LIV GOLF TULSA PREVIEW: NOTES ON THE 12 TEAMS
A quick look at each of the 12 LIV Golf League teams going into the first round of LIV Golf Tulsa at Cedar Ridge Country Club.
Teams listed in order of current point standings.
4ACES GC
Current individual points standings: Peter Uihlein (2), Patrick Reed (6), Pat Perez (18), Dustin Johnson (20)
Retained top spot in standings despite finishing outside the points (9th in Singapore) for first time this season
Only team to shoot all nine counting rounds in the 60s in Singapore
Team stroke average of 68.7 leads League
Uihlein leads League in driving distance average and putting average
TORQUE GC
Current individual points standings: Mito Pereira (7), Sebastián Muñoz (10), Joaquin Niemann (25), David Puig (44)
Team has finished inside the points in each of the first five tournaments
Pereira posted his best points finish, a fifth place in Singapore
Pereira leads League in Greens in Regulation percentage (77.78%)
Team leads League in par 4 scoring (36 under)
FIREBALLS GC
Current individual points standings: Carlos Ortiz (5), Sergio Garcia (8), Eugenio Chacarra (34), Abraham Ancer (39)
Finished second in Singapore for team’s best result since winning in Tucson
Garcia’s solo second after losing in playoff was his best individual LIV Golf result
Three different players shot 64s in Singapore – Garcia and Ortiz in Round 2, Chacarra in Round 3
Tied for best team percentage in fairways hit at 63%
RANGEGOATS GC
Current individual points standings: Talor Gooch (1), Harold Varner III (26), Bubba Watson (32), Thomas Pieters (41)
Won its first-ever team title in Singapore
Gooch is first LIV Golf member to win back-to-back individual titles
Former Oklahoma State star Gooch now leads season-long Individual Champion standings
Varner’s ninth-place points finish in Singapore is his best result in 2023
CRUSHERS GC
Current individual points standings: Charles Howell III (3), Anirban Lahiri (16), Paul Casey (24), Bryson DeChambeau (38)
Shot a cumulative 20-under counting score to rally in final round for third place in Singapore
The 193 total in final round ties for lowest counting score by any team in a single round this season
Casey and Howell each shot 63 in final round, one stroke off LIV Golf record low score
Howell has contributed counting scores in 14 of the first 15 rounds in 2023
STINGER GC
Current individual points standings: Dean Burmester (13), Branden Grace (17), Louis Oosthuizen (22), Charl Schwartzel (28)
Comes off first non-points result of season (10th in Singapore)
Burmester’s LIV Golf-record 239 consecutive holes played without a 3-putt ended in Singapore
Burmester has 5 eagles this season, tied for most in the League
Oosthuizen has hit 70% of his fairways, ranking third in the League
SMASH GC
Current individual points standings: Brooks Koepka (4), Matthew Wolff (14), Jason Kokrak (19), Chase Koepka (45)
Brooks Koepka finished solo third in Singapore and is now fourth in Individual Champion standings
Jason Kokrak’s sixth-place finish in Singapore was his best result of season
Brooks Koepka ranks 2nd in League in birdies (76); Kokrak is T3 (73)
Brooks Koepka has contributed counting scores in all 15 rounds in 2023
RIPPER GC
Current individual points standings: Cameron Smith (9), Matt Jones (27), Marc Leishman (31), Jediah Morgan (42)
Finished 6th in Singapore, team’s fourth points finish of season
Smith (7th in Singapore) now has three top-10 points finishes this season
Smith has tied LIV Golf record with 19 consecutive counting scores
Leishman (16th), Morgan (17th) had their best individual points finishes in Singapore
HYFLYERS GC
Current individual points standings: Brendan Steele (12), Cameron Tringale (15), Phil Mickelson (35), James Piot (47)
Led after first round, shared second round team lead in Singapore before finishing 8th
Mickelson’s 15th place points finish was his best of the season
Tringale has finished with points (top 24) in all five League events
Team is 100 under par on par 5s, second-highest total in League
IRON HEADS GC
Current individual points standings: Danny Lee (11), Kevin Na (23), Scott Vincent (21), Sihwan Kim (50)
Vincent tied LIV Golf record low with second-round 62 in Singapore
Vincent’s fourth-place finish in Singapore was his best LIV Golf individual result
Na has eight consecutive rounds in the 60s, tying for active leader in that category
Na, Lee have contributed counting scores for each of first 15 rounds this season
CLEEKS GC
Current individual points standings: Graeme McDowell (36), Richard Bland (37), Bernd Wiesberger (46), Martin Kaymer (49)
Kaymer shot 66 in second round of Singapore in just his fifth round since returning from offseason wrist surgery
Team is tied for third in League in fairways hit at 62%
McDowell has recorded par or better in his last 28 par 3 holes
Team has finished last in three of first five tournaments in 2023
MAJESTICKS GC
Current individual points standings: Sam Horsfield (29), Henrik Stenson (30), Ian Poulter (33), Lee Westwood (43)
Laurie Canter is replacing injured Sam Horsfield for third consecutive LIV Golf tournament
Poulter has recorded par or better in his last 73 par 5 holes played to set LIV record
Stenson has contributed 13 counting scores in 2023 to lead team
Stenson leads the League in fairways hit at 77.62%
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