2025 LIV Golf Team Championship preview: Legion XIII secure top seeding for season finale

After Jon Rahm’s stunning performance to win a second straight Individual Championship in Indianapolis, all eyes turn to Michigan for the LIV Golf Team Championship finale.

Despite not lifting silverware all season, Jon Rahm defended his Individual Championship at The Club at Chatham Hills, with a runner-up finish to edge past Joaquin Niemann atop the season-long standings with a career-best 11-under 60 on Sunday.

The Spaniard, who has now surely rupper-stamped his Captain’s Pick for Bethpage Black, next eyes the double in Michigan, as the breakaway tour brings down the curtain on its 2025 season at the LIV Golf Team Championship.

This year sees a revamp to the format, adopting a more ruthless approach whereby only the winners advance through to the next round.

As top seeds, Rahm’s Legion XIII will have first dibs on selecting their quarter-final opponents, after Majesticks GC and Iron Heads GC first go head-to-head on Wednesday to complete the 12-team line-up. From then on, it’s three days of elimination golf, leading into Sunday’s singles strokeplay showdown where every shot counts.

LIV Golf Team Championship key details

Dates: August 22-24, 2025

Venue: The Cardinal at Saint John’s, Michigan (Par 70 – 6,980 yards)

Format: Combination of matchplay (foursomes), and strokeplay

Purse: $50 million, with winners receiving a $14 million share

Favorites: TBC

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Team Championship seedings

Here are the seedings for the LIV Golf Team Championship in Michigan following the action at LIV Golf Indianapolis. Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers pip the Sergio Garcia-led Fireballs to second seeds, with Cleeks doing just enough at the wrong end of the leadboard to avoid Wednesday’s playoff match that finalises the top-12.

How to watch the LIV Golf Team Championship

In the US, you can see the entire 2025 LIV Golf TV schedule on Fox Sports, while in the UK, all events will be broadcast live on ITVX, with selected tournaments on ITV1 and ITV4.

• Read our guide to how and where to watch the 2025 LIV Golf season in the US and UK.

Who is playing on LIV Golf in 2025?

4Aces GC: Dustin Johnson (captain) | Thomas Pieters | Patrick Reed | Harold Varner III

Cleeks GC: Martin Kaymer (captain) | Richard Bland | Adrian Meronk | Frederik Kjettrup

Crushers GC: Bryson DeChambeau (captain) | Paul Casey | Charles Howell IIII | Anirdban Lahiri

Fireballs GC: Sergio Garcia (captain) | Abraham Ancer | Luis Masaveu | David Puig

Hyflers GC: Phil Mickelson (captain) | Brendan Steele | Cameron Tringale | Andy Ogletree

Iron Heads GC: Kevin Na (captain) | Danny Lee | Yubin Jang | Jinichiro Kozuma

Legion XIII GC: Jon Rahm (captain) | Tyrrell Hatton | Caleb Surratt | Tom McKibbin

Majesticks GC: Ian Poulter (co-captain) | Lee Westwood (co-capt.) | Henrik Stenson (co-capt.) | Sam Horsfield

RangeGoats GC: Bubba Watson (captain) | Peter Uhlein | Matthew Wolff | Ben Campbell

Ripper GC: Cameron Smith (captain) | Marc Leishman | Matt Jones | Lucas Herbert

Smash GC: Brooks Koepka (captain) | Talor Gooch | Jason Kokrak | Graeme McDowell

Stinger GC: Louis Oosthuizen (captain) | Dean Burmester | Branden Grace | Charl Schwartzel