Following a week that saw Brooks Koepka successfully defend his LIV Golf Jeddah title, the upstart tour closes out its 2023 season with the second annual LIV Golf Team Championship at Trump National Doral in Miami.

The opening round of LIV Golf’s season-ending event will feature the two winningest major champions of the last two decades when six-time major champion Phil Mickelson (HyFlyers GC) takes on five-time major winner, and reigning PGA Champion, Brooks Koepka of Smash GC.

Headlining alongside Koepka and Mickelson will be a bevy of other superstars including Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Bubba Watson, Bryson Dechambeau, Patrick Reed, and Cameron Smith, among others.

Below are some details to get you primed for an exciting week of team golf in south Florida.

The Skinny

Tournament: LIV Golf Miami
Dates: Oct 20-22, 2023
Where: Miami, FL
Course: Trump National Doral
Schedule Week: 14 of 14
Distance: Par 72 / 7725
Format: 54-holes: 12 Teams, 48 Players
Purse: $50,000,000
TV Broadcast: The CW Network
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Weather: Friday – Hi 86/Lo 68, Mostly Sunny, NW/9 mph; Saturday – Hi 85/Lo 66, Sunny, WNW/10 mph; Sunday – Hi 85/Lo 68, Mostly Sunny N/7 mph

How to Follow: LIV Golf Miami

The CW Network airs the LIV Golf League in one-hundred-percent of the U.S. markets.

TELEVISION: Sat-Sun: 1-6 p.m. (The CW), LIV Golf Plus

STREAMING: Fri-Sun: 1-6 p.m. (The CW App, LIVGolfPlus.com, Youtube)

LINKS: Web | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Youtube

LIV Golf Miami Odds

1. 4Aces +350
2. Crushers +400
3. RangeGoats +450
4. Torque +550
5. Stinger +900
6. Fireballs +1100
7. Ripper +1600
8. Smash +1800
9. Cleeks +2500
10. Majesticks +2800
11. HyFlyers +3500
12. Iron Heads +4000

LIV Golf Team Rosters & Rankings

1. 4Aces GC* – 192 pts
   1. Dustin Johnson (5th)
   2. Patrick Reed (6th)
   3. Peter Uihlein (12th)
   4. Pat Perez (28th)
2. Crushers GC* – 186 pts
   1. Bryson DeChambeau (4th)
   2. Charles Howell III (10th)
   3. Anirban Lahiri (13th)
   4. Paul Casey (35th)
3. Torque GC* – 183 pts
   1. Joaquin Niemann (21st)
   2. Mito Pereira (8th)
   3. Sebastian Munoz (11th)
   4. David Puig (31st)
4. RangeGoats GC* – 179 pts
   1. Bubba Watson (36th)
   2. Talor Gooch (1st)
   3. Harold Varner III (7th)
   4. Thomas Pieters (36th)
5. Stinger GC – 157pts
   1. Louis Oosthuizen (24th)
   2. Branden Grace (9th)
   3. Dean Burmester (14th)
   4. Charl Schwartzel (38th)
6. Fireballs GC – 136pts
   1. Sergio Garcia (17th)
   2. Carlos Ortiz (15th)
   3. Abraham Ancer (26th)
   4. Eugenio Chacarra (32nd)
7. Ripper GC – 81pts
   1. Cam Smith (2nd)
   2. Marc Leisgman (18th)
   3. Matt Jones (37th)
   4. Jediah Morgan (46th)
8. Smash GC – 54pts
   1. Brooks Koepka (3rd)
   2. Jason Kokrak (23rd)
   3. Matthew Wolff (27th)
   4. Chase Koepka (48th)
9. Hyflyers GC – 40 pts
   1. Phil Mickelson (39th)
   2. Cameron Tringale (16th)
   3. Brendan Steele (19th)
   4. James Piot (47th)
10. Cleeks GC – 32pts
    1. Martin Kaymer (49th)
    2. Richard Bland (20th)
    3. Bernd Wiesberger (41st)
    4. Graeme McDowell (42nd)
11. Majesticks GC – 27 pts
    1. Henrik Stenson (25th)
    2. Ian Poulter (34th)
    3. Lee Westwood (45th)
    4. Sam Horsfield (40th)
12. Iron Heads GC – 20 pts
    1. Kevin Na (30th)
    2. Scott Vincent (22nd)
    3. Danny Lee (29th)
    4. Sihwan Kim (50th)

Keys:
Rank-Team Name-Pts
Team Players (Individual Season Ranking)
Bold = Captains
* Earned a bye into Saturday’s semifinals

LIV Golf Team Championship: How it Works

The LIV Golf League awarded points to teams based on their finish at each tournament, with values ranging from 32 points (first place) to 0 (9th-12th). Following the 13th and final regular season event in Saudi Arabia, team standings determined seeds 1-12 for the Team Championship in Miami.

The four top-seeded teams earned a bye into the weekend. Those four are: 1. 4Aces GC (Johnson), 2. Crushers GC (DeChambeau), 3. Torque GC (Niemann) and 4. RangeGoats GC (Watson) earned a bye into Saturday’s semifinals.

Teams ranked Nos. 5 through 12 which will battle in out on Friday, hoping to make it to the weekend, are: 5. Stinger GC (Oosthuizen), 6. Fireballs GC (Garcia), 7. Ripper GC (Smith), 8. Smash GC (Koepka), 9. Hyflyers GC (Mickelson), 10. Cleeks GC (Kaymer), 11. Majesticks GC (Stenson, Westwood, Poulter), and 12. Iron Heads GC (Na).

Following Friday’s results, team captains for the top four seeds and captains for the four quarterfinal match winners will face off, with the higher-seeded teams selecting their opponents for Saturday’s semifinal round.

On Sunday, all 48 players amongst the 12 teams will compete in one round of stroke play, with all four players’ scores counting towards their team’s score. The four teams advancing to the finals will compete for places 1-4, with the teams eliminated in the semifinals competing for places 5-8. Teams eliminated in the quarterfinals will compete for places 9 through 12, with larger prizes awarded to teams based on their finishing position.

Championship Schedule

Quarterfinals: Friday, October 20

1. Ripper GC vs Cleeks GC
   • Singles: Smith vs Kaymer
   • Singles: Leishman v Bland
   • Foursomes: Jones/Morgan v McDowell/Wiesberger
2. Stinger GC vs Iron Heads GC
   • Singles: Oosthuizen v Na
   • Singles: Grace v Vincent
   • Foursomes: Burmester/Schwartzel v Kim/Lee
3. Fireballs GC v Majesticks GC
   • Singles: Garcia v Stenson
   • Singles: Chacarra v Horsfield
   • Foursomes: Ancer/Ortiz v Poulter/Westwood
4. Smash GC v HyFlyers GC
   • Singles: B. Koepka v Mickelson
   • Singles: Kokrak v Tringale
   • Foursomes: C. Koepka/Wolff v Piot/Steele

Semifinals: Saturday, October 21

1. 4Aces GC vs TBD
   • Singles: Johnson vs TBD
   • Singles: Reed v TBD
   • Foursomes: Uihlein/Perez v TBD/TBD
2. Torque GC vs TBD
   • Singles: Niemann v TBD
   • Singles: Pereira v TBD
   • Foursomes: Munoz/Puig v TBD/TBD
3. Crushers GC v TBD
   • Singles: DeChambeau v TBD
   • Singles: Casey v TBD
   • Foursomes: Howell III/Lahiri v TBD/TBD
4. RangeGoats GC v TBD
   • Singles: Watson v TBD
   • Singles: Gooch v TBD
   • Foursomes: Varner/Pieters v TBD/TBD

Finals: Sunday, October 22

• All 48 players amongst the 12 teams will compete in a shotgun start with one round of stroke play
• All four individual scores count towards the team’s score
• The four teams advancing to the finals compete for 1st through 4th place
• The lowest team score on Sunday amongst the four teams that advanced to the finals is crowned the 2023 LIV Golf Team Champion
• The four teams eliminated in the semifinals compete for 5th through 8th place
• The four teams eliminated in the quarterfinals compete for 9th through 12th place

Key Storylines

• LIV Golf completes its first full League season with a return to Miami for the Team Championship, the season-ending team-only competition involving both match play and stroke play.
• The tournament will be played at the famed Blue Monster course at Trump National Doral, with a total purse of $50 million, largest of any LIV Golf event.
• Defending champion 4Aces GC, captained by Dustin Johnson, enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed for the second consecutive year.
• Talor Gooch, winner of the Individual Champion crown after last week’s LIV Golf Jeddah, competed for 4Aces last year before joining Bubba Watson’s RangeGoats this season.
• Smash GC Captain Brooks Koepka enters Miami after successfully defending his Jeddah tournament title by beating Gooch on the second playoff hole.
• Fireballs GC, captained by Sergio Garcia, won the team title in Jeddah for its second victory of the season.
• Ripper GC Captain Cameron Smith, who finished second in the Individual standings, shot a 7-under 65 in last year’s Finals to lead his team to a second-place finish.

The Course

The Blue Monster course at Trump National Doral will host the LIV Golf Team Championship for the second consecutive year.

Revamped by famed golf architect Gil Hanse, the iconic course features a series of strategically placed deep bunkers, long flowing fairways, interesting undulating greens, deep Bermuda rough and a challenging assortment of water hazards.

The famous 18th hole is traditionally considered one of the most difficult in golf.

LIV Golf members Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Patrick Reed are among the golfers who have tamed the Blue Monster, while Bubba Watson is a three-time runner-up.

“It’s a great golf course,” said Johnson, the captain of 4Aces. “It’s a good test of golf. It’s a course I’ve always enjoyed playing.”

LIV Golf Commissioner and CEO Greg Norman won three times at Doral during a seven-year stretch (1990, 1993, 1996).