As LIV Golf heads to JCB Golf & Country Club for its 11th stop on the 14-event schedule, the stage is set for an exciting tournament in Staffordshire, England. Last year, Jon Rahm claimed his maiden LIV Golf individual title at JCB, edging out Cameron Smith, Joaquin Niemann, and teammate Tyrrell Hatton by a single stroke, while Legion XIII won the team competition, beating Ripper GC by three strokes. The par-71, 7,276-yard course will provide plenty of birdie opportunties for the LIV Golf players and will demand strong play off the tee.
POWER RANKINGS: LIV GOLF UK BY JCB
1. LEGION XIII
Legion XIII tops the rankings after their 2024 JCB team victory and a third team win of the 2025 season at LIV Golf Andalucía. Jon Rahm, who’s yet to win his first individual title this season, will return to the course where he got his first LIV Golf individual win. Tyrrell Hatton finished one shot behind Rahm last year at JCB and arrives to the UK this week in terrific form, fresh off a T16 finish at Royal Portrush in the Open Championship. Tom McKibbin should be extremely well suited for JCB. He’s elite off the tee, gaining strokes in the category in every LIV Golf start this season. The 22-year-old has finished T5 in back-to-back LIV Golf starts (Dallas and Andalucía).
2. CRUSHERS GC
Crushers GC, who just saw their three-tournament win streak snapped at LIV Golf Andalucía, will once again be a major threat to continue their 2025 dominance. Bryson DeChambeau played his final three rounds at the Open Championship with 197 strokes, which is the 2nd-lowest in Open Championship history behind Henrik Stenson in 2016 (196). The Crushers’ captain was second in the field in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee (+1.66 per round), which will be an important factor at JCB. DeChambeau’s teammate, Paul Casey, finished 5th at JCB last year, and mentioned after LIV Golf Dallas that he thinks he can contend this week saying, “I think JCB there’s kind of unfinished business around there.”
3. FIREBALLS GC
Fireballs GC have all four of their players rounding into form at the right time to peak once again at the end of the season. Sergio Garcia, who was hot early in the season, is once again finding rhythm after a cold spell between the Masters and Valderrama. The Fireballs Captain gained 1.57strokes off the tee at LIV Golf Andalucía (best of the season) with his new Titleist GT3 driver, finishing T10. Last week at The Open Championship, Garcia drove it really well again, gaining 0.79 strokes per round off the tee. David Puig is coming off three consecutive top 20 finishes and finished T11 at JCB last year. Abraham Ancer finished 3rd in his last start at Valderrama and Josele Ballester is coming off his best performance as a professional (T23).