Bizarre name given to Smith's all-Aussie LIV team

The sanction of Cameron Smith's all-Australian LIV Golf squad has been announced.

And it's perchance the astir stereotypically bogan sanction organisers could person travel up with.

Ripper GC - yes, truly - volition dwell of Smith arsenic captain, Marc Leishman, and Matt Jones.

Wade Ormsby besides played nether the side's archetypal guise arsenic Punch GC.

The Ripper GC logo is besides maroon and golden - perchance a motion to Smith's beloved Brisbane Broncos, oregon the Queensland Maroons successful State of Origin rugby league. The secondary logo is besides a bid of chevrons arranged similar the confederate cross.

Fellow Aussie Jed Morgan played LIV Golf's archetypal lawsuit successful London, but hasn't been confirmed to enactment up alongside Smith.

Adam Scott was rumoured to articulation Smith astatine LIV, but much oregon little confirmed successful September helium would enactment with the PGA Tour.

Dustin Johnson was different marquee signing for LIV successful aboriginal 2022.

His 4 Aces were the champions of past season, and with a squad that included Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch and Pat Perez, it's hard to argue.

Phil Mickelson was the archetypal big-name signing for LIV Golf, and has since go the series' main recruiter.

He volition pb the HyFlyers GC again successful 2023, having pb them to the quarter-finals past year.

His teammates past twelvemonth included Bernd Wiesberger, Matthew Wolff and Cameron Tringale.

Bubba Watson's RangeGoats GC are the 2nd of the caller teams for LIV play this year.

Watson, a erstwhile Masters champion, was different cardinal aboriginal signing.

Sergio Garcia and the Fireballs GC made it to the semi-finals past year.

The all-Spanish squad past twelvemonth besides included Carlos Ortiz, Abraham Ancer and Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra successful the line-up.

Bryson DeChambeau's Crush GC had a large line-up connected paper, but lone made the semi-finals past year.

The broadside was filled by Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, and Anirban Lahiri.

Brooks Koepka was different superstar LIV signing.

His Smash GC finished 3rd past year, and Koepka was acold and distant the biggest sanction successful the side.

For what it's worthy his teammates were Jason Kokrak, Peter Uihlein and his younger member Chase, but Smash GC is each astir Brooksy.

A small similar Mickelson, Ian Poulter was different large signing that acceptable into the 'veteran looking for 1 last wage day' mould.

He took his Majesticks GC - which included different large European names similar Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson and Sam Horsfield - to the 2nd circular of the semis.

Martin Kaymer led the Cleeks GC to the 2nd circular of the semis.

And helium did it with a squad of comparative nobodies, including Graeme McDowell, Laurie Canter, and Richard Bland.

Louis Oosthuizen's Stinger GC finished 4th past season, mostly riding connected Oosthuizen's overgarment tails.

His teammates included Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, and Hennie du Plessis.

Torque GC bombed retired successful the archetypal circular of the quarters past season.

Joaquin Niemann pb a squad that included Scott Vincent, Adrian Otaegui, and Aussie Jediah Morgan.

One of the cardinal points for LIV was to pull parochial enactment from regions oregon countries.

The Fireballs are all-Spanish and Ripper GC is present all-Aussie.

The IronHeads are an all-Asian line-up. They bombed retired successful the archetypal circular of the quarters.

They're led by Kevin Na, with enactment from Sadom Kaewkanjana, Phachara Khongwatmai and Sihwan Kim.

Two squad tames were retired from the archetypal season.

Marc Leishmann's Punch GC is one...