{"id":1571044,"date":"2023-06-07T15:03:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T19:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1571044"},"modified":"2023-07-02T19:43:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T23:43:04","slug":"ranking-5-best-players-liv-golf-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-5-best-players-liv-golf-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking the 5 Best Players of the LIV Golf Era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As LIV Golf<\/a> has merged with the PGA Tour<\/a> and the DP World Tour, one has to assume the Saudi-backed series as we've known it for the past year will come to an end once the 2023 season is complete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are still plenty of details to come on that front, but as Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will be the primary investor in this new, yet-to-be-named entity, one would think that LIV Golf is no longer necessary as there's now no reason to attempt to compete with the PGA Tour as PIF now controls it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that in mind, we thought it might be fun to rank the five best players of the LIV Golf era — the short era that it was, anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And just to end the suspense early, you certainly won't find Phil Mickelson<\/a> on this list. Sure, he had that throwback runner-up performance at the Masters<\/a> — and we are taking major championship starts into account here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when it came to the LIV Golf events, he's never once been a factor. Lefty has just one top-10 finish in 15 starts, and his average finishing position is 30.6. And let's not forget these are just 48-player fields. But as I've said previously — he's got no reason to really care, given the fact that he received $200 million in upfront money just to show up. But I digress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here's a quick look at the top five players of the LIV Golf era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Patrick Reed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Patrick Reed bemoans treatment after joining LIV Golf: 'Slap in the face' https:\/\/t.co\/cnaF71Z0Kv<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XGjpmGCwGx<\/a><\/p>— New York Post (@nypost) September 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>