LIV Golf is rolling out its teams and rosters this week on the eve of the circuit’s second season.
Rather than announce its members at once for the 2023 campaign, the Saudi-backed league sent out a press release stating its players and squads will be trickled out just days before the 14-event season begins in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The team names and captains have been previously announced, and nearly all of the LIV’s marquee attractions from its inaugural season are expected to return.
Unlike last season, it is not expected that players and teams will change every event. There are at least two team name changes, with the Niblicks turning into Range Goats GC and Punch going to Ripper GC.
Torque, captained by Joaquin Niemann, was the first team announced overnight, with Mito Pereira, Sebastian Munoz and David Puig rounding out the team. Golf Digest has previously reported that Pereira and Munoz were expected to join the league in its second year. Smash GC, headlined by Brooks Koepka, added Matthew Wolff to the roster, after Wolff played last year with Phil Mickelson’s team. Brooks’ brother Chase Koepka and Jason Kokrak are also on the team. The Majesticks, led by Henrik Stenson and Ian Poulter, are bringing back the same team as last year with Lee Westwood and Sam Horsfield.
Below are the team names, team captains, rosters and schedule for the 2023 season. The names and rosters will be updated as they are announced. Both individual and team competitions similar to the inaugural season will return to LIV Golf in 2023. Last month the league announced a multi-year media deal with the CW, giving LIV Golf its first traditional television broadcast partner in the United States.
This story will be updated.
LIV GOLF TEAMS
Ripper GC: Captain Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Jed Morgan
Torque GC: Captain Joaquin Niemann, Mito Pereira, Sebastian Munoz, David Puig
Majesticks GC: Captains Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood, Sam Horsfield
Smash GC: Captain Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka, Matt Wolff, Jason Kokrak
Fire Balls GC: Captain Sergio Garcia
HY Flyers GC: Captain Phil Mickelson
Iron Heads GC: Captain Kevin Na
RangeGoats GC: Captain Bubba Watson
4 Aces GC: Captain Dustin Johnson
Cleeks GC: Captain Martin Kaymer
Crushers GC: Captain Bryson DeChambeau
Stinger GC: Captain Louis Oosthuizen
SCHEDULE
February 24-26: El Camaleón Golf Club, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
March 17-19: The Gallery Golf Club, Tucson, Arizona, USA
March 31–April 2: Orange County National, Orlando, Florida, USA
April 21-23: The Grange Golf Club, Adelaide, South Australia
April 28-30: Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore
May 12-14: Cedar Ridge Country Club, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA
May 26-28: Trump National Golf Club, Washington DC, USA
June 30-July 2: Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain
July 7-9: Centurion Club, London, England
August 4-6: The Old White Course, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA
August 11-13: Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, New Jersey, USA
September 22-24: Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Illinois, USA
October 20-22: Trump National Doral, Miami, Florida, USA
November 3-5: Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
