 Captain Bryson DeChambeau and teammates Paul Casey, Anirban Lahiri, and Charles Howell III of Crushers GC replace the pin flag on the 18th green after sealing their third straight team victory at LIV Golf Dallas at Maridoe Golf Club on Sunday, June 29, 2025 in Carrollton, Texas. (Photo by LIV Golf) BY LIV GOLF STAFF CARROLLTON, Texas – On a challenging course in the Texas heat, a pair of Lone Star stars hoisted trophies Sunday at LIV Golf Dallas presented by Aramco. Crushers GC, captained by Dallas-area resident Bryson DeChambeau, won its third consecutive tournament in commanding fashion, an 11-shot victory that matches the biggest winning team margin this season. It’s a league-best eighth regular season title for the Crushers, and their ninth overall including the 2023 Team Championship. Houston-area resident Patrick Reed won his first LIV Golf individual title and his first pro tournament of any kind in his native state. The 4Aces GC star rolled in a 16-1/2 foot birdie putt on the 18th green to win a dramatic four-man playoff that included Stinger GC Captain Louis Oosthuizen, Iron Heads GC’s Jinichiro Kozuma, and the Crushers’ Paul Casey. Both celebrations were emotional. For DeChambeau, it was a fitting result for a tournament he promoted heavily in his hometown. His efforts paid off, as more than 50,000 fans attended the event across the three days of championship golf and live music, with Saturday’s attendance of more than 20,000 setting a new LIV Golf single-day record in the U.S. “Dallas showed up, and this is what I expected. This is what I thought. This is what I thought was possible,” said the two-time U.S. Open champion, who shot a final-round 68 to finish tied for ninth at 4 under on the individual leaderboard. “Our team showed up. “I’ve just got to say I’m super thankful to Dallas and super thankful for the team for playing as well as they did.” |
 LIV Golf announcer Jason Zone Fisher interviews Patrick Reed of 4Aces GC during the trophy ceremony following Reed’s emotional first individual LIV Golf victory, earned in his home state with a clutch birdie in a four-man playoff in the final round of LIV Golf Dallas at Maridoe Golf Club on Sunday, June 29, 2025 in Carrollton, Texas. (Photo by LIV Golf)For Reed, it was a long-anticipated individual title in his 41st regular-season LIV Golf start. Although he’s celebrated seven team victories with the 4Aces, he’s been arguably the best golfer without an individual win. Meanwhile, his last win in Texas came as a junior golfer.“I don’t like hearing those numbers, that it took me 41 times just to win out here,” Reed said. “It took too long, I felt like, but to check two things off and win for the first time on LIV and also doing it in my home state means a lot.” It didn’t come easy at Maridoe. Reed entered the final round with a three-shot lead that immediately grew to five shots after the first hole after playing companions Casey and Abraham Ancer suffered double-bogeys. But Reed fell back to the pack with five bogeys during a seven-hole stretch on his front nine. By the time he had reached the turn, he had lost the lead to Legion XIII’s Tyrrell Hatton. He steadied himself on the back nine, however, with nine consecutive pars to shoot a 3-over 75 to finish at 6 under. The key hole was the par-4 12th, when he got up-and-down from 150 yards. “That gave me the confidence going forward that hey, the game is where it needs to be,” Reed said. “You just need to right the ship. You got all the bad stuff out of the way, so now let’s go try to win this golf tournament.” He finished at 6 under to match Casey (who rallied from the opening double to shoot 72), Oosthuizen (who birdied his last two holes to shoot 68), and Kozuma (who had four birdies in his final nine holes, recreating his magic at last season’s Dallas Team Championship at Maridoe).  Patrick Reed of 4Aces GC and Captain Louis Oosthuizen of Stinger GC hug on the 18th green after their four-man playoff battle in the final round of LIV Golf Dallas at Maridoe Golf Club on Sunday, June 29, 2025 in Carrollton, Texas. (Photo by LIV Golf)The four-man playoff tied for the largest in LIV Golf history but only lasted one hole. Oosthuizen found the water off the tee, Casey found the greenside bunker with his approach shot, and Kozuma missed the green. Reed was the only one who had a birdie putt, thanks to a terrific approach shot out of the fairway rough.“I looked down at my putter – it’s actually my daughter’s putter, and it says Windsor-Wells all over it,” Reed said. “I looked down and I said, ‘Come on honey, we’ve got to make one.’ For that putt to go in – it meant a lot.” The team victory certainly meant a lot to DeChambeau, while also sending a message to the rest of the league. They started the day four shots off the lead held by the 4Aces but quickly took control with fast starts by DeChambeau and Lahiri, who each had early streaks of three straight birdies. The Crushers moved atop the team points standings on the strength of their depth, with all four players finishing inside the top 11 of the individual leaderboard. Their three consecutive wins matches the streak produced by Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs GC earlier this year. “Losing in a playoff, I’m always a bit pissed off usually,” Casey said. “That’s understandable. But then you kind of see the joy on these guys’ faces … I’m sitting here smiling because I know what it means for Bryson, the effort that he’s put into the week. For us, this was like a little Crushers home game.”TEAM SCORES LIV Golf’s new scoring format this season now involves all four scores now counting in every round in the team competition. (Click here for more on the new format). Here are the results and scores for each team after Saturday’s Rd. 2 of LIV Golf Dallas presented by Aramco.1. CRUSHERS GC -18 (DeChambeau 68, Howell III 68, Lahiri 70, Casey 72; Rd. 3 score: -10) 2. 4ACES GC -7 (Johnson 70, Pieters 70, Varner III 72, Reed 75; Rd. 3 score: +5) 3. LEGION XIII -6 (McKibbin 69, Hatton 72, Rahm 73, Surratt 76; Rd. 3 score: +2) 4. STINGER GC -3 (Oosthuizen 68, Burmester 71, Schwartzel 71, Grace 73; Rd. 3 score: -5) 5. FIREBALLS GC +10 (Garcia 70, Ballester 74, Puig 75, Ance 77; Rd. 3 score: +8) 6. CLEEKS GC +11 (Kayme 69, Meronk 71, Rottluff 75, Bland 77; Rd. 3 score: +4) T7. RIPPER GC +18 (Smith 68, Jones 71, Leishman 74, Herbert 78; Rd. 3 score: +3) T7. HYFLYERS GC +18 (Tringale 67, Ogletree 73, Steele 75, Mickelson 76; Rd. 3 score: +3) 9. IRON HEADS GC +19 (Kozuma 68, Jang 71, Na 72, Lee 74; Rd. 3 score: -3) 10. MAJESTICKS GC +22 (Horsfield 71, Westwood 72, Stenson 73, Poulter 78; Rd. 3 score: +6) 11. TORQUE GC +24 (Muñoz 69, Niemann 74, Ortiz 75, Pereira 80; Rd. 3 score: +10) 12. RANGEGOATS GC +34 (Campbell 74, Watson 75, Schniederjans 76, Uihlein 79; Rd. 3 score: +16) 13. SMASH GC +42 (Gooch 72, Kokrak 77, McDowell 78, Carrera 81; Rd. 3 score: +20) Wild Cards: Kim 70, C. Lee 70  Jinichiro Kozuma of Iron Heads GC hits his approach from the 15th fairway during the final round at LIV Golf Dallas, part of a strong closing stretch that helped him secure a spot in the four-man playoff and deliver his team’s best individual finish of the season at Maridoe Golf Club on Sunday, June 29, 2025 in Carrollton, Texas.(Photo by LIV Golf)ROUND 3 NOTESGARCIA CLAIMS OPEN EXEMPTION: Fireballs GC Captain Sergio Garcia secured the coveted LIV Golf Open Championship exemption with a gritty 2-under-par 70, edging out a handful of competitors including his Fireballs GC teammate David Puig. Although Garcia did not earn any points in Dallas, finishing tied for 25th at 3 over, he was the highest-placed LIV Golf player inside the top five through the season’s first nine events without an exemption. Garcia is fifth in the season-long Individual Championship points race behind Joaquin Niemann, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Dallas winner Patrick Reed, each of whom already have an exemption into the Open. Garcia will make his 26th Open appearance and 102nd major championship start at Royal Portrush next month. “It’s going to be my second time playing at Royal Portrush, and it’s obviously nice,” Garcia said. “It’s one of the goals that you have at the beginning of the year, to try to play as many majors as you can with the limitations that we have. “I didn’t help myself very much the last three months, but I’m glad that I got enough work done in the first third of the year, I guess, in the first part of the season. I’m excited about it, and hopefully I’ll play well.” RECORD ATTENDANCE: LIV Golf Dallas welcomed more than 50,000 fans across the three-day event, including Saturday’s concert by Whiskey Myers. Saturday’s attendance of more than 20,000 set a new LIV Golf single-day record in the U.S. The tournament had ticket buyers from all 50 states and 17 different countries. RAHM’S FIRST NON-TOP 10: Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm did not finish inside the top 10 for the first time in a completed tournament since joining the league prior to last season. Rahm shot a final-round 73 to finish at 3 under, tied for 11th. Entering this week, Rahm had finished in the top 10 in all 20 regular-season starts; his only non-top 10 was a WD last year in Houston. Rahm was tied for 10th near the end of the round until Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau birdied his final hole, which moved him into a tie for ninth and dropped Rahm one spot. OOSTHUIZEN, KOZUMA PLAYOFF REACTION: Stinger GC Captain Louis Oosthuizen and Iron Heads GC’s Jinichiro Kozuma each shot 4-under 68s – among the lowest rounds of the day – to make the four-man individual playoff won by Patrick Reed. For Oosthuizen, it’s the third playoff he’s participated in since joining LIV Golf. He was part of the four-man playoff in Tucson in 2023 won by Danny Lee, and he and teammate Dean Burmester were in a team playoff in 2024 Adelaide won by Ripper GC. “It’s always nice being in a playoff,” said the South African. “It means you’ve done something right. I hope one of these days, one of those come my way.” Kozuma played well for the second straight year at Maridoe; he was a key part of the Iron Heads’ second-place finish in the 2024 Dallas Team Championship. He missed the first five tournaments this year with a back injury but has been in impressive form since his return; he’s already 29th in the points standings. The tie for second is his team’s best individual result since Lee’s win in Tucson. “Right now, I’m playing really well,” said the Japanese native. “I hope I play better in the other events coming up.” 23RD DIFFERENT WINNER: With his first LIV Golf individual title, Patrick Reed becomes the 23rd different player to win an individual trophy on LIV Golf. All four playoff participants were seeking their first LIV Golf wins. POINTS MOVERS: Crushers GC takes over the top spot from Legion XIII in the season-long teams point race with their third consecutive win, while 4Aces GC moves into fourth place ahead of Ripper GC. Individual winner Patrick Reed moved up 14 spots into fourth place in the individual points standings, while Paul Casey moved up 16 spots into 14th with his tie for second. TRINGALE WITH LOW ROUND: HyFlyers GC ‘s Cameron Tringale shot the lowest score on Sunday, a 5-under 67 that left him in a tie for ninth at 4 under.ROUND 3 STATS LEADERSDriving accuracy: Jinichiro Kozuma, 85.71% (12 of 14 fairways hit)Driving distance average (for measured holes 13 and 18): Jon Rahm, 359.3 yards avg.Longest drive (among measured holes 13 and 18): Jon Rahm, 385.8 yards, 18th holeGreens in regulation: Jinichiro Kozuma, Charles Howell III, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia, Andy Ogletree, 77.78% (14 of 18 greens)Scrambling: Tom McKibbin (7 of 7), Cameron Tringale (5 of 5), 100%Putting: Cameron Smith, Adrian Meronk, 1.33 putts per holeBogey-free rounds: none |
