LIV Golf Andalucía 2025 – Round 2, Highlights from Valderrama: Gooch, leader Saturday 12th July

wo years after posting his last LIV Golf win at Andalucía, Talor Gooch is displaying the same kind of form that won him the league’s Individual Championship in 2023.

The Smash GC star shot a second-round 5-under 66 on Saturday to grab a commanding four-shot lead after 36 holes at the historic Real Club Valderrama. It’s the first time he’s led after 36 holes since his breakthrough season two years ago when he won three times.

Dustin Johnson, captain of the 4Aces team that Gooch played for during the inaugural 2022 season, is his closest pursuer at 3 under. Stinger GC’s Branden Grace is another stroke back in solo third. Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm, 4Aces’ Patrick Reed – winner two weeks ago in Dallas – and Iron Heads GC’s Jinichiro Kozuma are tied for fourth at 1 under.