Brendan Steele Leaves PGA Tour to Join Phil Mickelson's LIV Golf Team

Steele, a three-time Tour winner, was revealed Monday as having joined the Saudi-backed league along with PGA Tour players Danny Lee and Dean Burmester.

LIV Golf rolled out four more of its 2023 teams on Monday, including three players who have left the PGA Tour for the Saudi-backed league.

Brendan Steele, a three-time PGA Tour winner, is joining the Hy Flyers team captained by Phil Mickelson. James Piot, the 2021 U.S. Amateur champion, is also new on that team. 

Dean Burmester, who made eight PGA Tour starts this season with a high finish of fourth at the season-opening Sanderson Farms Championship and a T41 most recently at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, was announced Monday with Stinger GC. The all-South African team is captained by Louis Oosthuizen and returns Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace from last year. 

New Zealander Danny Lee, a veteran of more than 300 PGA Tour starts including a win at the 2015 Greenbrier Classic, is joining the Iron Heads GC. Kevin Na is captain of that team, which also includes Scott Vincent and Sihwan Kim. 

The Rangegoats, captained by Bubba Watson, will have Thomas Pieters, No. 35 in the world and the highest-ranked player to join LIV Golf for its second season, alongside Harold Varner III and Talor Gooch. Watson will play after missing last year due to knee surgery.

LIV Golf's 2023 team lineups were rolled out starting last week, with Mito Pereira and Sebastian Munoz joining Torque GC as two notable additions who previously played on the PGA Tour. The 2022 team champion 4 Aces, captained by individual champion Dustin Johnson, had one change with Peter Uihlein replacing Gooch.

The rosters are set ✅#LIVGolf pic.twitter.com/H8zbVEsA5u

— LIV Golf (@livgolf_league) February 21, 2023