LIV Golf League Riyadh Predictions: Niemann to Start 2025 Hot

• Golf’s hottest social media star Bryson DeChambeau returns to LIV action

• Jon Rahm starts his defense of the LIV Golf League title

• Brooks Koepka is a two-time LIV winner in Saudi Arabia

LIV Golf Riyadh Odds

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LIV Golf Riyadh Picks and Predictions

• Joaquin Niemann to win at +800 with Caesars Sportsbook

• David Puig each way at +2200 with bet365

• Peter Uihlein top 10 at +260 with bet365

LIV Golf Riyadh Intro

Is it really already year four of the LIV Golf League revolution?!

It seems extraordinary to think that the rebel circuit has been around so long but the world moves at a rapid pace these days and even the original CEO, the Australian Greg Norman, has moved aside from his role as LIV’s chief cheerleader and torchbearer.

On the course, Jon Rahm is the top dog after he finished his inaugural season as the number one in the rankings courtesy of an unblemished record of 12 top 10 finishes from 12 completed tournaments including victories in two of the last three starts.

Off the course, Bryson DeChambeau continues to hog the headlines.

The American was a double winner himself in the 2023 LIV season but last year he failed to lift one trophy and actually recorded only two top five finishes in his 13 starts.

But he finished sixth in the Masters, second in the PGA Championship and won the US Open to rubber stamp his return to the major championship elite.

Meanwhile his social media profile and popularity hit all-time high record highs for a golfer not called Tiger Woods.

The journeys of both men will be worth following in 2025 and it all starts with a new host course in Saudi Arabia.

Who will take the honors this week? Let’s find out.

LIV Golf League Top Three Finishers in Saudi Arabia

The Riyadh Golf Club Course Notes

• Known as “The Pearl of the Desert” Riyadh is a par-71 playing to 7,411 yards

• It was designed by the respected architect Peter Harradine

• Other Harradine designs used on tour include Abu Dhabi, Doha and Al Hamra

• It features paspalum grass on the greens and is a classic desert resort design

• The tournament will take place under innovative floodlights

• It hosted the 2024 Saudi International won by Joaquin Niemann 

• Cameron Smith finished tied second and Tyrrell Hatton was fifth

Contenders to Win LIV Golf Riyadh

Jon Rahm (+650) at bet365

The Spaniard opened last year’s LIV event with a 62 on his way to fifth place and he is a three-time winner of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai but his most recent visit to the Middle East was a damp squib after he missed the cut in last month’s Dubai Desert Classic. Expect an improvement on that effort but note that he is yet to win putting on paspalum grass.

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Tyrrell Hatton (+650) at bet365

The Englishman is among the hottest golfers in the world right now and he might even be the hottest of them all. A winner last summer on LIV, he ended 2024 with victory in the Dunhill Links Championship and started 2025 with triumph in the Dubai Desert Classic. In-between he ticked off three top six finishes including that solo fifth at Riyadh in December.

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Bryson DeChambeau (+800) at bet365

Last year reigning US Open champion carded a 63 and a 62 on his way to fourth place in LIV Jeddah which was a career best at Royal Greens GC. He’ll be desperate to return to the LIV winner’s circle sooner rather than later and opened his 2025 account by finishing second in last week’s International Series India. Beware that he is 0-for-4 at finishing top 50 on Harradine designs.

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Support the Desert Rat Niemann

Joaquin Niemann won the Saudi International at Riyadh two months ago and his victory in LIV Jeddah at Royal Greens last March was a fifth top 10 on that course.

But his Middle East record goes beyond Saudi Arabia.

In Dubai he has finished fourth at Emirates GC and seventh at Jumeirah while in Oman he’s landed third and fith at Al Mouj.

In all, he is eight for nine at finishing top 10 in the region.

He is also gun on paspalum greens, winning not only at Riyadh and Royal Greens on them, but also at El Camaleon in Mexico.

He was a handy third last week in India and this week suits him better. Snap up the +800 win price at Caesars Sportsbook.

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Puig a Handy Outsider

The Spaniard David Puig made a slow start to his LIV career back in 2022 but a pair of top four finishes in 2023 inspired a step up in class later in the year.

It started with two victories either side of New Year 2024 in the Asian Tour’s International Series.

He added third place in LIV Houston and then ticked off a pair of top four finishes on the DP World Tour.

He’s finished top five in his last two outings on the DP World Tour and he was fifth at Riyadh in the 2024 Saudi Open.

He’s available at +2200 each way with bet365.

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Uihlein Has Been Overlooked

The American Peter Uihlein has been underestimated.

True, he’s yet to win on LIV but he is a four-time runner-up and he’s in great form after winning the International Series Qatar at Doha GC in December.

Crucially, of course, that’s another Harradine design.

He’s also played Riyadh twice. He was third in last year’s Saudi Open and although he was 29th in the end-of-year Saudi International he was the halfway leader and second with 18 holes to play.

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How to Watch LIV Golf Riyadh

• Tournament: LIV Golf Riyadh

• Location: Riyadh Golf Club, Saudi Arabia

• Date: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6 - SUNDAY FEBRUARY 8

• How to Watch: FRIDAY on the CW App. LIV Golf Plus and Caffeine. SATURDAY-SUNDAY on The CW Network, CW App, and LIV Golf Plus.