THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE START OF THE LIV 2023 SEASON
IMPORTANT STATISTICS FOR LIV 2023 SEASON
Last year showed that all 55 LIV players earned more than $1,000,000. However, the top 10 earners collected 49% of the total Purses for the 8 tournaments. Greg Norman felt LIV could sign several of the top 20 players for the 2023 season. Expectations fell far short as the top names were Mito Pereira Sebastian Munoz and Thomas Pieters. I feel of the 48 players for 2023; 8 are in their prime, 4 decent, 22 downtrending, 14 unrecognizable names.
| CHART OF EARNINGS FROM LIV FOR THE TOP 10 | |||
| AGE | LIV earnings | PGA earnings | |
| #1 Dustin Johnson | 38 | $35.6M (8 events) | $74.9M (15 years) |
| #2 Branden Grace | 34 | $16.6M (8 events) | $12.3M (12 years) |
| #3 Peter Uihlein | 33 | $12.8M (8 events) | $4.0M (10 years) |
| #4 Patrick Reed | 32 | $12.2M (8 events) | $37.1M (12 years) |
| #5 Taylor Gooch | 30 | $10.4M (8 events) | $9.2M. (6 years) |
| #6 Brooks Koepka | 32 | $8.3M (7 events) | $37.9M (10 years) |
| #7 Carl Schwartzel | 38 | $8.1M (8 events) | $20.9M (18 years) |
| #8 Pat Parez | 46 | $8.0M (8 events) | $28.8M (21 years) |
| #9 Cameron Smith | 29 | $7.4M (5 events) | $27.0M (8 years) |
| Eugenio Chacarra | 22 | $6.9M (7 events) | $0 (None) |
| Total $ for top 10 | $126.2M of the total purses 255M 49% | ||
| TEAM ROSTERS FOR THE 2023 SEASON NOTING CHANGES FROM 2022 | ||
| Teams | Captain | Members |
| 4 Aces | Dustin Johnson | Reed, Pat Parez, Peter Uihlein# |
| Torque | Joaquin Niemann | Mito Pereira, Sebastian Munoz, David Puig# * |
| Majesticks | Poulter /Stenson | Lee Westwood, Sam Horshfield ** |
| Smash | Bruce Koepka | Chase Kopek, Matt Wolf#, Jason Kokrak |
| Fireballs | Sergio Garcia | Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Eugenio Chacarra (SAME) |
| Hy Flyers | Phil Mickelson | Tringale, (Piot & Steele replace Wiesberger & Wolff#) |
| Iron Heads | Kevin Na | Sihwan Kim, (D. Lee & Vincent replace 2 players) |
| RangerGoats | Bubba Watson | Verner III, (Gooch# & Pieters)*** |
| Ripper | Cam Smith | Jed Morgan****, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones |
| Cleeks | Martin Kaymer | Brand Weisberger#, Graeme McDowell, Richard Bland |
| Crushers | B. DeChambeau | Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri. (SAME) |
| Stinger | L. Oosthuizen | Schwatrzel, Grace, Burmester# |
*Pereira & Munoz are new to LIV this year.
** Poulter & Stenson join Westwood as Captain. (Only Captain change)
*** Pieters new, Gooch changed teams.
****Jed Morgan a rookie #351 OWGR replaces Wade Ormsby#433 who made $2.9M for Ripper team 2nd place last year. Now he is not playing in LIV events and will be playing in some DP World Tour and Asian events. Before LIV his career earnings were $57,953. There were 6 other players who are out and have the same fate as Ormsby.
# Uihlein, Gooch, Weisberger, Wolff, Puig & Burmaster changed teams.
OG'olf'IT 
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