LIV Golf Mexico City is the sixth event of the 2025 season as the breakaway tour returns following a three week hiatus.
Since the Miami event at the start of April, 12 LIV golfers took part in the 89th Masters tournament at Augusta National. In total, seven made the cut.
Rory McIlroy finally won his first green jacket, securing the career Grand Slam in the process,. Patrick Reed finished third while Bryson DeChambeau recorded a T5 finish, despite being in contention early on Sunday.
All thoughts will now turn to Mexico City as both the individual and team competitions are heating up after five events of 2025.
Ahead of LIV Golf Mexico City, we at Golf Today discuss five key talking points.
Sergio Garcia will be hoping for more team success with Fireballs GC in Mexico City
Garcia has been in fine form this season. After five events, he currently occupies second in the individual standings, winning the Hong Kong event in March.
A poor showing at the Masters wont effect his performances too much, especially as Fireballs GC are performing extraordinary well in 2025.
The Garcia-led team – also featuring David Puig, Luis Masaveu and Abraham Ancer – won the team title in Adelaide, Hong Kong and Singapore to establish a dominant lead at the top of the standings.
A fifth place finish three weeks ago was disappointing, but the 2017 Masters champion will be keen to bounce back in Mexico City.
Patrick Reed could use Masters display as springboard for glory
Reed had been playing steady, if unspectacular, golf over the first five LIV Golf events of the 2025 season. He recorded his best result of T7 in Miami and this seemed to give him a major boost heading into Augusta.
Despite his solid record at the Masters since winning in 2018 – finishing in the top ten four times – Reed wasn’t expected to challenge.
Rounds of 71, 70 and 69 meant he entered Sunday six shots back of McIlroy. Another 69, which included a stunning hole-out eagle on the 17th saw him finish third. It might have been better had he not three-putted from four feet on the 13th.
Nevertheless, his confidence will be boosted heading into the event in Mexico City. The 34-year-old has even won at Club de Golf Chapultepec before, claiming the WGC-Mexico Championship in 2020.
Joaquin Niemann can stretch his advantage at the top of the standings
Niemann has won twice this season – in Adelaide and Singapore – and sits atop of the induvial standings by six points from Garcia.
Like the Spaniard, Niemann struggled at Augusta, failing to find his rhythm on his way to a T29 finish at the first major of the year.
The Chilean has been the most consistent golfer throughout the 2025 LIV Golf League. The Mexico City event is an opportunity for him to extend his advantage at the top of the standings.
Will the move from Mayakoba to Club de Golf Chapultepec prove popular?
The 2023 and 2024 LIV Golf events in Mexico were held in Mayakoba and the venue proved to be a popular one.
Indeed, Mayakoba used to hold PGA Tour event the World Wide Technology Championship for 16 years before LIV Golf replaced it in 2023.
The multi-year deal with Mayakoba resort was arguably one of the first big battles that LIV won over the PGA Tour. This year, Club de Golf Chapultepec will host the tournament.
Several players will have played on the course before as it held the WGC-Mexico Championship between 2017 and 2020. As mentioned, Reed won the final event held there while Dustin Johnson (2017 and 2019) and Phil Mickelson (2018) have also been victorious.
Mayakoba was a popular venue, but will Chapultepec live up to expectations? Only time will tell.
Bryson DeChambeau can forget Masters heartbreak in Mexico City
So near but so far for DeChambeau at the Masters once again. Last year he finished T6 before a T5 result in 2025.
Trailing McIlroy by just two shots heading into the final round, DeChambeau was hoping for a repeat of his 2024 U.S. Open victory, where he pipped the Northern Irishman by a stroke at Pinehurst No.2.
The reality was much different at Augusta, however. After a positive start, his round started to unravel on the third and by the time he reached the 12th, the American was out of the running.
The two-time major champion finished fifth last time out in Miami and will be hoping to bounce back in Mexico City this week.
