published: Jan 22, 2026

Who plays where? Here is every LIV Golf team

There’s been a number of trades among the LIV Golf ranks, as well as a new signing or two, so you need to keep up with who plays for who…

LIV Golf has an extremely different outlook now compared to the first event at Centurion Golf Club in June 2022.

There were no team uniforms, a little uncertainty about how the whole team format would materialise across the season, and how new players being signed mid-season would fit in.

We have 13 teams of four players now and each year, the roster has got stronger and stronger as the Saudi-funded circuit looks to increase its mark on the professional game. In 2026, there will be five wildcard players, too, bringing the total to 57.

Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed and Tyrrell Hatton are among the biggest names in the league who have accepted big-money offers to jump from golf’s traditional tours.

Each team has its own identity and its own captain. Each captain owns equity in the team, and in the case of the Majesticks, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter serve as co-captains.

Identities have developed in some of the teams too. Southern Guards, who used to be called Stingers GC, have four South African players and Ripper GC have four Australian players. It was the Australian foursome, led by Smith, that won the 2024 LIV Golf Team Championship.

At each event in the LIV Golf Schedule, there is a team competition and an individual competition, so each team is keen to recruit the brightest talent possible to finish as high on each leaderboard as possible and to perform their best at the season-ending Team Championship.

Below is a summary of every team in the LIV Golf League, which will be updated if more chops and changes occur.

ALSO: Show me the money! How much has each LIV player made since signing up?

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LIV Golf teams 2026

Legion XIII:

Jon Rahm

Tyrrell Hatton

Caleb Surratt

Tom McKibbin

4Aces GC:

Dustin Johnson

Thomas Pieters

Patrick Reed

Thomas Detry

Cleeks GC

Martin Kaymer

Richard Bland

Victor Perez

Adrian Meronk

Crushers GC

Bryson DeChambeau

Paul Casey

Charles Howell III

Anirban Lahiri

Fireballs GC

Sergio Garcia

Josele Ballester

Luis Masaveu

David Puig

HyFlyers GC

Phil Mickelson

Brendan Steele

Cameron Tringale

Michael La Sasso

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Korean Golf Club

Ben An

Danny Lee

Minkyu Kim

Younghan Song

Majesticks GC

Lee Westwood

Ian Poulter

Sam Horsfield

Laurie Canter

RangeGoats GC

Matthew Wolff

Bubba Watson

Peter Uihlein

Ben Campbell

Ripper GC

Cameron Smith

Marc Leishman

Elvis Smylie

Lucas Herbert

Smash GC

Harold Varner III

Jason Kokrak

Talor Gooch

Graeme McDowell

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Southern Guards GC

Louis Oosthuizen

Charl Schwartzel

Branden Grace

Dean Burmester

Torque GC

Carlos Ortiz

Joaquin Niemann

Abraham Ancer

Sebastian Munoz

Wildcards

Yosuke Asaji

Bjorn Hellgren

Anthony Kim

Richard T. Lee

Scott Vincent

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About the author

Matt Chivers

Matt has been playing golf since the age of 13 and was largely inspired to take up the game by countless family members who played golf during his childhood.

Matt is a member at Royal Cinque Ports in Deal playing off a 5 handicap, just a pitching wedge away from his hometown of Dover where he went to school and grew up. He has previously been a member at Etchinghill and Walmer and Kingsdown in Kent.

Having studied history at the University of Liverpool, Matt went on to pass his NCTJ Exams in Manchester a year later to fulfil his lifelong ambition of becoming a journalist. He picked up work experience along the way at places such as the Racing Post, the Independent, Sportsbeat and the Lancashire Evening Post.

Matt joined NCG in February 2023 and is the website’s main source of tour news, features and opinion. He has reported live from events such as the Masters, The Open, the Ryder Cup and The Players Championship, having also interviewed and spoken to many of the biggest names in the sport.

Consuming tour golf on what is a 24/7 basis, you can come to Matt for informed views on the game and the latest updates on the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour and LIV Golf.

What’s in Matt’s bag: Cleveland HiBore XL Driver driver, Cobra LTDx 3-wood, Benross BR-Pro irons, Ping Glide 4.0 wedges, Odyssey putter.

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