{"id":1255932,"date":"2025-03-24T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1255932"},"modified":"2025-03-23T22:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T22:41:26","slug":"liv-golf-team-profile-who-are-cleeks-gc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/liv-golf-team-profile-who-are-cleeks-gc\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf team profile: Who are Cleeks GC?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four events of the 2025 LIV Golf<\/a> season have been completed and Joaquin Niemann is the outstanding individual candidate so far.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the Chilean has won twice \u2013 Adelaide and Singapore \u2013 along with finishes of T33 and T12 in Riyadh and Hong Kong. This means he sits atop of the rankings having amassed 84.66 points.<\/p>\n

Niemann has dominated early doors from an individual standpoint. The Fireballs GC are the most consistent team<\/a>, however, winning the previous three events to hold an 18-point lead at the top of the table.<\/p>\n

The Sergio Garcia-led team may be ahead of the pack, but there are a cluster of teams towards the bottom of the table who are struggling.<\/p>\n

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Team Europe’s Sergio Garcia celebrates his birdie on the 11th with Team Europe’s Rory McIlroy during the Fourballs match on day two of the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris. (David Davies\/PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cleeks GC are currently 11th in the team standings having secured a measly four points after four events so far in 2025.<\/p>\n

Smash GC (one point) and Iron Heads (0 points) are the only two teams beneath them in the table. Indicating that they require something special in order to move up the standings.<\/p>\n

In our second team profile on Golf Today<\/a>, just who makes up Cleeks GC?<\/p>\n

Which LIV Golf players are in Cleeks GC?<\/h3>\n

Martin Kaymer, winner of two major championships during his career, is the team captain of Cleeks GC, which also features Richard Bland, Frederik Kjettrup and Adrian Meronk.<\/p>\n

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Kaymer is the captain of LIV Golf team Cleeks GC (Richard Sellers\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Martin Kaymer<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Kaymer won the 2010 PGA Championship and the 2014 U.S. Open during an impressive career. The German also has 23 professional victories, won three Ryder Cups and enjoyed a stint as the world\u2019s best golfer in 2011.<\/p>\n

After years of poor performances, the German joined LIV in 2022, becoming captain of Cleeks GC in the process.<\/p>\n

The team has won just one team title \u2013 LIV Houston in 2024 \u2013 while Kaymer finished 49th last year, only avoiding relegation due to his status as team captain.<\/p>\n

Richard Bland<\/h3>\n

Bland won the British Masters in 2021, securing his first win on our after 478 tournaments, before making the switch to LIV in 2022 ahead of the inaugural event in London.<\/p>\n

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Richard Bland joined Cleeks GC in 2022 (Adam Davy\/PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Across the first three seasons, Bland\u2019s top 24 finishes have ensured he has remained with Cleeks GC. Last year, the Englishman won the senior PGA Championship and the senior U.S. Open. Thus becoming the first man since Arnold Palmer to win on their first two senior starts.<\/p>\n

Frederik Kjettrup<\/h3>\n

The Danish golfer was a new addition to the LIV Golf league for the 2025 season, joining up with Kaymer\u2019s Cleeks GC team.
\nHe won three times on the PGA Tour Americas having previously studied at Florida State University.<\/p>\n

Adding the Dane to the roster is part of LIV\u2019s desire to sign the best young talent in the game and giving them an opportunity to showcase their abilities.<\/p>\n

Adrian Meronk<\/h3>\n

Meronk was perhaps unlucky to miss out on Luke Donald\u2019s 2023 Ryder Cup team. Having won tournaments such as the Australian Open, Italian Open and Irish Open during a ten-month spell, he was overlooked for the biennial event.<\/p>\n

This snub was clearly the final straw for the Polish golfer, who sealed a move to LIV in January 2024. He failed to win throughout the 2024 season, but sealed a 17th place finish in the individual standings. This\u00a0 ensured his return to Cleeks GC for this year.<\/p>\n

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Adrian Meronk won the first LIV Golf event of the 2025 season (Donall Farmer\/PA Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Victory at the opening event of the season in Riyadh has given him some momentum. Don\u2019t be surprised if he seals another victory or two by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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