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Australia’s Marc Leishman is sitting fairly atop the chief board on the insurgent LIV Golf occasion in Arizona.
Leishman opened with an eagle and shot a five-under 66 at The Gallery golf membership on Saturday to get to 11-under, however he has two main winners respiration down his neck.
Sergio Garcia, the 2017 Masters champion, was outright second after a 65 with 2010 British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen (68) an additional shot again and tied with Cameron Tringale, Charles Howell and Brendan Steele.
Leishman mentioned he had fallen right into a behavior of letting a tough stretch destroy his spherical however he dropped just one shot on Saturday.
‘A very sizzling begin’
“I had a very sizzling begin, then cooled off on the again 9,” mentioned Leishman, who was 4 beneath for his spherical via eight holes. “However I did not let it get away from me.”
Leishman’s countryman Matt Jones racked up eight birdies but in addition a double bogey and two bogeys to be tied 10th, six photographs from the lead.
Australia’s world No.5 Cameron Smith (70) was effectively out of the person title image, tied 34th within the 48-player area, 10 photographs behind Leishman.
Fellow Australian Jed Morgan was tied for 45th at 5 over after a 74.
The Australian staff, Rippper, was third within the groups competitors at 17 beneath – counting the scores of Leishman, Jones and Smith – 5 photographs behind Garcia’s main Fireballs.
Garcia, whose final victory wherever was in Mississippi greater than two years in the past, may have been even nearer to Leishman had he not missed a two-foot par putt on the 16th.
– with AAP
