This Thursday, the official press conference was held in Michigan, where the captains of the 12 teams competing in the LIV Golf team final chose their opponents for the first round, the quarter-finals, which will take place tomorrow. A match-up where Legion XIII will face the Cleeks. The team captained by Martin Kaymer will be the opponent of the team led by Jon Rahm, who was responsible for choosing the adversary.
The Barrika native was the first of the captains to select who he wanted his team to face, after Legion XIII finished in first place in the overall team standings of the regular season. Thus, the Spaniard, along with Tyrrell Hatton, Tom McKibbin, and Caleb Surratt, will compete for a place in Saturday’s final series against the aforementioned Martin Kaymer, Richard Bland, Adrian Meronk, and Frederik Kjettrup.
Two singles matches and one foursomes (alternate shots) match will be played, and the team that reaches two points (one point per victory) will advance to the next knockout round.
The Crushers of DeChambeau, second to choose, will face the Majesticks of the British; the Fireballs of Sergio García, with David Puig, Josele Ballester, and Abraham Ancer, will face the Hyflyers of Phil Mickelson; the Torque of Joaquín Niemann will seek a place in the next phase by facing the RangeGoats of Bubba Watson; while the last two matches will be played by the 4Aces of Dustin Johnson against the Smash of Brooks Koepka and the Ripper of Cameron Smith against the Stinger of the South Africans.
The IronHeads of Kevin Na were eliminated yesterday in the preliminary knockout round that pitted the 12th and 13th ranked teams in the overall circuit standings against the Majesticks and will not be part of the final series.
The six winning teams will face each other tomorrow, again with the captains choosing their opponents in order, in search of a place in the battle for the top three final positions on Sunday. The teams that lose those matches will play the last round for the 4th to 6th positions. Meanwhile, those who fall on Friday will also face each other on Saturday with the same dynamic, to fight for the 7th to 9th and 10th to 12th positions.
