LIV Golf Hong Kong preview: Can Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers GC repeat?

LIV Golf resumes its 2025 schedule this week with the third event of the season with LIV Golf Hong Kong (coverage begins Thursday at 11 p.m. ET on FS1).

When: March 7-9

Where: Hong Kong Golf Club (Fanling, Hong Kong)

Competition: Three rounds/54 holes of stroke play

Field: 54 players — 13 teams of four players each, and two wild cards

Shotgun Start local time:
Rd. 1, 12:15 p.m. (11:15 p.m. ET Thursday)
Rd. 2, 12:15 p.m. (11:15 p.m. ET Friday)
Rd. 3, 12:35 p.m. (11:35 p.m. ET Saturday)

Defending champions: Abraham Ancer (individual), Crushers GC (team)

-LIV Golf returns to Hong Kong Golf Club for a second consecutive season following a highly successful debut in 2024 in front of packed crowds at the historic Fanling course.

-Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers GC, the defending LIV Golf Hong Kong team champions, are looking for their first podium finish of the season following consecutive fourth-place results in Riyadh and Adelaide.

-Fireballs GC's Abraham Ancer prepped for his individual championship title defense with a tie for second in Adelaide.

-Ancer won last year in a three-man playoff against Crushers GC's Paul Casey and Ripper GC Captain Cameron Smith.

-Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm will look to maintain his streak of top-10 finishes in every LIV Golf start that he's completed.

-Rahm's Legion XIII team enters Hong Kong atop the team points standings after a win in Riyadh and second place in Adelaide.

-Cleeks GC's Adrian Meronk, the winner in Riyadh, enters as the Individual points leader, with Adelaide champion Joaquin Niemann, the Torque GC captain, in third place behind Rahm.

-Three next-gen LIV Golf stars are in the top 20 of the individual points standings – 23-year-old David Puig (Fireballs GC) is fourth, 22-year-old