GAINESVILLE, Va. — Though the highlight is usually on Crushers GC captain Bryson DeChambeau, and rightfully so, it was one other Crushers GC participant that charged to the highest of the leaderboard on Tremendous Saturday at LIV Golf Virginia.
Anirban Lahiri, who has 4 runner-up finishes with out a win on LIV Golf, shot an excellent 7-under 64 to grab management of the person leaderboard. The 37-year-old made seven birdies with out a blemish on the scorecard. Lahiri made a 39-foot par putt on the sixteenth gap to salvage his momentum and transformed one other miraculous par on the 18th after having to get up-and-down from over 100 yards away within the tough.
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A trio of veterans, Graeme McDowell, Bubba Watson and Martin Kaymer, additionally introduced their presence on the leaderboard heading into Sunday’s remaining spherical. At 9-under par, they discover themselves simply two pictures again of Lahiri.
McDowell, who’s by no means completed higher than T5 in any LIV Golf occasion, shot a 5-under par with birdies on Nos. 15, 16 and 17 to catapult himself up the leaderboard. Watson, captain of RangeGoats GC, made birdies on 17 and 18 earlier than ending with pars on Nos. 1 and a couple of to complete his spherical. Kaymer has performed regular golf all week and saved himself within the combine with a 67 after sharing the first-round lead with DeChambeau.
McDowell, 47, Watson, 48, and Kaymer, 40, will all have a improbable alternative to problem for his or her first LIV Golf win.
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Smash GC had a superb day, tying the group lead (-20) with the Lahiri-led Crushers. All 4 Smash gamers shot beneath par with Talor Gooch and Jason Kokrak each taking pictures 67 to associate with McDowell’s 66. Paul Casey performed an impressed spherical for the Crushers, taking pictures a 5-under-66.
LIV Golf’s high three within the particular person standings: Joaquin Niemann, DeChambeau and Jon Rahm all are inside hanging distance. The three are tied for fifth at 7 beneath and simply 4 off the lead.
Lahiri, Watson and McDowell will play in Sunday’s remaining group, as tee occasions have been moved up attributable to climate.
TEAM SCORES
LIV Golf’s new scoring format this season now entails all 4 scores now counting in each spherical within the group competitors. Listed here are the outcomes and scores for every group after Saturday’s Spherical 2 of LIV Golf Virginia.
1. CRUSHERS GC -21
2. SMASH GC -20
3. 4ACES GC -13
4. TORQUE GC -12
5. STINGER GC -11
6. CLEEKS GC -9
7. RANGEGOATS GC -8
8. LEGION XIII -5
T9. HYFLYERS GC E
T9. IRON HEADS GC E
11. FIREBALLS GC +4
12. RIPPER GC +8
13. MAJESTICKS GC +12
This piece is courtesy of Mike McAllister in partnership with LIV Golf.
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