Open outlook: The 16 LIV golfers playing Royal Liverpool

Top exemption category: 4. Top 50 OWGR (for Week 21 in 2023)

Open starts/best finish: 3 starts/T53 (2022)

Royal Liverpool results: none

Major starts/best finish: 18 starts/T16 (2023 Masters)

Outlook: From a team standpoint, it’s been a terrific season for the Torque GC captain. Individually? Not so much, although he’s had a couple of backdoor top 10s. Still, he remains one of LIV’s best performers with the irons.

Odds to win: 150/1

THOMAS PIETERS

Top exemption category: 5. Top 30 Race to Dubai, 2022

Open starts/best finish: 5 starts/T28 (2018, 2022)

Royal Liverpool results: none

Major starts/best finish: 21 starts/T4 (2017 Masters)

Outlook: By his own admission, the big Belgian hasn’t played great this season, but the tie for sixth in London in his most recent start was his best result since joining LIV.

Odds to win: 200/1

HENRIK STENSON

Top exemption category: 1. Past champion

Open starts/best finish: 17 starts/Win (2016)

Royal Liverpool results: T48 (2006), T39 (2014)

Major starts/best finish: 64 starts/Win (2016 Open)

Outlook: Has missed the cut in seven of his last nine major starts, but he may have found something lately, with top 10s in two of his last three LIV starts. Said he’s out to prove that he can still be competitive. “When things are working,” he said, “I still have the game to compete.”

Odds to win: 250/1

PHIL MICKELSON

Top exemption category: 1. Past champion

Open starts/best finish: 28 starts/Win (2013)

Royal Liverpool results: T22 (2006), T23 (2014)

Major starts/best finish: 120 starts/6 wins (2004 Masters, 2005 PGA, 2006 Masters, 2010 Masters, 2013 Open, 2021 PGA)

Outlook: Since his runner-up finish to Henrik Stenson in their epic Open battle in 2016, Mickelson has missed the cut in four of his last five Open starts. The T2 at the Masters this year was a statement performance, but for most of 2023, the results have been disappointing.