LIV Golf Superlatives: Inside the best driving stats of 2025 season
The 2025 LIV Golf season delivered plenty of big moments off the tee, with players hitting their drivers across the globe. From Caleb Surratt’s 488-yard monster drive in Mexico City to Henrik Stenson’s precision fairway finding, the season’s stats reveal the biggest hitters, the straightest drivers, and the teams that dominated the category.
SUPERLATIVE WEEK 2025: Driver | Approach | Short Game | Putting | Scoring (Oct. 10)
Here’s a look at the driving superlatives that defined the year.
LONGEST DRIVES-INDIVIDUAL (all drives)
Club de Golf Chapultepec, the venue for LIV Golf Mexico City, sits at 7,800 feet above sea level, where the altitude boosts driving distance. As a result, three of the top five longest drives during the 2025 LIV Golf season hailed from this event.
Ranking
Player
Length
Event
Round
Hole
Course
1
Caleb Surratt
488 yards
Mexico City
2
11
Club de Golf Chapultepec
2
Carlos Ortiz
445 yards
Mexico City
2
16
Club de Golf Chapultepec
3
Caleb Surratt
444 yards
Chicago
2
14
Bolingbrook Golf Club
4
Joaquin Niemann
440 yards
Chicago
2
14
Bolingbrook Golf Club
5
Brooks Koepka
435 yards
Mexico City
1
11
Club de Golf Chapultepec
LONGEST DRIVES AT EACH TOURNAMENT
Each golf course challenged LIV Golf players in different ways. Here are the longest drives from each tournament in 2025.
Player
Event
Round
Hole
Distance
Dustin Johnson
Riyadh
3
12
406.4 yards
Bryson DeChambeau
Adelaide
2
15
415.8 yards
Dustin Johnson
Hong Kong
3
14
402.4 yards
Harold Varner III
Singapore
2
6
371.1 yards
Matthew Wolff
Miami
3
1
402.8 yards
Caleb Surratt
Mexico City
2
11
487.5 yards
Mito Pereira
Korea
1
3
422.6 yards
Luis Masaveu
Virginia
1
12
394.4 yards
Jon Rahm
Dallas
2
2
387.5 yards
Bryson DeChambeau
Andalucía
1
18
374.3 yards
Anthony Kim
UK
2
7
387.8 yards
Caleb Surratt
Chicago
2
14
443.6 yards
David Puig
Indianapolis
2
7
410.1 yards
Josele Ballester
Michigan
4
1
388.1 yards
SEASON DRIVING AVERAGE-INDIVIDUAL (on measured holes)
2025 marks the first time Joaquin Niemann has led the league in average driving distance. The leaders in the four previous seasons were: Bryson DeChambeau in 2022 (327.1), Peter Uihlein in 2023 (322.5) and DeChambeau in 2024 (323.0).
Ranking
Player
Average
Rounds
1
Joaquin Niemann
330.4
40
2
Bryson DeChambeau
328.8
40
3
Dean Burmester
327.6
40
4
David Puig
325.3
37
5
Peter Uihlein
324.6
40
FAIRWAYS HIT-INDIVIDUAL
Henrik Stenson hit the most fairways during the 2025 season, but his stellar driving accuracy failed to make up for his struggles on the greens, which contributed to his relegation.
Ranking
Player
Rounds
Percentage
Fairways Hit
Possible Fairways
1
Henrik Stenson
40
72.5%
406
560
2
Abraham Ancer
40
67.86%
380
560
3
Louis Oosthuizen
40
66.43%
372
560
4
Sebastián Muñoz
39
66.25%
371
560
5
Kevin Na
40
66.12%
361
546
STROKES GAINED: OFF THE TEE-INDIVIDUAL
Strokes Gained: Off the Tee measures a player's performance on tee shots compared to the average performance of other players in the field. It quantifies how many strokes a player gains or loses relative to the field based on factors like distance, accuracy, and the resulting position of the ball.
Ranking
Player
SG: OTT
1
Bryson DeChambeau
+1.58
2
Jon Rahm
+1.09
3
Joaquin Niemann
+0.99
4
David Puig
+0.87
5
Tom McKibbin
+0.69
DRIVING AVERAGE - TEAM
Here are the LIV Golf teams who drive it the furthest on average on measured holes (two holes per tournament are selected to record official length of drives.) Legion XIII had three players in the top nine in season-long average, so it’s no surprise the team leads the league.
Ranking
Team
Average
1
Legion XIII
319.1
T2
Torque GC
314.7
T2
4Aces GC
314.7
4
Fireballs GC
313.4
5
RangeGoats GC
312.0
FAIRWAYS HIT-TEAM
Majesticks GC topped the LIV Golf teams in fairways hit during the 2025 season, thanks in large part to the strong driving accuracy of their tri-captains: Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter, and Lee Westwood, all of whom ranked inside the top 24 among full-time players in the category.
Ranking
Team
Fairway Hit %
1
Majesticks GC
61.92%
2
Crushers GC
61.56%
3
HyFlyers GC
60.67%
4
Fireballs GC
60.58%
5
Smash GC
60.27%
STROKES GAINED: OFF THE TEE-TEAM
Fireballs GC excelled in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee with all four players: David Puig, Sergio Garcia, Josele Ballester and Abraham Ancer ranking inside the top 12 among full-time players in this category.
Ranking
Team
SG: OTT
1
Fireballs GC
+0.54
2
Legion XIII
+0.48
3
Crushers GC
+0.45
4
Torque GC
+0.30
5
4Aces GC
+0.22
ACCURACY PERFECTION
There were nine total rounds in 2025 where a player hit every fairway for their round.
Fairways Hit
Player
Team
Event
Round
14
Branden Grace
Stinger GC
Hong Kong
3
14
Bryson DeChambeau
Crushers GC
Hong Kong
2
14
Ben Campbell
RangeGoats GC
Singapore
3
14
Abraham Ancer
Fireballs GC
Korea
2
14
Bubba Watson
RangeGoats GC
Korea
2
14
Sebastián Muñoz
Torque GC
Korea
2
14
Sergio Garcia
Fireballs GC
Korea
3
14
Talor Gooch
Smash GC
Korea
1
14
Henrik Stenson
Majesticks GC
Indianapolis
2
Talor Gooch held the longest streak for most consecutive fairways at any point during the 2025 season.
Player
Consecutive Fairways Hit
Event
Talor Gooch
21
Korea Rd.1 and Rd.2
MOST 400-YARD DRIVES
Here are the players with the most 400-yard drives of the 2025 season. DeChambeau and Niemann, who sit atop the league in average driving distance, lead the way with the most 400-yard drives of the season. Caleb Surratt had only two drives of 400-plus yards, but they were 2 of the 3 longest drives of the year. His third longest drive was 397.5 yards.
Player
Team
400-Yard Drives
Bryson DeChambeau
Crushers GC
8
Joaquin Niemann
Torque GC
5
Tom McKibbin
Legion XIII
4
David Puig
Fireballs GC
4
Matthew Wolff
RangeGoats GC
3
