Talor Gooch and Dustin Johnson. LIV Golf

As we head into the penultimate event of the LIV Golf League 2023 individual season, here is a quick update on each team

4 ACES

  • Current individual points standings: Patrick Reed (3), Dustin Johnson (8), Peter Uihlein (14), Pat Perez (24)
  • Sixth place in Bedminster was ninth points finish (top eight) of season
  • Reed’s fourth place in Bedminster was his third top-five points finish in last four starts
  • Only team shooting under par collectively for par 3s (-8), par 4s (-14) and par 5s (-212)
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Reed (68.8), Johnson (68.9), Uihlein (69.3), Perez (69.8)

TORQUE

  • Current individual points standings: Mito Pereira (6), Sebastián Muñoz (12), Joaquin Niemann (21), David Puig (29)
  • Have most team wins (four) this season and have points finishes in 10 of 11 tournaments
  • Niemann’s seventh place in Bedminster is his best points result of season
  • Pereira leads League in greens in regulation at 74 per cent
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Pereira (68.7), Muñoz (69.1), Niemann (69.3), Puig (69.8)

STINGER

  • Current individual points standings: Branden Grace (5), Dean Burmester (11), Louis Oosthuizen (20), Charl Schwartzel (41)
  • Team’s third place in Bedminster is their third consecutive podium result and fifth in last six starts
  • Burmester’s fifth place in Bedminster is his best points result in last eight starts
  • Schwartzel’s 22nd in Bedminster is his first points-producing result in last seven starts
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Grace (68.8), Burmester (69.0), Oosthuizen (69.6), Schwartzel (70.5)

CRUSHERS

Bryson DeChambeau. Eakin Howard
  • Current individual points standings: Bryson DeChambeau (7), Charles Howell III (10), Anirban Lahiri (15), Paul Casey (34)
  • Lahiri’s second-place points finish in Bedminster matches his best result of season
  • DeChambeau is LIV Golf’s active streak leader in counting scores with 18
  • DeChambeau’s LIV-best streak of 20 consecutive rounds under par ended in Round 1, Bedminster
  • Scoring averages in 2023: DeChambeau (68.7), Howell (69.2), Lahiri (69.4), Casey (70.1)

RANGEGOATS

  • Current individual points standings: Talor Gooch (2), Harold Varner III (9), Bubba Watson (35), Thomas Pieters (36),
  • Only team this season with points finishes in each of first 11 tournaments
  • Gooch leads League this season in par-4 scoring (36-under)
  • Team tied for League lead in greens in regulation (69.78 per cent)
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Gooch (68.2), Varner (68.9), Pieters (69.8), Watson (70.2)

FIREBALLS

  • Current individual points standings: Carlos Ortiz (13), Sergio Garcia (17), Abraham Ancer (30), Eugenio Chacarra (32)
  • Ancer’s third place in Bedminster is his best LIV result in 17 regular-season starts
  • Chacarra making his first start since winning International Series’ St Andrews Bay Championship in 10-hole playoff on Asian Tour
  • Team have finished with points in nine tournaments in 2023
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Ortiz (69.1), Garcia (69.3), Ancer (69.8), Chacarra (70.3)

RIPPER

Cameron Smith. LIV Golf
  • Current individual points standings: Cameron Smith (1), Marc Leishman (25), Matt Jones (37), Jediah Morgan (46)
  • Smith moved into No. 1 spot in Individual Champion standings for first time after winning in Bedminster
  • Team won their first-ever team title and have podium finishes in two of last three starts
  • Jones comes off second place at International Series’ St Andrews Bay Championship after battling in 10-hole playoff
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Smith (68.1), Leishman (69.4), Jones (70.3), Morgan (71.9)

SMASH

  • Current individual points standings: Brooks Koepka (4), Jason Kokrak (19), Matthew Wolff (23), Chase Koepka (48)
  • Brooks Koepka making his first LIV start since being named on US Ryder Cup team
  • Team returning to site of their first-ever podium finish (second) last year at Rich Harvest Farms
  • Chase Koepka finished eighth last year in Chicago, shooting 70-67 in final two rounds
  • Scoring averages in 2023: B Koepka (68.8), Kokrak (69.0), Wolff (70.7), C Koepka (72.1)

HYFLYERS

  • Current individual points standings: Cameron Tringale (16), Brendan Steele (18), Phil Mickelson (38), James Piot (47)
  • Team come off their best two-tournament stretch with fourt in Greenbrier, fifth in Bedminster
  • Mickelson’s 10th place in Bedminster is his best result of season
  • Tringale’s 68.7 scoring average ties for third best in league this season
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Tringale (68.7), Steele (69.2), Mickelson (70.5), Piot (71.2)

MAJESTICKS

  • Current individual points standings: Henrik Stenson (27), Ian Poulter (33), Sam Horsfield (42), Lee Westwood (45)
  • Horsfield returns to the line-up after missing the last seven LIV events with an injury
  • Poulter’s active streak of 127 consecutive par 5s at par or better is LIV Golf record
  • Stenson leads League in par-5 scoring this season (64-under)
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Stenson (69.7), Poulter (69.9), Horsfield (71.1), Westwood (71.3)

IRON HEADS

  • Current individual points standings: Danny Lee (26), Kevin Na (28), Scott Vincent (31), Sihwan Kim (50)
  • Team looking to end string of four consecutive non-points finishes
  • Kim comes off his best points finish of season (33rd) in Bedminster
  • Lee among League leaders in sand saves at 64 per cent
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Na (69.6), Vincent (69.7), Lee (70.5), Kim (74.3)

CLEEKS

  • Current individual points standings: Richard Bland (22), Graeme McDowell (39), Bernd Wiesberger (44), Martin Kaymer (49)
  • McDowell’s 12th place in Bedminster is his best points finish of season
  • Bland has 12th or better finishes in three consecutive starts
  • Wiesberger is active streaks leader in three-putt avoidance with 123 consecutive holes without a three-putt
  • Scoring averages in 2023: Bland (69.5), McDowell (70.4), Wiesberger (70.6), Kaymer (72.1)