Out of the Rough: LIV Golf Singapore (2026)

The LIV Golf Tour continues on with the second-of-three consecutive events with this week’s LIV Golf Singapore.

This year marks the fourth installment of the event, first played in the Tour’s second season in 2023.

This week’s host will be The Serapong course at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore.

The Tanjong course at the Sentosa Golf Club hosted the HSBC Women’s World Championship of the LPGA Tour two weeks ago.

The Field

Joaquin Niemann used this event a season ago as his second of what would be five victories on the year. Niemann ran away with the event, topping Brooks Koepka by five strokes. Niemann will look to become the first back-to-back winner of LIV Golf Singapore this season.

Koepka won this event in 2024, topping both Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman by two strokes. Of course, Koepka, who has since returned to the PGA Tour, will not be playing this week.

Talor Gooch won the inaugural playing of this event in 2023, topping Sergio Garcia in a playoff.

Fireballs GC (Garcia, Abraham Ancer, Luis Masaveu and Davig Puig) won the team title here a season ago, topping second place Legion XIII (Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Tom McKibbin and Caleb Surratt) by three strokes.

The Course

The Serapong course at the Sentosa Golf Club is one of the World’s best golf courses as it sits within the top 100 of Golf Digests World’s Greatest Golf Courses.

It also was named the World’s best golf course in 2023 and Asia’s Best Golf Course in 2024 by World Golf Awards.

The Serapong course plays as a par-71 at just over 7,400 yards.

It was designed by Ronald Fream and opened in 1982. Major renovations took place in both 2006 and 2020.

Like last week’s HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Golf Club which hosts the Link Hong Kong Open, The Serapong course has previously hosted the Singapore Open of the Asia Tour between 2005 and 2022.

The course sits on a nearby island that offers a breath-taking backdrop of the Singapore cityscape.

The course offers a variety of defenses, including flanks of dense jungle, beaches beyond the greens and plenty of water looking to derail anyone’s round.

Water comes into play on five holes, but none more notable than the 15th which runs all the way along the bay and includes a tee shot over the ocean.

The course is more notably known for its stretch of holes known as the ‘Dragon’s Tail.’

This stretch of holes includes the third-through-the-seventh.

The ‘Dragon’s Tail’ includes the course’s signature hole, the par-four fourth. It plays at 486-yards as is the course’s longest par-four. The fourth is situated in the ‘belly of the dragon.’

The 444-yard par-four sixth included a large rock formation known as the ‘dragon’s tooth’ and a false front on the green is known as the ‘dragon’s tongue.’

The par-four 13th plays as the hardest hole on the course as the par-five 18th plays as the easiest.

Like many courses in Asia, the ninth and 18th holes share a green, which can set up some rather long putts.

This is a true risk-reward course where whomever can find the perfect balance between both risk and reward will have the upper hand.

The Weather

As of the time of writing this, there is a good chance for precipitation across all four days. Thursday currently calls for a 40-percent chance of evening showers, Friday is calling for a 55-percent chance of scattered thunderstorms, Saturday calls for a 60-percent chance of showers and Sunday calls for a 50-percent chance of showers. Temperatures will begin the week at 89-degrees before settling to 88-degrees across both Friday and Saturday. Temperatures will return to 89-degrees on Sunday. Winds are set to be the lowest on Saturday at 12 miles-per-hour before increasing to 13 miles-per-hour across all of Friday through Sunday. 

Key Stats

• Average Driving Distance

• Scrambling

• Greens in Regulation Percentage (GIR%)

• Putting Average

Betting Card

Bryson DeChambeau (+1400)

It’s tough for me to leave Bryson DeChambeau on the board when he’s in double-digits. He placed 24th last week at the HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong. Prior to that he was third at LIV Golf Adelaide and 17th at LIV Golf Riyadh. DeChambeau is currently third on Tour in average driving distance, sixth in putting average, seventh in scrambling and 13th in GIR%. He placed T10th at this event a season ago, T27th in 2024 and T19th in 2023.

Marc Leishman (+3000)

Leishman is currently fifth on Tour in scrambling, 22nd in both average driving distance and putting average as well as 23rd in GIR%. He placed T51st at this event a season ago but was the runner-up in 2024 and placed T16th in 2023. He placed 24th last week at the HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong, eighth at LIV Golf Adelaide and 22nd at LIV Golf Riyadh. 

Peter Uihlein (+4500)

I can’t stop betting on Uihlein, especially after the start he’s had to the season. He placed 31st last week at the HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong but started the season with a pair of third place finishes at both LIV Golf Adelaide and LIV Golf Riyadh. He is currently sixth on Tour in putting average, ninth in GIR%, 13th in average driving distance and 17th in scrambling. He placed T29th here a season ago, T22nd in 2024 and T11th in 2023.