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October 18, 20234Aces GC is a slight favorite to win this week’s LIV Golf Miami Team Championship which begins on Friday in Florida. Dustin Johnson is the captain of 4Aces GC and his team won the title last year. The top four teams in the standings receive a bye, so 4Aces GC, Crushers GC, Torque GC and RangeGoats GC will not play until Saturday. The 5th through 8th teams in the standings will play teams 9th through 12th with the winners advancing to Saturday’s quarterfinals. 4Aces GC is listed as the 7-2 favorite in golf betting odds. Crushers GC and RangeGoats GC are next at odds of 4-1, while Torque GC is 5-1 in LIV odds. Let’s look at LIV Golf Miami Team Championship picks.
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Venue: Trump National Doral Golf Club is a par 72 that measures 7,510 yards. The Blue Monster hosted the WGC-Cadillac Championship from 2007 to 2016.
Notes: All 12 teams will be in action from Friday, October 20 through Sunday, October 22, competing for a massive $50 Million dollar prize purse. Teams that are seeded five through 12 will compete in head-to-head match-play competitions on Friday. For each head-to-head matchup, three matches will take place: two singles matches and one alternate shot (foursomes) match. Each match winner receives one point. Teams that earn two points will advance to Saturday’s play. Saturday’s play will have teams seeded one through four joining the four winning teams from Friday for head-to-head match play in the same format as Friday. The four teams earning two points will advance to Sunday’s final competition. Those four teams will compete in stroke play with all four scores counting toward the team’s score. The team with the lowest score will be the LIV Golf Invitational Series Team champion.
Last Year: 4Aces GC, led by captain Dustin Johnson, slipped by Punch GC, led by Cameron Smith. The 4Aces GC team of Johnson, Taylor Gooch, Patrick Reed and Pat Perez won by a shot over Punch GC.
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LIV Golf Miami Team Championship Odds
4 Aces GC 7-2
Crushers GC 4-1
RangeGoats GC 4-1
Torque GC, 5-1
Stinger GC, 9-1
Fireballs GC 11-1
Ripper GC 14-1
Smash GC 14-1
Cleeks GC 25-1
Majesticks GC 25-1
Hyflyers GC 35-1
Iron Heads GC 35-1
Favorite
4Aces GC 7-2
There are not many times that I will advocate playing a favorite, but the 4Aces GC team looks to be a good bet. When you look at the team competition you can’t just look at the top player on the team; you have to look at all four players. This team has Johnson, Patrick Reed, Pat Perez and Peter Uihlein. If Perez doesn’t completely fall apart and last year in this event he played really well, then Aces has a good chance to win.
Value Picks
Stinger GC 9-1
I’ll look at three teams that could have a chance to surprise. I don’t think any of the bottom four teams has much of a chance. Stinger GC has four good players, so they don’t have a weak spot, as they have Louis Oosthuizen, Dean Burmester, Branden Grace and Charl Schwartzel.
Fireballs GC 11-1
Another team that looks to have some depth is Fireballs, as they have Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra and Carlos Ortiz. This team is kind of an all or nothing team, as they could flame out on Friday or get hot and make it to the final on Sunday.
Smash GC 14-1
I’ll throw in one longshot that could hit if they come together. This team has Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka, Jason Kokrak and Matthew Wolff. You never know what you are going to get out of Chase Koepka and Wolff, but the potential for this team is definitely there.
LIV Team Standings
1 – 4Aces GC (Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Pat Perez, Peter Uihlein)
2 – Crushers GC (Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Anirban Lahiri, Charles Howell III)
3 – Torque GC (Joaquin Niemann, Sebastian Munoz, Mito Pereira, David Puig)
4 – Range Goats GC (Bubba Watson, Talor Gooch, Thomas Pieters, Harold Varner III)
5 – Stinger GC (Louis Oosthuizen, Dean Burmester, Branden Grace, Charl Schwartzel)
6 – Fireballs GC (Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra, Carlos Ortiz)
7 – Ripper GC (Cameron Smith, Matt Jones, Marc Leishman, Jediah Morgan)
8 – Smash GC (Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka, Jason Kokrak, Matthew Wolff)
9 – HyFlyers GC (Phil Mickelson, James Piot, Brendan Steele, Cameron Tringale)
10 – Cleeks GC (Martin Kaymer, Richard Bland, Graeme McDowell, Bernd Wiesberger)
11 – Majesticks GC (Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood, Sam Horsfield)
12 – Iron Heads GC (Kevin Na, Sihwan Kim, Danny Lee, Scott V