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 LIV Golf Team Championship gets underway Friday at Maridoe Golf Club outside of Dallas with 10 teams competing in the match play quarterfinals. Three teams, Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC, Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII and Cameron Smith’s Ripper GC, have quarterfinal byes and automatically advance to Saturday’s semifinals.

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