Marc Leishman takes the stage and leadership in the United States. In Marana, Arizona, in the LIV Golf Tucson, second event of the 2023 Arab Super League, the Australian closed the first round of the individual competition leading the standings with a score of 65 (-6) strokes, one ahead of a trio of pursuers, all in 2nd place with 66 (-5), made up of: Mexican Abraham Ancer, South African Louis Oosthuizen and American Matthew Wolff.
LIV Golf Tucson, resultsOn the course of the Gallery Golf Club (par 71), not an exciting start for the big names in the separatist golf league. Australian Cameron Smith, number 5 in the world, is 31st with 71 (par). While the American Dustin Johnson, former number 1 in the world ranking and absolute ruler of the first season of LIV Golf, is 36/o with 72 (+1) on a par, among others, with his compatriot Bryson DeChambeau and the Swede Henrik Stenson.
Seven birdies and a bogey for Leishman. Try bogey free, however, for Ancer and Oosthuizen.
In the team competition, the "Torque GC" team led by the Chilean Joaquin Niemann, with Mito Pereira, David Puig and Sebastian Munoz, with a total of "-10" is in command ahead of Brooks Koepka's "Smash GC" (with Chase Koepka, Jason Kokrak and Wolff), in 2nd place with "-9".
LIV Golf Tucson is giving away $25 million. Whoever finishes in first place in the individual competition will take home 4,000,000, while 3,000,000 ($750,000 per player) will be awarded to the team that wins the team event.
LIV Golf, also known as Super Golf League, is a professional golf tour. It was established in 2022 with the support of the Public Investment Fund (the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia). The Golf Tour competes with the PGA Tour (USA) and the DP World Tour (Europe) and offers significantly higher prize money.
The name LIV refers to the total number of holes to be played on each tournament (54 in Roman numerals, representing 3 rounds of 18 holes), as opposed to the usual 72 holes (4 rounds of 18 holes) on other tours . Alternatively, 54 is the score obtained for birdieing every hole on a par 72 hole.
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