Captains of the top four seeds then selected their semifinal opponents after Friday’s round. The shotgun start for Saturday is set for 1:15 p.m. EDT with these matchups:

• No. 1 4Aces GC vs. No. 9 HyFlyers GC
• No. 2 Crushers GC vs. No. 10 Cleeks GC
• No. 3 Torque GC vs. No. 5 Stinger GC
• No. 4 RangeGoats GC vs. No. 6 Fireballs GC

The defending Team Champion 4Aces GC will pose a tough challenge for the HyFlyers, but Mickelson – who will face Dustin Johnson in singles – looks forward to the opportunity.

“The Aces are the strongest team on LIV. They won it last year,” Mickelson said. “They’ve led throughout the year this year. But I’m really proud of my team for today and the effort that our guys made down the stretch to win and to finish the matches off.”

Johnson said selecting the lowest-seeded team available was the obvious choice. “I was sitting over here with the team, and they wanted to play the HyFlyers, so I said OK,” the captain said.

The Crushers lost in the semifinals last year with the same lineup, but captain Bryson DeChambeau said his team is stronger this year.

“I feel like we’re a force to be reckoned with, and we’ve just got to keep playing our game in the way we know we can and see what happens,” DeChambeau said.

Torque GC, the youngest team in the LIV Golf League, won more tournament titles (four) than any other team this season, but they’ll face a tough South African squad that posted the only shutout on Friday.

“They’ve got youth, so he’ll learn. So, we’ll see,” Stinger Captain Louis Oosthuizen said of his match against Torque Captain Joaquin Niemann. “It’s going to be fun tomorrow.”

RangeGoats Captain Bubba Watson will face Fireballs Captain Sergio Garcia, but the intriguing matchup will be 2023 Individual Champion Talor Gooch against young Eugenio Chacarra, who had the best performance Friday with a 6 & 5 win over the Majesticks’ Sam Horsfield.

“We’re going to go out there, we’re going to give it our best,” said Garcia, who lost a tight match against Majesticks co-captain Henrik Stenson. “My boys played amazing today, so I hope that they do more of the same tomorrow, and hopefully I’ll play a little bit better, and we’ll see if we can get that W.”

QUARTERFINALS RESULTS

No. 5 Stinger GC def. No. 12 Iron Heads GC, 3-0

Louis Oosthuizen (Stinger) def. Kevin Na (Iron Heads), 5 & 3. Oosthuizen won four consecutive holes to finish the first nine and never looked back.

Branden Grace (Stinger) def. Scott Vincent (Iron Heads), 2 & 1. Grace was 1 down before winning four of the last five holes.

Dean Burmester/Charl Schwartzel (Stinger) def. Sihwan Kim/Danny Lee (Iron Heads), 2 & 1. The Stingers rallied from an early deficit and won four holes during a seven-hole stretch to gain control.

No. 6 Fireballs GC def. No. 11 Majesticks GC, 2-1

Henrik Stenson (Majesticks) def. Sergio Garcia (Fireballs), 1 up. Stenson rallied midway through the round, winning three holes during a six-hole stretch.

Eugenio Chacarra (Fireballs) def. Sam Horsfield (Majesticks), 6 & 5. Chacarra won five of the first six holes and shot 5 under for the 13 holes.

Abraham Ancer/Carlos Ortiz (Fireballs) def. Ian Poulter/Lee Westwood (Majesticks), 4 & 2. The Fireballs won three of the last five holes and closed out the match with a birdie.

No. 10 Cleeks GC def. No. 7 Ripper GC, 2-1

Cameron Smith (Ripper) def. Martin Kaymer (Cleeks), 19 holes. Smith was 3 up with three holes to play before Kaymer rallied to send the match to an extra hole, which Smith won with a birdie at the par-5 10th.

Richard Bland (Cleeks) def. Marc Leishman (Ripper), 4 & 3. The red-hot Bland was 3-up through five holes and never trailed.

Graeme McDowell/Bernd Wiesberger (Cleeks) def. Matt Jones/Jediah Morgan, 21 holes. In a sizzling extra-holes finish, McDowell’s 20-foot putt on the 21st hole was the final point that put the Cleeks through to the Semifinals.

No. 9 HyFlyers GC def. No. 8 Smash GC, 2-1

Brooks Koepka (Smash) def. Phil Mickelson (HyFlyers), 6 & 4. Koepka was 1 up through six holes, then took control by winning four of the next five holes.

Cameron Tringale (HyFlyers) def. Jason Kokrak (Smash), 2 & 1. Tringale closed out the win with a long birdie putt on the 18th while Kokrak hit two shots in the water.

James Piot/Brendan Steele (HyFlyers) def. Chase Koepka/Matthew Wolff, 1 up. The HyFlyers held on after taking the lead with a birdie at the par-3 13th, halving the final seven holes.

SEMIFINAL MATCHES

No. 1 4Aces GC vs. No. 9 HyFlyers GC

Captain Singles: Dustin Johnson (4Aces) vs. Phil Mickelson (HyFlyers)
Singles: Patrick Reed (4Aces) vs. Cameron Tringale (HyFlyers)
Foursomes: Pat Perez/Peter Uihlein (4Aces) vs. James Piot/Brendan Steele (HyFlyers)

No. 2 Crushers GC vs. No. 10 Cleeks GC

Captain Singles: Bryson DeChambeau (Crushers) vs. Martin Kaymer (Cleeks)
Singles: Paul Casey (Crushers) vs. Richard Bland (Cleeks)
Foursomes: Charles Howell III/Anirban Lahiri (Crushers) vs. Graeme McDowell/Bernd Wiesberger (Cleeks)

No. 3 Torque GC vs. No. 5 Stinger GC

Captain Singles: Joaquin Niemann (Torque) vs. Louis Oosthuizen (Stinger)
Singles: Sebastian Munoz (Torque) vs. Branden Grace (Stinger)
Foursomes: Mito Pereira/David Puig (Torque) vs. Dean Burmester/Charl Schwartzel (Stinger)

No. 4 RangeGoats GC vs. No. 6 Fireballs GC

Captain Singles: Bubba Watson (RangeGoats) vs. Sergio Garcia (Fireballs)
Singles: Talor Gooch (RangeGoats) vs. Eugenio Chacarra (Fireballs)
Foursomes: Thomas Pieters/Harold Varner III (RangeGoats) vs. Abraham Ancer/Carlos Ortiz (Fireballs)