How all 13 LIV Golf stars performed at the Masters

Greg Norman spent this year’s Masters prowling the course as a patron in support of his LIV Golf players. 

The commissioner of the breakaway league bought tickets on the secondary market to walk outside the ropes and had 13 LIV stars to support over the first two days at Augusta National. Of those, eight LIV players made it through to the weekend.

Here’s a look at how each LIV golfer fared in the first major of the season…

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Bryson DeChambeau – T6

DeChambeau lit up the tournament with his opening 65 and his hole-out birdie on 18 in his third round will remain an abiding Masters memory. Despite slipping away over the weekend, his T6 finish is his best finish at Augusta.

Cameron Smith – T6

It never truly felt like Smith was in contention, but this was an encouraging start to the Aussie’s major season. Pairs of 71s and 72s were reason for the 2022 Open champion to be satisfied in tough conditions.

Tyrrell Hatton – T-9

“I’m devastated, to be honest,” Hatton said after four-putting the 18th to post 72 in his Saturday pairing with Tiger Woods. “It’s now my 23rd tournament round. I’ve got four rounds under par.” The fiery Englishman found his fifth on Sunday, his three-under 69 leaving him comfortably inside the top 12, which is enough for a spot at next year’s tournament.

Patrick Reed – T12

A steady if not spectacular week ended with a very strong finish for the 2018 Masters champion. Reed saves much of his best stuff for Augusta and this was his fifth top-20 in his last seven starts.

Joaquin Niemann – T22

The Chilean, arguably the form player on the LIV circuit, couldn’t quite make his special invite count by contending in Georgia. His T22 finish with a +4 aggregate is something to build on, though, as he has already secured entry into the PGA Championship and The Open.

Phil Mickelson – T43

Mickelson’s T2 finish at last year’s Masters has proved an anomaly in an extended malaise. The three-time champion did make a 28th cut here after a brutal Friday, but failed to make a move over the weekend.

Brooks Koepka – T45

Koepka had been so widely fancied after losing out to Jon Rahm last year, but the five-time major winner just never got it going.  He matched his two highest scores in his Masters career over the weekend with a 75 and 76 to finish on +9.

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Jon Rahm – T45

A hugely disappointing week. The Spaniard’s hopes of becoming just the fourth back-to-back winner of the Green Jacket faded quickly and he’ll take little solace from the fact he battled well to make the cut after matching Koepka’s overall score.

Sergio Garcia – MC

The 2017 champion had some form arriving at Augusta after his playoff defeat to Dean Burmester at LIV’s Miami event, but Garcia’s miserable back nine on Friday proved costly. He has made the cut just once in the Masters since his victory seven years ago.

Bubba Watson – MC

The two-time champion was one of many who succumbed to the conditions on a treacherous Friday. The left-hander followed up his opening 74 with an 80 to finish well outside the cut line.

Charl Schwartzel – MC

Schwartzel, the winner in 2011, revealed that he hadn’t seen Augusta quite like it after his nine-over 81 in Friday’s howling wind.

“I thought I had 81 impossible shots today,” he said. “On a good day with a normal day, 15 mile-an-hour wind, with the way it’s playing at this firmness, it’s a fantastic test. It’s tough. You then get on the wrong side, and you’re thinking, wow, this is difficult. Then you add this wind to it, and it becomes borderline almost unplayable.”

Dustin Johnson – MC

Johnson had warned his rivals he had a “little more drive and determination” in the majors this year after a quiet 2023. The 2020 Masters champion struggled here, though, with rounds of 78 and 79 leaving him on 13-over-par.

Adrian Meronk – MC

The towering Pole, LIV’s third European recruit after the signings of Rahm and Hatton, has now missed the cut in both his Masters appearances. This was a particularly chastening week, with scores of 78 and 80 leaving him ahead of only Emiliano Grillo on the leaderboard.

Ben Parsons joined bunkered as a Content Producer in 2023 and is the man to come to for all of the latest news, across both the professional and amateur games. Formerly of The Mirror and Press Association, he is a member at Halifax Golf Club and is a long-suffering fan of both Manchester United and the Wales rugby team.