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The LIV Golf League Match Play Championship is set to take place this weekend in Miami, Florida. The event will be held at Trump National Doral Golf Club, and it will be the first full team event of the LIV season. The competing teams will play for a total of $50 million, the winning team bringing home $16 million.
Trump National Doral Golf Club was founded in 1962 and is owned by the Trump Organization. The resort consists of four separate courses, the most notable is the Blue Monster Course which was designed by Dick Wilson. The Blue Monster Course hosted the WGC-Cadillac Championship from 2007-2016. This course also hosted the inaugural LIV Golf League Match Play Championship last season, which was won by the 4Aces.
The event will be played Friday-Sunday and will air on the CW Network in 100% of U.S. markets, as well as the CW App and LIV Golf Plus. Globally the event will be broadcasted in over 160 international territories Live and On-Demand, free of charge, via LIV Golf Plus.
LIV Golf Miami Course and Event Breakdown
Below is the official round one scorecard provided by LIV Golf.
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out |
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 36 |
| Yardage | 578 | 463 | 440 | 227 | 414 | 430 | 472 | 590 | 190 | 3804 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In |
| Par | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| Yardage | 608 | 428 | 670 | 245 | 475 | 183 | 370 | 450 | 468 | 3897 |
The event will feature 12 teams made up of four players each. The teams will compete in a match play event running from Friday to Sunday. The teams are currently seeded one through twelve based on their season accumulation of total points. I have listed the standings and team rosters below.
- 4 Aces: Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Peter Uihlein, Pat Perez
- Crushers: Bryson Dechambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri
- Torque: Joaquin Niemann, Mito Perreira, Sebastian Munoz, David Puig
- Range Goats: Bubba Watson, Talor Gooch, Thomas Pieters, Harold Varner III
- Stinger: Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, Dean Burmester
- Fireballs: Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Eugenio Chacarra
- Ripper: Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Jediah Morgan
- Smash: Brooks Koepka, Jason Kokrak, Chase Koepka, Matthew Wolff
- HyFlyers: Phil Mickelson, Cameron Tringale, Brendan Steele, James Piot
- Cleeks: Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Richard Bland, Bernd Weisberger
- Majesticks: Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood, Sam Horsfield
- Iron Heads: Kevin Na, Scott Vicent, Danny Lee, Siwan Kim
The top four seeds will get a bye on day one (Friday), while seeds 5-8 get to choose their opponent out of the remaining teams 9-12. On Saturday, the top four seeds will then select their opponent from the day one winners.
The match play format for Friday and Saturday is head-to-head where each team will play three total matches. Two matches are singles matches and one is a foursomes (alternate shot) match. Whichever team takes two points advances. The round one matches are as follows:
(5) Stinger vs (12) Iron Heads
(6) Fireballs vs (12) Majesticks
(7) Ripper vs (10) Cleeks
(8) Smash vs (9) HyFlyers
LIV Golf Betting Odds - Miami
Below are the current odds to win as presented by BetUS. Odds on different sportsbooks are subject to change.
| ROT | ODDS TO WIN LIV GOLF MIAMI TEAM EVENT | MONEYLINE |
|---|---|---|
| 1101 | 4 Aces | +350 |
| 1102 | Crushers | +400 |
| 1103 | RangeGoats | +400 |
| 1104 | Torque | +550 |
| 1105 | Stinger | +900 |
| 1106 | Fire Balls | +1100 |
| 1107 | Ripper | +1600 |
| 1108 | Smash | +1600 |
| 1109 | Cleeks | +2500 |
| 1110 | Majesticks | +2500 |
| 1111 | Hy Flyers | +3500 |
| 1112 | Iron Heads | +4000 |
LIV Golf Betting Selections - Miami
Fireballs +1100
The Fireballs have gotten hot (no pun intended) at the right time. The Fireballs took home the team title last week in Jeddah, shooting a combined score of -32. The win in Jeddah came off the heels of a second-place finish in the Chicago event two weeks prior. In each of the final two events, all four members of the team finished T18 or better. The team is as hot as anyone in the league heading to the finale in Miami.
It is important to note that while the team is hot, this is not an individual stroke play event until Sunday. That said, I would argue the Fireballs are actually more equipped for Friday and Saturday’s match play format than they are stroke play. A majority of their roster has a resounding amount of success in team match play format.
Captain Sergio Garcia is the all-time points leader in Ryder Cup history and is widely argued to be the greatest Ryder Cup player of all time in his team event history for team Europe. In the 2019 President’s Cup, Abraham Ancer earned a team leading 3.5 points for the Internationals, going 3-1-1 at the event. His only loss came in a singles match on Sunday to Tiger Woods. 23-year-old Eugenio Chacarra may appear inexperienced at first glance; however, he went 4-0-0 representing the International team at the 2021 Pamer Cup. While Carlos Ortiz has the least match play success, the Fireballs plan to pair him with fellow countryman Abraham Ancer in their team match for Friday and Saturday.
Both Sergio Garcia and Abraham Ancer have been on record saying how much they love the team aspect of LIV Golf. In the offseason, Abraham Ancer appeared on Draws N Fades Podcast and spoke about Garcia rallying the team and firing them up as captain. I expect this to be on full display this weekend in Miami. While Garcia’s Ryder Cup future is up in the air, he will have an opportunity to captain his own team to victory this weekend in Miami and I know he is not taking that lightly. I believe the Fireballs will shock the LIV Golf League and win as the 6-seed come Sunday.
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