Cameron Smith’s Ripper GC are Team Champions of LIV Golf! The team, comprised of four Australians, won the stroke play final event to claim the prize over Dustin Johnson’s 4Aces. The celebrations were jubilant and merry. And afterward, the title-winning Aussies revealed their bizarre and elaborate celebration plans.

Teammates, Matt Jones, Lucas Herbert, and Marc Leishman spoke about their plans for the intervening months until the next LIV Golf season starts in February. They revealed they would be having a few beers and enjoying going back to Australia to play in tournaments. “There might be a few sore heads over the next four months, I think, on home soil.” Herbert jokingly said, alluding to having a four-month-long celebration of the win.

With several upcoming tournaments in Australia, such as the Australian Open and BMW Australian Championship, they now have some shiny jewelry in the championship rings and some bragging rights to take home. Herbert also spoke of how much they were looking forward to playing in their home country, saying, “Very much looking forward to all the events we’re going to get to play in Australia at the end of this year and start of next year. It’s going to be a hell of a lot of fun.”

Team Ripper GC is captained by Cameron Smith and includes Aussies Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones, and Marc Leishman. They have won two LIV Golf events as a team and come runners-up twice. Although they haven’t won any individual honors, the team performance this season has been very impressive as they seem to become more than the sum of their parts. They finished the season 3 in the standings behind Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC and Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII.

In the finals, 4Aces who finished at 8 under par while Ripper finished 11 under par challenged them. The lead was exchanged several times during the day, but Cam Smith and Lucas Herbert’s 4 under and 3 under brought the title home for the team. The day ended in Ripper GC celebrations, which may continue for some time now. The tough opponents seem to have made Cameron Smith appreciate his team much more, keep reading to know what he said about them.

Ripper GC Captain gives a shout-out to all team members

Cameron Smith seemed very happy with how his team had performed in the season and expressed it, saying, “I mean, not only great golfers but they’re better people. I think that’s what being a Ripper is all about. Just so happens that we’re good golfers, too.” Indeed, you could see how well the team gelled together from their jubilant celebrations after the win.

Smith, who hasn’t won a LIV Golf event but has been runner-up on 3 occasions, also credited the entire Ripper GC team for their victory and not just the golfers. He gave a shout-out to the caddies, backroom staff, and coaches and said that the six people on the course were very reliable and filled him with confidence.

Smith will be joining his Aussie colleagues as well as other big names such as Jason Day back in Australia for the BMW Australian PGA Championship and Australian Open in the coming months.