US Masters 2025: The 12 LIV golfers at Augusta

William Dobbie Published: 08 Apr 25 11:11

Unable to earn ranking points on their tour, qualifying for the US Masters is slightly more tricky for LIV golfers.

We take a look at which players arrive from the breakaway league with a big chance of capturing the Green Jacket.

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Jon Rahm

Of the 12 LIV players teeing it up at Augusta this week, there are an impressive seven former winners.

The most recent of these is Jon Rahm.

Successful in 2023, the Spaniard arrives here with the game to go well again.

History has proven that it is difficult for defending champions, so there weren't too many surprises when he slumped to a T45 finish last year, but his course record prior to that is outstanding.

T27-4-T9-T7-T5-T27-1 represents Rahm's body of work at the first major of the year, so he will be hopeful of a return to form.

It has been hard to gauge quality of performance on the LIV tour, but eight consecutive top-10 finishes can only be a positive heading into the week.

Bryson DeChambeau

Certainly a player that has sparked huge debate within the game over recent years, there can be no questions asked regarding DeChambeau's major pedigree.

The 31-year-old enjoyed a stellar major season in 2024 with form reading T6, 2, 1, MC.

The T6 represented the Californian's best Masters finish and with a more refined game of late, there will be plenty of people thinking he can mount a challenge on Sunday.

Joaquin Niemann

The #1 ranked golfer on LIV, Joaquin Niemann has thrived since making his debut on the tour back in 2022.

He became the second player on LIV to card a 59 when he blitzed his way around Mayakoba last year, a season in which he recorded two wins and two runner-up finishes.

His excellent form hasn't slowed down in this campaign, either.

Of the five events played so far, the Chilean has clinched victory twice.

This will be the sixth time that Niemann tees it up at Augusta and he has some middling course form to overcome should he don the Green Jacket come Sunday evening.

The 27-year-old has finished outside the top-20 on all but one of his Masters starts.

Brooks Koepka

Across the history of the game, only 14 players have won more major championships than Brooks Koepka.

The Floridian won four of his five during a dominant three-year period where he won both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship back-to-back.

His most recent major triumph came in 2023 when he added a third PGA Championship to his collection, beating Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler by two shots.

Koepka has narrowly missed out on Masters glory in the past, with multiple runner-up finishes to his name.

The 34-year-old has stated his desire to win at Augusta before and it wouldn't be too much of a shock to see him challenge on the big stage yet again.

Cameron Smith

Course form can be a key indicator to future success and there won't be too many arriving at Augusta with a better record than Cameron Smith.

The Australian has registered five top-10s in eight Masters starts, has never missed the cut and became the first player to shoot four rounds under 70 in a single tournament.

Major pedigree is something else in Smith's favour too, he claimed victory in the 150th Open at St Andrews to join an illustrious list of champions at the course.

After four low-key starts on LIV this season, he showed signs of recovery in Miami; Smith carded a final round of 70 to finish T9 around a notoriously difficult track.