Just like that, the second season of the LIV Golf circuit has reached the finish line. Capping its sophomore campaign at Trump National Doral in Florida, this week’s 2023 LIV Golf Miami team championship will take on a different shape than prior LIV Golf events. With individual titles wrapped up — Talor Gooch finished atop the regular-season standings — the focus now shifts to the team portion of the league.
The LIV Golf Miami team championship will take place over three days and feature everything from byes, singles matches, foursomes and stroke play as teams compete for the $50 million purse. The top three teams will all collect north of $5 million with $14 million going to the winning squad.
As they did last season, Dustin Johnson’s 4 Aces commands the No. 1 overall seed and has earned a bye in Friday’s quarterfinals. Teams seeded Nos. 2-4 — Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers, Joaquin Niemann’s Torque and Bubba Watson’s RangeGoats — will also have the day off while those teams seeded Nos. 5-12 vie for a spot in Saturday’s semifinals.
Louis Oosthuizen will lead his fifth-ranked Stinger into the Team Championship following a season that featured six podium finishes. Oosthuizen had his pick of the litter as the higher seeds chose the teams with whom they wished to match up against in the quarterfinals, and the same being true for the semifinals. Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs, Cameron Smith’s Ripper and Brooks Koepka’s Smash chose their opponents following Oosthuizen’s selection.
Captains from each team will match up against each other in a singles match. The remaining three members from each team will be split up between another singles match and a foursomes match. Whichever team earns two points will advance to the next day.
The last day of competition will return to standard stroke play where all 12 teams will participate in a three-tier system. Each player’s score will count for their team with the lowest cumulative squad from the top four teams being crowned the second-ever LIV Golf team champion.
How to watch LIV Golf Miami
Event: LIV Golf Miami | Oct. 20-22
Purse: $50 million
Start time: 1 p.m. ET
Location: Trump National Doral — Miami, Florida
Viewing info: Friday: 1-6 p.m. (CW App) | Saturday & Sunday: 1-6 p.m. (CW Network & App)
Quarterfinal matchups
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Stinger (5) vs. Iron Heads (12) |
Louis Oosthuizen vs. Kevin Na |
Branden Grace vs. Scott Vincent |
Dean Burmester/Charl Schwartzel vs. Sihwan Kim/Danny Lee |
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Fireballs (6) vs. Majesticks (11) |
Sergio Garcia vs. Henrik Stenson |
Eugenio Chacarra vs. Sam Horsfield |
Abraham Ancer/Carlos Ortiz vs. Ian Poulter/Lee Westwood |
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Ripper (7) vs. Cleeks (10) |
Cameron Smith vs. Martin Kaymer |
Marc Leishman vs. Richard Bland |
Matt Jones/Jed Morgan vs. Graeme McDowell/Bernd Wiesberger |
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Smash (8) vs. HyFlyers (9) |
Brooks Koepks vs. Phil Mickelson |
Jason Kokrak vs. Cameron Tringale |
Chase Koepka/Matthew Wolff vs. James Piot/Brendan Steele |
Teams for LIV Golf Miami
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1 |
4 Aces |
Dustin Johnson |
Patrick Reed, Pat Perez, Peter Uihlein |
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2 |
Crushers |
Bryson DeChambeau |
Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri |
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3 |
Torque |
Joaquin Niemann |
Sebastian Munoz, David Puig, Mito Pereira |
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4 |
RangeGoats |
Bubba Watson |
Thomas Pieters, Harold Varner III, Talor Gooch |
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5 |
Stinger |
Louis Oosthuizen |
Charl Schwartzel, Dean Burmester, Branden Grace |
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6 |
Fireballs |
Sergio Garcia |
Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Eugenio Chacarra |
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7 |
Ripper |
Cameron Smith |
Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Jed Morgan |
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8 |
Smash |
Brooks Koepka |
Chase Koepka, Jason Kokrak, Matthew Wolff |
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9 |
HyFlyers |
Phil Mickelson |
Cameron Tringale, Brendan Steele, James Piot |
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10 |
Cleeks |
Martin Kaymer |
Richard Bland, Graeme McDowell, Bernd Wiesberger |
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11 |
Majesticks |
Henrik Stenson |
Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Sam Horsfield |
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12 |
Iron Heads |
Kevin Na |
Scott Vincent, Danny Lee, Sihwan Kim |