
The 2025 LIV Golf season proved that success isn’t just about distance off the tee or great iron play, it often comes down to making putts. With tournaments decided by inches, the flatstick proved to be the ultimate equalizer. The adage “drive for show, putt for dough” has never felt truer, as clutch putting performances often determined who lifted the trophy and who was left wondering what might have been.
SUPERLATIVE WEEK 2025: Driver | Approach | Short Game | Putting (Oct. 9) | Scoring (Oct. 10)
Here’s a look at the putting superlatives that defined the season.
STROKES GAINED: PUTTING - INIDIVIDUAL
Stinger GC veteran Charl Schwartzel led the league in Strokes Gained: Putting, followed by 22-year-old Caleb Surratt of Legion XIII. Ben Campbell of RangeGoats GC used his elite putting to set a LIV Golf record of seven consecutive birdies in a single round on Sunday at LIV Golf Virginia. The record was later broken by Sebastian Munoz of Torque GC.
Ranking
Player
SG: Putting
1
Charl Schwartzel
+0.73
2
Caleb Surratt
+0.68
3
Ben Campbell
+0.64
4
Cameron Smith
+0.62
5
Adrian Meronk
+0.56
3-PUTT AVOIDANCE - INDIVIDUAL
While making long putts is always a benefit, avoiding 3-putts and keeping a clean scorecard is equally important.
Ranking
Player
3-Putt Percentage
1
Adrian Meronk
0.7%
2
Branden Grace
1.0%
3
Cameron Tringale
1.1%
4
Graeme McDowell
1.2%
5
Abraham Ancer
1.2%
TOTAL FEET OF PUTTS HOLED - INDIVIDUAL
Given that he was the league’s top putter in 2025, it’s no surprise that Schwartzel also led the league in this category. RangeGoats GC Captain Bubba Watson, who ranks 5th, had a resurgence with the putter in 2025 that he attributed to switching to a mallet putter. “We went to a mallet. I got a mallet, a Tyne putter, and it’s working so far. I’m getting them to the hole. … Without changing my stroke, it’s getting a little bit harder, so more are going in,” said Watson at LIV Golf UK.
Ranking
Player
Total Feet
1
Charl Schwartzel
3,735 ft
2
Adrian Meronk
3,496 ft
3
Caleb Surratt
3,494 ft
4
Carlos Ortiz
3,449 ft
5
Bubba Watson
3,440 ft
STROKES GAINED: PUTTING - TEAM
Legion XIII led the league in Strokes Gained: Putting which went a long way towards their Team Championship efforts. Three of their four players ranked inside the top-13 individually in Strokes Gained: Putting, with the only exception being Tom McKibbin, who ranked 43rd.
Ranking
Player
SG: Putting
1
Legion XIII
+0.19
2
RangeGoats GC
+0.18
3
Cleeks GC
+0.17
4
Fireballs GC
+0.15
5
Crushers GC
+0.06
3-PUTT AVOIDANCE - TEAM
The veteran team of Stinger GC led the league in 3-putt avoidance. Their ability to minimize unforced errors helped them make a run to LIV Golf Michigan Team Championship finals as the 7th-seeded team entering the week.
Ranking
Player
3-Putt Percentage
1
Stinger GC
1.4%
2
Cleeks GC
1.5%
3
Legion XIII
1.6%
4
Smash GC
1.6%
5
4Aces GC
1.6%
TOTAL FEET OF PUTTS HOLED - TEAM
Cleeks Golf Club had a strong putting season, led by Adrian Meronk. However, their elite play on the greens wasn’t enough to mitigate their struggles from tee to green.
Ranking
Player
Total Feet
1
Cleeks GC
13,186 ft
2
Legion XIII
12,987 ft
3
Torque GC
12,894 ft
4
HyFlyers GC
12,834 ft
5
Fireballs GC
12,797 ft
LONGEST PUTTS HOLED
Here are the 10 longest putts holed during the 2025 season. Singapore produced three of the top 10 longest putts while Charl Schwartzel, the league’s top putter, holed three of the four longest putts of the season.
Player
Event
Round
Hole
Stroke Number
Distance
Strokes Gained
Marc Leishman
Miami
2
4
2
84.9 ft
1.14
Charl Schwartzel
Singapore
1
5
3
83.4 ft
1.25
Charl Schwartzel
Hong Kong
2
17
3
78.3 ft
1.21
Charl Schwartzel
Miami
3
11
3
72.9 ft
1.2
Sergio Garcia
Chicago
2
8
3
71.1 ft
1.18
Talor Gooch
Singapore
1
14
2
69.0 ft
1.19
Cameron Tringale
Chicago
1
9
4
68.1 ft
1.12
Chieh-Po Lee
Mexico City
3
3
3
65.7 ft
1.22
Harold Varner III
Singapore
3
14
2
65.7 ft
1.08
Andy Ogletree
Mexico City
3
17
3
65.4 ft
1.2
HOLES WITHOUT A 3-PUTT
Below are the longest streaks of holes without a 3-putt. Adrian Meronk and Majesticks GC Co-Captain Ian Poulter currently hold the two longest streaks, which are active and the longest in LIV Golf history.
Player
Streak
Streak End
Adrian Meronk
345
Current
Ian Poulter
311
Current
Abraham Ancer
298
Houston 2024, Round 1-Hole 7
Richard Bland
286
Chicago 2025, Round 3-Hole 9
Adrian Meronk
246
Adelaide 2025, Round 3-Hole 1
Dean Burmester
239
Singapore 2023, Round 2-Hole 3
Carlos Ortiz
233
Tucson 2023, Round 3-Hole 9
Paul Casey
223
Miami 2025, Round 2-Hole 16
Louis Oosthuizen
221
Greenbrier 2023, Round 2-Hole 11
Matt Jones
220
Hong Kong 2024, Round 3-Hole 11
