The LIV Golf Tour returns to the USA for the first time since May, with Trump National in Bedminster the venue for the latest tournament.
It has been three years since the last LIV Golf event in New York, with Cameron Smith running out an impressive seven-shot winner in 2023.
The Australian has not won another event since that success, although he has shown some positive signs in recent weeks, with a fourth-place finish at LIV UK.
Two-time Major winner Jon Rahm leads the LIV Tour money list going into this week’s event, with just one individual tournament left of the season.
LIV Golf New York Tips Summary
Best Bet - Abraham Ancer to win and each way @ 22/1
Alternative Bet - Dean Burmester to win and each way @ 25/1
Alternative Bet - Charles Howell III to win and each way @ 35/1
LIV Golf New York Prediction
Best Bet: Abraham Ancer to win and each way @ 22/1
It’s two years since Abraham Ancer last claimed a tournament success, but he will have high hopes of ending that wait this week.
The Mexican heads to New York on the back of a solid display at the JCB Golf and Country Club, where he finished tied-fifth.
Ancer carded four under-par rounds in Staffordshire, including a third-round 65, to eventually finish 16 shots behind runaway winner Lucas Herbert.
The 35-year-old, ranked ninth on the 2026 LIV money list, is second for fairways hit on LIV this year - with a 65.71% accuracy rate.
Ancer will also have positive memories of the last LIV Golf New York event, finishing fourth when the tournament was over three rounds.
Only Cameron Smith made it to double figures that week - finishing on -12 - so Bedminster is not a birdie-fest and will likely reward those that are regularly on the short grass.
Alternative Bet: Dean Burmester to win and each way @ 25/1
Dean Burmester has won two tournaments since joining LIV in February 2023, with both of those victories coming in the USA.
The South African claimed top spot in the 2024 LIV Miami event, before finishing top of the leaderboard in LIV Chicago last summer.
Length of the tee is going to be a big help this week, with Trump National measuring in at over 7,500 yards.
Burmester, 7/2 for a top-six finish, ranks fourth on LIV for driving distance, with an average of 310.4 yards.
The 37-year-old finished T17, on -7, at LIV UK and now goes back to a course where he recorded a fifth-placed finish back in 2023.
Alternative Bet: Charles Howell III to win and each way @ 35/1
In two previous LIV New York events, there has yet to be an American winner, but there will be a few players confident of ending that wait this week.
Among them will be Charles Howell III, who has won almost $3million on Tour this year and his stats make good reading.
The former world number 15 leads LIV in scrambling, with 71.13%, and currently sits fifth for Greens in Regulation.
A T7 finish at JCB bodes well for Howell, especially as he carded four rounds under par to finish on -13.
The man from Georgia was ninth at this event two years ago, with a standout four-under-par first round which had him in second after day one.
Key Tournament Stats
- This is the third edition of LIV New York, with Henrik Stenson (2022) and Cameron Smith (2023) the previous winners
- The Trump National course at Bedminster measures at 7,580 yards (6,930m)
- The winning scores in the first two events at Bedminster have been -11 and -12
- 2023 winner Cameron Smith leads the LIV Tour in putting average (1.52)
- The birdie stats are led by Jon Rahm this season, with the Spaniard averaging 5.10 per round
- Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau and Lucas Herbert are the only players to have more than one win on LIV this season
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