LIV Golf Hong Kong: Garcia storms to individual and team titles

LIV Golf Hong Kong: Garcia storms to individual and team titles


Published on March 10, 2025

Sergio Garcia savoured more success in Asia by winning both the individual and team titles at LIV Golf Hong Kong at the weekend.

In front of huge crowds at Hong Kong Golf Club, home of the Link Hong Kong Open on the Asian Tour, he recorded a three-stroke victory over South African Dean Burmester. American Phil Mickelson was one stroke further back in third – his best finish on the LIV Golf League.

Garcia shot a closing seven-under-par 63 to finish the three-round event on 18 under. It is his sixth victory on the region, having won five times on the Asian Tour. The Spaniard, who finished third in the season-long Individual Championship race last season, moved atop the points standings after the first three events in 2025.

Fireballs GC after winning in Hong Kong. Picture by Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images.

It was a captain’s performance for his Fireballs GC team – made up of Mexico’s Abraham Ancer, winner of LIV Golf Hong Kong last year, and Spain’s David Puig and Luis Masaveu – as they captured the team title by one from Stingers GC.

Fireballs GC have now won back-to-back tournaments, having claimed LIV Golf Adelaide last month. They will head to this week’s LIV Golf Singapore presented by Aramco seeking to become the first LIV Golf team to win three consecutive tournaments since the league expanded to a full 14-tournament schedule in 2023.

They will fancy their chance as Garcia won the 2018 Singapore Open on the Serapong Course at Sentosa Golf Club, which is the venue for LIV Golf Singapore. He also nearly claimed LIV Golf Singapore in 2023, played on the same course, but was denied in a play-off by American Talor Gooch.

The 45-year-old Garcia played the final hole Sunday with a comfortable individual lead but needed to make par to avoid dropping into a team play-off with Burmester’s Stinger GC. Facing a lengthy birdie putt, he rolled it to within tap-in range to seal the Fireballs’ sixth LIV Golf team title in club history. They climbed atop the season-long team standings by 10 points over Legion XIII.

Sergio Garcia plays an approach shot in the final round of LIV Golf Hong Kong. Picture by Yu Chun Christopher Wong/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images.

“It was nice to see not only that I was doing well and leading the tournament, but my teammates were playing great,” said Garcia, who started the day sharing the lead. “They were keeping us there with a chance to win. Obviously when you can pull the double, it’s a lot sweeter than if it’s just one of them. Very proud of them.”

The Fireballs and Stingers appeared headed for a play-off until Masaveu, the 22-year-old signed by Garcia in the off-season, birdied his final hole, the short par-four 10th. “It feels incredible,” said Masaveu. “… Very happy for the team to be able to hole that putt and help them.”

LIV Golf Singapore tees-off on Friday.