Third in a series of stories reviewing the 2024 season for each of the 13 LIV Golf League teams.
Previous reviews: 4Aces | Cleeks
TEAM
After winning the Team Championship in 2023, the Crushers followed with an impressive regular season in 2024, winning three tournament titles, including the last regular-seaon event in Chicago to clinch the No. 1 seeding. But their title defense the following week in Dallas fizzled with an upset loss to 13th-seeded Iron Heads GC in the semifinals.
PLAYERS (final points ranking)
Bryson DeChambeau (8): Consistent but not spectacular, as his best LIV Golf result was a T3 in Nashville, his only podium finish. Made up for his lack of individual trophies on LIV Golf with his second career major title at the U.S. Open.
Paul Casey (11): Returned to form after a frustrating 2023 regular season, and nearly broke through with his first LIV Golf win, making the playoff in Hong Kong.
Anirban Lahiri (16): His runner-up finish in Andalucía was his fourth career second-place showing in LIV Golf. A mostly rollercoaster season of results but still highly productive.
Charles Howell III (32): Missed four tournaments due to a stress fracture in his left tibia; otherwise, he likely would’ve finished in the Lock Zone.
Wins: 3
Podiums: 7
Points Finishes: 12
Seed: 1st
Team Championship: T7
COUNTING SCORES (league ranking)
Round 1: 100 under (2nd)
Round 2: 114 under (2nd)
Round 3: 96 under (1st)
Total: 310 under (1st)
HIGHLIGHTS
Secured No. 1 seed for first time by winning regular-season finale in Chicago
Won back-to-back team titles in Jeddah and Houston
Team finished with points in all but one tournament
Runner-up finishes by Lahiri (playoff in Andalucía) and Casey (playoff in Hong Kong) were team’s best individual results
Only team with three players finishing inside top 20 in points – DeChambeau 8th, Casey 11th, Lahiri 16th
Team led league in fairways hit and scrambling while DeChambeau led league in driving distance
Beyond LIV Golf, DeChambeau won the second major title of his career at U.S. Open
Semifinals: Lost to Iron Heads, 3-0. DeChambeau lost to Lee 2 up. Casey lost to S. Vincent 1 up. Lahiri-Howell lost to Na-Kozuma, 3 and 1.
Finals (Tier 2): T7 at 2 under. Casey 69, Lahiri 71, DeChambeau 73, Howell III 73.
EVENT | TEAM | DeChambeau | Casey | Lahiri | Howell III |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mayakoba |
2 |
T25 |
T11 |
T21 |
T5 |
Las Vegas |
4 |
T9 |
T5 |
T39 |
T34 |
Jeddah |
1 |
4 |
T29 |
T6 |
T6 |
Hong Kong |
1 |
T6 |
T2 |
T34 |
T8 |
Miami |
6 |
T7 |
T14 |
36 |
T43 |
Adelaide |
T7 |
T26 |
T31 |
T14 |
T26 |
Singapore |
11 |
T27 |
T32 |
T30 |
T40 |
Houston |
T4 |
T18 |
T9 |
T6 |
WD |
Nashville |
2 |
T3 |
T9 |
T18 |
WD |
Andalucía |
2 |
9 |
T17 |
2 |
WD |
UK |
T3 |
T11 |
5 |
T39 |
WD |
Greenbrier |
8 |
T15 |
T28 |
T42 |
T37 |
Chicago |
1 |
T6 |
T13 |
T6 |
T42 |
STATISTIC | TEAM | DeChambeau | Casey | Lahiri | Howell III |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fwy Hit |
1 |
T35 |
5 |
T6 |
34 |
Drive Dist. |
5 |
1 |
23 |
T39 |
31 |
GIR |
2 |
8 |
4 |
25 |
20 |
Scrambling |
1 |
12 |
6 |
9 |
26 |
Putting Avg. |
8 |
10 |
38 |
33 |
T36 |
Birdies Avg. |
5 |
T8 |
T10 |
T39 |
53 |
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