La Legion XIII captained by the Spaniard Jon Rahm will fight tomorrow for the team title of the 2025 LIV Golf season. The man from Barrika, this time indeed, won ‘winning’. After achieving the individual title without a single partial victory throughout the course and overcoming yesterday’s quarter-final clash despite losing his match against Adrian Meronk, the Basque golfer triumphed today in his match against Phil Mickelson, earning a crucial point to eliminate the HyFlyers, who defeated the Fireballs of Sergio García in the quarter-finals yesterday, thus aiming for the double.
Rahm won 3&1 against the man from San Diego, who started the duel very well but gradually faded in the final stretch. A great final putt from over five metres, with a fist pump to celebrate, was the culmination of a good afternoon of golf from the leader of the Legion XIII, especially on the greens, where he was particularly sharp. The defeat of Tyrrell Hatton against Cameron Tringale, infallible in the matches, had no impact on his team because the pair formed by Tom McKibbin and Caleb Surratt secured the second point against Andy Ogletree and Brendan Steele in the foursomes clash.
Rahmbo defeats Phil 3&1 ‼️@LegionXIIIgc are moving onto the Finals 😤#LIVGolfMichigan pic.twitter.com/ziKrciyi4D
— LIV Golf (@livgolf_league) August 23, 2025
In the battle for the top three positions in the final general standings of LIV Golf, the Crushers and the Stinger will also be present. DeChambeau‘s team won 2-1 against the Smash in a closely contested match from start to finish. The ‘scientist’ earned his point by winning one up against Talor Goch, and although Anirban Lahiri lost to Brooks Koepka, the victory in the foursomes by Paul Casey and Charles Howell III by two up against Jason Kokrak and Graeme McDowell was decisive.
The surprise came from the South Africans, leaving the Torque of Joaquín Niemann stranded. The Chilean can’t catch a break at the end of this season after his outstanding campaign, with five partial victories and one team victory. Joaco lost his duel against Dean Burmester by two holes, while Sebastián Muñoz and Carlos Ortiz fell 2&1 in the foursomes against Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel. Mito Pereira, relegated in the circuit, was the only one from his team to score, winning 4&2 against Branden Grace.
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Bryson DeChambeau justifies his match play pick and @Crushers_GC advance to the Finals 🙌#LIVGolfMichigan pic.twitter.com/kyZfr5GWB8
— LIV Golf (@livgolf_league) August 23, 2025
Thus, the Legion XIII, the Crushers, and the Stinger will fight tomorrow for the top three positions, while the HyFlyers, the Smash, and the Torque will compete for the 4th to 6th places. We remind you that the final day is played in stroke play format, and the strokes of the four members of each team are added up, with the lowest score prevailing in each of the established sections. The 7th to 9th positions will be for the Fireballs, the 4Aces, and the Ripper, and the 10th to 12th positions will be for the Cleeks, the Majesticks, and the RangeGoats.
Sergio‘s team redeemed themselves from the quarter-finals by winning 2-1 with points for Abraham Ancer, who won 2&1 against Adrian Meronk, and for the pair formed by the man from Borriol and David Puig, who overcame Kaymer and Kjettrup 4&2 in the foursomes. The ‘thrashing’ of the day was received by Josele Ballester, whom Richard Bland, who had the chance yesterday to get his team into the title fight and forgave, overwhelmed today with a 6&4 that was of no use to the Cleeks.
