LIV Golf returns to historic Actual Membership Valderrama for the third consecutive season for this week’s LIV Golf Andalucia, the tenth event of the 14-event 2025 season.
BASIC INFO
When: July 11-13, 2025Where: Actual Membership Valderrama, San Roque, Cádiz, SpainCompetition: Three rounds/54 holes of stroke playField: 54 gamers — 13 groups of 4 gamers every, and two wild cardsDefending champions: Sergio Garcia (particular person), Fireballs GC (crew)
Shotgun Begin (ET)Rd. 1, Friday – 7 a.m.Rd. 2, Saturday – 7 a.m.Rd. 3, Sunday – 6:30 a.m.
Sergio Garcia and Fireballs GC have a good time with the trophy after profitable LIV Golf Andalucia in 2024.
KEY STORYLINES
LIV Golf returns to Andalucía for the third consecutive season on the historic Valderrama courseSpanish legend Sergio Garcia and his Fireballs GC search to defend their particular person and crew titles from final 12 monthsThe Fireballs gained final 12 months’s title at Valderrama in a crew playoff over Crushers GC, who completed third the earlier 12 monthsBryson DeChambeau’s Crushers will search to match the LIV Golf file of 4 consecutive crew wins set by 4Aces GC throughout the inaugural 2022 seasonThe Crushers moved atop the season-long crew standings with their dominant 11-shot victory in Dallas; additionally they gained the earlier two tournaments in Korea and Virginia4Aces GC’s Patrick Reed gained his first particular person LIV Golf title in Dallas, claiming a four-man playoff that included Paul Casey (Crushers), Louis Oosthuizen (Stinger GC) and Jinichiro Kozuma (Iron Heads GC)4 Spanish natives are within the 54-man discipline – Garcia and his Fireballs teammates David Puig and lately signed Josele Ballester, and Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm, a two-time main winner and winner of the 2024 LIV Golf Particular person ChampionshipLatin star Joaquin Niemann of Chile is the present particular person factors chief with 4 wins within the first 9 tournaments this seasonAndalucía is the final LIV Golf event previous to subsequent week’s Open Championship, wherein 19 of the league’s gamers will compete at Royal Portrush
LEGENDARY VALDERRAMA
Spanish-born Sergio Garcia, the captain of Fireballs GC, calls Actual Membership Valderrama “my favourite course on the planet.”
Provided that Garcia has gained 4 skilled tournaments there, together with his breakthrough LIV Golf particular person playoff in 2024, it’s no marvel a smile crosses his face every time he talks about Valderrama.
The 45-year-old Garcia definitely is completely satisfied to return to the course for this week’s LIV Golf Andalucía for the third consecutive 12 months.
“It’s tremendous particular,” Garcia stated. “Not just for me however for all of us due to how a lot Valderrama means to all of us, to Europe, all of the wonderful issues which have occurred right here on this golf course.”
Final 12 months was definitely wonderful for each Garcia and his Fireballs, as they swept each trophies through playoff – the one time in LIV Golf’s younger historical past {that a} event has produced a double playoff for the person and crew titles.
“It’s been nice to me,” Garcia stated.
Sergio Garcia reacts after capturing the win in Spain final 12 months.
Garcia is just not the one Spanish-born captain in LIV Golf. Legion XIII’s Jon Rahm additionally enjoys returning to his residence nation to play Valderrama, the primary course in Continental Europe to host the Ryder Cup in 1997.
“It’s all subjective, nevertheless it’s in all probability the perfect golf course now we have in Spain,” Rahm stated. “It’s one thing that all of us grew up desirous to play.”
Cleeks Golf Membership Captain Martin Kaymer was born in Germany however now resides within the Sotogrande space that features Valderrama. He’s been shut on a number of events in his professional profession to lifting a trophy there.
“A kind of venues the place I wished to place my title on the trophy,” Kaymer stated. “I got here shut. I feel I completed 5 or 6 occasions within the prime 5. So, it’s a golf course that I like, that I take pleasure in enjoying, that I can play properly. It’s a matter of time, hopefully.”
CHASING THE RECORD
Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC have gained the final three LIV Golf crew titles and can search a fourth straight trophy at LIV Golf Andalucía. In the event that they win at Valderrama, it could match the LIV Golf file for longest win streak by both a crew or particular person.
LIV GOLF WIN STREAKS
4 – 4Aces GC (2022 Portland/Bedminster/Boston/Chicago)
3 – Crushers GC (2025 Korea/Virginia/Dallas)3 – Fireballs GC (2025 Adelaide/Hong Kong/Singapore)
2 – Ripper GC (2024 Adelaide/Singapore)2 – Crushers GC (2024 Jeddah/Hong Kong)2 – Torque GC (2023 DC/Andalucía)
Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC have gained the final three LIV Golf crew titles and search a record-tying, fourth straight trophy this week.
ABOUT THE COURSE
REAL CLUB VALDERRAMA
San Roque, Cádiz, Spain
Par: 71Yardage: 7,010Meters: 6,410
Ranked among the many prime programs on the planet, Actual Membership Valderrama has hosted quite a few skilled occasions, together with LIV Golf Andalucía in 2023 and 2024, together with the 1997 Ryder Cup – the primary time the occasion had been held in Continental EuropeValderrama was initially designed by famed golf architect Robert Trent Jones in 1974. Jones was introduced again to work on the course when Jaime Ortiz-Patiño purchased the course within the mid-Nineteen EightiesValderrama is broadly thought-about to be the “Augusta of Europe” for its championship pedigree and immaculate upkeepThe golf membership is considered one of two in Europe to be awarded the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program Certification for its dedication to preserve and restore pure ecosystemsThe course could have 4 par-4 holes underneath 400 yards; the longest par 3 is 225 yards, the longest par 4 is 490 yards and the longest par 5 is 564 yardsThe 564-yard par-5 fourth, generally known as La Cascada, has a pond to the correct of a two-tiered inexperiencedThe memorable 536-yard par-5 seventeenth offers a pure amphitheater for followersSergio Garcia (2024) and Talor Gooch (2023) have gained particular person LIV Golf titles at Valderrama, whereas Fireballs GC (2024) and Torque GC (2023) have crew winsIn 2024, the toughest gap was the par-4 18th with a stroke common of 4.340; the simplest gap was the par-5 eleventh (4.716)The 212-yard par-3 twelfth was the toughest gap in 2023 and the second-hardest in 2024Inexperienced sorts: Bermuda Tifway 419 on fairways and tough; T1 Creeping Bentgrass on greens
Fireworks mark the beginning of the ultimate day of LIV Golf Andalucia in 2024.
KEYS TO SUCCESS
Bogey Avoidance: Rather more essential than birdie fee. The typical top-5 finisher at this course has made 2.75 bogeys per spherical vs 4.25 for the opposite gamers ending within the prime 50.
Discovering Fairways: The worth of distance is the bottom all season, averaging at simply +0.11 per gap. There’s additionally extreme miss fairway penalty in play, common +0.40. Driver will doubtless solely be used 6/7 occasions on the most.
Inside 150 Yards: Gamers will face 52% of their strategy photographs this week with the wedges within 150 yards vs the season common of 32.5%.
Lag Placing: As a result of the penalty for lacking greens is so extreme, gamers give attention to the center and bigger components of the greens as an alternative of aiming for flags. Thus, longer lag first putts are extra impactful.
This piece is courtesy of Mike McAllister in partnership with LIV Golf.
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