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Indianapolis Star
21-05-2025
- Business
- Indianapolis Star
How The Club of Chatham Hills golf course in Westfield landed an LIV event
WESTFIELD — Betsy Henke Garfield and her brother, Brad Henke, initially set up in a coffee shop at Chatham Hills to take the Zoom call. Henke Garfield, a partner with Henke Development Group, had been contacted by the Indiana Sports Corps, informing her that site selectors with LIV golf would be in town and were interested in meeting. They weren't entirely sure how "real" the invitation was, she laughed Wednesday, but within a few seconds of dialing in, they realized the interest was in fact legitimate and quickly relocated to a conference room. "Right from the get-go it was an exciting surprise that Indy was back in consideration for major professional golf at that elite level," Henke Garfield said. "It's been a long time." The two sides continued working together and when the site selectors visited Indianapolis, Henke Garfield showed them around Grand Park and explained how Indianapolis "would rally for golf and rally for their event," same as it has for other major sporting events. LIV event in Westfield: Golfer Bubba Watson gives Caitlin Clark driver, plans to visit IMS "I think they were considering Indy, but that really helped us stand out," she said. "There's the family aspect and hospitality feel, too — all these pieces started to make sense." About a year after that initial Zoom call and LIV officials were back in Westfield, this time to promote the Individual Championship finale, slated for Aug. 15-17 at The Club of Chatham Hills. "When you think about where we're at, what part of the world we're at, the location we're at — it's pretty central, and when you think about Indiana, you think about sports," said Bubba Watson, a LIV golfer and two-time Masters champion. "Golf is just a new adventure, trying to bring it here, trying to get people behind it. … It's going to be fun for us, but I think bringing a different sport to this area, which is already a sports town, is a dream come true for us." The three-round, no-cut event will have heavy implications on the LIV season, Watson said, with an individual champion being crowned, as teams jockey for position in the team championship chase. "There's going to be some real competition, some real grinding out there trying to better yourself for the road ahead." There's also hope the event will further the game's growth in the Indianapolis area. Henke Garfield recalled LIV players wanting to play in front of kids who like to compete. "Just let them see the game of golf and hope they'll want to start playing it," she said. "And that's kind of what we do with all the other sports, right?" Watson headed out to the practice greens after completing his media responsibilities Wednesday and offered a few putting tips to those in attendance before inviting golfers from the Guerin Catholic and Westfield high school teams to try their hand at knocking one down. "We're trying to inspire young people to get outside and play golf and see a great game," Watson said. "There's so many levels to golf. It's not just professional golf, but maybe we can inspire like Caitlin (Clark) does around here and get people to play the game."
Fox Sports
13-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
2025 LIV Golf Singapore odds, predictions: Favorites, picks from the field
LIV Golf tees it up for its fourth event of the 2025 season with LIV Golf Singapore ( coverage begins Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on FOX Sports ). The tour returns to Singapore Golf Club for a third consecutive season with its elite field of 54 players competing on the award-winning Serapong course. Fireballs GC, captained by Sergio Garcia , have won back-to-back tournaments to move atop the team points standings. Garcia comes off his second LIV Golf individual title, winning in Hong Kong by three strokes, and now leads the Individual Championship standings. He is the 11th different player and the Fireballs are the fifth different team in LIV Golf history to lead the points standings. HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson enters Singapore off his first LIV Golf career podium finish, a third place in Hong Kong, and is a career-best 12th in Individual points. Reigning LIV Golf Team Champions Ripper GC, captained by Cameron Smith , return as the defending Singapore team champions. Smash GC Captain Brooks Koepka is the defending individual champion, having captured the fourth of his five LIV Golf individual wins last season. Tournament Info When: March 14-16 Where: Sentosa Golf Club (The Serapong), Singapore Competition: Three rounds/54 holes of stroke play Field: 54 players — 13 teams of four players each, and two wild cards Shotgun Start local time:Rd. 1, 9:15 a.m. (9:15 p.m. ET Thursday)Rd. 2, 9:15 a.m. (9:15 p.m. ET Friday) Rd. 3, 9:05 a.m. (9:05 p.m. ET Saturday) 2025 Team Standings (through Hong Kong): 1. Fireballs GC – 72.00 2. Legion XIII – 62.003. Ripper GC – 34.004. Stinger GC – 25.505. Torque GC – 25.00 6. Crushers GC – 24.007. RangeGoats GC – 22.00 8. HyFlyers GC – 18.66 9. 4Aces GC – 5.66 10. Majesticks GC – 5.16 11. Cleeks GC – 4.0012. Iron Heads GC – 0.00 13. Smash GC – 0.00 Defending champions: Brooks Koepka (individual), Ripper GC (team) Favorites Jon Rahm is the current favorite at +650, and will look to maintain his streak of top-10 finishes in every LIV Golf start that he's completed. He was also the favorite Hong Kong, and went on to finish T-6th at -11. Rahm's Legion XIII team enters the tournament second in team points standings after a win in Riyadh, a second-place finish in Adelaide, and T-5th in Hong Kong. As mentioned above, Koepka is the defending champion at Singapore— and currently has the fifth best odds to win at +1400. Koepka's current Smash teammate Talor Gooch won the individual title in Singapore in 2023 while leading his former team RangeGoats GC to the team title. LIV Golf's Young Guns, including 22-year-old newcomers Tom McKibbin (Legion XIII), Luis Masaveu (Fireballs GC) and Yubin Jang (Iron Heads GC), already are making an impact early in their LIV Golf careers, with Masaveu making a key final-hole birdie to secure the Fireballs' victory in Hong Kong. LIV Golf: Singapore Odds & Field (FanDuel, as of March 13) Jon Rahm: +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total) Joaquin Niemann: +800 (bet $10 to win $90 total) Tyrrell Hatton: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total) Bryson DeChambeau: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total) Brooks Kopeka: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total) Sergio Garcia: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total) Cameron Smith: +1600 (bet $10 to win $170 total) Dean Burmester: +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total) David Puig: +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total) Patrick Reed: +2200 (bet $10 to win $230 total) Abraham Ancer: +2200 (bet $10 to win $230 total) Tom McKibbin: +2200 (bet $10 to win $230 total) Lucas Herbert: +2900 (bet $10 to win $300 total) Sebastian Munoz: +2900 (bet $10 to win $300 total) Marc Leishman: +2900 (bet $10 to win $300 total) Paul Casey: +2900 (bet $10 to win $300 total) Louis Oosthuizen: +3300 (bet $10 to win $340 total) Cameron Tringale: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total) Carlos Ortiz: +4100 (bet $10 to win $420 total) Talor Gooch: +4100 (bet $10 to win $420 total) Peter Uihlein: +4100 (bet $10 to win $420 total) Adrian Meronk: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total) Harold Varner: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total) Anirban Lahiri: +5500 (bet $10 to win $560 total) Thomas Pieters: +6500 (bet $10 to win $660 total) Richard Bland: +6500 (bet $10 to win $660 total) John Catlin: +6500 (bet $10 to win $660 total) Kevin Na: +6500 (bet $10 to win $660 total) Ben Campbell: +6500 (bet $10 to win $510 total) Dustin Johnson: +6500 (bet $10 to win $420 total) Phil Mickelson : +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total) Branden Grace: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total) Charl Schwartzel: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total) Caleb Suratt: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total) Mito Pereira: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total) Sam Horsfield: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total) Long-shot bets to make Golf is one of the best sports to bet on long-shots to win, as there have been several instances of huge underdogs winning major tournaments. For the opening LIV event in Singapore, there are several big name players with some real value from a wagering standpoint. Here are a couple of bets worth sprinkling some cash on: Patrick Reed: +2200 Louis Oosthuizen: +3300 Dustin Johnson: +6500 Phil Mickelson: +8000 Bubba Watson: +17000 Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! recommended Get more from LIV Golf Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
Fox Sports
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
LIV Golf Singapore preview: Can Brooks Koepka defend his title?
LIV Golf tees it up for its fourth event of the 2025 season with LIV Golf Singapore (coverage begins Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on FOX Sports). TOURNAMENT INFO When: March 14-16 Where: Sentosa Golf Club (The Serapong), Singapore Competition: Three rounds/54 holes of stroke play Field: 54 players — 13 teams of four players each, and two wild cards Shotgun Start local time:Rd. 1, 9:15 a.m. (9:15 p.m. ET Thursday)Rd. 2, 9:15 a.m. (9:15 p.m. ET Friday) Rd. 3, 9:05 a.m. (9:05 p.m. ET Saturday) Defending champions: Brooks Koepka (individual), Ripper GC (team) LIV Golf returns to Singapore Golf Club for a third consecutive season with its elite field of 54 players competing on the award-winning Serapong course. Fireballs GC, captained by Sergio Garcia, have won back-to-back tournaments to move atop the team points standings. Garcia comes off his second LIV Golf individual title, winning in Hong Kong by three strokes, and now leads the Individual Championship standings. Garcia is the 11th different player and the Fireballs are the fifth different team in LIV Golf history to lead the points standings. HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson enters Singapore off his first LIV Golf career podium finish, a third place in Hong Kong, and is a career-best 12th in Individual points. Reigning LIV Golf Team Champions Ripper GC, captained by Cameron Smith, return as the defending Singapore team champions. Smash GC Captain Brooks Koepka is the defending individual champion, having captured the fourth of his five LIV Golf individual wins last season. Koepka's current Smash teammate Talor Gooch won the individual title in Singapore in 2023 while leading his former team RangeGoats GC to the team title. LIV Golf's Young Guns, including 22-year-old newcomers Tom McKibbin (Legion XIII), Luis Masaveu (Fireballs GC) and Yubin Jang (Iron Heads GC), already are making an impact early in their LIV Golf careers, with Masaveu making a key final-hole birdie to secure the Fireballs' victory in Hong Kong. Reflecting the league's tight competition, the previous two tournaments (Adelaide and Hong Kong) have each seen three players tied for the lead entering the final round. Reserve player John Catlin will replace Jinichiro Kozuma in the Iron Heads GC lineup this week after winning LIV Golf's first qualifying playoff. Holes-in-one have also been made at the last two tournaments in Adelaide (Patrick Reed) and Hong Kong (Mito Pereira). In the inaugural LIV Golf Singapore in 2023, Laurie Canter made an ace on the 17th hole at Sentosa. [Read more: Phil Mickelson celebrates personal best LIV Golf finish: 'This is a building week'] ABOUT THE COURSE SENTOSA GOLF CLUB (The Serapong) Sentosa Island, Singapore Par: 71 Yardage: 7,406 Meters: 6,777 The Serapong at Sentosa Golf Club was named the World's Best Golf Course in 2023 and Asia's Best Golf Course in 2024 by the World Golf Awards The Serapong opened in 1982 and underwent a major renovation in 2006 and then another large renovation in 2020 Sentosa is hosting LIV Golf Singapore for the third consecutive season, with Talor Gooch (2023) and Brooks Koepka (2024) winning the first two individual titles RangeGoats GC (2023) and Ripper GC (2024) won the first two team trophies Sentosa hosted the Singapore Open from 2005 to 2022, and LIV Golf members Ian Poulter (Majesticks GC) and Sergio Garcia (Fireballs GC) are past champions Sentosa has also hosted eight British Open qualifiers The stretch of holes from hole Nos. 3-7 is known as the Dragon's Tail. The 495-yard third is the longest par 4 on the course The signature hole is the 486-yard par-4 fifth, situated in the belly of the Dragon The 444-yard par-4 sixth includes a large rock formation known as the Dragon's Tooth, as well as a false front known as the Dragon's Tongue The 450-yard par-4 13th was last year's most difficult hole, playing to a stroke average of 4.17; the easiest hole was the 563-yard par-5 18th with a 4.43 stroke average The field stroke average for LIV Golf Singapore in 2024 was 69.59; the year before, it was 68.65 1. Fireballs GC – 72.00 2. Legion XIII – 62.003. Ripper GC – 34.004. Stinger GC – 25.505. Torque GC – 25.00 6. Crushers GC – 24.007. RangeGoats GC – 22.00 8. HyFlyers GC – 18.66 9. 4Aces GC – 5.66 10. Majesticks GC – 5.16 11. Cleeks GC – 4.0012. Iron Heads GC – 0.00 13. Smash GC – 0.00 This piece is courtesy of Mike McAllister in partnership with LIV Golf . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily ! recommended Get more from LIV Golf Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
Fox Sports
09-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Sergio Garcia's Fireballs GC wins second straight at LIV Golf Hong Kong
HONG KONG – Sergio Garcia and his red-hot Fireballs GC team captured both trophies Sunday at LIV Golf Hong Kong, while HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson appears to have recaptured his Hall of Fame form. [Related: What is LIV Golf? Format, everything to know about the 2025 season ] Led by their captain, Garcia, the Fireballs have now won back-to-back tournaments, having claimed LIV Golf Adelaide last month. They will head to next week's LIV Golf Singapore seeking to become the first LIV Golf team to win three consecutive tournaments since the league expanded to a full 14-tournament schedule in 2023. Garcia shot a bogey-free 7-under 63 to finish at 18 under and claim the individual title by three shots over hard-charging Dean Burmester, whose 62 was the low round of the day. Garcia, who finished third in the season-long Individual Championship race last season, moved atop the points standings after the first three events in 2025. The 45-year-old Garcia played the final hole Sunday with a comfortable individual lead but needed to make par to avoid dropping into a team playoff with Burmester's Stinger GC. Facing a lengthy birdie putt, he rolled it to within tap-in range to seal the Fireballs' sixth LIV Golf team title in club history. They climbed atop the season-long team standings by 10 points over Legion XIII. "It was nice to see not only that I was doing well and leading the tournament, but my teammates were playing great," said Garcia, who follows teammate Abraham Ancer as individual champions in Hong Kong. "They were keeping us there with a chance to win. Obviously, when you can pull the double, it's a lot sweeter than if it's just one of them. Very proud of them." The Fireballs and Stingers appeared headed for a playoff until Luis Masaveu, the 22-year-old Spaniard signed by Garcia in the offseason, birdied his final hole, the short par-4 10th. "It feels incredible," said Masaveu. "Very happy for the team to be able to hole that putt and help them." Masaveu shot an even-par 70, with Ancer shooting 65 and David Puig a bogey-free 67 for a three-day team total of 37 under. The South African Stingers shot 17 under as a team on Sunday to finish one shot back. Mickelson's HyFlyers GC tied for third at 34 under with Cameron Smith's Ripper GC, the reigning Team Champions. It was the HyFlyers' third podium result in team history. Individually, Mickelson finished solo third after his 64 left him at 14 under. It's the first podium finish for the 54-year-old Mickelson since joining LIV Golf as an original member in 2022, and it couldn't have come at a better time with golf's first major just a month away at the Masters. "The fact is, I'm hitting a lot of good shots," said Mickelson, who has won three of his six majors at Augusta National. "I'm playing some good golf. This is a building week as I continue to build into LIV and my goal of accomplishing a win in LIV as well as winning another major or getting ready for Augusta." [Read more: Mito Pereira's hole in one at LIV Golf Hong Kong puts Torque GC in solo lead] Garcia is also a past Masters champion, and his form has been superb for more than a year. Since the start of the 2024 LIV Golf season, he has two wins, three other runner-up finishes, and 13 top 20s in the last 16 LIV Golf regular season events, including 10 straight after Hong Kong. He entered Sunday's final round with a share of the lead but made an early statement by holing a lengthy eagle putt at the par-5 third after finding the green in two with a 6-iron. That gave him a two-shot lead, which he never relinquished. "It really got me in a good mood," Garcia said of the eagle. "I was very focused on what I wanted to do. But obviously, when that happens, it gets you going even more." Always one of golf's best ball-strikers, Garcia's putting was dialed in at Hong Kong Golf Club, as he ranked third in the field in the fewest putts during the week after switching to one of his old putters. "I played with him yesterday," Masaveu said. "He's a machine." Asked if Garcia with a hot putter is as good as it gets in professional golf, Ancer offered a one-word response. "Yes." TEAM SCORES LIV Golf's new scoring format this season now involves all four scores now counting in every round in the team competition. Here are the results and scores for each team after Sunday's Round 3 of LIV Golf Hong Kong. 1. FIREBALLS GC -37 (Garcia 63, Ancer 65, Puig 67, Masaveu 70; Rd. 3 score: -15) 2. STINGER GC -36 (Burmester 62, Grace 67, Oosthuizen 67, Schwartzel 67; Rd. 3 score: -17) T3. RIPPER GC -34 (Herbert 64, Leishman 65, Smith 66, Jones 67; Rd. 3 score: -18) T3. HYFLYERS GC -34 (Mickelson 64, Steele 66, Ogletree 69, Tringale 70; Rd. 3 score: -11) T5. LEGION XIII -33 (McKibbin 66, Rahm 66, Hatton 69, Surratt 69; Rd. 3 score: -10) T5. TORQUE GC -33 (Niemann 66, Muñoz 67, Ortiz 68, Pereira 71; Rd. 3 score: -8) 7. RANGEGOATS GC -24 (Wolff 66, Campbell 68, Watson 69, Uihlein 70; Rd. 3 score: -6) 8. 4ACES GC -23 (Johnson 64, Reed 66, Varner III 66, Pieters 68; Rd. 3 score: -16) 9. CRUSHERS GC -22 (Casey 69, Lahiri 69, DeChambeau 70, Howell III 70; Rd. 3 score: -2) 10. IRON HEADS GC -21 (Na 65, Jang 66, Lee 66, Schniederjans 68; Rd. 3 score: -15) 11. CLEEKS GC -20 (Bland 65, Kaymer 67, Kjettrup 69, Meronk 69; Rd. 3 score: -10) 12. SMASH GC -17 (Koepka 68, McDowell 68, Gooch 69, Kokrak 70; Rd. 3 score: -5) 13. MAJESTICKS GC -6 (Westwood 68, Poulter 69, Horsfield 73, Stenson 74; Rd. 3 score: +4) Wild Cards: C. Lee 67 (T12), Kim 67 (T50) This piece is courtesy of Mike McAllister in partnership with LIV Golf . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? 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Arab News
09-03-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
Fireballs, Garcia claim wins at LIV Golf Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Sergio Garcia and his red-hot Fireballs GC team captured both trophies on Sunday at LIV Golf Hong Kong, while HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson appears to have recaptured his Hall of Fame form. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport Led by their captain Garcia, the Fireballs have now won back-to-back tournaments, having claimed LIV Golf Adelaide last month. They will head to next week's LIV Golf Singapore presented by Aramco seeking to become the first LIV Golf team to win three consecutive tournaments since the league expanded to a full 14-tournament schedule in 2023. Garcia shot a bogey-free 7-under 63 to finish at 18 under and claim the individual title by three shots over hard-charging Dean Burmester, whose 62 was the low round of the day. Garcia, who finished third in the season-long Individual Championship race last season, moved atop the points standings after the first three events in 2025. The 45-year-old Garcia played the final hole on Sunday with a comfortable individual lead but needed to make par to avoid dropping into a team playoff with Burmester's Stinger GC. Facing a lengthy birdie putt, he rolled it to within tap-in range to seal the Fireballs' sixth LIV Golf team title in club history. They climbed atop the season-long team standings by 10 points over Legion XIII. 'It was nice to see not only that I was doing well and leading the tournament, but my teammates were playing great,' said Garcia, who follows teammate Abraham Ancer as individual champions in Hong Kong. 'They were keeping us there with a chance to win. Obviously when you can pull the double, it's a lot sweeter than if it's just one of them. Very proud of them.' The Fireballs and Stingers appeared headed for a playoff until Luis Masaveu, the 22-year-old Spaniard signed by Garcia in the offseason, birdied his final hole, the short par-4 10th. 'It feels incredible,' said Masaveu. '… Very happy for the team to be able to hole that putt and help them.' Masaveu shot an even-par 70, with Ancer shooting 65 and David Puig a bogey-free 67 for a three-day team total of 37 under. The South African Stingers shot 17 under as a team Sunday to finish one shot back. Mickelson's HyFlyers GC tied for third at 34 under with Cameron Smith's Ripper GC, the reigning Team Champions. It was the HyFlyers' third podium result in team history. Individually, Mickelson finished solo third after his 64 left him at 14 under. It is the first podium finish for the 54-year-old Mickelson since joining LIV Golf as an original member in 2022, and it could not have come at a better time with golf's first major just a month away at the Masters. 'The fact is, I'm hitting a lot of good shots. I'm playing some good golf,' said Mickelson, who has won three of his six majors at Augusta National. 'This is a building week as I continue to build into LIV and my goal of accomplishing a win in LIV as well as winning another major or getting ready for Augusta.' Garcia is also a past Masters champion, and his form has been superb for more than a year. Since the start of the 2024 LIV Golf season, he has two wins, three other runner-up finishes, and 13 top 20s in the last 16 LIV Golf regular season events, including 10 straight after Hong Kong. He entered Sunday's final round with a share of the lead but made an early statement by holing a lengthy eagle putt at the par-5 third after finding the green in two with a 6-iron. That gave him a two-shot lead, which he never relinquished. 'It really got me in a good mood,' Garcia said of the eagle. 'I was very focused on what I wanted to do. But obviously when that happens, it gets you going even more.' Always one of golf's best ball-strikers, Garcia's putting was dialed in at Hong Kong Golf Club, as he ranked third in the field in fewest putts during the week after switching to one of his old putters. 'I played with him yesterday,' Masaveu said. 'He's a machine.' Asked if Garcia with a hot putter is as good as it gets in professional golf, Ancer offered a one-word response: 'Yes.'
