Like his counterpart on the PGA Tour, Liv Golf is the equivalent of a playoff, playing for three consecutive weeks in Chicago before going to Indianapolis and then to the team championships to go to Michigan.
In the next two weeks, players’ rankings will be locked after the 13th event, and individual champions will be determined as they move their full focus to the teams for the final week of the year.
In his fifth victory in the season at Liv Golf UK, Joaquin Niemann (206.8) returned ahead of Jon Rahm (169.16) in individual standings, with Bryson Decambeau (136.24) back in third place. He currently has earned almost half of the event on his LIV schedule (5 out of 11), and Rahm will need an epic finish in the next two events to prevent Neeman from bringing home his season-long individual titles.
The good news for Rahm is that he won last year in Chicago – he escapes Neiman in the process – so if he tries to make the final push to challenge Neiman for an individual title, he heads to a comfortable place.
On the team side, Rahm’s Legion XIII was added to the cushion via Deccanbeau’s crusher after winning a team competition in the UK. They currently have a 46.66 points advantage over the crusher heading for a stretch run. The battle is much closer to the second between the crusher (172) and the fireball (155), with four to six stages of teams, rippers and torque all separated by less than 9 points.
Teams at the top of the ranking can choose their opponent in the match-play portion of the Team Championship in Michigan State in three weeks. So for teams fighting in top six positions, the value of being a higher seed is gaining the first choice of weaker teams at the bottom.
As individual championship races approach closer and closer to jockeys in positions heading towards the team championship, here’s how to watch the first of their LIV golf action for the third week in a row:
Where to see Liv Golf Chicago
event: LIV Golf Chicago | August 8-10
wallet: $25 million
position: Bowling Brook Golf Club – Bowling Brook, Illinois
Displaying information (always Eastern)
- Friday: 12-2pm on FS1, 2-5pm on FOX
- Saturday: 1-3pm on FOX, 3-6pm on FS2
- Sunday: 10am to 12pm on FS2, 12pm to 3pm on FOX
Stream: fubo (start monitoring, save $20!)
Liv Golf Chicago team rankings
| position | name | captain | Team Members | point |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Legion XIII | John Larm | Tom McKibbin, Tyrrell Hutton, Caleb Salatt | 218.66 |
2 | crusher | Bryson Deccanbeau | Charles Howell III, Annealvan Lahili, Paul Casey | 172 |
3 | fireball | Sergio Garcia | Abraham Answer, David Puig, Jaws Ballester | 155 |
4 | 4 seconds | Dustin Johnson | Thomas Peters, Patrick Reed, Harold Burner III | 112.66 |
5 | Ripper | Cameron Smith | Mark Leishman, Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones | 104.16 |
6 | torque | Joaquin Neeman | Carlos Ortiz, Sebastian Munoz, Mito Pereira | 104 |
7 | Stinger | Louis Oosthuizen | Dean Barmester, Burn Grace, Charle Schwartzel | 70.16 |
8 | smash | Brooks Koepka | Talor Gooch, Jason Kokrak, Graeme McDowell | 59 |
9 | Range Goat | Baba Watson | Peter Woolein, Ben Campbell, Matthew Wolf | 42 |
10 | High Flyer | Phil Mickelson | Cameron Triingale, Brendan Steele, Andy Ogletee | 34.16 |
11 | Creek | Martin Kamer | Adrian Mellon, Richard Brand, Frederick Kettelap | 10.5 |
12 | Majestics | Ian Paulter, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood | Sam Horsefield | 5.16 |
13 | Iron head | afle That’s right. | Danny Lee, Yubin Jang, Jinich of Kizma | 1 |
Wild Cards | n/a | Anthony Kim, Chiepo Lee |
