Ranked: The 19 LIV golfers and their chances of winning The Open

That is already going to be a particular week for LIV Golf.

The insurgent circuit has 19 golfers teeing it up within the Open at Royal Portrush and that may be a report tally for them, beating their 18 gamers on the 2023 PGA Championship.

LIV golfers have gained the PGA Championship, they’ve gained the US Open, they’ve come very near profitable the Masters, however they’re but to genuinely contend for the Claret Jug.

There’s a very good likelihood that can change this 12 months. So, are LIV’s finest bets to say Open glory this 12 months?

Listed here are all 19 LIV golfers heading to Royal Portrush subsequent week – rated for current outcomes, main championship kind and Open credentials.

1. Jon Rahm

The Spaniard stays a LIV Golf legend, one who’s but to complete outdoors the highest 10 in any of his accomplished begins on the insurgent circuit. He’s additionally completed high 12 in 4 of the final 5 Opens together with second at Royal Liverpool two years in the past and T11 at Royal Portrush in 2019. That consistency, high quality and Open kind earns him high spot within the rankings.

2. Bryson DeChambeau

The massive-hitting social media star has completed high 5 in 5 of his final six American main championships however his Open report stays an issue. He did end eighth at St Andrews in 2022 however on the opposite rota programs he has a better of T33 and he missed the reduce at Portrush in 2019. An elite performer however this isn’t his candy spot.

3. Tyrrell Hatton

The Englishman loves the hyperlinks. In actual fact, he’s a three-time winner of the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship together with final autumn. He may even be eager to return to Royal Portrush as a result of he cherished it in 2019 and completed sixth. He was T14 on this 12 months’s Masters and fourth within the US Open. An elite hyperlinks performer in main kind.

4. Joaquin Niemann

There’s completely little question that the Chilean is a sensational golfer. He’s gained 4 instances on LIV this 12 months which is 4 instances as many as Rahm, DeChambeau and Hatton put collectively. However he has just one main championship high 10 in 25 begins and is but to complete within the high 50 in an Open after 5 begins. Excellent, however flawed.

5. Brooks Koepka

The five-time main champion all the time needs to be thought-about a menace and this could be a very good likelihood for him to win an Open as a result of his career-best end (fourth) was at Royal Portrush in 2019. The concern is his kind and his grumpy temperament (he battered a tee field final month). An elite performer however how completely happy is he?

6. Patrick Reed

A primary-time winner on LIV on the finish of final month in Dallas, the 2018 Masters champion additionally gained an Asian Tour occasion on the finish of final 12 months in Hong Kong. Third in April’s Masters however a better of T10 in 9 Opens suggests hyperlinks shouldn’t be his sport.

7. Carlos Ortiz

One among LIV’s most in-form gamers this season, the Mexican gained on the Asian Tour in March, was second on LIV in Australia and fourth within the US Open final month. He has, nevertheless, little or no hyperlinks expertise and missed the reduce in his solely Open begin.

8. Cameron Smith

You possibly can’t argue with the Aussie’s hyperlinks or Open pedigree as a result of he gained the one hundred and fiftieth Open at St Andrews in 2022. The issue is his main kind: 80-74 in final 12 months’s Open and this 12 months: 71-78 within the Masters, 78-71 within the PGA, 75-73 within the US Open.

9. Tom McKibbin

High 10 on final 12 months’s Race to Dubai, the Belfast man has impressed on LIV. He’ll be assured as a result of he says he has performed Portrush “a whole lot of instances”. He performs out of Holywood GC in Belfast like Rory McIlroy and could have plenty of assist.

10. Lucas Herbert

The Aussie certified at West Lancashire and he’s already a winner on the island of Eire after touchdown the Irish Open at Mount Juliet. He’s obtained three high 10 finishes on the hyperlinks in Scotland, too. He performs effectively in wind and is a dynamite putter.

11. Louis Oosthuizen

The 2010 Open champion final contended for the Claret Jug in 2021 however he was second at LIV Dallas on the finish of final month.

12. Sergio Garcia

A high quality Open performer at his finest, he misplaced in a play-off in 2007, however he has no main championship high 10 since profitable the Masters in 2017.

13. Dean Burmester

An outstanding 8-under 64 secured his spot in Ultimate Qualifying and he’s trying to report a 3rd Open high 20 end in a row.

14. Marc Leishman

In his heyday the Aussie landed three high six finishes within the Open in 4 begins together with play-off defeat in 2015.

15. Lee Westwood

The Englishman is a three-time high three finisher within the Open (and a three-time main runner-up), however he has one high 5 end anyplace since September 2022.