7. Stinger GC has had a disappointing start to the year with consecutive eighth place finishes, but it really feels like the group is too talented not to contend soon. Whether that will happen at a place where they finished ninth last year is yet to be seen, but Dean Burmester did top 10 here. After leading the team at sixth in last year’s individual standings, Louis Oosthuizen has posted results of T25 and T37 thus far. Predicted order of finish: Burmester, Oosthuizen, Schwartzel, Grace
8. Dating back to last year, 4Aces GC snapped a streak of four consecutive tournaments finishing 10th or worse with a T5 team result in Adelaide. Harold Varner III looks to be showing some of his pre-2024 form early on to start the year as he’s coming off his first top 10 on the LIV Golf League since 2023. Patrick Reed will look to contend in Hong Kong after playing well on the DP World Tour and Asian Tour leading into the LIV season. He finished T29 in Hong Kong last year. Predicted order of finish: Reed, Johnson, Pieters, Varner III
9. Cleeks GC will look to rebound from their second-to-last-place finish in Australia, and that’s certainly possible considering they had one of their better results of the season here a year ago, finishing fifth. Richard Bland led the way with a T8 result and is coming off a fifth-place finish. Adrian Meronk’s win in the opening event still has him atop the Individual Standings. Meanwhile, Captain Martin Kaymer and Frederik Kjettrup have both finished outside the top 30 in both events. Predicted order of finish: Bland, Meronk, Kjettrup, Kaymer
10. HyFlyers GC deserves a bump up in this week’s Power Rankings after finishing T5 last time out for their best result since last April. Captain Phil Mickelson returned after missing the season opener and looked good with a T23 result. The downside is that the group bested just one team here last year. Cameron Tringale continues to be the rock of this group with six top 20s across his last seven worldwide events. Predicted order of finish: Tringale, Steele, Ogletree, Mickelson
11. I’ll admit, I didn’t have high expectations for Majesticks GC coming into 2025, but they’ve proved me wrong through two events with finishes of T8 and T5. But can it continue? Co-Captains Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson both had top 10s in Hong Kong last year, so it’s certainly possible. Youngster of the group Sam Horsfield has led the team and sits 10th in the in Individual Standings. Predicted order of finish: Stenson, Horsfield, Poulter, Westwood
12. Things continue to trend in the wrong direction for Smash GC, and it feels like they’ve hit the bottom after finishing last in Adelaide. The team didn’t make any changes in the offseason and Captain Brooks Koepka is the only one with a top 20 result. Graeme McDowell posted a top 10 here last year, but he was the lone player to finish in the top half of the field. Three-time LIV Golf winner Talor Gooch is searching for his 2023 form. Predicted order of finish: Koepka, Gooch, McDowell, Kokrak
13. It’s a familiar place at the bottom for Iron Heads GC, who have identical finishes of 10th and 13th to Smash GC. Captain Kevin Na and Yubin Jang also improved their results dramatically from the opening event, so perhaps there’s a reason to be optimistic. It’s unclear if Jinichiro Kozuma is expected to return after being sidelined for the first two events, but he could perhaps give the team a spark if he does. Predicted order of finish: Jang, Na, Kozuma, Lee