LIV Golf Invitational Series 2022 Miami: Tee Times, Prize Money and Predictions

The inaugural LIV Golf season is coming to a close, and an individual champion has already been crowned. Dustin Johnson finished atop the standings and earned the $18 million prize that came with the title. But the 38-year-old now has his sights set on more.

Throughout the LIV Golf season, golfers have also been competing in teams to earn points and money. And the final tournament of the year, which is set for Friday through Sunday at Trump National Doral in Miami, will be the team championship.

This will be a 54-hole event, just like the first seven tournaments of the season. It will also feature a shotgun start, beginning at 12:15 p.m. ET on each of the three days.

The purse for the event is $50 million, with the winning team splitting $16 million among its four golfers. Each of the 12 teams will receive some prize money.

Johnson's team, 4 Aces GC, is first in the team standings with 152 points, 56 ahead of the next closest team. Johnson, the captain, is joined by Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch and Pat Perez.

Here's everything else you need to know heading into the LIV Golf team championship set to take place in Miami.

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Preview, Predictions

It's not a surprise that 4 Aces GC has built such a commanding lead in the LIV Golf team standings through the first seven tournaments of the season. The Dustin Johnson-captained squad won four straight events at one point in the year and hasn't finished worse than sixth in any of the other three.

But this weekend's event in Miami will be a bit different. That's because the format is changing with it being the team championship.

Unlike the first seven tournaments, golfers won't be competing in stroke play. Instead, there will be match play taking place over the three days, and here's how it's going to work.

The top four teams automatically advance to Saturday. In addition to 4 Aces GC, that will include Crushers GC (captained by Bryson DeChambeau), Fireballs GC (captained by Sergio Garcia) and Stinger GC (captained by Louis Oosthuizen).

The Nos. 5-12 seeds will face off in head-to-head matchups on Friday, with the four winners moving on. On Saturday, those four teams will face the top four seeds in the same match play format.

That will leave four teams remaining on Sunday, when the 16 golfers will play in pairs. Every competitor's score will go to his team, and the team with the lowest score among the four squads will be crowned the LIV Golf team champion.

So even though 4 Aces GC built such a big advantage in the standings this season, anything can happen this weekend. If their foursome has a bad day on Saturday, they could get eliminated and not make it to Sunday's action.

Don't expect that to happen, though, despite 4 Aces GC not finishing better than fourth over the past two LIV Golf events. The stakes will be higher in Miami, and Johnson and his teammates should get back on track.

But will it be enough for 4 Aces GC to win the inaugural LIV Golf team title?

The prediction here is that Johnson and his teammates will fall just short on Sunday, finishing second. Instead, it will be Crushers GC winning the title, even though they didn't win any of the previous seven tournaments.

Crushers GC is poised to break through in Miami after finishing second or third in four of the seven events so far, including in three of the past four. The quartet of DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III and Anirban Lahiri have been playing good golf of late, and they'll translate that momentum into success in the match play format this weekend.

Prediction: DeChambeau leads Crushers GC to team championship