Despite his strong play throughout the year, Rahm and his Legion XIII teammates are looking up at Bryson DeChambeau and his Crushers, who serve as LIV Golf defending champions. Both the Crushers and Legion XIII have earned a bye in the quarterfinals -- as have the all-Australian squad Ripper GC -- ahead of a three-day affair filled with singles matches,

The top three seeded teams receive a first-round bye. Awaiting Friday’s winners will be No. 1 Crushers GC captained by SMU’s Bryson DeChambeau, No. 2 Legion XIII led by Jon Rahm and No. 3 Ripper GC captained by Cameron Smith.

Sergio Garcia has won some of the biggest titles in golf during his career playing career, and believes victory at this week's LIV Golf Team Championship would be up alongside them