LIV plays its second US event of the season with the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia hosting the inaugural LIV Virginia.
Key Stats/Skill Set Required
- Driving Distance
- GIR
- Approach: 50-100 Yards
- Approach: 200-225 Yards
- Sand Saves
- Putting: 15-20 Feet
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Club gives an advantage to big hitters off the tee but it will be form with the irons that will determine this tournament.
Key Correlation Courses
- Nil
BEST BET
JOAQUIN NIEMANN ($7.50)
Chilean superstar Joaquin Niemann has won three of the seven LIV events this year and has unquestionably been the best player on the circuit in 2025.
He has won every second tournament so is due here, ranking Top 4 in Driving Distance and GIR.
Holds a ranking of No.8 in Data Golf’s player rankings, he is clearly the class of the field.
BEST VALUE
DEAN BURMESTER ($29)
There might be no more underrated player in the LIV League than South African Dean Burmester, who won LIV Miami last year and is a four-time DP World Tour winner.
He has two Top 4 finishes this year.
Ranks first in Approaches from 50-100 Yards, second in Driving Distance and 10th in GIR.
TOM MCKIBBIN ($41)
Young Northern Irish prodigy Tom McKibbin has started finding his feet in his first year with LIV.
He has two Top 7 finishes to go with a T-3 in the Singapore Classic.
Ranks sixth in Driving Distance and 10th in GIR.
Plenty of upside for a $41 pop.
BEST ROUGHIES
THOMAS PIETERS ($51)
Belgian Thomas Pieters comes off his best showing in LIV this season with T-4 in Korea, his fourth Top 18 finish of the year.
He ranks second in Short Approaches, fifth in Putts from 15-20 Feet and ninth in GIR so has a nice profile for here.
CHARLES SCHWARTZEL ($51)
Veteran Charles Schwartzel leads LIV in Long Approaches while he ranks second in Putting from 15-25 Feet and third in Sand Saves so has a very nice profile for this.
Finished Top 7 in his last two North American LIV events and he did make the cut at The Masters.
6+ BIRDIES OR BETTER R1
BRYSON DECHAMBEAU ($2.30)
DeChambeau ranks fourth in Birdies this year while he loves golf in this part of the country, shooting a 58 at the 2023 LIV Golf Greenbrier.
5+ BIRDIES OR BETTER R1
LUCAS HERBERT ($1.75)
Herbert ranks 5th in Birdies this season and is playing well, coming off a win in the International Series in Japan.