{"id":515392,"date":"2026-03-03T06:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/515392\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T06:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:15:10","slug":"team-power-rankings-for-hsbc-liv-golf-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/515392\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Power Rankings for HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"

After an incredible start to the season that saw LIV Golf rookie Elvis Smylie<\/a> win in Riyadh and Anthony Kim<\/a> win in inspirational fashion in Adelaide, LIV Golf heads to HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hong Kong Golf Club at Fanling is a par 70 measuring 6,711 yards. The course is a tight, demanding layout \u2014 one of the smallest in professional golf, with dense tree-lined fairways and small, protected greens.<\/p>\n

Here are the Power Rankings for HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong for all 13 teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TEAM POWER RANKINGS
\n1. Legion XIII<\/p>\n

Jon Rahm<\/a>‘s team will enter the week chomping at the bit to earn their first team victory of the season after finishing runner-up at LIV Golf Adelaide. The Spaniard began his 2026 campaign with back-to-back second-place finishes and his running mate, Tyrrell Hatton<\/a>, bounced back nicely in Adelaide by finishing T3 after a disappointing start to the season in Riyadh (47th). Tom McKibbin<\/a> won the Link Hong Kong Open at the Hong Kong Golf Club so he will have the advantage of already mastering the tricky layout.\u00a0<\/p>\n

2. Ripper GC<\/p>\n

Ripper GC<\/a> has gotten off to an incredible start, winning both LIV Golf events to start the season. Their acquisition of a talented young player in Elvis Smylie<\/a> paid immediate dividends in Adelaide, and the veteran contingent of Ripper is now rounding into form. Last week, Lucas Herbert<\/a> (4th in Hong Kong last season) finished runner-up at the New Zealand Open and punched his ticket to The Open Championship<\/a> and will be carrying a great deal of momentum into the week. He began his LIV Golf season by finishing T9 in Riyadh and T6 in Adelaide. Cameron Smith<\/a> and Marc Leishman<\/a> \u00a0both finished top 10 in their last start.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3. Torque GC<\/p>\n

Torque GC<\/a> is coming off a relatively disappointing finish in Adelaide after starting their season with a runner-up in Riyadh. The team led by Joaquin Niemann<\/a> finished 5th but struggled to keep up with the torrid pace set by Ripper GC<\/a> and Legion XIII<\/a>, who followed closely behind. Hong Kong Golf Club should bring some positive vibes for Torque. In 2024, Abraham Ancer<\/a> won the individual trophy in Hong Kong<\/a> and is clearly a fantastic fit for the golf course. Sebastian Munoz<\/a> continues to be one of the most consistent performers in the league, finishing in the top 10 in both of his starts to begin 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After an incredible start to the season that saw LIV Golf rookie Elvis Smylie win in Riyadh and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-515392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}