{"id":273731,"date":"2026-02-04T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/273731\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:16:08","slug":"familiar-venue-for-schniederjans-as-he-steps-in-for-hyflyers-gc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/273731\/","title":{"rendered":"Familiar venue for Schniederjans as he steps in for HyFlyers GC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/ollie-schniederjans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ollie Schniederjans<\/a>, one of the top-ranked players on The International Series, will once again step onto the LIV Golf stage after being called up to fill in for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/hyflyers-gc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HyFlyers GC<\/a> captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/phil-mickelson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Mickelson<\/a>, marking the second consecutive year the American has stepped in for the six-time major champion at the season-opening event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/news\/mickelson-westwood-to-miss-riyadh-season-opener-schniederjans-schmidt-fill-in-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mickelson is absent for the first two events<\/a> of the season (Riyadh and next week&#8217;s Adelaide stop) due to a family health matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opportunity to play LIV Golf Riyadh is incredible and I always have a great time competing with the HyFlyers,\u201d said Schniederjans. \u201cFor me playing on a team means a lot and I want to play great for myself, and also for Phil and the guys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Riyadh in particular, it is a very exciting week being the season opener. Playing under the lights makes it a really cool experience. I loved it last year but was unable to play as well as I\u2019d like. I do feel more prepared this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schniederjans has already proven he can compete with the very best on the global stage, claiming the 2025 International Series India presented by DLF with a four-stroke victory over 2024 U.S. Open champion and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/crushers-gc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crushers GC<\/a> captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/bryson-dechambeau\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryson DeChambeau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the breakthrough, he endured a testing 2025 season, showing flashes of strong form but narrowly missing out on a full-time LIV Golf card through the Rankings pathway, before another near miss at LIV Golf Promotions.<\/p>\n<p>Schniederjans believes those setbacks have only fuelled his motivation heading into the new season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always been super motivated to be at my highest level and to be competitive with the best in the world,\u201d he said. \u201cI am not shy to say that I&#8217;m gunning for a full spot on LIV and to be an asset to the league as a top player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be part of LIV more than anybody. I believe in the future of LIV Golf and the global game. I know I have a lot to prove, and I\u2019m working as hard and as smart as I can to get where I want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ollie Schniederjans, one of the top-ranked players on The International Series, will once again step onto the LIV&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-273731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}