LIV Golf Miami live scores, results, highlights from Friday’s quarterfinals at Doral

By | October 28, 2022
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An eventful, controversial and competitive inaugural season of LIV Golf has reached its finale.

The final tournament of the year kicks off on Friday as the 2022 LIV Team Championship gets underway from Miami. Twelve four-person teams will be duking it out to determine who will walk away with the massive $16 million grand prize. 

The tournament is taking place at Trump National Doral’s “Blue Monster.” It’s a course that should be very familiar to golf fans, as it hosted a PGA Tour event annually from 1962 until 2016. 

The field of 48 players is headlined by the No. 3-ranked golfer in the world, Cameron Smith, winner of this year’s Open Championship and Players Championship. Smith picked up his first LIV win last month in Chicago. Other notables include Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau. 

MORE: Full field for LIV Golf Miami Team Championship

The format this weekend will see the teams compete in match play on Friday and Saturday before moving to stroke play for the finals on Sunday. The teams seeded 1st-4th received byes in the first round, meaning Friday’s quarterfinals action will feature only the teams seeded 5th-12th. 

Sporting News is tracking live scoring updates and highlights from the 2022 LIV Golf Team Championship in Miami. Follow along for all the key moments from Friday’s quarterfinals. 

LIV Golf Miami leaderboard 2022

(1. Aces GC, 2. Crushers GC, 3. Fireballs GC and 4. Stingers GC received byes)

Team matchup Player matches Results
5. Smash GC vs. 12. Niblicks GC

Brooks Koepka vs. Harold Varner III 4 UP

Peter Uihlein 5 UP vs. James Piot

Jason Kokrak & Chase Koepka 3 UP vs. Turk Pettit & Hudson Swafford 

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6. Majesticks GC vs. 9. Iron Heads GC

Ian Poulter 3 UP vs. Kevin Na 

Lee Westwood 4 UP vs. Sihwan Kim

Sam Horsfield & Henrik Stenson 4 UP vs. Sadom Kaekwanjana & Phacara Khongwatmai 

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7. Torque FC vs. 10. Cleeks GC

Joaquin Niemann 3 UP vs. Shergo Al Kurdi

Jediah Morgan 2 UP vs. Laurie Canter

Scott Vincent & Adrian Otaegui vs. Graeme McDowell & Richard Bland 2 UP

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8. Hy Flyers GC vs. 11. Punch GC

Phil Mickelson vs. Cameron Smith AS

Matthew Wolff vs. Marc Leishman 1 UP

Bernd Wiesberger & Cameron Triangle 3 UP vs. Matt Jones & Wade Ormsby

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LIV Golf Miami updates, highlights from Friday’s quarterfinals

(All teams Eastern)

3:10 p.m. — Chase Koepka nearly aces the par 3 15th hole, and the ensuing birdie moves him and Kokrak to 3 up in their match. Despite Varner’s beatdown of Brooks, it looks like Smash GC is going to lock up a place in the semifinals. Meanwhile, Majesticks GC will also earn a spot barring a miraculous comeback by Iron Heads GC. 

3:04 p.m. — Leishman makes a birdie on the 5th hole to move to 2 up over Wolff. Meanwhile, Mickelson and Smith halve the 2nd hole to remain all square. They have 6 holes left to play in what could be the decisive match between Hy Flyers GC and Punch GC. 

2:57 p.m. — Wiesberger rolls in a nice putt from about 20 feet to give him and Triangle a 3 up lead in their foursomes match. With that one looking like it’ll be a win for Hy Flyers GC, Punch GC needs to pull out both of the singles matches to advance to the semifinals. Leishman is 1 up, so it could very well come down to Mickelson vs. Smith.

2:46 p.m. — Kokrak and Chase Koepka bounce back with a win on the 14th hole to stretch their lead back to 2 up over Pettit and Swafford. As long as they can hang on in their match, Varner’s blowout of Brooks won’t matter.

2:42 p.m. — Wolff sticks it close on the 3rd hole and rolls in the birdie putt to win it. He and Leishman are back at all square, and a narrow 1 up lead for Wiesberger and Triangle is the only thing separating Hy Flyers GC and Punch GC right now. 

2:35 p.m. — Mickelson and Smith both hit nice approach shots into the 18th green to set up birdie putts. However, both miss. Mickelson ran his about three feet past the hole, and he shockingly misses the par putt coming back. That loses him the hole, and the match is back to all square. 

2:33 p.m. — Hudson Swafford holes out from the green side bunker to win the 12th hole in the Niblicks GC vs. Smash GC foursomes match. If Swafford and his teammate Turk Pettit can turn that one around it would make Varner’s rout of Brooks a lot more meaningful.

2:30 p.m. — McDowell hits a beautiful tee shot on the par 3 15th hole and his teammate Richard Bland sinks the birdie putt to move 3 up. However, with Torque GC’s Niemann and Jediah Morgan both 2 up in their singles matches, they remain in control over Cleeks GC. 

2:19 p.m. — Varner wins ANOTHER hole on Koepka to move to 5 up. This is getting ugly. Marc Leishman also just moved to 1 up over Matthew Wolff. 

2:06 p.m. — Niemann stuffs an approach shot to within a foot at the 12th hole. His opponent, Kurdi, can’t answer and the Chilean moves to 2 up in that match. Meanwhile, Na misses another short putt to lose another hole to Poulter. Majesticks GC is dominating Iron Heads GC at the moment.  

2:03 p.m. — Varner just rolled in another long birdie putt to win the hole. He is absolutely giving it to Brooks Koepka right now, and leads 4 up. But his teammates are still getting similarly dominated so it might be in vain.

2:00 p.m. — Mickelson and Smith both nearly drive the green on the short par 4 16th hole. Smith comes close to holing his pitch shot for eagle, but he comes up just short and his birdie is conceded. Mickelson pulls the pin from just off the putting surface, indicating he’s trying to hole his as well. His ball trickles just left of the hole, but his birdie is conceded as well and he remains 1 up.

1:54 p.m. — Former US Open winner Graeme McDowell rolls in a long putt to halve the 12th hole. He and his Cleeks GC teammate Richard Bland are 2 up on Scott Vincent and Adrian Otaegui. 

1:48 p.m. — Na has a relatively short par putt to halve the 3rd hole with Poulter, but he can’t convert. Pouter has turned that match around in the last few holes and now holds a 1 up lead. 

1:45 p.m. — After Mickelson safely gets in with a par on the 14th hole, Smith faces a putt from around 12 feet to tie the hole. He hit a great putt, but it just leaks out to the right and misses by mere millimeters. He can’t believe it, and Mickelson has now taken a 1 up lead.

1:39 p.m. — Varner sinks his birdie putt to move 3 up on Brooks. However, his Niblicks GC teammates need to start pulling their weight. Unless they can turn it around, his team will still be eliminated at the end of the day. 

1:36 p.m. — Varner hits a spectacular approach shot out of the left rough to a couple feet on the 7th hole. He has a great chance to extend his lead over Brooks to 3 up. 

1:34 p.m. — Niemann rolls in a nice putt from about 20 feet to take a 1 up lead over Kurdi, who has been impressive so far as the late replacement for Martin Kaymer.

1:22 p.m. — Westwood keeps his momentum by draining a birdie putt from around 10 feet away to take a 1 up lead over Sihwan Kim. 

1:15 p.m. — Mickelson rolls in a lengthy birdie putt on the 12th hole and the crowd responds with a big cheer. Smith has a chance to answer from about 15 feet and he cooly rolls it in to keep the match at all square.

1:13 p.m. — Brooks gets a bad break after a poor approach shot on the 5th hole, with his ball settling just on the edge of a green side bunker to set him up with a nasty stance. But he hits a great recovery shot and rolls a 5-footer in for par. Varner drains a par putt of his own to remain 2 up. 

1:11 p.m. — Sihwan Kim bogies the 18th hole, leaving the door open for Westwood to even their match with a par. The Englishman takes advantage to move back to all square.

1:00 p.m. — Na thought he had made about a 20-footer to win the 18th hole over Poulter, even giving it his signature early walk. But it cruelly lips out, and the hole will be halved instead. Na remains 1 up.

12:58 p.m. — Mickelson sticks his approach on the 11th. After Smith can only muster a par, Lefty rolls in his putt to square the match. He could’ve been 2 down on the last hole, now he’s right back in it.

12:53 p.m. — Varner curls in a putt from about 15 feet for his second consecutive birdie. That gives him a 2 up lead on Brooks, an excellent start for the man known as HV3. Meanwhile, Brooks’ brother Chase drains a putt on the 5th hole to give him and Jason Kokrak a 3 up lead in their alternate-shot match.

12:48 p.m. — Poulter narrowly misses a long birdie putt on the 17th hole, then Na pulls out his signature move — walking in his putt from about 6 feet to take a 1 up lead.

12:41 p.m. — Brooks Koepka misses his birdie putt and Varner taps in to take a 1 up lead. On the other side of the course, Mickelson misses his long look at birdie to give Smith a chance to go 2 up. But the Aussie misses from just a few feet and Mickelson rolls in his par putt to stay 1 down.

12:38 p.m. — Smith sticks his approach in tight, while Mickelson can’t control the spin coming out of the rough and faces a birdie putt of about 30 feet to most likely halve the hole. Rough start for Phil so far.

12:36 p.m. — Varner III hit a beautiful approach shot on the 2nd hole to set up a short birdie putt. Koepka follows it up with a solid shot of his own to about 10 feet, but it’s advantage Varner there.

12:33 p.m. — Smith hit his tee shot into the rough on the par 5 10th hole, but safely chopped his 2nd shot over the water to set himself in good position. Mickelson’s drive found the fairway, but his second shot found the rough to set up a slightly more difficult approach.

12:30 p.m. — Koepka and Varner both had short birdie putts on hole 1. Both made them to halve the opening hole.

12:24 p.m. — Mickelson splashes out of the bunker, but his shot trickles well past the hole. Meanwhile, Smith lags his birdie putt up to about 2 feet. Mickelson misses his par putt, while Smith makes his to take a 1 up lead.

12:15 p.m. — The countdown clock hits zero, and the LIV Golf Team Championship is underway. Mickelson and Smith get things started at hole 9, a lengthy par 3. Mickelson pushes his tee shot right into the green side bunker, while Smith hits a nice shot to about 30 feet. 

12:04 p.m. — The headline match of the day is arguably Phil Mickelson taking on Cameron Smith in Hy Flyers GC vs. Punch GC. Brooks Koepka vs. Harold Varner III and Ian Poulter vs. Kevin Na should also give us plenty of entertainment. 

11:17 a.m. — Cleeks GC team captain Martin Kaymer was forced to withdraw with a wrist injury, so he’ll be replaced by Shergo Al Kurdi, a young pro from the nation of Jordan. Kurdi will now take on world No. 22 Joaquin Niemann in singles. No pressure, young fella. 

11:13 a.m. — With today’s shotgun start just over an hour away, here’s another look at the match play pairings for the quarterfinals.

LIV Golf Miami teams

Here’s the full list of teams competing this week. They are listed in order of seeding, from highest to lowest. As a reminder, the top four teams listed received quarterfinal byes and won’t be playing on Friday.

Team Captain Player Player Player
4 Aces GC Dustin Johnson Patrick Reed Talor Gooch Pat Perez
Crushers GC Bryson DeChambeau Paul Casey Charles Howell III Anirban Lahiri
Fireballs GC Sergio Garcia Abraham Ancer Carlos Ortiz Eugenio Chacarra
Stinger GC Louis Oosthuizen Charl Schwartzel Branden Grace Hennie du Plessis
Smash GC Brooks Koepka Jason Kokrak Peter Uihlein Chase Koepka
Majesticks GC Ian Poulter Lee Westwood Henrik Stenson Sam Horsfield
Torque GC Joaquin Niemann Scott Vincent Adrian Otaegui Jediah Morgan
Hy Flyers GC Phil Mickelson Bernd Wiesberger Matthew Wolff Cameron Tringale
Iron Heads GC Kevin Na  Sadom Kaekwanjana Phacara Khongwatmai Sihwan Kim
Cleeks GC Shergo Al Kurdi** Graeme McDowell Laurie Canter Richard Bland
Punch GC Cameron Smith Marc Leishman Matt Jones Wade Ormsby
Niblicks GC

*Bubba Watson

Harold Varner III

 Hudson Swafford James Piot Turk Pettit

* – Watson is a non-playing team captain this week

** – Replacing Martin Kaymer, who withdrew with a wrist injury

How to watch LIV Golf Miami

  • Date: Friday, Oct. 28, through Sunday, Oct. 30
  • Live stream: LIVgolf.com, YouTube, Facebook

LIV Golf will continue to broadcast its tournaments on several free platforms, including its own website, YouTube and Facebook.

LIV Golf Miami TV schedule 

LIV Golf will not be on television in the U.S., meaning viewers will have to stream the event.

Viewers in the U.K. can watch it on DAZN and Sky.

Date Time (ET) Coverage
Friday, Oct. 28 29 12:15 p.m.-end of play YouTube, Facebook, LIVgolf.com
Saturday, Oct. 29 12:15 p.m.-end of play YouTube, Facebook, LIVgolf.com
Sunday, Oct. 30 12:15 p.m.-end of play YouTube, Facebook, LIVgolf.com

LIV Golf Miami tee times

LIV Golf uses a shotgun start for its events. Players begin at the same time on different holes around the golf course and move in order from there.

Play will begin at 12:15 p.m. ET on Friday.

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