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.

LIV Golf's annual team championship features a $50 million purse. Here's the full breakdown of how it'll be paid out.