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Chasing the leaders are six gamers tied at 4 below: captains Jon Rahm (Legion XIII), Joaquin Niemann (Torque GC) and Phil Mickelson (HyFlyers GC), together with Smash GC’s Graeme McDowell, Ripper GC’s Marc Leishman and Crushers’ Anirban Lahiri.
“I believe I must be happy with how snug and the way effectively I performed at this time,” mentioned Rahm, the reigning LIV Golf Particular person Champion.
Mickelson shot his lowest opening spherical relative to par in his final 16 LIV Golf begins as he continues to take pleasure in his finest type since becoming a member of the league as an authentic member. “I’m having a whole lot of enjoyable,” he mentioned. “It’s actually enjoyable. I’m beginning to play effectively.”
McDowell produced considered one of simply two bogey-free rounds on the day. “Strong day,” he mentioned. “I’ve been working fairly arduous on my sport the previous couple of weeks. I’ve actually been feeling it trending in the precise route.”
Few gamers are trending higher than DeChambeau, who acknowledged that his sizzling end was helped by the softer circumstances after the resumption of play.
“That little chip shot grew to become a helluva lot simpler for me,” he mentioned of his eagle. “I used to be finding out it earlier than I left. It was like, this appears good. Got here out, nonetheless appears good. Hit it precisely the place I wished it to land, and it went proper within the frickin’ gap.”
TEAM SCORES
LIV Golf’s new scoring format this season now includes all 4 scores now counting in each spherical within the workforce competitors. Listed here are the outcomes and scores for every workforce after Friday’s Spherical 1 of LIV Golf Virginia.
1. RANGEGOATS GC -9 (Wolff/Schniederjans 67, Watson 68, Uihlein 68, Campbell 72)
T2. CRUSHERS GC -7 (DeChambeau 66, Lahiri 67, Howell III 71, Casey 73)
T2. 4ACES GC -7 (Pieters 68, Reed 68, Johnson 69, Varner III 72)
4. SMASH GC -6 (McDowell 67, Gooch 70, Kokrak 70, Koepka 71)
5. TORQUE GC -3 (Niemann 67, Muñoz 70, Ortiz 71, Pereira 73)
6. CLEEKS GC -1 (Kaymer 66, Meronk 71, Kjettrup 72, Bland 74)
7. STINGER GC E (Burmester 70, Schwartzel 70, Grace 72, Oosthuizen 72)
8. IRON HEADS GC +1 (Lee 69, Jang 70, Kozuma 71, Na 75)
T9. RIPPER GC +3 (Leishman 67, Smith 70, Herbert 75, Jones 75)
T9. LEGION XIII +3 (Rahm 67, Hatton 72, McKibbin 73, Surratt 75)
11. HYFLYERS GC +4 (Mickelson 67, Tringale 70, Steele 72, Ogletree 79)
12. FIREBALLS GC +5 (Ancer 69, Masaveu 71, Ballester 74, Garcia 75)
13. MAJESTICKS GC +12 (Westwood 70, Horsfield 73, Poulter 75, Stenson 78)
Wild Playing cards: Kim 73, C. Lee 75
This piece is courtesy of Mike McAllister in partnership with LIV Golf.
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