LIV Golf | HONG KONG | Round 1 | Mar 08, 2024

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>>> THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN PLAYING AT THE HONG KONG CLUB SINCE 1889. BUT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THE LEAGUE. WAYS LEAGUE IS LARGE IN HONG KONG FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND IT STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS BRINGS WORLD CLASS GOLF TO

AN AREA THAT WOULD NOT GET IT AND CRAVING IT. >> THIS IS TERRIFIC ENTERTAINMENT. THE VIBE IS AMAZING I LOVE THAT WE ARE HERE. LOTS OF GOOD FOOD AND CULTURE AND LOVE IN HONG KONG >> HONG KONG IS THE BEST FOOD CITIES IN THE WORLD

>> WALKING AROUND EATING EVERYTHING. >> GOLF COURSE HAS HISTORY, CHARACTER WHEN YOU WALK IN THE CLUB HOUSE YOU LOOK AT THE HONG KONG OPEN AND HAS A HISTORY OF GREAT WINNERS. >> THIS WILL BE A NEW CHALLENGE FOR A LOT OF GUYS WHO NEVER PLAYED.

>> IT IS TRICKY HAVE YOU TO BE IN POSITION ALL THE TIME. >> IT IS NOT HOW FAR YOU HIT IT IT IS WHERE YOU PUT IT. >> BE PATIENT AND MAKE PARS AND ATTACK. >> THE CITY AND THE FANS WANT TO SEE GOLFERS COME AND THE BEST

PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. CAM, BROOKS AND DJ TO PLAY AND IT IS AWE SOME. >> THIS GOT ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR A WONDERFUL WEEK. Y >> 3 EVENTS IN THES 24 LIVGOLF LEAGUE SEASON AND NIEMANN ANNOUNCED THE BEST PLAYERS ON THE PLANET.

HIS WINS IN JEDDAH INCENTIVIZED OUR GOLFING GIANTS. JON RAHM. DUSTIN JOHNSON AND BROOKS ARE AMONGST THOSE AND BRYSON DE CHAMBEAU AS SHOTGUN START IS MOMENTS AWAY >> HELLO EVERYBODY FROM DAVID, WELCOME TO THE GEM THAT IS THE HONG KONG GOLF CLUB.

THIS IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEASON HERE IN THE LIVGOLF LEAGUE, WE GOTTA START WITH ONE MAN. IN THE FORM OF HIS LIFE SAYING A SUBLIME PERFORMANCE IN JEDDAH TO TAKE THE SECOND IN OPENING 3. NIEMANN IS IN GREAT FORM WHAT IMPRESSED YOU IN HOW HE CLOSE

TODAY OUT IN JEDDAH COMPARED TO MEXICO. >> HARDEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD AND HE GETS A TWO SHOT PENALTY BEFORE THE LAST RUN. LEADS BY 2 AND HE WAS SHAKY STARTING OFF AND LOST THE LEAD AND ENDED UP GETTING IT BACK AND KNOCKING THIS ONE IN.

AND THE PLAY AND THE DARK. YOU KNOW SO THE TWO WINS WERE DIFFERENT. LAST WEEK — HE WAS JUST SUPERB, IT WAS A GREAT PIECE OF FRONT RUNNING. ANY TIME SOMEBODY MADE A BIRDIE HE WENT BACK AT HIM WITH HIS OWN. IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

>> 66, THAT BIRDIE AT 17. ENABLED HIM TO CHILL OUT TO CLOSE IT OUT IN THE END WON BY 4. A GREAT PERFORMANCE. A PRETTY DECENT PERFORMANCE BY PHIL MICKELSON HIS BEST LIVGOLF PERFORMANCE. TIDE 6 IN JEDDAH. IT WILL SUIT PHIL. >> IT IS A THINKER’S COURSE YOU

THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU WILL HIT OFF THE TEE AND LEAVE YOURSELF IN THE GREEN. THERE ARE SLOPES AND TREES. YOU CARRY OR HEAD TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. IT IS A SHOT MAKER’S COURSE. YOU KNOW THEY ARE ALL BALL STRIKERS, YOU GOTTA HIT SHOTOS

THIS GOLF COURSE, HE CAN DO IT. >> HE’S GOT THE NEW PUTTER. 10 UNDER PAR, OVER 3 FOR PHIL. AND HE IS IN TERRIFIC FORM. THE REST OF THE LIVGOLF BROADCAST TEAM ARE CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU. WE WILL BRING IN JERRY, SUE ANN

AND DON NEXT. >> THE SUN IS SHINING. HAD A BIT OF FOG AND MIZZLE. AND CLOUD. BUT IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR DAY ONE HERE AND LOOK AT THE CROWDS FLOCKING THROUGH. THE ENTRANCES HERE. EXCELLENT CROWDS EXPECTED. AND IT IS A TIGHT GOLF COURSE.

THE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO BE GREETED WITH A REAL BUZZ FOR THE SHOTGUN START. WHICH IS JUST LESS THAN 9 MINUTES AWAY. BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY. >> BEAUTIFUL CITY. >> GENERAL. YOU HEARD THE PLAYERS SPEAK ABOUT COMING TO HONG KONG TEMPERATURE IS MY FIRST TIME AND

I’M IN LOVE WITH IT ALREADY >> AN AMAZING OASIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TALL CITY. REALLY IS A SPECIAL PLACE. >> I DON’T THINK WE STAY IN ANOTHER HOTEL 115 FLOORS IN THE AIR >> THE HOTEL STARTS AT FLOOR 103. X CAME TO WATCH.

NO PROOF AND NO DOUBTS. GOT THE MAIN MAN IN THE MOMENT IN THEIR RINK IN NIEMANN. THE WEATHER WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS NICE TODAY IT IS MILD. TEMPERATURES MAXING AT 69 OR 70. A LITTLE OVER CAST. I SAID ALL ALONG, THE WEATHER GODS ARE LIVGOLF FANS.

>> THEY LOVE THEIR SPORT. THE HONG KONG RUGBY IS A HUGE EVENT. LOTS OF SOCCER TEAMS PLAY PRESEASON GAMES AND IN SEASON FRIENDLYS TO PECULIARED CROWDS >> THERE ARE RUMORS DON HAS BEEN LOST IN THERE ON MANY OCCASIONS. >> HONG KONG GOLF CLUB. WHAT A BACK DROP.

IN THE AREA HERE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSE. JERRY JOINED US GOOD MORNING, JERRY. I WANT TO TALK WE ARE GIVING LOVE TO JOAQUIN NIEMANN. JON ROM AS 3 TOP 10 FINISHES COULD THIS BE THE BREAK THROUGH HE SEALS THE DAY THROUGH?

>> ANY DAY JON RAHM HE TEES IT UP. HE IS OVER DUE VERY LONG 3 TOP TENS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY A SHOCK HAD HE DOES NOT AS WELL A TOP 10. 54 PLAYERS, HE CAN WIN EVERY WEEK. I’M NOT SURE THIS COURSE DOES NOT FIT HIS GAME.

>> HE IS PRECISE. TOP 3 JOAQUIN NIEMANN. DUSTIN JOHNSON AND JON RAHM ARE ALL LONG HITTERS. IT DOES IN THE SUIT THEM AS MUCH AS THE COURSES WE PLAYED SO FAR. BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU IF YOU HIT IT A LANGUAGE WAY YOU ARE LIABLE TO FIND TROUBLE.

BRINGS A DIFFERENT PLAYER IN THE BAND WIDTH THE. >> THE SHOT MAKERS. YOU CAN MAKE A CASE FOR A GRAEME MC DOWELL MEMBER WHO IS PRECISE. HAVE YOU TO WORK THE BALL >> WATSON EVEN THOUGH HE IS A LONG HITTER >> AND DOWEL HAD A COUPLE OF FINISHES.

THE TEAM CONTEST ONE FOR THE AGES ON SUNDAY IN JEDDAH. WOULD YOU BELIEVE STING ARE A 7 SHOT LEAD IN THE FOIBLE THAT WAS 10 AND IN THE END THAN I LOST BY 4 TO A CRUSHERS LIEU AND HE CHARL FINISHED TIED. 4 IN THE TOP 15 INCLUDING

BRANDON GRACE AND SUE ANN WITH HIM A FEW MOMENTS AGO >> IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE IN HONG KONG, WE ARE ABOUT TO GET DAY ONE ON THE ROAD. I’M ON THE PUTTING GROWN AND I GOT A MEMBER OF STINGER GC, A

TEAM THAT CAME SO CLOSE IN JEDDAH. BRANDON GRACE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. STINGERS YOU WERE IN THE LEAD LAST WEEK. 7 SHOT LEAD GOING IN THE FINAL DAY. A 10 SHOT LEAD HOW DISAPPOINTED WERE YOU. >> WE RAN IN THE WALL.

YOU KNOW UPON WE SPOKE ABOUT IT, WE WERE THERE ARE AT A STAGE AND THEY WERE 30 AND LATER THEY WERE 36 AND WE WERE THIRTY-FOUR. THEY GAINS FOUR OR A COUPLE SHOTS IN ONE HOLE. IT WAS BRUTAL. YOU KNOW, ALMOST FEEL LIKE WE

NEED TO BE THE OPPOSITE IF WE GET BEHIND A FEW AND GREAT FIGHTERS OUT THERE. AND WE CAN PUSH FROM THEN ON IN. >> WHAT IS THE KEY TO BE THE OPPOSITE WAY? >> I DON’T KNOW. I THINK YOU KNOW 10 SHOT LEAD IS A LOT. 8 SHOT LEAD.

YOU I THINK YOU RELAX. AND IT IS TOUGH. WE FELT LIKE WE PLAYED LIMP WE DID NOT HAVE THE BEST DAYS WE HAD DECENT DAYS BUT DID NOT DO MUCH WRONG. IT IS HARD WHEN A TEAM LIKE THE CRUSHERS GO ALL OUT AND MAKE

EVERYTHING AND I SAID YOU ARE RUN NOTHING THE WALL. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CHAT AND PLAY WELL. GOOD LUCK. >> THANKS. >> THANK YOU, ALL 4 SCORES COUNTING ON SUNDAY IN TEAM COMPETITION LEAD TO WILD FINANCE WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING AS IMPRESSIVE THE CRUSHERS IN

HUNTING DOWN STING AND JEDDAH AND TAKING OUT THE VICTORY THAT WAS SPECIAL. >> YOU KNOW DAVID I THINK THE FIRST TIME IN GOLF WE SAW HALL SEE IN OTHER TEAM SPORTS THAT WAS MOMENTUM CATCHING ON WITH THE TEAM. ALL COMPETING AT THE SAME TIME.

DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COURSE. AND I THINK THAN I FED OFF EACH OTHER AND THE INTERNAL UPON PANIC THE OPPOSITE HAPPENED. >> THERE IS MOW QUESTION AND INSPIRED EACH OTHER. PEOPLE SAY I’M NOT A LEADER BOARD WATCHER. EVERYONE GRID PLAYER IS YOU NEED TON WHERE THEY ARE.

YOU ARE WHERE THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO. >> YEA. AND BEING A TEAM SPORT AS WELL THERE ARE NO TEAM SPORTS WHERE YOU DON’T WATCH THE BOARD. AND BEING IN GOLF THEY ARE. IF THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED WHERE THEY ARE FINISHING BECAUSE THEY

MAY NOT THEY ARE CONCERNED WHERE THE TEAM IS FINISHING >> LOUIE WATCHED THE SCORE BOARD ALL DAY AND SAID THE CRUSHES WIN 20 UNDER PAR, THERE IS NOTHING TO DO ABOUT THAT. AND BRANDEN GRACE SAID THE STINGERS HIT A WALL WHAT MAKE THIS IS GOLF COURSE SPECIAL.

>> A COMBINATION OF THINGS. A GARDEN THAT SOMEBODY PUT A GOLF COURSE O. IT IS MAGNIFICENT IT HAS BEEN HERE LONG. TREES ARE TALL. PAPER BARKS WE WILL SEE LINING THE FARE WAYS AND THE WARE WAYS HAVE A SLOPE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

SOMEBODY LIKE A WATSON THAT CAN SHAPE THE BALL WILL LIKE THIS COURSE. >> IT IS TRADITIONAL GOLF >> THE PLAYERS OF ALL SKILL LEVELS LOVE IT. >> FIND OUT FROM THE COURT ANALYST WHAT TO WATCH FOR. DON, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU I

THEN AND THERE IS A PROUD WEEK. YOU ARE SOMEWAYS. YOU HAD I BUSY WEEK AND FOLLOWING JOAQUIN NIEMANN. >> HE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLDS THIS COURSE SUITS HIM. THE HOLE IS 1, 7, 9. SHAPE YOUR BALL HE CAN DO THAT THERE ARE OTHER HOLES YOU NEED

TO HIT A STINGER, HE CAN DO THAT IF HE PUTTS HALF DECENT HE WILL BE IN THE MIX COME SUNDAY. >> ONE THING YOU MAY NOTICE PLAYERS DO THIS WEEK IS KEEPING THE BALL BELOW THE HOLE. THIS IS AN OLD SCHOOL STYLE COURSE. THE GREENS ARE SMALL.

I SPOKE TO RICKY IF YOU HAVE IT HIGH YOU WILL GET BIG BREAKING PUTS LOW THAT YOU WILL BE QUICK PUTTS THE KEY IS TO KEEP THE BALL BELOW THE HOLE. >> GREAT STUFF SUE SXAIN DON. GALLERIES ARE FLOCKING INTO THE HONG KONG GOLF CLUB.

SUN IS BEATING WE ARE LESS THAN A MINUTE AWAY. JOAQUIN LOOKING COOL AND CALM THE MAN IN FORM, HANDSHAKE FROM THE COMMISSIONER NORMAN. BROOKS KOEPKA, 0-9 IN THE 60s. DOES NOT FEEL LIKE HE IS CHALLENGING FOR A TITLE HE HAS MASHED A VICT REIN VEGAS THE 3

TOP 10 FINISHERS FOR JON RAHM GOING TO SUNDAY ON ALL 3 EVENTS. NOT QUITE GOT THE JOB DON AND REIGNING CHAMPIONSHIP ANOTHER SMASH GC TALOR GOOCH FOURTH IN THE OVER ALL STANDINGS. THERE IS ONLY ONE PLACE TO START. AND IT IS WATCHING JOAQUIN NIEMANN TEE IT OFF.

VICTOR IN MEXICO TO START THE SEASON. INVITE TO THE MASTERS AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE OPEN AFTER WINNING THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND VICTOR IN JEDDAH BY 4 SHOTS LAST WEEKEND. CAN HE CARRY THAT TO HONG KONG? JOAQUIN NIEMANN GETS US UNDER WAY.

>> SCARY PART HE SAID HE IS PLAYING THE BEST GOLF HIS LIFE NOW. >> THAT BURNING STING — BROOKS ON THE PAR 3 SECOND UP THE HILL. >> BEAUTIFUL SET OF PAR 3’S HERE. >> LAST ONE TO START. CAM SMITH SECOND IN THE HONG KONG OPEN LAST YEAR!

INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HE DOES WITH THE DRIVER. HE SAID IT HAS BEEN FRUSTRATING. [APPLAUSE] DUSTIN JOHNSON WITH THE THAT LOOKS LIKE A FARE WAY ON THE TEE ABOVE THE THIRD AND THAT NEEDS TO FADE. THAT’S DEEP AND DARK. I THINK THIS IS ALL RIGHT. >> YEA.

I’M NOT SURE WE WILL SEE DRIVERS OUT OF BRYSON THIS WEEK. [APPLAUSE] AND THEY ARE OFF. BRYSON LAST 5 CLDZED 2, 62’S AND A 63 IN TERRIFIC FORM. AS IS PHIL MICKELSON TIDE FOR 6 IN JEDDAH HE IS BEST LIVGOLF RESULT THUS FAR. >> JON RAHMO THE THIRD TEE.

>> HUGE DROP MORE THAN 100 FEET. THAT IS NOT ON THE FAIRWAY SHOULD BE OKAY. >> THAT IS SPECTACULAR. >> YEA. >> THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING GOVERN ON THIS PROPERTY SINCE 1889 THIS COURSE THAT WAS DESIGN IN THE 1911. HAS BEEN HOSTING THE HONG KONG

OPEN FOR OVER 6 DECADES. ANOTHER GUY. OH. OH . ANOTHER GUY WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM BUT IF HIS GAME IS ON FORM, THERE IS NO REASON WHERE MARTIN COULD NOT FIGURE THINGS ON THIS COURSE THIS WEEK. >> THE SHORTER HITTERS. HE IS A MAN WITH TWO MAJOR

CHAMPIONSHIPS OVER DUE TO COME TO FORM. >> WELL<,> PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TUNE NOTHING AT VARIOUS TIMES OF THE DAY DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE ON THE PLANET. PICK YOUR WINNERS DJ FOR THIS COURSE THE REAL BLUE COMPANY, ANTHONY KIM AND THE CRUSHERS. ANTHONY KIM RETURNED GOLF THE

FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 12 YEARS. ALTHOUGH DID IN THE GOT WAY HE WANTED ON THE SCORECARD HE WAS HITTING WELL AND HUGELY ENCOURAGED. ON SATURDAY HE PARRED THE 11 HOLES AND SUNDAY HE WAS LEVEL PARFOR THE FINAL 11 HOLES SOMETHING TO BUILD OF STINTSON

OF THE MAJESTICS HIS SECOND SHOT OF FOUR. >> THIS GREEN RAISED UP. A LOT OF THE GREENS WERE FALL OFF OF THREE SIDES SPECIALLY THE FRONT. IF IT SPINS. >> THAT’S NICE. >> LET’S TAKE TOUT SECOND GREENS SUE ANN >> THIS PART OF HIS GAME HAVE

BEEN HOLDING HIM BACK. LAST SEASON AS WELL AS THIS SEASON. HIS BALL STRIKING IS NOT THE ISSUE. IF THIS CLUB COOPERATES, WATCH OUT. THE FIRST. IN THE RIGHT ROUGH. YOU ARE WATCHING BRYSON >> I AM. HE MUST HAVE HIT A 5 WOOD OFF

THE TEE CAN’T TAKE NORMAL TRAJECTORY. UNDER THE BRANCHES 10 YARD IN FRONT OF HIM. >> 10/30. YEP. HE’S GOTTA LAND IT ON THE FRONT EDGE. DEPENDS HOWLLOW. THE SHORTER HE WILL LAND IT. >> CAN’T GO FOR THE PIN. GOTTA PLAY TO THE GREEN. >> WE SEE A LOT OF THIS.

>> IT IS CUT NOTHING BEAUTIFULLY. >> AND RECOVERY SHOTS. MANAGED TO NOTICE IT THERE AND HOLD THE GREEN. >> PHIL MICKELSON ON THE GREEN AT TWO FOR BIRDIE. PUT THE NEW PUTTER IN LAST WEEK. WORKED WELL. HE HAD HIS BEST FINISH TIDE 6 IN JEDDAH. .

>> BACK TO THE FIRST FOR CAM. >> OH. IF HE CONTINUES TO DRIVE IT LIKE HE DID ON THAT OPENING HOLE. HE WILL BE A HARD MAN TO CATCH. BEAUTIFUL TEE SHOT. UPHILL BELOW HIS FEET AND GOT A 7 IRON. STARTED TO THE MIDDLE. HE CAN LET IT DRIFT IN.

>> IT IS LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STAY THERE. HIS DAY OFF IS A GOOD START. BIRDIE AT NUMBER 12. THE WINNER OF LIVGOLF PROMOTIONS 2023 AND IN THE LIVGOLF LEAGUE THIS YEAR. >> JOAQUIN NIEMANN OUT OF ROUGH THE GRASS WE CALL IT COW GRASS.

PRONE TO FLYERS AND VERY SAFE. HATTON HIS SECOND SHOT AT 7 TEE. 16TH PLACE IN THE STANDINGS TIED 8 IN OPENING A TIE 12 AND TIED 15 IN JEDDAH FOR HATTON A SOLID START TO HIS LIVGOLF CAREER. WITH AN EARLY MISS AND SECOND SHOT AT THREE. OVER TURN IT.

AND YEA. THAT’S JUST IN THE FRONT OF THE BUNKER AND SHORT SIDED THIS MAY BE AWKWARD. >> SCOTT VINCENT AT THE NINE. >> BEAUTIFUL. NO. LOOK OUT FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN THIS IS WEEK THEY ARE GREENY GREENS YOU SEE THE PATCH THERE. RUNNING PARALLEL. THAT IS IN THE GREEN.

THE SOUTH AFRICANS READ THE GREENS BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE THE AUSTRALIANS, TOO. >> MAY BE THE MAN WHO READS THE GREENS WILL BE DON. THIS IS HIS OWN COURSE. PREGAME SHOW THIS JERRY WAS A PART OF. DON TALKED ABOUT HOW SPECIAL THIS COURSE IS.

HOW COOL IS IT TO HAVE A HOME GAME AT YOUR HOME CLUB AND HOW GOOD IS IT FOR GOLF IN HONG KONG. >> THE PROCESS OF GETTING LIVE TO HONG KONG STARTED A YEAR AGO. HERE WE ARE IT IS MASSIVE. GOLF IS BIG IN ASIA AND HONG

KONG WE HAVE OVER 60,000 GOLF AND DON’T HAVE MANY FACILITIES TO HAVE 54 OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD IS EXCITING. >> THIS IS GREEN ONE JOAQUIN FOR BIRDIE. >> ON THE BOARD. >> WE SAW THE PREGAME SHOW, >> WE SAW THAT. IT WAS A POOR SECOND SHOT.

AND NOT FAR AWAY. HE IS PUTTING HIMSELF IN 3 PUTT TERRITORY. YOU PUT PRESSURE ON ME I GOTTA READ EVERY PUTT CORRECTLY SEEMS LIKE. >> HERE HE GUESS. THIS ONE WILL MOVE TO HIS LEFT. AT THE VERY BEGINNING BUT NOT TOO MUCH WAUZ OF THE OF PACE.

THE LAST 15 FEET WILL BREAK FROM HIS LEFT SIGNIFICANT LOW. DUSTIN JOHNSON SECOND SHOT AT THREE! WINNER. THE ONLY WIN THEORY SEASON NOT CALLED JOAQUIN. THAT WAS IN LAS VEGAS IN EVENT NUMBER TWO AND HE STARTED BEAUTIFULLY HERE IN HONG KONG. OVER 4 KEVIN THE LIVE LINE.

OH , YEA, OH , NO. [LAUGHTER] YOUNG CALEB SURRATT FOR BIRDIE AT 14, THIS WAS EARLIER. HE IS OFF TO A GOOD START >> BACK TO THE GREEN FOR CAM FOR BIRDIE. >> ANYTHING BEHIND THIS HOLE IT IS A DEFENSIVE PUTT. TRYING TO TRICKLE IT DOWN THERE.

AM LET THE FIELD IN PUTTING IN JEDDAH TIED FOR 41ST OVER ALL. GET YOU CAUGHT UP ELSEWHERE. ONE OF OUR TWO WILD CARDS WITH ANTHONY KIM BIRDIE 12. LIKEWISE SAM HORSEFIELD FOR THE MAJESTICS NEED A PERFORMANCE AFTER A 13TH PLACE FINISH IN JEDDAH.

IN DECENT FORM ONE UNDER PAR, AFTER THAT BIRDIE AS WELL. >> AND STENSON AT THE FOURTH. >> NOW BRYSON FOR BIRDIE AT ONE >> CAM SMITH IS QUICK AS CAM THOUGHT. MAY BE MORE AGGRESSIVE HERE THAN BRYSON. >> THAT WILL GET THERE. OH , THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN

YOU ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE. PATRICK REIDAD 17 FOR BIRDIE. [APPLAUSE] JUST FELL AWAY IN JEDDAH LAST WEEKEND. PATRICK AFTER A 65 IN THE OPENING ROUND. THIS IS DJ FOR BIRDIE AT THREE. LIKE A LITTLE WIDER STANCE. THIS WEEK THESE GREENS FIT MY EYE. FEELS LIKE IN GOOD FORM.

AND BIRDIE AT 17. [APPLAUSE] SEEN A LOT OF SHORT BIRDIE PUTTS TO START IS THIS WHEN WE ARE SEEING FOR THROW DAYS. >> I THINK SO. THE GUYS SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PERFECT WEATHER. VIRTUALLY NO BREEZE OUT THERE.

>> ONLY 2 PAR FIVES ON THE COURSE 3 AND 13 THIS IS BIRD FOR RAHM ON THE FIRST ONE HE WILL PLAY. [APPLAUSE] TERRIFIC START FOR JON RAHM. SEEKING HIS FIRST LIVGOLF TITLE WILL IT COME IN HONG KONG? WE SHALL SEE. >>> THIS WILL NOT TAKE

LONG FOR MATT JONES. HE LOOKS THAT ONE IN — HE KNOCKS THAT ONE IN (COURSE CHATTER). >> SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ ON THE TEE AT 8 FOR TORQUE. 9 UNDER PAR AND BEST FINISH TIED 9th IN VEGAS. >>> A FALSE FRONT THERE, THAT’S A PRETTY GOOD SHOT NOT A GREAT RESULT. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS ALL

THE RUN-OFFS AROUND THE GREENS. >> AND BRENDAN STEELE AND THIS IS FOR EAGLE. DIDN’T YOU HAVE BREAKFAST WITH HIM THIS MORNING? >> WE WERE IN THE SAME ROOM, PLAYER DINING. TRY IT SOME TIME. >> I WILL HAVE TO SET THE ALARM A LITTLE EARLIER. >> TELL THEM YOU KNOW ME. [ LAUGHTER ]

>> THE SECOND TEE. >> 150 WITH THE UP HILL THROUGH THE HOLE. >> DOM, FEELS LIKE THERE IS A BUZZ OUT THERE. >> (COURSE CHATTER) LEFT TO RIGHT. >> THIS IS THE SECOND TEE. >> I C CANNOT BELIEVE THEY CAN BE HURT. >> WELL HIS CADDY TALKING ABOUT WIND. I DON’T FEEL ANYTHING.

IT WILL BE LOW IF IT STAYS LIKE THIS. IT IS SOFT, SOFTER THAN WE LIKE BUT THE HUMIDITY WAS SO HIGH DURING THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS OF THE WEEK. THERE IS A LOT OF MOISTURE IN THE GROUND. 146-YARDS. CAN’T BE SHORT. WELL VERY CONSERVATIVE. >> AND HE WILL HAVE A

DOWN HILL LEFT TO RIGHT PUTT. >> THAT’S MARTIN KAY MER FROM THE FAIRWAY. >> THAT’S FOR MARTIN. >> THIS IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER. NEARLY PERFECT. >> CAM SMITH ON THE SECOND TEE. HE KNOWS THE COURSE PRETTY WELL. PLAYED IT TWICE IN THE HONG KONG OPEN IN NOVEMBER.

TIED FOR THE LEAD ON THE 7d HOLE AND LOST TO CAMPBELL WHEN HE BIRDIED. THIS, OH, THAT IS A BIG MISTAKE. BUNKER. >> BROOKS HIS SECOND SHOT AT 3, SU-ANN. >> HE NEEDS TO DRAW THIS TO THE LEFT HOLE LOCATION TODAY. >> A GOOD SHOT INTO THE PAR 5.

AND BACK TO THE SECOND FOR BRYSON. >> CANNOT WAIT TO SEE HOW HE TACKLES THE COURSE. PITCHING WEDGE. CANNOT BE A BIG ONE EITHER. LOOKS GOOD. [ APPLAUSE ] >> A GOOD COURSE HERE. >> SERGIO, SECOND SHOT AT 3. HE PLATTERRED THAT DRIVE AND GOT DOWN THE HILL.

HE CAN’T SEE THE PIN FROM WHERE HE IS. A SHORT IRON. >> THAT WAS — THAT HAD TO BE A MISHIT. NOT MUCH TO WORK WITH THERE. JUST SNIP ONE OFF THE TOP WITH SOME SPIN. HERE IS JON RAHM AT THE 4t. >> WELL PLAYED. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, I’LL PUT THAT IN.

>> NOW DJ. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE FALSE FRONTS AT THE GREEN HERE. JON RAHM PLAYED IT PERFECTLY, PITCHED IT BEHIND THE HOLE. STAYED THERE. , YOU DON’T WANT IT RUN THE FAIRWAY. >> A TEST OF HIS SHORT GAME. HE HAS TO LEARN IT ON THE GREEN. FIVE ND

A HALF YARDS OF GREEN TO WORK WITH. >> BUBBA WATSON FOR BIRDIE AT 5. >> ROLLS THAT IN NICELY. [ APPLAUSE ] , THAT’S AN AERIAL VIEW OFF THE SECOND GREEN. JOAQUIN NIEMANN AND HIS TURN FOR BIRDIE. >> YOU CAN SEE THE RUN-OFFS AND UP TURN. >> LED BY 2 GOING INTO

FINAL ROUND. HE HAD A 66 TO WIN BY FOUR SHOTS. PADDED BY BIRDIES AT, IT WAS IN THE BALANCE FOR MOST OF THE SECOND ROUND. AND OOSTHUIZEN AND U CHARL SCHWARTZEL COULD NOT LAY A CLUB ON HIM. >> THE TIME HE SHOWED A WAVER WAS ON THE PAR 5. AND TALKED ABOUT IT

AFTERWARDS. IT WAS SOLID, SOLID GOLF. >> OH. THE FIRST HELL KNOW JOAQUIN NIEMANN HAS BEEN THROWN OUT. >> THAT’S THE FORM THAT HE IS IN. >> TYRRELL HATTON AT THE 1h HOLE. >> PRETTY HOLE. >> WELL BACK OFF THE TEE, THE UPPER PLATEAU. >> BACK TO 2 AND CAM FOR PAR.

>> A LONG ONE. HE LEFT HIMSELF IN THE WORSE POSITION HE COULD ON THE SECOND HOLE IN THE BUNKER, 10 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE, COMING OVER THE HIGH PART OF THE GREEN, THE SHOULDER JUST TO THE RIGHT, SHORT OF HIS PIN. NOT MUCH SPIN ON THAT — ON THAT BUNKER SHOT.

HE HAS 15 FEET. >> HE WAS ON THE UP SLOPE I THOUGHT HE GOT MORE ON THAT. >> VERY SURPRISED, DAVID. THIS IS WHAT HE DOES BEST. TAKING THESE FOR PAR. >> NEXT TO 4 AND DJ FOR BIRDIE. >> LIV LINE GOING ALREADY, OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE HOLE

AND THE ORIGINAL START LINE. NEEDS TO BE SOFT. >> GOLF FANS ARE DOWN LOADING THE APP AND FOR VERY GOOD REASON. YOU CAN ENJOY THE CONTENT THE LEAGUE HAS TO OFFER. WATCH LIVE AND COMMERCIAL FREE IN SELECTED MARKETS AND REWATCH EVERY ROUND OF LIV GOLF SINCE DAY ONE AS WELL AS FEATURE

CONTENT AND LESSONS, HENG TIME AND WHAT THE DAVID FEHERTY CAN YOU WATCH IT ON THE CW ON TAPE DELAY FROM 12:30 TO 5:30 P.M. EASTERN TIME. BRYSON FOR BIRDIE AT 2. >> THAT WAS A COMPLETE MISREAD. >> I HAVE TO SAY I WOULD HAVE MISREAD THAT, TOO. ITING LOOED LIKE IT WAS ACROSS.

DIDN’T MOVE. >> BROOKS 3 FOR EAGLE. LONG RANGE. ALL ABOUT THE SPEED. >> MOMENTS AGO, LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN FOR BIRDIE AT 4. HE PUT HIS BEST PERFORMANCE WITH A TIGHT SECOND IN JEDDAH LAST WEEKEND. THIS IS LIVE AT 4. JON RAHM FOR BACK TO BACK BIRDIES. HE IS 2 UNDER IN THE

EARLY GOING HERE AT THE HONG KONG GOLF CLUB. >> AND THIS WAS FOR PAR FOR PHIL? >> IT IS. THE SECOND SHOT. KICKED IT THE BACK OF THE GREEN AND CAUGHT THE WATER ON THE 18th. DROPPED DEAD AND PITCHED IT TO THIS POINT. >> THAT WAS A HARD BUNT IT TOOK.

A LONG WAY TO THE WATER. >> IT IS FIRM IN THE BACK. HE FROM THE LEFT ROUGH AND NOW THIS ONE LEFT TO RIGHT. >> OFF THE THIRD TEE. JOAQUIN NIEMANN WITH THE 3 WOOD IT LOOKS LIKE. >> MARTY KAYMER THE CLEEKS IN THE EARLY STAGES 3 UNDER PAR.

>> HAROLD VARNER III AT 13. >> A BUNCH OF THEM. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THAT’S A GREAT. >> OH, BOY. HERE WE GO. >> HAVE A CHANCE TO WHERE IT IS DRY. IT’S NOT LIKE WE TOOK 3 WOOD WE ELIMINATE BOTH SIDES. >> CAN I GET PAST THE HAZARD?

>> THERE IS ONE THE SAME DISTANCE AS THE BUNKER. >> OKAY. >> I LIKE JUST LIKE A SAW THAT. >> HE HAS A DRIVER. >> DRIVER AND THERE IS A STREAM THAT IS CLOSE TO THE FAIRWAY ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE HERE. >> IT CUTS IN HARD FROM THE RIGHT.

HE GETS — OVER THAT BUNKER AND HITS THE DOWN SLOPE THAT STREAM IS VERY MUCH IN PLAY. >> IF YOU ARE ON A BALCONY I KEEP HALF AN EYE OUT. >> WHOA. ONLY GAME IN LIFE. >> DID HE GET TO THE FLAT, GUYS? >> HE DID. >> THAT’S HUGE. JON RAHM IS STARTING

SUPERBLY. THE TEE AT 5. [ APPLAUSE ] >> SERGIO HAD THIS FOR BIRDIE AT 3. BACK ON THE TEE CAM SMITH. HAD TROUBLE IN THE HONG KONG OPEN. TURNING IT OVER LEFT A COUPLE OF TIMES. (COURSE CHATTER), HERE IS CAM TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT HE REALLY NEEDS TO

CLEAN UP IN HIS GAME, HONEST ON RIPPER GC. I NEED TO GET ON THE FAIRWAY, CASE IN POINT A MOMENT AGO, IT IS FRUSTRATING I’M WORKING HARD ON FIXING IT. >> BROOKS LEFT HIMSELF AN AWKWARD ONE HERE FOR — THAT’S A BIRDIE. >> ELSEWHERE, DANNY LEE, WHO WON IN TUCSON LAST

YEAR, THE FIRST LIV GOLF SEASON. ONE MORE POINT THEREAFTER. A GOOD FINISH IN SINGAPORE. THAT’S BIRDIE AT 13. AND GETTING TO 2 UNDER PAR, KALLE SAMOOJA, WHERE HE WOULD MAKE THE SECOND BIRDIE OF THE DAY. >> HERE IS THIS FOURTH HOLE A HARD DOG LEG TO THE RIGHT. THIS COULD BE ANY CLUB.

PHIL SAID HE MAY CONSIDER HITTING 7 IRON OFF THE TEE, THAT’S A MIDIRON FROM BROOKSMENT. >> PUT IT IN THE RIGHT SPOT. >> SERGIO NOW NEXT TO HIT LAYING OUT BUT 205 TO THE LEFT SIDE BUNKER. NOW A POINT GOING FOR THE GREEN. BRINGS BOGEY INTO PLAY. >> LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN HAS

BEEN A WORLD CLASS PLAYER FOR DECADES. THE 2010 OPEN CHAMPION ENTERTAINED FANS ACROSS THE WORLD. HE WAS OUT THERE HANGING WITH SU-ANN HENG. >> WELCOME TO HENG TIME. WE’RE AT THE HONG KONG CLUB AND I HAVE LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN THE CAPTAIN OF STINGER GC. WE’RE AT THE SIXTH AND

WATCH HIM PLAY AND HAVE A CHAT. LET’S DO THIS. DO YOU GET TIRED OF PEOPLE TELLING YOU HOW SMOOTH YOUR GOLF SWING IS. >> HE SWINGS IT SO BEAUTIFULLY. >> IT IS A THING IT WAS BASED AROUND. AND WHEN SOMEONE WINGING IT AND BIG SWING THE TIMING, THE STRIKING THE BALL FOR ME.

>> YOU DON’T STRIKE ME AS A TECHNICAL PLAYER. HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY OR DID YOU GROW INTO THAT TYPE OF A PLAYER? >> AT A YOUNG AGE, MY COACH GOT ME INTO DOING THE BASIC THINGS RIGHT. A LOT OF GUYS LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE CLUB SHOULD BE AND FEEL THE

CLUB. I’M AS A BODY MOVEMENT MY COACH TOLD ME WHERE YOU WANT THE CLUB AND I’LL FIGURE THAT OUT. SO MORE FEEL THAN ANYTHING. >> MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE WITH LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN? [ LAUGHTER ] DOESN’T SEEM THAT WAY WHEN YOU WALK ON THE COURSE. >> THIS IS A MOMENT AGO

ON THE TEE OF FOUR ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE COMING OFF THAT BOGEY. >> THAT’S A PAINFUL BOGEY OF THE PAR 5. >> I HEAR YOU. 200 TO CARRY THE BUNKER. >> IT IS HARD. (COURSE CHATTER). >> I MEAN IF THAT GOES PAST, IT IS NOT GREAT, NO. THIS WIND IS HELPING RIGHT NOW.

DO YOU FEEL THAT? >> IT IS LIGHT. , HE IS TALKING ABOUT AIMING TO THE RIGHT WHICH IS THE CANNOT GO. HE DOES NOT HAVE A GREAT LIGHT. HIT A LOW ONE AND LANDED NEXT TO THE FAIRWAY BUNKER AND RUN TO THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE GREEN. THAT’S THE PLAY. 5 IRON.

HE IS GOING HIGH THAT’S WHERE HE IS PLAYING FOR THE FRONT RIGHT PORTION. THAT’S OKAY. >> BRYSON, IS HE GOING TO CALL THEM THROUGH? [ LAUGHTER ] >> 116-YARDS AHEAD OF JOAQUIN. THAT’S RICH BLAND ON THE TEE AT 8. VERY NICELY DONE. >> JON RAHM FOR 3 STRAIGHT BIRDIES.

THIS IS AT THE FIFTH. >> ANTHONY KIM, AK, WE WELCOMED HIM BACK LAST WEEK. THE TEE AT 12. >> THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. >> HE HAD HIS CLUBS FITTED FOR THE FIRST TIME EARLIER THIS WEEK AND THEY WERE SHOCKING TO HIM, THEY WERE TOO MUCH UPRIGHT. ALL HIS GOOD SHOTS WENT

LEFT THAT NEVER HAPPENS TO HIM. SO EXPECT BETTER OUT OF HIM BALL STRIKING WISE THIS WEEK. >> AND KALLE SAMOOJA THERE, A NICE ONE. 149-YARDS. HE JUST HIT THAT 400. >> 163. WE’RE ON A HAIR RIGHT. 57. >> PLAY IT IF IT’S STILL DOING THAT. YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE

FRONT OF THE TREES, THEY ARE BOUNCING IN THAT DIRECTION. IT’S HELPING NOW. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE 14 WEDGES. [ LAUGHTER ] >> WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF SOMETHING TO TAKE THE WIND OUT OF THE PLAY A LITTLE BIT. >> A PITCHING WEDGE. >> YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE CROSS. NEUTRAL.

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN NEUTRAL? >> YES. WIND OFF THE RIGHT. >> PITCHING WEDGE IT IS. AND THE 551, AND THAT IS A 410 DRIVE. >> YES. AND NOTHING BUT THE PIN HE IS LOOKING AT. I HEARD PHIL HIT THE BACK OF THE GREEN IN THE WATER THAT HAPPENS BUT NOT WITH

A PITCHING WEDGE. >> RIGHT ON THE LINE. JUST A BIT SHY. MARTY KAYMER AT THE 10th. >> ANOTHER GOOD ONE FROM THE GERMAN. >> DJ FOR THE PAR AT 5. SLIPPED DOWN AND HE IS VERY HAPPY WITH HIS GENERAL GAME. HE STAYS LEVEL PAR. >> ANTHONY KIM OVER 12. THIS FOR BIRDIE.

>> GOOD AGGRESSIVE STROKE. >> I TALKED TO HIM, TOO MUCH SO. >> HE GOT OFF TO HORRIBLE ROUNDS. HE HAS DONE THE SAME TODAY. >> COMING DOWN ALL THE WAY, MATE. , AND EPIC. >> AND CHANGE. >> YOU KNOW EVEN THOUGH CAM SMITH PLAYING THE THIRD. HE IS 80-YARDS BEHIND

JOAQUIN NIEMANN T IS ALMOST AN EASIER SHOT. >> WHY IS THAT? >> HE IS HITTING THE 4 CLUB AND FIT WILL HAVE SPIN. JOAQUIN NIEMANN IS COMING OVER THE HIGH PART OF THE EDGE OF THE BUNKER THERE AND HE HAS NO ROOM TO WORK WITH LANDING ON THE DOWN SLOPE.

>> ANTHONY KIM DID POP ONE IN AT 12. >> IT HAS TO GO A LITTLE BIT. >> HENRIK STENSON THIS IS FOR BIRDIE FOR THE SWEDE. [ APPLAUSE ] KALLE SAMOOJA STARTED BEAUTIFULLY HERE IN THE HONG KONG SUNSHINE FOR A THIRD BIRDIE IN THE OPENING ROUND. HE IS AN EARLY LEADER ON

3 UNDER PAR. BIRDIES 12, 13 AND 14. >> MARTIN KAYMER, A BIT OF A DRIBBLE. >> AND JOAQUIN NIEMANN DID NOT FLY THAT FAR ENOUGH. HE HAS TO LAND IT NEXT TO CAM’S BALL. >> BEAUTIFUL. >> NEXT TO THE GREEN AT 4 ON THE LIV LINE. >> HE TOOK AN AGGRESSIVE

PLAY OFF THE TEE GOT IT CLOSE TO THE GREEN. A NICE PITCH, THIS WILL MOVE A FAIR BIT FOR PHIL. >> AND JINICHIRO KOZUMA OF THE IRON HEADS. THIS IS AN EAGLE PUTT. HE MAKES IT. THAT WAS AT 14. THE CLIQUES HAVE STARTED IN SENSATIONAL STYLE, THEY ARE 6 UNDER PAR.

THIS IS RICHARD BLAND ONE OF THE STALWARTS FOR BIRDIE AT 8. >> BRYSON ON THE UP SLOPE HERE. >> SHOULD MAKE BIRDIE. IF NOT BETTER. , THAT’S WHAT YOU EXPECT. >> BUBBA FOR BIRDIE AT 6. >> WELL DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE LIV GOLF LEAGUE TEAM YET? NOW YOU CAN REPRESENT

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ZODIAC IS A STRENGTH AND FINISHING TWO OUT OF THE POINTS IN THE THREE EVENTS OF THE SEASON AS MANY TIMES THEY FINISHED OUTSIDE OF THE POINTS IN THE WHOLE OF LAST SEASON. >> WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT. >> CAM SMITH. HE WOULD HAVE HAD IN MIND ON STANDING ON THE TEE.

>> NOT THE START WE EXPECTED FROM THIS FELLOW. >> OVER AFTER 3. THAT’S NOT GOOD. >> EARLY GOING HERE BUT KALLE SAMOOJA FROM FINLAND AND WON THE WILLIE WONKA GOLDEN TICKET. BIRDIE AT 12 WHERE HE TEED OFF. THIS IS THE THIRD SHOT INTO 13. THAT’S ANOTHER BIRDIE FOR KALLE SAMOOJA.

HE MADE IT THREE IN A ROW WITH BIRDIE AT 14. THE PAR 4 SO, VERY EARLY ON THREE HOLES FOR KALLE SAMOOJA. HE IS 3 UNDER PAR. >> BRANDEN GRACE HAD NUMBER 8 VERY NICE. >> BACK TO THE GREEN AT 3 AND THERE IT WILL BE JOAQUIN NIEMANN FOR BIRDIE.

>> DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT HIM. YOU CAN READ THESE FROM THE CLUBHOUSE? >> I CAN. BUT THERE IS TREPIDATION I GET IT WRONG. >> ONE OF US WILL NOT LET YOU FORGET IT. >> THAT’S WHY. >> NOT MUCH IN THIS. IT IS A TOUCH LEFT.

>> DOESN’T LOOK LIKE IT. >> JUST NEEDS TO GET IT MOVING. GREEN IS HELPING HIM. >> HE IS HUMAN. >> A MOMENT AGO, BROOKS KOEPKA. TO THE LEFT THE TOP OF THE TEAM PYLON AND MAJESTICKS ARE THERED A 4 UNDER PAR LOOKING FOR A FIRST PODIUM FINISH IN 19 EVENTS.

DOM YOU ARE TEACHING HENRIK STENSON ABOUT GOLF. >> AND YOU ARE TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE INTRICACIES OF THE GREEN THERE. >> I WAS TALKING TO GREG NORMAN. WASN’T LISTENING TO YOU. >> I HEARD — YOU HAVE YOUR PRIORITIES RIGHT, DOM. >> EXPLAINING TO HENRIK STENSON ONE OF THE GREENS

IS THE 17th DOES NOT BREAK AS MUCH AS THE PLAYERS SEE. THERE IS A LOT OF, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE HONG KONG OPEN. THEY HAD A LOT OF HISTORY HERE. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF INTRY CANSIES TO THE GREENS, I HAVE SEEN THEM ALL. >> BRYSON FOR BIRDIE. >>> LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN.

AND TEEING OFF AT THREE AND THE PARS FOR A ACCEPTS FOR THE CAPTAIN. >> THEY COUNT TO THE OPENING TWO DAYS TODAY AND TOMORROW AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AND LOUIS KNOWS ALL ABOUT THIS A FREE FOR ALL ALL FOUR SCORES COUNTING WHICH LEADS TO DRAMA AND VOLATILITY AS WE SAW IN

JEDDAH WITH THE COME BACK BY THE CRUSHERS. OH, SERGIO AT 5. SO CLOSE. THE OVERALL TEAM STANDINGS. CRUSHERS BY VIRTUE OF THAT VICTORY TAKE THE LEAD AND SMASH WAS FIRST IN VEGAS. THIRD LAST WEEK AND BROOKS KOEPKA TEAM IN SECOND PLACE AND LEGION XIII IN THIRD, JON RAHM AND EXPANSION TEAM WHEN

THE OPENING EVENT IN MEXICO. >> THE DRONE IS HIGHER HOW SHARP THE DOG LEG IS AT THE FOURTH. >> DON’T KNOW WHY THE PLAYERS. >> HE TOLD ME, HIS CADDY DID HE MAY GO FOR THE GREEN TO THE FRONT EDGE AND THIS IS THE SENSIBLE PLAY. CAN YOU GET IN TROUBLE

GOING FOR THE GREEN. YOU KNOW FOR HIM A 9 IRON AND A FLIP OF A WEDGE. HE WILL PLAY THIS IN ONE OR TWO UNDER IN THREE DAYS. >> KALLE SAMOOJA HIS SECOND AT 15 WORKING ON THREE IN A ROW. >> AND THEY TELL FINISH JOKES LIKE THE REST OF

THE WORLD TELLS IRISH JOKES. HOW CAN YOU TELL WHEN A FIN IS AN EXTROVERT. >> HE STARES AT YOUR SHOES WHEN HE IS TALKING TO YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] >> HAPPIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, FINLAND. >> HAPPIER IF HE TAPS THAT IN FOR A FOURTH STRAIGHT BIRDIE. >> YES. >> JOAQUIN.

>> YOU WANT TO HIT IT BETWEEN THE BUNKERS. ANYTHING RIGHT CAN YOU GET BLOCKED OUT BY THE TREES. >> A LITTLE WEDGE FOR JON RAHM AT 6. PERFECT DISTANCE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> BACK TO CAM SMITH ON THE TEE AT 4. , HE HAS BEEN STUCK A COUPLE OF TIMES.

THAT WAS A POOR SWING. YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT PRESHOT ROUTINE FROM CAM BEFORE. THAT HALF BACK SWING. THAT’S A GOOD ONE. >> KALLE SAMOOJA IS THE EARLY PACE SETTER AND THE CLEEKS BUT JON RAHM ST TING WELL HERE IN HONG KONG. >> KHACHAR CHACARRA, HAVE NOT HEARD MUCH OF HIM.

DAVID WE LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM LEVEL THE TEAM LEADERBOARD, WE SEE TEAMS THAT AREN’T POWER HOUSES OR THAT RESIDE ON THE PODIUM VERY OFTEN. I THINK THE COURSE JUST MAY BE A GREAT EQUALIZER. >> I THINK THAT BRINGS A DIFFERENT PLAYER INTO THE BAND WIDTH. YOU HAVE TO THINK YOUR

WAY AROUND HERE WHAT YOU LEAVE FOR THE SECOND SHOT. , TO THE GREEN AT 6 AND LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN. >> HE WAS NOT PLEASED WITH THAT SAND WEDGE AND EXPECTING TO BE CLOSER THAN THIS. , NEARLY MADE UP FOR IT. >> ABE ANCER. >> A GLORIOUS ROUND ON SATURDAY AT JEDDAH, A 63. . >> ANY HELP RIGHT NOW — >> WHAT YOU WILL GET. >> SERGIO MADE BIRDIE AT 5. CAM SMITH. SECOND SHOT AT 4. >> OKAY. >> WHEN THIS GREEN — IT IS A TRICKY SECOND SHOT YOU GET THAT, JUST DON’T MISS LEFT ON THIS ONE. THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM TO THE RIGHT.

HE IS WORKING ON SOMETHING. ANOTHER ONE. LOOKED A LITTLE STUCK. IT IS GOOD. WHAT A SHOT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> SO, KALLE SAMOOJA, FOUR IN A ROW. THAT WAS AT 15 HAVING TEED OFF AT 12. WHAT A START FOR THE FIN AND JON RAHM, GETTING TO 3 UNDER PAR AT THE 6th

AND START THREE BIRDIES OUT AT 4 WHICH HE DOES. THIS IS LIVE AT 4. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. >> JUST A LITTLE PUNCH. >> WILL NOT BE SO PLEASED WITH THAT ONE. >> DON’T KNOW WHAT THE CLEEKS PUT IN THEIR DIM SUM BUT THEY ARE 8 UNDER PAR ALL RIGHT. THIS IS MARTY KAYMER FOR

BIRDIE AT 11. THAT IS SUPERB. THREE BIRDIES TEEING OFF AT 8. HE IS THREE UNDER PAR. THE CLIQUES ARE 8 UNDER PAR ALREADY AND THEY LEAD LEGION XIII AND THE MAJESTICKS BY 3. , I DON’T SEE BIG PITCH MARKS BUT I’M SEEING THEM TODAY. THIS IS A — THROWING DARTS AT IT TODAY.

>> CALEB SURRATT FOR BIRDIE AT 17, AMONG THE GREEN. HE READS IT BEAUTIFULLY. STENSON. >> GRAHAM GOOCH PUTTING FROM WELL OFF THE GREEN AT 3. THIS IS FOR EAGLE TECHNICALLY. >> NOT BAD, NOT BAD AT ALL. >> JON RAHM THE FIRST TO TEE OFF. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WITH

THE BIG PAPER RIGHT AND LEFT. THERE ARE 100 FEET TALL. YOU DON’T WANT TO BE IN THEM. YOU WILL HAVE A SWING AND WE’LL SEE RECOVERY SHOTS, WHICH IS ENTERTAINING. >> THAT’S A LOVELY SHOT AND HOLD THE CAMBER OF THE FAIRWAY. >> GOOCH FOR HIS BIRDIE AT 3. >> THE GREEN EIGHT 4.

4 IS ONLY 288-YARDS LONG AND IT IS A — IT’S JUST A CURIOUS HOLE THAT YOU CAN HIT ALL KINDS OF THINGS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BUNKERS CATCHING SOMETHING IF YOU FIRE IT OVER THE TREES THE SLOPE ON THE LEFT TALKING ABOUT THAT WILL CARRY IT DOWN INTO THE WOODS.

>> IT IS AMAZING HOW FAR RIGHT THE GREEN IS YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT OVER. IT’S NOT THE PLAY BUT THE PLAYERS IN THE PAST. WILL PLAY FOR A LOT OF. >> I’LL SAVE YOU HERE BEFORE HOW FAR BACK. LIV LINE IS 2 INCHES FROM THE STARTING. >> STARTED LEFT.

>> DON’T BLINK ACTION ACROSS THE COURSE AT THE HONG KONG CLUB. AND LEASH LEASH TEED OFF AT 14. THE BIRDIE EFFORT AT 17. SALUTES THE GALLERIES. 1 UNDER PAR. MUCH IMPROVED FROM THE HYFLYERS WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE LEAGUE LAST YEAR. HE IS 2 UNDER PAR. >> THAT’S AN EAGLE FOR CHACARRA.

PAR 38th HENRIK. >> THE SWING. >> BACK TO FOUR. CANNOT BREAK MORE AND THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN MIDDLE OF THE PUTT. >> AND IN THE EYE LINE. AND IDEAL CONDITIONS. IT’S NOT MOVING. , I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE SHAKING THEIR HEADS. >> HE HAS A CHIP ON HIS

SHOULDER AND I CERTAINLY DO NOT HATE IT. HIS OWN REVENGE. >> TAKING IT OUT ON PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> BACK TO LEVEL PAR ON THE 4th. >> THE OLD STINGER GC SQUAD IS ONE OF THE MORE ENTERTAINING BUT DON’T LET THE SMILES FOOL YOU. THEY ARE HERE TO WIN.

>> AND THE STINGERS TEAM WE ENJOY HAVING FUN OFF THE COURSE AND ONCE WE GOT ON IT IS DOWN TO BUSINESS. >> AND WE HAVE TO LIKE TO BE THE UNDERDOGS. AND WITH A SMILE. GOLF IS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AND PRESSURE WAS A LOT MORE PLAYING IN A TEAM ENVIRONMENT.

IT’S NOT ALWAYS A BAD THING TO HAVE MORE PRESSURE IT HEIGHTENS THE CONCENTRATION AND YOU PLAY BETTER. THAT’S WHY THEY SAY THE TEAM BRINGS OUT THE BEST OF THEM. >> TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM AS FOUR FRIENDS IS AMAZING. >> AND PLAY THE NEXT. , I CAN NOT DO ANY MORE

THAN THAT. , LOOK AT WHAT THE TEAM IS. >> HAVING ALL FOUR GUYS THAT IS A COOL THING TO BE A PART OF. >> AND THE SAME AND PART OF A BRAND. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON’T NORMALLY GET. AND THAT ASPECT IS COOL. >> THERE IS BARELY A MORE COMPETITIVE SPORTING

NATION THE PLANET THAN SOUTH AFRICA BUT THEY DO IT WITH A SMILE. IN THE EARLY STAGES HERE AND CHARL SCHWARTZEL IS COMING OFF HIS BEST IN JEDDAH SINCE THE OPENING EVENT WHEN HE WON THE TITLE IN LONDON. >> THEY TALK ABOUT THE TEAM ASPECT. WITHOUT THAT, IT WOULD NOT BE, I THINK, THE

PRODUCT IT IS. YOU GET PASSION FOR THE TITLES BUT NOT THE PASSION THROUGHOUT THE GOLF COURSE FOR THE FANS TO WATCH WITHOUT THOSE GUYS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING FOR THE TEAM AND IF THEY ARE OUT OF IT INDIVIDUALLY T IS SOMETHING SPECIAL. >> I THINK THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE THE GUYS THAT

ARE OUT OF IT INDIVIDUALLY THEY ARE PLAYING THEIR HEART OUT. >> OPPOSED TO MAILING IT IN. AND YOU SHOULD NOT MAIL IT IN BUT THE GUYS DO. >> THEY WERE SEVEN CLEAR AND 10 CLEAR AND LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN WAS WATCHING THE SCORE BOARD THE CRUSHERS CAME FROM NOWHERE. >> HE WILL SHOOT 20 UNDER

PAR DID ON THE FINAL DAY. NOT MUCH TO DO. THEY’RE NOT TOO DISHEARTENED. THE CRUSHERS WINNING IT RATHER THAN THE STINGERS BLOWING IT. >> JON RAHM AT 7. >> BEAUTIFUL. >> BRYSON ON 5. IF I MAY SAY SO, THIS A MAGNIFICENT PAR 3, NOT TODAY, CAN BE A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE. >> OH!

>> AIRMAILED IT. >> MARTY KAYMER IS ARRIVING AT THE PARTY. THIS TO TIE THE LEAD WITH KALLE SAMOOJA, HIS TEAMMATE, THE CLEEKS OFF TO AN INCREDIBLE START HERE. AND MARTY KAYMER IS 4 UNDER AFTER THAT BIRDIE AT 12. HIS FOURTH IN THE OPENING FIVE HOLES. >> SCOTT VINCENT THE

SECOND INTO THE PAR 5 13th. >> SEVEN IRON FOR JOAQUIN NIEMANN. 197-YARDS. >> JUST HANGS ON. >> FOR BIRDIE. HE IS PUTTING SO WELL THIS SEASON SO FAR A TIGHT SECOND. AVERAGES 27 PUTTS HE GOT OUT OF IT QUICKLY THERE. >> HENRIK STENSON AT THE 8h TO TIE THE LEAD AND

MAJESTICKS HAD A FUN WEEK AS WELL AS THE HARD PRACTICE ROUNDS THEY WERE AT THE HAPPY VALLEY TRACK THE OTHER NIGHT FOR THE BIG WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEET. NOT SURE HOW MANY WINNERS THEY HAD. BUT HAVE STARTED WELL HERE. IS THAT GOING TO MAKE OH, YOU’RE KIDDING. THAT JUST MAKE AS HARD

RIGHT TURN RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE RIGHT LIP. >> KALLE SAMOOJA, HIS SECOND SHOT AT 16. REMINDER HE OPENED THE FIRST ROUND WITH FOUR BIRDIES. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY OF A FIFTH IN A ROW. >> AND DUSTIN JOHNSON UP HILL PUTT FOR A BIRDIE. SHOULD NOT MOVE MUCH. BOGEYED THE 6th.

HE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS. GET HIM ON PRACTICE. >> THE SIXTH GREEN AND PHIL. THAT’S FOR BIRDIE. >> JON FOR A BIRDIE. HITTING A GREAT WEDGE. PLAYING GREAT GOLF. HE HAS NOT FINISHED OUTSIDE OF TOP 8 IN THE FIRST THREE STARTS. >> DID THAT TAKE A ROLL BACKWARDS? THAT LOOKED LIKE IT

ROCKED ON THE EDGE. >> CHARLES HOWELL III — EXCUSE ME HAROLD VARNER III, I HAVE THE WRONG III. HE MADE IT FOR 2. NOW MATT JONES HIS THIRD AT 13. >> TAKING IT TO 3 UNDER PAR. >> THE OTHERS OFF THE GREEN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BRYSON. NO.

IT’S GOING TO BE CAM. I JUST THOUGHT IT MAY COME UP FROM OFF THE GREEN BUT CAM IS FURTHER AWAY, COMING UP AND CUTS ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN. WHEN IT IS ON TOP IT WILL BREAK FROM THE LEFT. >> HIT A GOOD PUTT. >> I AGREE. >> TEE AT 8.

JON FIRST TO GO, 186. THIS IS A TRICKY GREEN HERE. YOU HAVE TO CARRY THE FALSE FRONT ANYTHING 4, 5-YARDS SHORT THAT WILL ROLL DOWN INTO THE ROUGH ON THE RIGHT. HE HAS SEVEN IRON. AND HELPING. >> NEEDS TO GO. >> STAY THERE. STAY THERE. MAY GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.

>> AND SCOTT VINCENT FOR EAGLE AT 13. HE MADE HIS BIRDIE. HE IS 3 UNDER. ONE BACK OF THE LEADER’S CLEEKS, KAYMER AND KALLE SAMOOJA. >> BRYSON WITH THE PUTTER HERE GOING UP HILL AND INTO THE GREEN. >> DAVID, YEARS AGO, THIS USED TO BE ROUGH, THICK ROUGH AND HAD TO HIT WEDGE.

THE MEMBERS HATED IT, THEY GOT THEM TO CUT IT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE GREEN AT 16 AND KALLE SAMOOJA TO DO SOMETHING QUITE SPECTACULAR AND OPEN THE ROUND HERE WITH 5 STRAIGHT BIRDIES. >> OH. >> SO CLOSE BUT HE STAYS AT 4 UNDER PAR. THE BIRDIES AND THE EAGLES ARE FLOWING.

ON FRIDAY. DAY ONE IN HONG KONG. >> KALLE SAMOOJA MADE THAT. WE’LL BE ON 52 WATCH, ARLO. [ LAUGHTER ] >> SAME PLAY FOR JOAQUIN NIEMANN. >> AND WILL WANDER. OH, MY WORD, THAT WAS HORRIBLE. >> ABE ANCER. >> AND CAN THEY FINALLY GET TOGETHER AS A TEAM. AND ASIA DURING HIS

STORIED CAREER. THAT’S FOR BIRDIE AT 12. AND IN SECOND PLACE AND ONE UNDER. CHARLES HOWELL A 64 IN THE COME BACK VICTORY FOR THE CRUSHERS THAT WAS FOR BIRDIE AT 2. HE IS 2 UNDER. >> CHCHACARRA TO GET TO 3 UNDER PAR AFTER KAYMER AND KALLE SAMOOJA. >> JOAQUIN NIEMANN FOR

PAR AT 5. >> WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT FIRST PUTT? >> HE JUST GOT IT LEFT EARLY. >> A LITTLE FIRM. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> EXPECTED THEM TO BE DEEPER ON THE PAR AT THIS STAGE. >> AND PUTT THERE. >> MARTY KAYMER HIS SECOND AT 13. TIED FOR THE EARLY LEAD WITH HIS TEAMMATE

LLE SAMOOJA. >> ANOTHER FABULOUS SHOT. >> AND ANIRBAN LAHIRI. THIS IS THE SECOND SHOT AT NUMBER ONE. >> YOU SEE THAT SLOPING FAIRWAY. IT IS JUST SO MUCH DIFFERENT WHEN THEY SLOPE THE OPPOSITE WAY. OH, DOG LEG, WHAT A BEAUTY. >> WELL, HERE IS TODAY’S POLL: WHO WILL BE THE FIRST

TO FOUR, FOUR INDIVIDUAL LIVE GOLF TITLES, ALL OF THESE FOUR PLAYERS THE QUARTET HAVE THREE SO FAR AND LOOKS LIKE BROOKS KOEPKA HAS A LOT OF BACKING, 47%. SCAN THE QR CODE WE’LL GET BACK TO THIS IN THE POST ROUND SHOW, CLUB 54, THE 54. >> ABE ANCER AT 10. THIS WAS EARLIER.

LOVELY BIRDIE. , LOUIS OFF THE BACK OF BIRDIE FOR 8. SU-ANN. >> A QUICK PUTT FROM WHERE HE IS. TRICKY AND THE GREENS. AND CAN TELL IT IS VERY SHINY. BACK OF THE GREEN HIT A GREAT SIX IRON AND TOOK A HUGE FIRST BOUNCE. >> THAT WAS INTERESTING

THAT TOOK A DIVE TO THE LEFT COMING UP AND THEN STRAIGHT FROM THERE. PERFECT WEIGHT ON IT. >> AND TYRRELL HATTON FOR BIRDIE AT 3. >> CAM SMITH ON THE TEE AT 6. >> PLAYING INTO THE WIND SLIGHTLY OFF THE RIGHT. THOSE BUNKERS LEFT AND RIGHT, NOT SURE HE CAN CARRY THEM.

OVER 300-YARDS BUT DOWN ABOUT 25. >> WE HAVE OUR DRONE TRACER ON THIS AND THE IDEAL LANDING SPOT BETWEEN THE BUNKERS IN THE DISTANCE. >> AND THAT IS MILES LEFT. >> THEY’RE HERE AND TROUBLE ON THE TEE SHOT. >> AND JON RAHM, HE GOT SO LUCKY. THAT STAYED UP THERE.

AND THAT IS A STEEP BANK. >> IT WILL BE SLOW THE OPPOSITE OF THE PUTT. DUSTIN JOHNSON NEXT TO GO IN THE GROUP. 7 IRON. HIT IT PIN HIGH, SMART PLAY. DOM TOLD ME DRIVING AROUND THE COURSE ON THE 8th HOLE YOU WANT TO HIT IT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN.

SMART PLAY BY DJ ON THIS HOLE. IT IS GOING TO BREAK A FAIR BIT. WHEN YOU WON IN VEGAS THE CLUB WAS RUNNING HOT. >> IT WAS. AND KIND OF, WELL. CANNOT SAY WHEN DJ PUTTS WELL HE PLAYS WELL CAN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT ANYONE. THE BALL STRIKE SOMETHING GREAT MOST

TIMES BUT NOT ALWAYS. THE THING IS WITH THE PUTTER HIS COMMON MISS — LOOK HERE. >> THAT’S NOT RIGHT AT ALL. >> THE COMMON MISS IS RIGHT. ALMOST ALWAYS. >> KALLE SAMOOJA AT 17. , I THINK YOU OFFERED HIM 4 UNDER PAR AFTER THE OPENING 5 HE WOULD HAVE SNAPPED YOUR HAND

OFF BUT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE LAST HOLEIT IT HAS NOT AFFECTED HIM. >> ANOTHER GOOD SWING. >> HE IS ON AUTO PILOT, QUALITY SHOT AFTER QUALITY SHOTS. >> SERGIO HOISTING ONE OVER THE TREES, MILES IN THE AIR. >> GRAEME MCDOWELL IS ON THE 12th TEE.

THIS IS FAMILIAR TERRITORY. FIVE HONG KONG OPENS AND A COUPLE OF TOP FIVE FINISHES. A MAN WHO IS GOOD FOR SMASH ON THE FINAL DAY. >> THE FLAG IS ON A RIDGE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE GREEN THERE IN AN AWKWARD SPOT. BRENDAN STEELE. , THERE IS AN EAGLE OPPORTUNITY FOR MARTY

KAYMER IN THE EARLY RUNNING. THAT WILL GET THE GERMON TO 5 UNDER PAR AND A GOOD START FOR THE CLIQUES TO 10 UNDER PAR. THIS IS TRINGALE A MOMENT AGO FOR THE HYFLYERSS HIS BIRDIE. HE IS 2 UNDER PAR. PATRICK REED THE FIRST INTO THE THIRD HOLE. HE TEED OFF AT 17.

IN THE PAR 5. SO A BIRDIE THERE FOR PATRICK AND HE, TOO. IS 2 UNDER PAR. >> BROOKS KOEPKA FOR BIRDIE AT NUMBER 7 TO GET IT INTO RED FIGURES FOR THE DAY. >> JON RAHM ON THE TEE AT 9. THEY MOVED THEM FORWARD TO TIGHTEN UP THE TEE SHOT.

I SPOKE TO HIS ONE YOU HAVE THE GUYS ON THE TEAM LAST WEEK. HE SAID HE SPENDS MORE TIME, AS MUCH TIME ON HIMSELF AS HE DOES ON HIS GOLF GAME AND FAMILY. A GUY THAT IS VERY INTROSPECTIVE, I CAN’T TALK TODAY, GUYS. >> YOU’LL BE FINE. >> HE JOURNALS. >> BEAUTIFUL SHOT.

>> ASCOTT VINCENT OFF THE GREEN AT 14. >> AND AS I SAID BEFORE, JON RAHM LIKES TO JOURNALMENT SPEND AS LOT OF TIME WRITING AND JUST REFLECTING ON HIMSELF. HE IS VERY HARD ON HIMSELF AND SO IS THIS GUY, LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN. >> HE IS HARD ON JON RAHM. >> HE IS HARD ON

HIMSELF. COULD BE HARD ON JON RAHM. >> RIGHT AT THE BUNKER. >> RIGHT AT THE BUNKER. >> JOAQUIN NIEMANN AT 6. >> AND THIS COULD JUMP ON HIM. BE CAREFUL. CAME OUT SOFT. TOO SOFT. >> AND TAKE ANY CHANCES. , A SHOT OVER THE TREES AT 7:00. THAT’S A BIRDIE.

>> BACK TO BRYSON AT 6. SAFE TO SAY I HAVE NOT SEEN TOO MANY PEOPLE DOWN HERE. I HAVEN’T BEEN DOWN HERE. >> JUST A COUPLE OF FEET IN THE BUNKER THAT’S NOT A GOOD SPOT. I SAY EIGHT, TEN FEET RIGHT OF THE PIN IS THE PLAY. TRYING TO GET THE DISTANCE RIGHT.

, JUST LIKE YOU DESCRIBED IT, DOM. >> KALLE SAMOOJA FOR BIRDIE AT 17. FOR YET ANOTHER FIVE BIRDIES ADD THEY HAVE ALL BEEN AROUND THE RANGE IF NOT CLOSER. ANY THE PAR THEY MADE. THE LONE PAR WAS ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE. , WHAT A START FOR KALLE SAMOOJA. HE JOINS HIS

CAPTAIN FOR 5 UNDER PAR. >> CLEEKS AT MINUS 11 ALREADY, ARLO. 33 FOR THE WINNING SCORE IN THE LIV GOLF FANTASY. THAT MAY BE WAY OF. >> TALOR GOOCH POPS ONE IN OVER AT 5. THAT WAS EARLIER. >> CALEB SURRATT OF LEGION XIII, THE 19-YEAR-OLD WHO UNTIL RECENTLY WAS AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RECRUITED BY JON RAHM. THAT’S WHY HEWAYS RECRUITED INTO THE LEGION XIII. HE IS 2 UNDER PAR. >> THE KID CAN PLAY. >> THE SPEAKERS ARE WORKING AT 8. >> SPECTATORS ARE TRICKLING IN. I DON’T THINK THE HONG KONG WORK ETHIC IS THE SAME AS IN THE US.

PEOPLE ARE RETICENT TO WATCH GOLF ON A FRIDAY BUT WEEKEND CROWDS ARE FANTASTIC. >> PUT IT INTO BANKER. >> HE HAD THAT IN THE BACK OF HIS MIND. >> THIS IS THE GREEN AT 6. THE PURPLE PATCH OF HIS CAREER SO FAR THAT HE WILL HOPE TO TAKE DEEPER INTO THE 2024 SEASON.

HE KNOWS JOAQUIN NIEMANN THAT HE IS IN THE MASTER’S, THE PAC P.G.A. CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS IS HENRIK STENSON FOR PAR AT 9. THAT IS IN. THAT MAINTAINS ARE STARTING DEFEATED FOR THE MAJESTICKS GC TIED FOR SECOND WITH 7 UNDER. >> THAT WITH JOAQUIN NIEMANN FOR BIRDIE AT 6. >> IT WAS A GOOD SHOT.

AND LOOKED LIKE HE COULD HAVE FLOWN IT EASILY. >> HE HAS 30 FEET AND MOVE FROM THE LEFT. >> KIERAN VINCENT IS 1 UNDER PAR. BIRDIE AT 15. ANOTHER WHO QUALIFIED THROUGH THE PROMOTIONS EVENT IN NOVEMBER. AND SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ, BIRDIE AT 12 FOR THE TORQUE MAN. >> AND ABE ANCER AT 11.

YES. >> 3 UNDER PAR. THAT’S THE PUTT THAT GOT THE FIREBALLS INTO THAT TIE WITH THE MAJESTICKS. >> JON RAHM, THE FAIRWAY BUNKER ON THE RIGHT TRYING TO DRAW ONE OFF THE TEE. DIDN’T MOVE IT AS MUCH AS HE WANTED. >> BACK TO THE JOURNALING STORY, FOR A GUY LIKE HIM AN ALPHA

MALE, YOU JUST WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE THAT SIDE OF HIM. AND HE SEARCHES WITHIN HIMSELF. SOUNDED LIKE HE PICKED THAT PRETTY CLEAN. >> I’M NOT SURE HOW MANY. WHAT PERCENTAGE YOU SAY THAT ABOUT IN GOLF AND SPEND THAT TIME WORKING ON THEMSELVES AS A HUMAN AS OPPOSED TO A GOLFER.

THAT’S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. DJ NEXT. >> WORKING ON GETTING THAT CLUB MORE PLAYING IN THE BACK. TOO FAR ON THE INSIDE. THIS IS A 6 IRON. WORKING IT LEFT TO RIGHT. >> I DON’T SEE DJ DOING A LOT OF JOURNALING. [ APPLAUSE ] , I DON’T THINK SO, JERRY. [ LAUGHTER ]

>> BRYSON, THIS IS FOR BIRDIE AT 6. >> AND CRUSHERS NICELY PLACED. FIFTH ON 6 UNDER. ONE BEHIND THE PODIUM. CALEB SURRATT FOR A BIRDIE AT 1. THAT GETS LEGION XIII INTO THE SECOND PLACE TIE. NOW, LIV GOLF’S FIRST PODCAST FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. IT IS BOUND TO BE ENTERTAINING ESPECIALLY

WITH THE RECENT GUESTS ANIRBAN LAHIRI. >> DO YOU THINK THAT THAT PLAYING AS A UNDERDOG THAT YOU ARE FACING THAT AS NOW A REPRESENTATIVE OF LIV? >> IF YOU ASKED ME THIS 18 MONTHS AGO IT WOULD BE OVERWHELMING YES BUT IT IS ALWAYS THERE. I THINK THAT WINNING A LIV EVERYBODY IS SUPER

HARD YOU LOOK AT ALL THE GUYS YOU HAVE TO BEAT. IF YOU WIN THE PEOPLE WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES WILL THINK IT IS A JOKE. THAT’S DISAPPOINTING. I LIKE TO KEEP MY HEAD DOWN AND FOCUS. I WORK AS HARD, IF NOT HARDER, ON THE GAME. I WANT TO GO OUT AND

WIN TOURNAMENTS AND BEAT THEM AND PROVE THAT I CAN BEAT THEM. TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, YES, TO SOME EXTENT IT IS SAD. I THINK THAT WE ALL LIVE AND DIE WITH EACH OTHER. >> THERE IS A COMMON BOND. >> IN THE COMING YEARS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DO 180 WILL INCREASE.

>> THERE IS NO QUESTION. >> CAN YOU SEE EVERY FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN ON THE APP. DOWN LOAD IT FROM THE STORE LIKE NETFLIX AND UNLIKE THOSE IT IS FREE AND FOR THE WORLD PARTICULARLY WHERE THE CONTENT IS CONCERNED. WHAT A WEEK IN JEDDAH FOR THE CRUSHERS. AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE

HAPPY TO CONTRIBUTED TO THE FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON. HE WAS SO CLOSE IN ADELAIDE, SECOND PLACE AND BEDMINSTER AND IN CHICAGO WITH BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. A BITTERSWEET AND ANIRBAN LAHIRI WHO MISSED THE PUTT TO GET INTO PLAYOFF AT THE END BUT THE CRUSHERS WON THE TITLE. HE HAS BEEN CLOSE AND

IN GOOD FORM THIS SEASON. SERGIO FOR BIRDIE AT 8. >> IAN POULTER WHO TASTED A VICTORY ON THE COURSE. THE HONG KONG HOPE CHAMPION IN 2011. HE IS ON THE TEE AT 5. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JON RAHM. BIRDIE. AND ON THE 9th. GREAT BUNKER SHOT THERE. TRYING TO GET TOO CUTE

JUST PLAY FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN. AND PAR ON 9th. NOT A BAD SCORE. CONSIDERING THIS IS PLAYING ONE OF THE HARDEST OUT HERE. >> DJ WILL BE WALKING IN TO GET A FREE READ. >> LET’S TAKE YOU OUT AND GET YOU CAUGHT UP WITH HAROLD VARNER III

A GREAT OPENING DAY IN HONG KONG. BIRDIE AT 3. CHARLES HOWELL III. HE IS HV III. >> A BETTER SHOT FROM ANTHONY. >> YOU WANT TO WATCH ALL OF AK’S SHOTS GO TO LIV GOLF PLUS.COM. ONE OF THE NEW THINGS BROUGHT TO YOU. IN GOLF MOST FANS FEEL LONG OVERDUE.

GREAT SHOT THERE BY TYRRELL HATTON. >> DJ FOR BIRDIE AT 9. >> YOU TALK ABOUT THE MISSED PUTTS THAT HE HAD. HE HAS BEEN WORKING MORE IN GETTING THE WEIGHT ON THE LEFT WHEN THAT STARTS IT DOES NOT FALL BACK. [ APPLAUSE ] , DUSTIN BACK TO LEVEL PAR HERE IN

HONG KONG. >> KALLE SAMOOJA WITH THE SECOND SHOT INTO THE LAST. IT’S NOT HIS LAST HOLE BUT. >> OUTSIDE OF 10 FEET. HAS HE. >> HE IS STILL NOT. HE ALMOST FLEW THAT INTO THE CAN. >> THAT’S GOT TO BE A GOOD FEELING. AND HENRIK EXPERIENCED THAT ON MANY OCCASIONS.

LAYS IT IN — LASER LIGHT ACCURACY WHEN IT IS ON. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JON RAHM MADE THE PAR AT 9. >> 11th GREEN AND BRANDEN GRACE. >> LITTLE PUTTING STROKE OF HIS, HOOKS THAT IN. >> HOOKS THAT IN. >> THIS IS SCOTT VINCENT LINING ONE UP AT 15.

>> HE TEED OFF AT 9. BIRDIES THAT AND 12 AND 13. AND THIS IS OUT AT 15. >> SERGIO GARCÍA, 1 UNDER PAR. HE TEED OFF AT 2. THIS IS AT 9. OH, HELLO. >> WE HAVE TO TURN THIS RIGHT TO LEFT. AND LOOKS LIKE HE HAS PUSHED THAT FROM WHERE

HE WANTED TO HIT IT. >> WHO DID WE HAVE CHIRPING IN THERE, DAVID? >> BEAUTIFUL TEE SHOT FROM CAM ON 7. YOU HAVE TO PAY THIS RESPECT EVEN THOUGH IT IS UNDER 400-YARDS. HE HAS A 9 IRON. AND JUST LEAVE IT UNDER THE HOLE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE SEVERELY PITCHED GREENS.

THE WIND JUST PICKED UP. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THAT ONE IS JUST FINE. , DUSTIN JOHNSON HAS REACHED THE TEE AT 10. >> 271 TO THE FIRST BUNKER ON THE RIGHT. >> THAT IS DEAD BETWEEN THEM RIGHT THERE. >> WELL ABE ANCER HAD A RUN OF SIX STRAIGHT BIRDIES IN JEDDAH.

THERE IS NO STRANGER TO A HOT STREAK. HE IS ON ANOTHER ONE HERE. RUNNING HOT. THE SECOND INTO 9. ABE ANCER WHO TEED OFF AT 6 EARLIER ON. HE MADE BIRDIE THERE, OF COURSE. HE FOLLOWED THAT UP IMMEDIATELY WITH THE BIRDIE AT 10. THE PAR 4. THE STREAK CONTINUED AT 11.

A PAR 4 AND THIS TO MAKE IT 4 IN A ROW AT 12. THIS IS THE PAR 3 AND THIS STREAK FOR ABE ANCER HELPED THE FIRE BALLS INTO SECOND PLACE ON 8 UNDER PAR. 4 UNDER THE STREAKING CLIQUES IN THE EARLY STAGES. >> THE SECOND SHOT AT 7.

>> WELL THIS MAN IS ALMOST KNOCKING THE FLAG STICK DOWN, KALLE SAMOOJA FOR ANOTHER BIR BIRDIE. >> THAT WAS CURLED AWAY ON THAT ONE. >> JON RAHM JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO ON THE TEE AT 10. CLEEKS. >>> ANTHONY KIM FOR BIRDIE AT 16. PARRED THE FINAL 11 ON SATURDAY IN JEDDAH.

LEVEL PAR OVER THE FINAL 11 ON SUNDAY. CHARLES HOWELL III. THIS IS FOR HIS FOURTH STRAIGHT BIRDIE, HE IS ROUNDING WELL INTO SEASON. 4 UNDER PAR. ONE BACK OF OUR LEADERS. >> WELL THE 7th GREEN AND THREE GOOD CHANCES HERE. >> YES, YES. THE OTHER TWO BETTER THAN JOAQUIN NIEMANN.

HE IS 25 FEET AWAY. AS I SAID THERE IS A PITCH TO THE GREEN FROM BACK TO FRONT. THEY’RE GOING TO BE — THEY WILL HAVE PUTTS THAT BREAK HARD TO THE RIGHT. TO THE LEFT. >> AND WE WAIT FOR JOAQUIN. THE BIRDIE AT 10. THAT TELLS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.

4 UNDER PAR AND SECOND IN A TIE WITH THE FIREBALLS. >> THIS PUTT AND PICTURE IT GOING IN AT 3:00 ON THE CLOCK FACE OF HARD FROM THE RIGHT. YOU WANT TO DIVE IT. IT DOES NOT GET TO THE HOLE. >> PHIL CHECKING OUT HIS SECOND SHOT INTO THE NINTH.

>> STRAIGHT LEFT AND THE TREES OR OTHER. OH, THAT’S A HAZARD. >> WEDGE. FRONT RIGHT HOLE CARRY THAT FALSE FRONT. PULLED IT A LITTLE. >> TO THE 7th AND CAM SMITH FOR BIRDIE. >> IT CAN BE MORE AGGRESSIVE PUTTING MORE UP HILL, MAYBE AT A 4 — 430. >> AH, THE SECOND

SCREEN EXPERIENCE JERRY IS A SMASH HIT. AND THIS IS WHAT MY WEEKEND LOOKS LIKE. THAT’S A QUAD SCREEN SITUATION HOPING FOR A BIG WEEK RIPPER GC AND LIV GOLF ANY SHOT ANY TIME WHICH IS ON LIV GOLF.COM. >> THE BOYS WILL HAVE JUST HALF AN EYE ON THE ADELAIDE EVENT WHICH IS

LOOMING INTO VIEW. NOW, BRYSON FOR BIRDIE AT 7. >> THIS IS THE FLATTEST PART OF THE GREEN. AND THE BACK OF THE GREEN, CAN YOU NOTE PIN IT DOWN AND TOO MUCH PITCH ON THE GREEN. THAT DEPENDS ON THE PACE HERE. IT WILL NOT BREAK FROM THE RIGHT AS MUCH.

>> BRYSON GETS IT ROLLING. THE CRUSHERS CAPTAIN IS 2 UNDER PAR ON DAY ONE HERE IN SUNNY HONG KONG. >> WINDS ARE DOWN. WEATHER IS IDEAL AND THE COURSE IS GIVING UP A LOT OF GOOD SCORES NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH ROUND 1. >> LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN AT THE 10th THE SHOT

OVER THE DRAIN THAT IS AT THE FAIRWAY. >> BEAUTIFUL. >> WELL IAN POULTER KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND THE COURSE. THE HONG KONG OPEN WINNER HERE. HE IS 2 UNDER PAR. HE IS RUNNING OFFER THAT’S THE THIRD INTO THE THIRD HOLE. HE WOULD MAKE BIRDIE THERE AND A PUTT AT 4, A PAR 4.

AND THAT ROLLS THAT IN. TEED OFF AT 17. HE IS BACK ON TRACK. THE TEE SHOT AND THE MIRES THIS AND HE FINISHED THAT OFF FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT BIRDIE AND POULTER TWO UNDER PAR. MAJESTICKS, THEY ARE FOUR BACK OF THE LEADERS THE CLEEKS. >> JON RAHM FOR BIRDIE AT 10.

>> IN THE HOLE, JON! ,. [ APPLAUSE ] >> IT IS ABOUT 90. >> IT SHOULD BE — >> 88. >> 87,. >> YEAH. PERFECT, THAT’S GOT THE HELP IF THAT IS HURTING GET UP ON TOP. >> JUST OVER. >> JUST OVER IF ANYTHING. >> GOING FOR THE PIN I

DO NOT RECOMMEND ON THIS HOLE. YOU HAVE TO LAND IT 10, 12-YARDS ON THE GREEN. IT WILL RUN IT 20-YARDS OFF THE GREEN. THE WIND JUST PICKED UP. >> IT IS LONG ENOUGH. >> MAYBE NEEDS TO GET DOWN. >> JUST OFF THE BACK EDGE. THAT IS ALREADY. >> DJ AT 10.

>> IT IS A STRAIGHT 8. HAPPY. HE HAS TO FLUSH IT THROW. >> NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. HE DIDN’T LIKE IT MUCH. >> THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE FAN EXPERIENCE DURING THE BROADCAST AND ON SIGHT. — ON SITE. SCAN THE QR CODE AND FOR FUTURE EVENTS WE’LL

BE IN MIAMI THE FIRST WEEK IN APRIL THEN ON TO ADELAIDE AS I MENTIONED IN AUSTRALIA THEN SINGAPORE IN THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOW. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW. ENJOY THE GOLF. >> APPROACH AT 6. HE LIKES IT. >> THE HOTEL STARTS ON, THE HIGHEST HOTEL ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. IT IS THE LOBBY ON 103.

>> HENRIK STENSON. SECOND SHOT INTO 11. THAT IS TO TIE THE LEAD. >> CHARLES HOWELL FOR BIRDIE AT NUMBER 5. >> MARTY KAYMER. >> A MOMENT AGO HE DROPPED TO 4 ON THE PYLON. >> ANTHONY KIM FOR BIRDIE. >>> MATTHEW WOLFF HAD TO WITHDRAW THROUGH SICKNESS. 1 UNDER PAR. SECOND SHOT INTO 14.

>> DAVID’S GOATS ARE STRUGGLING. >> AND SPOKE WITH DEAN BURMESTER HE SAID LOWY IS HITTING THE BALL AS GOOD AS I HAVE EVER SEEN HIM. WORKING ON THE WAKE AWAY GETTING THAT CLUB. >> THAT CAMBERS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. >> AND IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME. AND IT IS JUST ABOUT HEAVILY.

>> PLAYING THE FIRST SEVEN FEET. 23 FEET. THAT IS MORE THAN 23 FEET. THAT’S WHAT HE IS PLAYING FOR. THAT’S A GOOD 35, 40 FEET THE PUTT BUT IT IS PITCHED. IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF THAT COMES UP SHORT. >> AND JON RAHM ON THE TEE AT 11.

THEY CAN HIT THE FADE. SHOW THIS FAIRWAY. THAT’S PERFECT. , YOU GO ON THE PUTT THIS IS GOING TO BREAK LEFT TO RIGHT HARD. THERE IS A HOLE SIX FEET SHORT OF THE ACTUAL HOLE. IF HE CAN ROLL IT OVER THAT, IT WILL GO IN. >> A LITTLE SPEED TO HOLD THE LINE.

>> THE GREEN AT 6. GETTING TO 3 UNDER PAR WITH WHAT WILL BE A FOURTH BIRDIE. >> THAT’S THE WAY TO DO IT. IAN POULTER ON A TEAR HERE. HE IS NO STRANGER TO VICTORY HERE. TO 3 UNDER PAR. MAJESTICKS ARE BACK TWO IN THE TEAM COMPETITION. >> KALLE SAMOOJA AT 1.

AS LONG AS BIRDIE — LONGEST BIRDIE PUTT OF THE DAY SO FAR. >> BACK AT 8. >> HELLO NEIMAN. >> ABE ANCER AN EAGLE PUTT. AND AT 13. AND FOURTH STRAIGHT BIRDIE FOR HIM. THAT IS FIVE STRAIGHT. , AND TO 5 UNDER AND WITH KALLE SAMOOJA. >> HE TAPPED IN. >> NORTHERN EUROPEAN

LOOK ABOUT THE LEADERBOARD AT THE TOP. >> SO, THESE GUYS WILL MOVE TO THE 9th HOME AT THE KYUN HONG CLUB. LET’S TAKE A LOOK, DAVID. >> NUMBER 9, 493-YARDS AND AROUND THE CORNER HERE AND THE THEY ARE IN PLAY AND NARROWS DOWN. >> RIGHT TO LEFT. AND A LITTLE, A LONG

SLENDER GREEN AND TO THE PLAYERS. , GETTING THAT TO DROP AT 14 IS SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ. 5554 HOLE EVENTS, EVERY PAR FEELS LIKE YOU’RE LOSING GROUND. >> OOSTHUIZEN A BIG FIRST AND TRICKLED INTO THE ROUGH. AND THE LEFT SIDE TODAY. , AND THE GUESS THE JUMP. >> SO, THE STINGERS CAUGHT YOU UP.

AND CHARL SCHWARTZEL TIED WITH CAPTAIN IN JEDDAH. AND THE TEE SHOT AT 5. HE MADE THE BIRDIE. DEAN BURMESTER. THIS IS FOR BIRDIE AT 7 SO, DEAN IS ONE UNDER PAR. STINGER HAVING BLOWN THAT BIG LEAD IN THE FINAL ROUND. >> THAT IS 10 SHORT OF THE LEFT BUNKER.

7 WOOD OR HID DRIVER. THAT GOES OVER THE TREE. >> EIGHT THE DRIVER IS A DANGEROUS PLAY AND HE HAS GOT IT OUT. GUYS IN THE BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES THE EQUESTRIAN GAME AND THE CROSS COUNTRY WAS ON THIS COURSE. THERE IS A FENCE 70-YARDS OFF THE TEE THAT JUST, WE LEFT IT THERE.

NOW HE IS AIMING SO FAR LEFT IF HE PUSHES IT THE PENALTY AREA, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT HE CAN GET THE TREES THEY ARE IN THE PENALTY AREA. >> TO THE LEFT. , I DON’T GET THAT PLAY. >> HIT THE TREES. >> JON RAHM OVER AT 11. >> KEEP THIS BELOW. NICE SHOT.

>> HAS THE RIGHT CLUB. NEED TO AIM IT AT THE END OF THE FAIRWAY AND TURN YOU OVER. >> THAT HUGS THE LEFT EDGE TO START OFF BUT MAKE IT TO THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE IF YOU ARE. THAT’S PERFECT. , JUST A 9 IRON. , BRYSON WITH THE DRIVER.

>> GET THE WAX OUT OF YOUR EARS. OKAY. , WE HAVE A THREE-WAY TIE AT THE TOP OF T PYLON. >> LONG RANGE BIRDIE PUTT ON THE 11th. TOOK A HUGE BOUNCE OUT OF THE LEFT SIDE ROUGH. >> THE 16th HOLE AND PAUL CASEY WITH THE SECOND SHOT. >> A BEAUTY. WOW.

THIS FOR BIRDIE AT 3. THAT GOT HIM TO 3 UNDER PAR. HERE IS JON RAHM TO GET TO, HE IS PLAYING TEXTBOOK GOLF. HE IS GOING AROUND SO WELL. ANOTHER EXAMPLE HERE, BELOW THE HOLE, GIVING HIMSELF A UPHILL PUTT NOT MUCH OF A BREAK. >> HE IS 1 BACK OF THE

TRIO AT THE TOP. >> DUSTIN JOHNSON IS PUTTING FOR BIRDIE AT 11. >> HE FOUND A LEFT ROUGH SIMILAR TO LOUIS AND TOOK A FIRST BOUNCE AND SHAVED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FAIRWAY AND LEFT. THAT WILL KICK IT INTO A ROUGH. AND THE WEDGE. TO THIS POINT. THIS SHOULD MOVE TO THE

RIGHT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> 14th AND CARLOS ORTIZ. BEAUTIFUL SHOT. >> HAROLD VARNER III. HE IS ONE BACK. >> MARTY KAYMER ON THE GREEN AT 16 TO GET IT BACK TO 5 UNDER PAR. >> A GREAT TEE SHOT PAST THE BUNKERS I DID NOT EXPECT HIM TO — >> WORKING OUT

SOMETHING WITH THE BACK SWING THERE. >> HE IS WORKING ON SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DRIVER. >> IT’S NOT THE WORSE MISS. >> LET’S TAKE YOU TO THE GREEN OF 12 AND HENRIK STENSON FOR THE OUTRIGHT LEAD. HIS FIRST LIV GOLF EVENT IN THE INAUGURAL SEASON IN BEDMINSTER. AND KALLE SAMOOJA TAKING ADVANTAGE.

THIS FOR THE LEAD FOR THE FIN YOU HAVE THE SECOND. >> BRYSON. >> THIS IS NOT BUT IT IS LEFT. >> AND SHOULD BE FIRST AT 1 12th. >> AND TO AS DAVID POINTED OUT TODAY, GREAT PAR 3s ON THE COURSE. THEY’RE NOT VERY LONG BUT THEY MAKE YOU THINK PRETTY HARD.

WENT TO HIT IT. THE LOCATION ON THE 12th FOUND THAT ON THE SCREEN AT THE LEFT. A TREACHEROUS PUTT. PLAYING JUST 142. >> AN EARLY LOOK AT OUR SCORES BASED ON WHERE THE TEE SHOTS, 11 BIRDIES, ONE BOGEY. >> THAT’S A LOT OF PUTTS. >> THAT’S A LOT.

>> NO OPTION BUT TO PUNCH OUT WITH THE SECOND. AND TOOK AN AGGRESSIVE FLYING THROUGH A NARROW GAP. AND BOGEY IS LONGING LIKE THE LIKELY OUTCOME — LOOKS LIKE THE LIKELY OUTCOME. >> BACK TO THE TEE AT 12 FOR DJ, DOWN TO 37. >> I LIKE THAT. >> JUST A WEDGE FOR DUSTIN.

, WANT TO START THIS 5 OR 6 FEET AT THIS LOCATION. >> THAT WAS NOT HIS BEST. >> IAN POULTER OFF THE GREEN AT NUMBER 7. , SEE THE HUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLAG, THAT’S ON TOP OF IT. IT IS ON THE SPINE. JUST A TOUCH OF WIND.

AND WILL TRY TO TAKE THIS PIN ON. >> AND THE FLAG IN THE BACK LEFT. THAT’S A GOOD SAFE SHOT. >> BROOKS KOEPKA. AND OUT AT NUMBER 10. >> THE THIRD SHOT ON THE 9th. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN DOWN A SLOPE A FEW FEET TO THE LEFT. HIS PUTTS THE FIRST FEW

WILL BREAK TO THE LEFT. THE LAST 15, 20 WILL MOVE TO HIS RIGHT. >> AND WHAT AN EFFORT. >> BEAUTIFUL PUTT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> TEAMMATE MARC LEISHMAN OUT AT NUMBER 4. HE LAUNCHED IT SO HIGH AT WILL. >> NICE. >> BACK AT 9. THE HEIGHT OF THE DEGREE TREES.

OUR DRONE WILL NOT GET IN THE WAY. IT HAS TO BE UP ABOUT 200 FEET TO GET ANYTHING. >> IT WILL BE JOAQUIN FIRST. NOT BRYSON. >> THE GROUND IS SOFTER HE COULD HAVE USED THE DRIVER. THE LINE IS FIRM HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PENALTY AREA AND TO THE

RIGHT OF THE HOLE. , THIS WILL BREAK LEFT TO RIGHT GENTLY. >> A GREAT SPECTACLE. WE HAVE NINE HOLES TO PLAY ON DAY ONE OF LIV GOLF HONG KONG. >>> WELCOME TO THE HONG KONG GOLF CLUB. 9 TO PLAY. WHAT A PICTURE. A FANTASTIC VIBRANT CITY HERE AND WONDERFUL HISTORIC COURSE AS WELL.

THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING HERE SINCE 1889. ARLO WHITE AND JERRY FOLTZ AND DAVID FEHERTY AND DOM BOULET AND SU-ANN HENG ON THE COURSE. AND IT IS A GORGEOUS DAY HERE. DRIZZLE SO FAR THIS WEEK AND BUT PRETTY MUCH PERFECT TODAY IN THE SUNSHINE AND ONLY 66 DEGREES. I HOPE YOU’RE ENJOYING

IT, THE ENTERTAINMENT HAS COME THICK AND FAST. WE HAVE A THREE-WAY TIE AND HENRIK STENSON STARTED WELL. THE MAJESTICKS GREAT AND KALLE SAMOOJA AND MARTY KAYMER AND THE CLEEKS ARE SETTING THE PACE IN THE TEAM COMPETITION. NOW OUT TO THE COURSE AND TALK TO OUR ANALYSTS. SU-ANN HENG, ARE YOU FOLLOWING JON RAHM,

AREN’T YOU. AND YOU SAID IT, TEXTBOOK SO FAR BY THE LEGION XIII CAPITAL. >> I HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE EFFICIENT HITTING IT IN THE RIGHT SPOTS ON THE GREEN, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE PIN HIGH OR LOW BUT BELOW THE HOLE. THIS IS STRATEGY AND ARLO, HE IS PLAYING GREAT AND GIVING HIMSELF OPPORTUNITIES

AS HE IS SURGING UP THE LEADERBOARD. NO SURPRISEs HERE. >> IT HAS BEEN A SLOWER SPART FOR THE GROUP I’M FOLLOWING. I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE MORE UNDER PAR BUT THE FRONT NINE IS THE TRICKIER NINE AND SLOPE ER AND THE BACK NINE DOES OPEN AND THEY ARE FLATTER. I’LL BE SURPRISED IF

THEY DON’T SHOOT TWO OR THREE UNDER PAR ON THE BACK 9. >>> A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS. TEXTBOOK AS SU-ANN SAID. >> AND THE STRATEGY. YOU KNOW NUMBER FOUR, 288-YARDS LONG BUT LET THEMSELVES. >> AT NUMBER 6 THE SHORTEST LENGTH ONE BUT ONES THEY HAS NOT BEEN MAKING IN REGULATION MUCHIVE LATE, HOW MUCH

MORE COMFORTABLE IS HE LOOKING ON THE GREENS. WE FOE THE STRIKE SOMETHING GREAT. ON THE GREENS. >> I THINK LIKE I SAID THE FACT HE DOES GIVE HIMSELF THOSE MAKEABLE PUTTS AND BELOW THE GETTING UP HILL. AND IT SHOWS A CONFIDENCE IF WELL AS THE LONG GAME. SINCE I JOINED HIM. IT

IS IMPRESSIVE. >> IS HE ATTEMPTED WITH ADAM HAYES. THERE HAVE BEEN PLACES THAT YOU COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT IF YOU TAKE A RISK? >> I MEAN HE IS IN GOOD CONTROL AND SEEMS TO BE COMPOSED AND CALM OUT HERE SO FAR. THIS IS A BALL STRIKER’S COURSE OUT HERE.

HE IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE GAME OR LIVED. I THINK IT’S SHINING THROUGH HIS GAME TODAY. >> CHECK HIM AT NUMBER 12. THIS ONE FOR BIRDIE. NOT TO BE THERE BUT HE IS ONE BACK WITH THAT SOLID GOLF. >> LOOK AT THAT. >> THE MAYOR OF HONG KONG GOLF CLUB.

DOM BOULET, WE’RE TOLD THAT’S HIM. [ LAUGHTER ] >> HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT? >> YOU COULDN’T HAVE A PICTURE YOU WITH ONE OF YOUR TROPHIES. IS IT DIFFICULT OUT THERE KNOWING THIS IS YOUR COURSE A MEMBER FOR HOW MANY YEARS? >> 40. >> 40 YEARS. >> YOU WANT TO RUN TO

THE PLAYERS SAY NO, DON’T DO THAT. >> CAM SMITH SAID I’M SURPRISED YOU DON’T HAVE A A BAG THERE. I KNOW THE COURSE WITH THE PLAYERS THEY HAVE TRICKY READS BECAUSE OF THE GRAIN. YES THE BACK NINE LIKE I SAID EASIER TO READ THE COURSE IS FLATTER. >> THE WINDS WILL

INCREASE AND SUNDAY GETTING BLUSTERY HOW MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE THE COURSE THROUGH THE TREES? >> IT DOES WELL. THE SIXTH FAIRWAY AND IN 30 SECONDS HE BLOW IN FOUR DIRECTIONS. AND IF THAT IS A COLD WIND WE EXPECT IT TO BE THAT FIRMS UP THE COURSE AND WHAT BRYSON

DID HITTING THE DRIVER CAN YOU NOT DO THAT. >> AND HOW ABOUT KALLE SAMOOJA AND THE START HE MADE AND THE CAPTAIN AS WELL. FOR A PLAYER SO NEW AND START WITH THE BIG GALLERY — GALLERIES HERE IS IMPRESSIVE. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BISHOPING BE A DIFFERENT PLAYER. THE SHORTER HITTER LOOKING GOOD.

AND JERRY HE HAS KNOCKED THE FLAG DOWN. >> HE IS PLAYING LIKE HENRIK STENSON. >> AND THAT’S THE GOLF, DAVID, THAT YOU PRACTICE FOR, HAVING A ROUND LIKE KALLE SAMOOJA. HE HAS NOT HAD A TON OF THOSE AND A IN THE CARRY GOT THE GOLDEN TICKET THROUGH THE PROMOTIONS.

HOW DO YOU NOT GET IN YOUR OWN WAY. >> STAY IN THE PRESENT. TAKE A SHOT AS IT COMES. HAVE A SHORT MEMORY IF YOU HIT A BAD ONE. YOU KNOW IT IS EASY TO LOSE MOMENTUM. SO FAR, SO GOOD FOR HIM. >> LOOK AT THE MAJESTICKSS. AND AS WE KNOW WITH THE

THREE CAPTAINS POULTER HAS AN OPEN HERE. HE STARTED WELL. THEY HAVE WON ACROSS THE WORLD. THEY HAVEN’T CHALLENGED THE PODIUM. >> THEY NEED TO FIND FORM. >> THEY ARE OVERDUE. >> YOU WATCH THE CAMP CONFIDENTIAL AT POULTER’S HOUSE YOU YOU COULD SEE THAT TRIED. YOU DON’T PLAY GOOD AS

A TEAM AND THEM AS GREAT CHAMPIONS. YOU FEEL — – YOU ARE HURT BY IT. CAN YOU SENSE THAT COMING THROUGH. AND THEY’RE DETERMINED TO PROVE THE CLOCK HAS NOT TI TICKED TO FAR. >> AND BROOKS KOEPKA SECOND SHOT AT 11. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MARTIN KAYMER. >> AND. >> THAT’S CHARLES

HOWELL III. JUST A LITTLE SHORT. >>> PAT PÉREZ, THIS IS FOR BIRDIE AT 4 FOR PP. HE HAS A LITTLE PEER DOWN THE GREEN AND WATCHES IT DISAPPEAR. CHARL SCHWARTZEL TIED FOR THE STINGER GC, ONE UNDER PAR. >> JON RAHM. PART 5. THE LAST ONE HE WILL PLAY TODAY.

ONE OF THE FEW DRIVERS HE HILL HIT. >> SLOPES FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. >> CAN YOU AIR THIS OUT A BIT. >> DID HE OVERDO IT A LITTLE. PAUL CASEY. >> LOOK AT THE ANALYTICS I FEEL LIKE A SPORTS NUT. LEADING INTO THE EVENT AND THE HISTORY YOU

KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO PLAY WELL. >> THE FINAL GROUP IS PAUL CASEY AND BRANDEN GRACE A ONE OTHER. WE’LL SEE IF THAT HOLDS THROUGH. BROOKS FOR BIRDIE AT 11. >> NOW BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU WITH HIS SECOND AT 10. >> WHAT CAM DID AND PRAYING INTO THE WIND, THESE GREENS, THEY DO

NOT SPIN THAT MUCH BUT THIS GREEN WITH THE PIN. THAT IS DANGEROUS. >> RIGHT NOW THE HARDEST ON THE COURSE. >> NO, YES. >> NO, I DON’T BELIEVE THAT. STATS DON’T LIE, DOM. AND BEFORE BRYSON IT WAS JOAQUIN NIEMANN. >> I GOT IT. >> THERE IS THE DANGER THAT —

>> CHACARRA FOR BIRDIE AT 1. >> THE 8th TEE AND CHARL SCHWARTZEL. >> SAY HE WAS NOT IMPRESSED WITH THAT. >> BROOKS ON THE TEE AT 12. >> ONE BUBBA PAR 5 AT THE 13 13th. >> A LONG BUNKER SHOT. JUST NEEDED TO GET MOTHER OF THE FLAG STICK. HARD UNDER THERE.

LIVE AT 13. STENSON. TO TAKE THE LEAD BY HIMSELF. >>> WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE MAJESTICKS ALL WENT TO THE HORSE RACES IN HAPPY VALLEY. HAVING A GREAT TIME AND ARLO SAID DON’T KNOW HOW THEY KID. >>> AND KALLE SAMOOJA AT THE THIRD. GIVE HIM THE LEAD. THAT’S WHAT FOUR BIRDIE PUTS AND HAVE NOT

GOTTEN. AND A QUALITY SHOT HERE, NOT A GREAT START. [ APPLAUSE ] >> KEVIN NA HAS A 10-FOOTER FORBIDDER BIRD AT 13. >>> AND THAT’S A VINTAGE KEVIN NA. >>> MATT JONES FOR BIRDIE AT 18. THIS WOULD GET HIM TO FOUR UNDER PAR. ONE BEHIND OUR LEADERS. STILL GOING. [ APPLAUSE ]

, THAT WAS NEARLY A SPECTACULAR PAR THERE FOR JOAQUIN NIEMANN. HE WILL DROP ONE. >> AND CAMERON TRINGALE, 18th HOLE, PLENTY OF WORK HERE FOR PAR. [ APPLAUSE ] >> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU AT 10. LOOK AT THE CRUSHERS. 9 UNDER PAR AND THREE WAY TIE FOR SECOND. THREE BEHIND THE LEADERS THE CLEEKS.

GO LOW TO COUNT FOR THE CRUSHERS AND ANIRBAN LAHIRI 2 UNDER PAR BRYSON AND PAUL CASEY AND CHARLES HOWELL 4 UNDER COMING OFF A REMARKABLE WEEK SINCE JEDDAH. BRYSON. THE CAPE INOF CRUSHER IS TWO BACK OF THE LEADERS. >> THAT WILL COUNT FOR BIRDIE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> CAM IS TWO UNDER AND

RIPPER IS IN A TIE FOR THIRD. BROOKS FOR BIRDIE AT 12. >> AND SMASHER’S DAY. 13th IN LAST PLACE. 1 UNDER PAR. >> BIRDIE ON 12. >> TEE OFF AT 2. AND A DOUBLE BOGEY SIX. HE FOLLOWED THAT WITH BOGEY IN THE 10th. >> MARTIN KAYMER SECOND SHOT INTO 18. ANOTHER GOOD ONE.

>> ANIRBAN LAHIRI FOR BIRDIE AT 6. THAT HELPED THE CRUSHERS HELD THEM TO 10 UNDER PAR. >> TWO GREAT BIRDIES A GREAT ATMOSPHERE. 18th IS 30 AWAY AND THE 17th AND THE 11th. AND ONE OF THE WIDEST ON THE COURSE, I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE IN TROUBLE HERE.

>> IF YOU KEEP TURNING IT OVER IT IS SLOPES DOWN INTO THE TREES. >> THIS IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD. SHOULD KICK LEFT. IT STAYED IN THE ROUGH I THINK. >> DIDN’T THINK IT WOULD BE HITTING THIS MANY DRIVERS. THAT’S WHAT THE CROWD CAME OVER. HE WILL GO OVER THE BIG

TREES ON THE LEFT. HIT IT AND GET THIS WITHIN 60-YARDS OF THE GREEN. 466-YARD-HOLE. >> THAT’S UP THE MIDDLE. >> A HUGE BOUNCE AND GOES 50 OR 60-YARDS. >> AND JEDDAH LOOKED LIKE A STINGER’S WIN. THEY MOUNDED A SPECTACULAR WIN. >> THEY HAVE BEEN COMPETITIVE AND PLAIN SAILING IN SAUDI ARABIA.

>> THEY’RE SO FAR BEHIND THE STINGERS, THEY WERE PLAYING GREAT. >> AND FROM DEAN. >> I THOUGHT ALL FOUR IN THE TOP 10. THEY ARE UNSTOPPABLE. SO NO THOUGHTS ABOUT WINNING LAST WEEK. NOT AT ALL. >> THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE LEAD OF SEVEN TO A COMMANDING 9 OVER LEGION XIII.

>> I DON’T WANT TO SAY WE WERE OUT OF IT. WE WERE SO FAR BEHIND WE PLAYED MORE FREE. >> THE CRUSH ERS TIED FOR THIRD PLACE. WE’RE CATCHING UP. >> AND 28 UNDER. >> OKAY, THEN THIS IS HAPPENING. >> THAT’S 12 UNDER PAR. >> WHEN I LOOKED UP AND

BRYSON AT 6 OR 7. >> IT IS NOW. >> NOW THINKING DON’T LEAVE US SHORT. I LEFT IT SHORT. I LEFT IT SHORT. >> AND THE CRUSHERS ARE COMING FROM NOWHERE TO LEAD STINGER BY A SHOT. THIS IS QUITE STUNNING. >> AT THAT POINT IT WAS REAL AND EVERYONE WENT,

THEY CAN SEE, THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. >> WE COULD HAVE GIVEN UP. AND THE CRUSHERS ARE DISAPPEARING OVER THE HILLIVE THE ALL-TIME GREAT TEAM PERFORMANCES ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. , WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN NOT MEASURE IN THE CRUSHERS. WE HAVE A BOND. A LITTLE GANG. WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT

THE OTHER TEAMS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY HAVE AND THEY WISH THEY HAD IT. >> THE BAND OF BROTHERS. BRYSON AND 64 FOR CHARLES AND PAUL CASEY. AND A THIRD SHOT AT 13. AND JON RAHM. >> THAT’S WELL PLAYED. HE IS IN AN AWKWARD SPOT THERE. >> NOW LIVE FOR BIRDIE.

>> HE WAS NOT PLEASED WITH HIMSELF AFTER THAT PITCH. PART OF THE GAME THAT LET HIM DOWN A LITTLE IN JEDDAH. BOGEYED THE FRONT HOLE. AND THEN LATER ON. AND HAVE TO MAKE BIRDIES HERE ON THE PAR 5s. IT WILL FEEL LIKE A BOGEY. >> IAN POULTER AT 9. A FINE SHOT.

>> AND CHACARRA FOR BIRDIE AT 2. AND SERGIO GARCÍA’S FIRE BALLS. HE IS FOUR UNDER PAR ANDET FIRE BALLS ARE 10 UNDER. THAT’S LEVEL WITH THE CRUSHERS IN SECOND PLACE. >> AND KALLE SAMOOJA. >> HENRIK STENSON A SECOND SHOT AT 14. >> A GOOD DESHOT. , ANOTHER ONE IN THERE CLOSE.

>> A LITTLE UNLUCKY THE WIND DID NOT KICK TO THE EAST. AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FROM THE NORTHEAST. DOES NOT HAVE THE CONTROL. >> GO. GO. >> HE CONTROLLED THAT NICELY I WOULD SAY. SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ 17. >> A LOVELY KICK. PATRICK REED HAD TO

JUMP OUT AT NUMBER 9. THIS IS HIS THIRD SHOT. >> AND ONE A GREAT CHANCE AND TO MAKE PAR. >> MARTY KAYMER FOR BIRDIE AT 18. >> AND ADRIAN MERONK FOR BIRDIE AT 10. OH, YEAH. >> THE TEAMMATE IS KALLE SAMOOJA, THIS FOR BIRDIE AT 4. >> A QUICK ONE.

>> A GOOD PUTT. >> JON RAHM ON THE TEE AT 14 14th. WINDS DOWN. A LITTLE OFF THE RIGHT. YOU WANT TO AIM THIS LEFT CENTER. IT FADES. >> A MOMENT AGO DOM WATCHING BRYSON AT 11. >> 55 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE GREEN. >> 55? >> AND THE FIRST TO PUTT.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> IAN POULTER OFF A FINE SECOND SHOT AT THE 9t. THAT’S A GREAT BIRDIE. THAT’S A DIFFICULT 9. >> GREAT OPENING DAY FOR IAN POULTER AND FOREA TWO UNDER PAR FOR THE BIRDIE AT THE SECOND AND AND STRAIGHT TOP 15 FINISHES THE MAN WHO WAS PICKED UP BY A

FREE ACCEPT BY THE FIREBALLS. THAT WAS THE THIRD AT 3. AND PUIG GETS IT BACK AND 10 UNDER AND IN A TIE FORESECOND. >> OH. AT THE DIDN’T WALK IT IN BUT THAT WAS A GREAT EFFORT FROM KEVIN NA. >> BRYSON IS FIRST TO PUT AT 11, THREE BIRDIE OPPORTUNITIES. >> YES.

>> IF THIS IS ON ONE OF THEM EDGE BUT I’M THERE WOULD YOU. THROUGH NO KNOWLEDGE,S GROUPS 11 AND 12 ARE THE TOUGHEST GREENS TO READ. THEY ALL THE REST ARE 327. THE OLDEST BERMUDA. >> IT IS VERY GRAINY, WALKING OUT THE THIS MORNING. >> BEAUTIFULLY STRUCK AND KNOCKED IN THERE CONFIDENTLY.

>> HENRIK STENSON MEANWHILE HAS THIS FOR THE LEAD ON 14. >>> NOW, DON’T FORGET ABOUT OUR FORM CHECK FEATURE AND SEND IN YOUR SWINGS THEY WILL BE. >> YOU ARE GOOD AT DOING THAT. >> SOME OFFICE ACTION RIGHT THERE. >> HE HAS THE POSE THERE AT THE END. >> AND A NEW LESSON,

YOU GOT ONE. LEFT ARM STRAIGHT. LEFT SHOULDER OVER THE RIGHT FOOD. >> FIVE I WAS EXHAUSTED. >> BUT NOW CAM SMITH FOR BIRDIE. >> SAME PUCK A COUPLE OF FEET SHORTER. BRYSON IS ON THE LEFT EDGE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WELL HERE IS THE STINGER HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU. THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF

THAT SECOND PLACE FINISH IF THAT’S POSSIBLE IN JEDDAH. THAT WAS LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN’S AND BRANDEN GRACE STARTED WELL TODAY. THIS FOR BIRDIE AT 15. STINGER DOWN IN 7th PLACE ON 7 UNDER PAR, THAT’S ONLY THREE OFF THE PODIUM. >> BACK TO JOAQUIN NIEMANN. >>> AND SHAPES THE BALL SO BEAUTIFULLY WALKING

ON THE TEE SHOT. A LOW SCREAM OVER THE CUP. WONDERFUL AND EASY BIRDIE. THE BACK 9 IT IS THERE FOR THE TAKING. >> ANCER NOW AT 16, THIS GIVES HIM THE LEAD. , WE HAVE STALLED AT 5 UNDER FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LEAD. NICE ONE OUT TO GET TO 2 UNDER PAR JUST A

MOMENT AGO. NOW, DUSTIN JOHNSON. >> HE GOT LUCKY NOT TO BE BEHIND THE TREE IN FRONT OF HIM. NO TREE TROUBLE TO THE ELEVATED GREEN. >> AND KALLE SAMOOJA IS ON THE TEE AT 5. CLEEKS LEADING THE WAY. BY A SHOT OVER THE CRUSHERS. KALLE SAMOOJA TEED OFF

IN 12 AND NUMBER 4 AND 5 OF THE 6. >> THAT’S ONE OF THE FIRST LOOSE SWINGS WE HAVE SEEN. >> JON RAHM COMING OUT OF THE FAIRWAY ON 14. HUGE ADVANTAGE OF CONTROLLING THE BALL. JUST A LOB WEDGE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I THINK HE IS ENJOYING IT OUT THERE.

>> YOU LIKE THAT ONE? HE WILL LET YOU KNOW. [ LAUGHTER ] >> HE WILL LET YOU KNOW, HE IS A GENTLE GIANT OFF THE COURSE. ON THE COURSE HE IS >> ON THE GOLF COURSE, HE’S INTENT. CAM, HE’LL BE DOWN ON HIMSELF, HE’S SUPER COOL. >> YEAH.

>> MOMENTS AGO THE PIN WAS BLOWING DOWN WIND, THE FLAG, I THREW UP GRASS AND IT WAS INTO US, SO A LITTLE CONFUSING HERE PAST THE PINS AND PLAYING MUCH EASIER THAN RIGHT AND LEFT. RIGHT EDGE OF THE GREEN. >> YEAH. THAT’S A SAFE MISS.

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RANGEGOATS LAGGING BEHIND, DOWN IN 11TH PLACE AND THIS –. >> YEAH! . [APPLAUSE] >> A TIMELY BOOST FOR THE GOA GOATS. >> LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN GOT A LITTLE LUCKY WITH THE SECOND SHOT. A REALLY BIG FIRST BOUNCE AND NOW THIS ONE, A SHOT YOU DON’T SEE VERY OFTEN.

>> YEAH. >> HE’S USING HIS 3 WOOD. >> A LITTLE NUDGE WITH IT, GET IT OVER THE ROUGH STUFF IN FRONT OF HIM. OH, BOY. AND IT KICKED UP IN THE AIR ON HIM. THAT WAS UPHILL AND INTO THE GREEN.

HE’S FOUND HIMSELF IN A TOUGH SP SPOT. >> HENRIK STENSON ON THE 15TH FAIRWAY, HE TEED OFF AT 4. >> YEAH. >> IF IT’S 20 FOOT PAST. >> HE KIND OF DRAGGED THAT ONE AW AWAY. >> OH, BOY. THAT IS KALLE SAMOOJA, 2ND AT

PAR 3 NUMBER 5. >> THAT’S SUCH A DIFFICULT SHOT FROM DOWN THERE. MOMENTS AGO, BROOKS FOR EAGLE AT 14. CORRECTION, 13. >> DUSTIN JOHNSON. DUSTIN JOHNSON, UPHILL FOR BIRDIE, TAKING TIME ON THIS PUTT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH BREAK TO TAKE. TO HIS LEFT.

>> OH, MAN, JUST A FEW INCHES TOO FIRM. THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE BREAK. >> BRANDEN GRACE A FEW MOMENTS AGO TAKING A SHOT AT 16 C. >> OH. [LAUGHTER] >> SO, IT’S HIGHLY LIKELY HE’LL BE ONE BACK OF OUR TRIO OF LEADERS.

CAM TO GET IT TO FOUR UNDER. BROOKS MADE HIS BIRDIE AT 13. >> HE’S JUST UP AGAINST THE COLLAR OF THE LONGER GRASS THERE WHICH– ACTUALLY FROM THE ANGLE HE’S GOING AT SHOULDN’T BE A PROBLEM. >> THREE PRETTY POOR SHOTS CONSIDERING A SHORT HOLE, BUT I

THINK THE WIND IS STARTING TO FOOL WITH THEM. IT’S ALL OVER THE PLACE AND PICKING UP. >> A LITTLE HOBBLE INITIALLY, BUT PLENTY OF SPEED STILL. >> SAMOOJA FOR PAR AT 5. GOOD EFFORT. >> FIRST DROPPED SHOT OF THE DAY FOR FINLAND’S KALLE SAMOOJA.

KAYMER IS FOR THE CLEEKS TO GET TO FIVE UNDER PAR. TEED OFF AT 8 EARLIER. 35 OF HIS FIRST SIX. >> SIMILAR LINE FOR NIEMANN AIMING OUT TO THE RIGHT. IT’S NOT GOING TO BREAK THAT MUCH, IS IT? N NO.

>> JON RAHM ON 14 TO TIE THE LEAD. [APP [APPLAUSE] >> HE’S GOT THAT LOOK IN HIS EYE. TIED MAYAKOBA, SIXTH IN JEDDAH. THAT’S FOR BIRDIE AT 3. SO HAVING A GOOD OPENING DAY HERE IN HONG KONG.

>> 12, BRYSON IS THE EASIEST OF THE THREE PUTTS FOR SURE. >> THIS GOES IN, HE COULD MAKE EAGLE. HE COULD BE ON A REAL RUN. >> GOING AFTER IT. OH. A FOOT AND A HALF SHORT. WHAT WAS THAT? >> ABRAHAM ANCER, OUT AT NUMBER

17th LAYING OUT HIS SECOND. 141 YARDS REMAINING. OOH, JUST MISSES THE FLAG STICK. FROM THE FAIRWAY WITH THE 9 IRON OR A WEDGE, THAT WAS UNEXPECTED TO RELEASE THAT MUCH. U EUGENIO CHACARRA, HE’S 5 UNDER PAR AND THE FIREBALLS. >> OVER HALF A SHOT EITHER

MISSING LEFT OR RIGHT SO FAR. >> NOT QUITE MAKING AN IMPACT, TORQUE, THEY WON SOME OF OF THE COMPETITION IN 2023. AND THAT’S MITO PEREIRA, AND THIS BIRDIE PAR AT 11 FOR THE STINGER MAN. >> JON RAHM ON THE 15TH. THE FAIRWAY.

>> IT’S THE RIGHT ONE THERE. >> IT’S 277 TO REACH THE HAZARD. AND THIS FAIRWAY, I DON’T THINK ANY PLAYERS WILL BE GOING WITH A DRIVER TODAY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WIND INTO AND FROM THE RIGHT. 5 WOOD. >> JON RAHM LOOKS DIALED IN

HERE IN HONG KONG. IT’S A FOUR-WAY TIE ON 5 UNDER PAR ND HE IS ONE OF THEM. BJ NEXT. >> SIMILAR WOOD, LAYING IT UP. QUICK TEE PICKUP. ALWAYS A GOOD SIGN. >> TO SAVE PAR AT 15, HENRIK STENSON. WELL DONE. [APP [APPLAUSE].

>> BURMESTER OFF THE PAR 12. >> I WANT TO SEE SOMEONE HIT IT CLOSE. THANK YOU, THAT’S BETTER. >> THE PAR 3 IS THE SECOND IS PAUL CASEY. THREE UNDER FOR CRUSHERS TIED FOR SECOND PLACE. TEED OFF AT 8. >> VERY NICE.

HAROLD VARNER, SHORT APPROACH AT 1 10. >> OH! WHOA. [APPLAUSE] ♪ >> ABRAHAM ANCER ON 17 FOR BIRDIE. >> LIKE THREE OR FOUR GRAIN CHANGES THERE. >> OH! >> NEXT TO THE 10TH, CHARLES HOWELL III, 4 UNDER PAR THROUGH HIS OPENING 12 HOLES. >> OH! . [APPLAUSE]

>> BROOKS KOEPKA TO THE ELEVATED 14TH GREEN. WE SAW LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO FROM, WELL, NOT SUCH A SIMILAR SPOT, BUT LEFT OF THAT GREEN. >> MARK LIESMAN, HIS SHOT AT THE NUMBER 8. NOT BAD. SMALL GREEN.

CENTER OF THE GREEN, NEVER A BAD TARGET. LOUIS, FIRST TO PLAY ON 15TH. WHEN I GOT TO SPENDING TIME WITH HIM DURING HANG TIME, I DON’T THINK I LAUGHED HARDER THAN ANY OTHER HANG TIME THAN I DID WITH LOUIS THIS WEEK. SO ENTERTAINING.

TALKED A LOT ABOUT HIS MOVE FOR TRACTORS. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, HE’S ACTUALLY GOT A FEW TRACTORS. >> HE’S GOT THREE IN ORLANDO. >> YEAH, I’VE DRIVEN ONE OF THEM. >> HAVE YOU REALLY? >> YEAH, AND HE’S GOT MORE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

WHEN HE WON THE OPEN IN 2010, HE BOUGHT HIMSELF A TRACTOR AS A GIFT TO HIMSELF. APPARENTLY, A REALLY SWEET ONE FROM JOHN DEERE. >> I THINK THAT’S WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU WIN THE OPEN. BRIAN HARMAN DID THE EXACT SAME THING WINNING LAST YEAR.

>> AND THE PRO AM, HE TRADED A CAR FOR AN EXCAVATOR. >> THIS IS A GREAT SHOT BY LOUIS. >> LOUIS LIVES IN THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF FLORIDA, OCALA, HORSE COUNTRY AS IT’S KNOWN. >> AND HIS DAUGHTERS ARE INTO HORSE RIDING.

HE SAID IT’S NOT REALLY FOR HIM, BUT HE SUPPORTS THEM. NOW, DJ. WELL, THAT WAS ANOTHER MISS-HIT FROM HIM. WELL, THE EARLY PACE SETTERS, KALLE SAMOOJA AND MARTIN KAYMER WERE BOTH THROUGH THE OPENING SIX HOLES AND BOTH ONE OVER FOR THE NEXT SIX HOLES.

>> I SPOKE TO ADAM HAYS, JON RAHM’S CADDY, IS HE WORKING ON ANYTHING AFTER LAST WEEK? OH, YEAH, HE WORKED ON HIS WEDGES FROM 40 YARDS TO ABOUT 120 YARDS, SHARPENING THAT AREA OF HIS GAME. >> WELL, LIV GOLFERS COMPETED

ALL OVER, AND ACROSS THE GLOBE. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME– >> A FEW WEEKS AGO. LET’S CALL IT A MONTH. I WON THE DUNHILL CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE OPEN AT LA RESERVE GOLF LINKS. >> I’VE HAD A FEW MORE TOURNAMENTS THAN I THOUGHT, BUT

IT WAS A GOOD SEASON. AND MY GOAL WAS TO GET INTO THE OPEN AND BEING OUTSIDE RANKING, AUSTRALIA WOULD BE A SPOT FOR THE OPEN. >> REALLY GOING TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE FELT THIS WEEKEND. >> I PLAYED A PRACTICE ROUND BEFORE THE OPEN AND WON THAT

EVENT AND NEXT WEEK WON AGAIN. >> BEING ABLE TO GET A GOLD MEDAL IN CHILI FOR THE PAN-AMERICAN GROUP AND PLAYING AGAINST MUNOZ AND MY TEAMMATE, THAT IS REALLY COOL. >> THIS IS A WORLDCLASS DISPLAY OF TALENT AND POISE. >> I’M LUCKY TO WIN TWO IN A ROW

AND SUPER FUN AND LOUIS FLEW FROM AMERICA TO MAKE SURE I DIDN’T WIN THREE. >> AND IN AUSTRALIA AND WINNING, IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO END THE YEAR. >> CARLOS ORTIZ, WHO WAS VICTORIOUS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN

OMAN, THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. AND HIS DECENT FORM CONTINUES, 3 UNDER PAR, TWO BACK OF OUR LEADERS. HAROLD VARNER III, AFTER AN OFF SEASON TRADE, HE’S FIVE UNDER A PAR, THAT’S BIRDIE AT 10 FOR HV HV3. >> KALLE SAMOOJA IN THE ROUGH OUT AT 6.

>> A LITTLE OUT OF POSITION. >> THAT’S TURNING. ON PURPOSE. >> EXCELLENT SHOT. EUGENIO CHACARRA, THIS WOULD GIVE HIM THE LEAD. THIS IS THE 4TH, AND TIED FOR THE FIRST PLACE WITH THE OMNIPRESENT CRUSHERS GC. >> MARTY KAYMER FOR BIRDIE AT 2.

>> THE 5TH, THIS IS DJ AFTER THE LESS THAN IDEAL SECOND SHOT FOR HIM. IT’S UPHILL, IT’S GOING TO BE VERY SLOW. >> PRETTY GOOD. >> ANTHONY KIM FOR BIRDIE AT 4. ONCE AGAIN, AS WE SAW IN JEDDAH LAST WEEK, ROLLS THAT ONE IN BEAUTIFULLY.

A ROUGH START, BUT THEN A GOOD RECOVERY. >> FOUR STRAIGHT ROUNDS, SAME M-O, YES. CASEY FOR BIRDIE AT NUMBER 2. A LITTLE SLIPPERY RIGHT AND– NOT THE MIDDLE, BUT IN THE BOTTOM. >> CASEY’S ONE OFF THE LEAD AND ANDABLE, ONLY THREE SCORES COUNT

ON DAY TWO, DECHAMBEAU ALL UNDER. >> AND PUTTING STATS THIS SEA SEASON. >> IAN POULTER GOING UP THE 11TH GREEN. YEAH, ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SHOT. [APP [APPLAUSE]. >> THAT WILL GET THE MAJESTICKS WHERE THEY WANT AT THE PODIUM AND IAN POULTER ALL SMILES AND

ONE OF THREE MAJESTICKS CAPTAINS IS HENRIK STENSON. HE’S PLAYING 16. THIS IS HIS SECOND SHOT. >> LONG AND RIGHT. THAT’S UNUSUAL. >> TRYING TO COME IN. >> YEAH. >> I LIKE THE ONE YOU GOT. >> IT’S INTO THE WIND THOUGH. >> YEAH, I JUST FEEL LIKE, I

MEAN, YOU’RE GOING TO DRAW SLASH HOOK THIS. >> THE ONLY QUESTION, IS THIS GOING TOO FAR? >> 226 YARDS. >> JUST THINK THROUGH THIS FOR ONE SECOND. SO 215 WE’RE TRYING TO LAND AT 207, 208. AND THAT’S PLAYING– YOU’D RATHER JUST HOOD A 7, 100%? >> RIGHT.

>> AND BRYSON– >> 215 HERE SO IF YOU’RE TURNING IT DOWN AND GOT 225 OUT OF IT. >> 20 IN THE WIND, IT’S PERFECT. >> YEAH, ONLY 90 FRONT AND COVER THAT BUNKER IS LIKE 98, SO– >> THESE ARE NUMBERS WITH WHICH I AM NOT FAMILIAR. [LAUGHTER]

>> YEAH, WELL, HE WOULDN’T HAVE HAD A SHOT. HE WOULD HAVE HAD NO SHOT BY THE GREEN, HE’S MOVED A GOOD EIGHT, NINE YARDS TO THE RIGHT TO GET TO THE GREEN. STILL HAS GOT TO TURN IT OVER. >> I DON’T THINK HE WAS ALL THAT

THRILLED WITH THE CONTACT, WAS HE? NOT BAD AT ALL. >> WHILE THAT WAS HAPPENING, LOUIS FOR BIRDIE AT 15 TO GET WITHIN ONE OF THE LEADERS. [APPLAUSE] >> THIS IS GOING TO BE SOME WEEKEND IN HONG KONG. >> NOW CAM AT 13.

>> HE WAS IN THE BUNKER, NO CHANCE OF GETTING TO THE GREEN NOW. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN UNLUCKY. STARTING TODAY, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A DOWN WIND HOLE AND NOW IT’S INTO THEM AND PRETTY STRONG, TOO, MAKES THE LAST FEW

HOLES A LOT MORE DIFFICULT THIS WIND DIRECTION. >> JON RAHM IN A TIE FOR THE LEAD. HENRIK STENSON IS THERE AS WELL. CAM SMITH IS JUST TWO BACK. >> FOR BIRDIE AT 6. HATTON SWAFORD. >> PLAYED ALL EIGHT EVENTS IN OUR INAUGURAL SEASON 2022.

AND THEN SUFFERED AN INJURY AND MISSED VIRTUALLY THE WHOLE OF LAST SEASON. IN FACT, HE MISSED THE WHOLE OF LAST SEASON. HE WAS A LATE SCRATCH FOR OUR OPENING EVENT. EUGENIO CHACARRA TEEING OFF AT 5 5. >> THAT’S NOT GOOD SHAPE THERE.

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ANOTHER WAY TO ENJOY THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. THIS IS A STUNNING CITY, ISN’T IT, HONG KONG? POPULATION OF SOME SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION. IAN POULTER OF THE MAJESTICKS ROLLS THAT ONE IN. THAT WAS FOR PAR. >> HENRIK STENSON, HIS THIRD

SHOT AT 16. VERY NICE. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> ABE ANCER, HIS SECOND SHOT AT 18 C. ♪ >> LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE 16TH HOLE, DAVID, AT THE HONG KONG GOLF CLUB. >> 411 YARDS AND ONE OF THESE HOLES WHERE THE FAIRWAY SLOPES

RIGHT TO LEFT, BUT THE HOLE GOES THE OTHER WAY. SO YOU WANT TO HIT A FADE. WE’VE SEEN A COUPLE OF GUYS CATCH THE ROUGH ON THE RIGHT TRYING TO DO THAT. LOUIS WILL BE FIRST. >> YEAH, DAVID, A BIT OF A BLIND TEE SHOT.

>> YEAH, IT’S KIND OF GOES UP AND OVER A RISE. >> YEAH, THE LINE HERE WOULD BE THE TALLEST BUILDING, FARTHEST TO THE RIGHT. ALMOST GOT TO START THIS ON THE RIGHT TREE LINE. YE YEAH. >> BRYSON FOR 13 NEVER WOULD

HAVE HAD A CHANCE IF IT WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN FOR THAT RELIEF. >> A LOVELY LAG PUTT. >> BACK TO THE TEE AT 16 AND JON RAHM. INCIDENTALLY, I KNOW IT’S EARLY, BUT THE TOP EIGHT TEAMS ARE CELEBRATED BY THREE STROKES, THE TOP 23 PLAYERS SEPARATED BY JUST TW TWO.

>> IT’S A HARD LOW FADE. UP ON THE GREEN FOR BIRDIE, CAM. >> PRETTY AVERAGE THIRD SHOT FROM ABOUT 90 YARDS. >> YEAH. >> BEFORE CAM, IT WAS NEIMANN FOR EAGLE. >> CHARLES HOWELL. SHORT IRON IN NUMBER 11, 4 UNDER, ONE BACK.

ONE OF THE 23 PLAYERS, ARLO WAS SA SAYING. >> IT’S GOING TO BE A CAVALRY CHARGE OF A WEEKEND. >> YES. >> IT’S A LITTLE SURPRISING WHEN WE SAW A COUPLE OF PLAYERS, KAYMER AND– GETTING FIVE UNDER AFTER SIX HOLES AND NOBODY HAS GOTTEN PAST

THAT YET, BUT THAT, YOU’VE GOT TO THINK IT’S GOING TO CHANGE WITH SIX HOLES REMAINING. >> THIS FOR HENRIK ON 16 TO STAY AT FIVE UNDER AND A TIE FOR THE LEAD. BRYSON DID MAKE BIRDIE BACK AT 1 13. >> SOLIDLY DONE BY HENRIK STEN STENSON.

>> A TOUGH SECOND SHOT HERE FOR EUGENIO CHACARRA AT THE 5TH. >> AND THAT SKIPPED ON HIM. STILL MANAGED BY SKIPPING, BY NOT KNOCKING IT INTO THE SLOPE. ACTUALLY THE SPIN COULD TAKE EFFECT. >> WELL, THIS IS THE 14TH HOLE. ♪

>> 14TH, 395 YARDS AND IT KIND OF NARROWS IN HERE IN THE DRIVING AREA, A LITTLE DOGLEG TO THE LEFT AND GREEN ELEVATED AND THEN IT ALWAYS OFF ON ALL SIDES. >> I TELL YOU, IF BRYSON COULD USE THE DRIVER, COULD HIT THIS

GREEN WITH THIS WIND. NO, HE HASN’T GOT THE DRIVER. >> CAMERON TRINGALE FOR EAGLE AT 3. AND HE WOULD TAP THAT IN FOR BIRDIE. AND HE IS 4 UNDER PAR. >> I’M ALMOST A BIT DISAPPOINTED HE DIDN’T PULL OUT THE DRIVER. >> YEAH, BORING.

>> THIS IS THE RIGHT PLAY. SOMEONE SHOUTED FORE LEFT. >> BEAUTIFUL HOLE. YOU’VE GOT TO TURN IT RIGHT TO LE LEFT. >> OH, MY GOSH. [LAUGHTER] >> I THOUGHT HE WAS A LONG DRIVER. THAT’S PROBABLY HIS 5 WOOD, ONLY 12 DEGREES.

>> WELL, HIS EDGE IS ONLY 12 DEGREES, TOO. >> ABRAHAM ANCER FROM BIRDIE AT 18. THEY TEED OFF AT 6. AND HE HAS HELPED THE FIREBALLS CURRENTLY INTO SECOND PLACE AT 12 UNDER PAR. THE FAIRWAY AT 16. LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN IS THE FIRST TO PLAY.

>> I KNOW, IT’S ONLY DAY ONE, ARLO, BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT BRENNAN SAID TO ME, DON’T HAVE ANY ROOM TO STEP ON THE BRAKES WITH THE COURSE COUNTING ON SUNDAY WANT TO KEEP GOING, WANT TO KEEP MAKING BIRDIES, GET

AHEAD AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. HE’S BEEN PLAYING SOME BEAUTIFUL GOLF IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, LOUIS, TWO WINS IN THE OFF SEASON, SECOND IN OMAN. PLAYED WELL IN JEDDAH LAST WEEK AS WELL. THIS IS A PITCHING WEDGE. NICELY DONE RIGHT THERE.

>> CHACARRA TO SAVE PAR 5 AFTER THE WAYWARD SHOT AT THE PAR 3. [APP [APPLAUSE] >> JON RAHM WITH A SECOND SHOT. THIS IS THE AREA OF HIS GAME ADAM HAYES TOLD ME, SPENDS A BIT MORE TIME BETWEEN JEDDAH AND HONG KONG AND WORKED ON THIS

AREA OF HIS GAME. [APPLAUSE] >> WELL, IT’S AT LEAST A BIRDIE OPPORTUNITY FOR JON RAHM TO HIT THE FRONT HERE IN SUNNY HONG KONG. DJ NEXT. >> I’M ON THAT ONE. GO AHEAD AND HIT IT? >> YEAH. >> A GOOD SWING, COME ON.

>> YES, HE HAD A COUPLE OF WAYWARD IRON SHOTS, JUST NOT HITTING IT AT SOLID AS WE’RE USED TO SEEING HIM. THIS IS JUST A SAND WEDGE, LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. >> 4ACES HAVE BEEN THE DOMINANT TEAM SO FAR. THEY’RE A DYNASTY IN 2022 AND

WON THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY WON THE REGULAR SEASON TITLE LAST SEASON, BUT THE CRUSHERS USURPED THEM IN MIAMI. IS IT FAIR TO SAY NOW THAT THE CRUSHERS ARE THE PREEMINENT TEAM IN LIV GOLF AND THE 4ACES HAVE SLIPPED DOWN THE PECKING ORDER?

>> YOU KNOW, WE SAW A BUNCH OF OFF SEASON MOVES THAT STRENGTHENED A FEW TEAMS AND OF COURSE, JON RAHM HAS A NEW TEAM AND GOES OUT AND WINS THE FIRST EVENT. YOU WOULDN’T THINK THE CRUSHERS WHO DIDN’T ADD ANY NEW MEMBERS,

HAVE THE SAME TEAM, WOULD BE THE TEAM TO BEAT, BUT THEY’RE PROVING TO BE THAT. >> THEY REALLY ARE. JON JON RAHM– CHARLES HOWELL III, EXCUSE ME, BIRDIE AT 11 FOR THE HOW MANY HAVE WE GOT TIED AT FIVE UNDER. >> THOSE TWO ARE CONFUSED A LOT,

RAHM AND HOWELL. >> 1 SHGS– 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 PLAYERS TIED AT UNDER PAR AND ANOTHER NINE AT FOUR UNDER. >> I MEAN, YEAH. I THOUGHT MAYBE EVEN JUST LESS THAN THAT, BUT, YEAH, RIGHT AROUND THAT NUMBER. PRETTY GOT IT STRAIGHT OUT.

>> THE WINNER OF TWO OF OUR OPENING THREE EVENTS OF THIS 2024 LIV GOLF LEAGUE SEASON, IN MEXICO, AFTER THAT FOUR-HOLE PLAYOFF IN VIRTUAL DARKNESS OVER SERGIO GARCIA AND THEN BY FOUR STROKES CONVINCINGLY LAST WEEKEND IN JEDDAH. >> FLAG HIGH RIGHT, NEVER BAD.

>> KALLE SAMOOJA, LONG, LONG RANGE FOR BIRDIE AT 7. THE GAME WAS SO EASY FOR HIM THE FIRST NINE AND NOW IT’S NORMAL GOLF AGAIN. >> YES, PERFECT. >> A BREAK FOR CAM SMITH HERE. ONE YARD TO HIS RIGHT IT WOULD

HAVE BEEN A CHIP OUT, BUT HE’S GOT A CLEAR SHOT TO THE CLEAN. THERE’S A GUM TREE TOWARDS HIM AND THE PIN, SO AIM IT FOR– EVEN THOUGH HE CAN’T SEE IT HE’S GOT TO AIM IT 15 FEET RIGHT UNLESS HE TRIES TO GET OVER THAT GUM TREE.

NO, IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S AIMING SLIGHTLY RIGHT. VERY HARD PAN LIE. >> GOOD LINE. >> DEAN BURMESTER OF STINGER GC. HE HAS JOINED THE PARTY ON FIVE UNDER PAR. THIS IS FOR EAGLE. [APPLAUSE] >> AT 13. BURMESTER FIVE UNDER PAR. >> BACK TO BRYSON.

WE HAVE AN EIGHT-WAY TIE. >> OH, GO. >> WELL, IT NEARLY WENT. >> 63 AND A 62 LAST WEEK FOR BRYSON AND 14, THE 73 IN ROUND TWO WHICH MEANT THAT HE DIDN’T CHALLENGE FOR THE TITLE. HERE IS IAN POULTER FOR BIRDIE AT 12.

>> BACK TO 16 AND JON RAHM FOR THE LEAD. >> BURMESTER, 4 UNDER FOR HIS LAST THREE HOLES. KIND OF A HOT FLASH. >> JON, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, HE’S BEEN PUTTING HIMSELF IN REALLY GOOD POSITIONS ON THE GREENS, LEAVING HIMSELF BELOW THE HOLE.

UPHILL PUTTS, VERY MAKEABLE. IT’S NOT GOING TO MOVE VERY MUCH. IF ANYTHING, JUST INSIDE RIGHT >> AT THE MOMENT, 15% OF THE FIELD ARE TIED FOR THE LEAD. [LAU [LAUGHTER] >> AND THAT REMAINS THE CASE. AND STENSON IS ONE OF THOSE FIVE

UNDER PAR, HIS SECOND SHOT INTO 17 17. >> OH. >> MATT JONES OFF THE GREEN. THIS FOR BIRDIE AT NUMBER 4. AND THAT WOULD HAVE TIED HIM FOR THE LEAD AS WELL. >> LOUIS ON THE 16TH. THIS IS FOR BIRDIE. AND HE’S GOING ABOUT HIS OWN

GAME. HE’S DIFFERENTLY FROM DJ AND JON RAHM, AS MENTIONED IN HANG TIME TODAY. HE’S NOT ONE THAT HAS A LOT OF SWING SPEED. HE’S PLAYING REALLY WELL. NOW, THIS IS A LEFT TO RIGHT PU PUTT. [APP [APPLAUSE]

>> AND THEN THERE WERE NINE ON FIVE UNDER. [LAUGHTER] >> WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THAT? >> A TOUGH PUTT TO READ THIS. STARTS OUTSIDE THE RIGHT TOO MUCH, IT WON’T COME BACK. >> OH. >> HANDS UP IF YOU’RE NOT FIVE

UNDER PAR HERE AT THE HONG KONG GOLF CLUB. THIS IS SEBASTIAN MUNOZ. HE’S ONE OF THE MANY ON FIVE UNDER. SO IS PAUL CASEY. THIS IS AT 3. [APPLAUSE] >> 11 OF THEM NOW FIVE UNDER PAR. THAT’S ROUGHLY ONE IN FIVE BY MY

CALCULATIONS. >> YOU’RE SO QUICK. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT IS 20.3% OF THE FIELD. >> YOU DO LOVE YOUR ANALYTICS, DON’T YOU? >> WELL, IT’S ACTUALLY 20.4 IF YOU ROUND UP ON THE CELL PHONE. [LAUGHTER] >> CAN BRYSON BREAK THE LOG JA JAM?

>> WELL, HE GOT A GOOD READ. SAME LINE AS CAM’S. >> STARTING POINT ON THE LIV LINE 11 INCHES ON THE HOLE. THAT LOOKS LIKE MORE THAN WHAT YOU SEE HERE, BUT THAT’S THE ORIGINAL STARTING POINT. >> IF YOU START IT THERE, HE’S

GOING TO MISS IT RIGHT. >> WELL, HE STARTED IT, RIGHT ON IT, REALLY, AND THAT MISSED LOW. >> DOM. >> YEAH, THIS ONE NO MORE THAN 260. >> WELL, GOLF FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE DOWNLOADING THE LIV GOLF PLUS APP FOR GOOD REASON.

ENJOY THE CONTENT THE LEAGUE HAS TO OFFER. WATCH LIVE AND COMMERCIAL-FREE IN SELECTED MARKETS AND EVERY SINGLE ROUND OF LIV GOLF ALL 75 BEFORE TODAY AS WELL AS FEATURE CONTENT, LIV LESSONS AND HANG TIME AND WATCH LIV GOLF ON THE

CW IN THE UNITED STATES ON DELAY FROM 12:30 TO 5:30 P.M. EASTERN TI TIME. >> JON RAHM ON THE TEE AT 17. JUST A 4 IRON. WIND AT THE LEFT. >> THAT LITTLE STREAM THAT RUNS ACROSS THIS FAIRWAY, GOT TO DE DECIDE.

>> YEAH, 270 TO GET THERE, DAVID. >> WE MIGHT SEE BRYSON AT SOME POINT TAKE A SWIPE AT THIS ONE, YOU NEVER KNOW. >> WELL, IF I STARTED READING THE LEADER BOARD AND THOSE TOP OF THE PYLON I MIGHT HAVE FINISHED BY THE TIME YOU GET

BACK FROM THIS COMMERCIAL BREAK. [LAU [LAUGHTER] >> A MUCH-NEEDED BIRDIE AT 14. >> JUST LACKED FOR A LITTLE SPE SPEED. >> MATT JONES, DON’T BLINK. >> YEAH. HE GOES QUICK. VERY NICE. [APP [APPLAUSE]. >> SOMEBODY GET THE OUTRIGHT LEAD. HAROLD VARNER, MAYBE. N NO.

>> STENSON TOOK RELIEF FROM THE SPRINKLER HEADS AND THIS THROUGH THE FRINGE, WOULD BREAK THE LOG JAM AT THE TOP. >> BRYSON IS ON THE TEE AT 15. >> WELL, IF IT WASN’T INTO THE WIND, HE WAS GOING OVER THE PENALTY AREA OF THE STREAM THAT

RUNS OBLIQUELY ACROSS THIS FAIRWAY. NOT A CHOICE RIGHT NOW. >> BRYSON DECHAMBEAU ON THE TEE AT 15. THREE OF THE 11 PLAYERS ARE CRUSHERS, 15 UNDER THEY LEAD BY THREE. >> I COULD HAVE DONE THAT MATH. >> OH, MY GOD, I GOT SMOKED.

>> ELSEWHERE ACROSS THIS MAGNIFICENT GOLF COURSE, HERBERT TIED FOR 22ND IN JEDDAH, BUT AN OPENING ROUND 65, AND SECOND ROUND 66 FOR HIM SHOWED SOME EXCELLENT FORM, THAT’S FOR BIRDIE AT 9. AND THIS IS GRAEME MCDOWELL WHO HAS GOT IT BACK TO ONE UNDER PAR

FOR BIRDIE AT TWO FOR G-MACK. >> CHARLES HOWELL III FOR BIRDIE AT 12. WHIPS IN THIS PUTT SO MANY TIM TIMES. >> A LONG WAY BACK FROM THE GREEN. EVEN WITH THE HYBRID TRYING TO SLING IT. THAT’S, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

THAT NEEDS TO SIT DOWN PERHAPS, LANDS SOFTLY. THAT’S FINE. >> ANCER FOR BIRDIE AT 1 FOR THE OUTRIGHT LEAD. >> HE NEARLY DID. [APP [APPLAUSE] >> NOW THAT HENRIK WHO LEFT IT PRETTY SHORT IS NOW STALKING A PAR PUTT TO STAY AS ONE OF THE

MAGNIFICENT 11, ALL AT FIVE UNDER PAR. MEANWHILE, CAM AT 15. >> WELL, ONE OF THE FEW PLAYERS WHO’S NOT TIED FOR THE LEAD. YE YET. >> STENSON FOR PAR. [APPLAUSE] >> WELL DONE AFTER THAT HORRIBLE FIRST PUTT. BROOKS WITH HIS SECOND SHOT INTO 16

16. >> NICE. >> SWAFORD, NOT HAVING HIS BEST DAY. JON RAHM HAVING A LOOK AT WHAT HE HAS LEFT AT 17. >> I THINK DJ IS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO FIRST. PITCHING WEDGE. THIS IS A– PROBABLY THE BEST ANGLE OUT OF

ALL THE THREE IN THIS GROUP FOR THIS HOLE LOCATION TODAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. >> WELL, REMEMBER, KALLE SAMOOJA AND MARTY KAYMER RACED OUT TO FIVE UNDER PAR AFTER THE FIRST SIX HOLES AND NOBODY HAS BEEN SIX UNDER.

THIS IS SAMOOJA WITH A PAR PUTT. >> YEAH. >> OOH, HE DROPS BACK TO TWO. >> AGONIZING. >> JON RAHM SECOND SHOT HERE ON THE 17TH. HE’S GOT A 9 IRON. HE’S GOING TO TRY AND FLIGHT ONE IN THERE. >> DEAN BURMESTER, HIS SECOND SHOT AT 14.

STINGER STARTING VERY WELL INDEED, AS THEY DID IN JEDDAH LAST WEEKEND. TIED FOR SECOND AT 12 UNDER AND THAT’S EXCELLENT FOR DEAN AND HE COULD BE THE FIRST MAN TO SIX UNDER PAR TODAY. >> NOW IT’S CAPTAIN OOSTHUIZEN. IT’S A GOOD GOLF COURSE FOR THE

STINGER BOYS. CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT TEAMS OUT HERE. ALL REALLY GOOD IRON PLAYERS. PLAYING AND STRIKING THIS BALL REALLY WELL. THIS IS JUST FADING RIGHT. >> BRYSON FROM QUITE A LONG WAY BACK. HE’S GOT 208 YARDS LEFT HERE.

>> AND IT’S INTO THE WIND, DAVID, AND HE’S GOT A 7 IRON. >> GOOD LORD. >> HE’S GOT TO– >> HE KIND OF HAS THAT ABILITY. >> YES, HE DOES. >> OH, WHAT A SHOT. >> BROKEN SEVERAL LAWS OF PHYSICS. >> SHOULD HAVE HIT THE 8TH.

>> JONES IS FIVE UNDER PAR, THIS IS FOR BIRDIE AT 5. >> MAKE IT A DOZEN. [APP [APPLAUSE] >> 12 PLAYERS TIED FOR THE LEAD. I DON’T THINK WE’VE SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. ON DAY ONE IN THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE.

>> WE’RE LOOKING RIGHT EDGE OF THAT. AND GETTING FIVE ON THE FRONT THERE, YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE 15, 20 FOOT. YES, I DO, RIGHT ALONG THAT LINE, YEAH, SHOULD BE MOSTLY TO THE RIGHT. >> IN THIS WIND, IT REQUIRES SOLID CONTACT.

ANYTHING THAT BALLOONS SLIGHTLY OR DOESN’T HIT QUITE RIGHT FROM THE SWEET SPOTS, IT WILL HANG IN THE WIND. >> 8 IRON. VERY LOW. >> HIS FOLLOW THROUGH WAS VERY LOW. A COMPLETE MISS-HIT THERE. HE HAD IT ONLINE. FOURTH GREEN, PAUL CASEY, THIS

WOULD GIVE HIM THE LEAD BY HIMSELF. GOOD TRY. >> 22% OF THE FIELD REMAIN TIED FOR THE LEAD. >> UNTIL NOW. IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> SURELY. DEAN BURMESTER MISSES AND HE’S TOP OF THE TREE. SIX UNDER PAR. >> JON RAHM JOINING AT THE TOP.

A CUTE MOMENT, A TODDLER PROBABLY NO MORE THAN THREE YEARS OLD, SHE’S A HUGE FAN OF JON. HAD A POSTER OF HIM AND SHOUTING OUT HIS NAME AND HE GAVE HER A LITTLE SMILE. AND JERRY CALLS HIM, A GENTLE GIANT, SUCH A NICE GUY, VERY

PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS GAME. HE’S SUCH A KIND SOUL. IT’S AN UPHILL PUTT. [CHEERS AN . [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND THEN THERE WERE TWO. >> IT’S LIKE WAITING FOR PLAYERS TO GET TO SIX UNDER PAR. LET’S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. >> HE’S FINISHED IN THE TOP 10

OF ALL THREE OF HIS LIV GOLF LEAGUE APPEARANCES SO FAR. AND JON RAHM IS TIED WITH DEAN BURMESTER SIX UNDER. >> ABE ANCER ON THE TEE AT 2. >> OH, A BEAUTY. >> HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN CAM SMITH CHIP IN OVER THE LAST

COUPLE OF YEARS, 25, 30 TIMES? AND THIS IS VERY MAKEABLE. OH, THAT’S GOT TO SIT DOWN. O OH. >> BROOKS FOR BIRDIE AT 16. >> BROOKS HAS JUST BEEN BUMBLING ALONG, IT SEEMS LIKE HE HASN’T BEEN DOING ANYTHING SPECIAL. HE’S RIGHT THERE. >> YEAH.

>> LOUIS FOR BIRDIE AT 17. THIS IS A FEW MOMENTS AGO TO GET IT TO SIX UNDER PAR AND THEN THERE WERE THREE. BURMESTER, OOSTHUIZEN AND A PAIR OF STINGERS AND JON RAHM ALL SIX UNDER PAR. >> BROOKS AT 17. LAYING UP WITH AN IRON.

>> DUSTIN JOHNSON, THIS FOR A BIRDIE. HE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE. >> YEAH, HE REALLY NEEDS ONE. >> RIGHT TO LEFT. >> NEIMANN OUT AT NUMBER 15. >> YEAH, HIS SECOND SHOT JUST WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE WIND AND GOT TO THE BACK EDGE OF THE GREEN.

THIS PUTT, DOWN GRAIN, AND IT’S DOWNHILL EVER SO SLIGHTLY THE ENTIRE WAY. DECEPTIVELY QUICK. I’M NOT SURPRISED SCORING IS NOT AS GREAT AS WE EXPECTED, GUYS. THE WIND IS PLAYING HAVOC WITH THESE GUYS. [APPLAUSE] >> ON THE PAR 3 5TH, PAUL CASEY.

NICELY BALANCED THERE. RIGHT AT THE FLAG STICK. >> HENRIK STENSON PLAYING AT 2ND AT 18. . [APPLAUSE] . >> TO THE GREEN AT 2. ABRAHAM ANCER TO MAKE IT A FOUR-WAY TIE ON SIX UNDER PAR. NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TEAM CONTEST AS WELL.

LOOK WHO IT IS, CRUSHER AND STINGER, 15 UNDER PAR. THEY WENT HEAD TO HEAD IN JEDDAH. THE LIV GOLF APP IS FILLED WITH INCREDIBLE AND INFORMATIVE SERIES OF LESSONS FROM THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. >> HEY, GUYS, THIS IS CAM SMITH.

>> HI, I’M BRYSON DECHAMBEAU. >> BUBBA WATSON. >> WELCOME TO MY LIV LESSON. >> IF YOU’RE LIKE ME AND MISS FAIRWAYS. >> FOCUS ON THAT TARGET. >> THAT’S WHAT I’M FOCUSED ON. PAY THE MAN. >> FOR ME, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.

>> TEMPO FOR SURE IS ONE THING KEEP AN EYE ON. >> CAM SMITH. HE HAS TAKEN COMPLETE CONTROL HERE. >> I LIKE TO AIM THE PUTTER AND MAKE SURE THAT’S PERFECT AND THEN I TAKE MY STANCE. GIVE IT ONE GOOD LOOKING AT THE

HOLE AND HIT A GOOD PUTT. >> HOUDINI WITH THE FLAT STICK. >> NEED A GOLF BALL. HERE WE GO. >> BRYSON DECHAMBEAU, ELECTRIFIES THE CROWD. >> SO, GUYS, A LOT OF MYSTERIES HITTING IT REALLY FAR AND PSYCHO MOWED COMES IN. TRY TO GET PSYCHO WITH IT.

>> THERE IT IS, THAT WAS PEPPERED. >> LET YOUR BODY FREE UP AND DON’T FEEL LIKE YOU’RE RESTRICTED. IF YOU DO THAT, YOU’RE ON YOUR WAY TO BETTER GOLF. >> AND HERE IS BRYSON FOR BIRDIE AT 15. >> ON THE TEE AT 18.

THIS IS LOUIS FIRST TO GO. IT’S AN INTIMIDATING TEE SHOT, THIS ONE. >> THERE’S A COUPLE OF STEPS DOWN TOWARDS THE WATER HAZARD THAT’S IN FRONT OF THIS GREEN, FLATTENS OUT IN A COUPLE OF AREAS. THE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN LAYING IT

UP AT THE VERY TOP OF THEM. >> AND I SUSPECT THESE GUYS WOULD PROBABLY BE DOING THE SAME, A FLAT LIE INTO THIS GRE GREEN. >> A CHANGE, THERE’S A LITTLE GUST OF BREEZE. INTO FROM THE RIGHT. SURELY DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS

LEFT, IT’S ABSOLUTELY DEAD LEFT. HE WAS SO SOLID OFF THE TEE IN JEDDAH LAST WEEK. HARDLY MISSED ANY FAIRWAYS. >> OH. GOOD SHOT. >> GET LUCKY THERE. >> YEAH, OH, BOY. OH, HE CAN GET AT THE BACK OF THE BALL. I’M NOT SURE WHAT HIS FOLLOW

THROUGH IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. >> WOW, JON, AT THE BIG BOY. >> SAW HIM IN THE PRO AM YESTERDAY. HE WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN NEXT TO THE WATER. >> THIS JUST SHOWS CONFIDENCE HE’S GOT. HE’S GOING TO START THIS LEFT TREE LINE.

AND HE’LL PLAY THAT LOW FADE. YEAH. OH, BOY. >> DEAD STRAIGHT BULLET DEAD LEFT. >> ANOTHER ONE, ADAM. >> THAT ONE IS STRAIGHT DOWN. >> LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS HERE OF THE THREE PLAYERS WHO ARE TIED ON SIX

UNDER PAR FOR THE TIME BEING AT LEAST. JON RAHM, CAPTAIN OF LEGION XIII, BIRDIE AT 17. MAKING HIS MARK TODAY. DEAN BURMESTER FOR EAGLE AT 13. STINGER COMING OFF THAT DISAPPOINTING SECOND PLACE IN JEDDAH LAST WEEK. BUT LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN FLYING THE

FLAG THERE, CAPTAIN ONCE AGAIN TIED FOR SECOND IN JEDDAH LAST WEEK, THAT WAS FOR HIS BIRDIE AT 17. SO WELCOME BACK INSIDE THE BOOTH HERE, MYSELF ARLO WHITE, JERRY FOLTZ AND DAVID FEHERTY. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT, ISN’T IT, GOING HEAD TO HEAD AND VERY CLOSE?

>> WE’VE HAD SOME COMPACTED LEADER BOARDS OVER THE– OUR TIME HERE AT LIV, BUT I DON’T THINK I’VE SEEN ONE LIKE THIS. >> NO, IF YOU HAD 144 PLAYERS IN THE FIELD YOU MIGHT SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AS RAHM HITS HIS PROVISIONAL ON 18, BUT

I THINK, QUITE HONESTLY– A THAT ONE IS WELL RIGHT. >> I THINK HONESTLY IT’S THE GOLF COURSE, WE’VE GOT THE GREAT SCORING AND LIGHTEST WINDS ALL WEEK AND THE COURSE MOST THE PLAYERS ARE PLAYING FROM THE SAME POSITIONS IN THE FAIRWAYS, WHATEVER CLUB IT TAKES THEM TO

GET THERE. THE CLUB FORCES THAT, YOU CAN’T OVERPOWER THIS GOLF COURSE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE, MANY OF THE GUYS MAIN TRAIT WHICH IS POWER. >> AND GIVING THEM A CHANCE AND A LOT OF GUYS DO. >> EVERYBODY IS PLAYING EXCELLENT GOLF OUT THERE.

DOES JON RAHM STICK OUT TO YOU AT THE MOMENT? >> HE DID UNTIL JUST A MOMENT AGO. >> YEAH, HE DID. AND I’LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHERE THE SECOND TEE SHOT IS. IF THE FIRST ONE, IN FACT, OUT OF BOUNDS.

YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE LAST THING YOU NEED WHEN YOU’VE GOT THE MOMENTUM LIKE HE HAS. >> HE DOES STICK OUT A LITTLE BIT THE HIGHEST RANKED PLAYER AND VIEWED AS MAYBE THE BEST PLAYER IN GOLF RIGHT NOW AND CERTAINLY JOAQUIN NEIMANN IS THE HOTTEST ONE.

>> AND HOW ABOUT THE CRUSHERS 20 UNDER PAR TO TAKE THE TITLE IN JEDDAH. THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS TIED FOR THE LEAD ONCE AGAIN. AND THE CONSISTENCY THAT THAT QUARTET SHOWS, ONLY THREE SCORES COUNT TODAY AND TOMORROW AND ALL FOUR ON SUNDAY. IT’S TURNING INTO, I WOULDN’T

SAY A DYNASTY YET, BUT A DOMINANT QUARTET. >> YEAH, THEY ARE. YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE STINGERS THIS WEEK. THEY’RE USED TO THE GRAINY GREENS. THESE ARE WHAT THEY GREW UP ON IN SOUTH AFRICA AND TOUGH TO READ.

IT WOULDN’T SURPRISE ME TO SEE THEM COME OUT ON TOP. >> AND THE CRUSHERS, YOU MENTIONED STEADINESS AND CONSISTENCY. THE THREE VETERANS WHO HAD LONG AND VERY CONSISTENTLY GOOD CAREERS IN PROFESSIONAL GOLF AND THEN BRYSON DECHAMBEAU, THE CAPTAIN, THE YOUNGEST GUY.

MAYBE THE MOST VOLATILE OF ALL THE GUYS ON THE TEAM AND THE MOST UPSIDE BASED ON POWER AND THE FACT THAT THESE ONE, ONE MAJOR TO DATE, AND FEELS LIKE WHEN HE’S PLAYING HIS BEST, HE CAN WIN ANYTHING. >> THAT WAS BURMESTER AT 15.

>> WELL, THAT’S GOING TO HELP. HERE IS BROOKS AT 17 JUST A MOMENT AGO. >> BEAUTIFUL. CHACARRA AT 7 THIS WOULD GET HIM TO FIVE. >> YEAH. [APP [APPLAUSE] >> CHARLES HOWELL III. THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE CRUSHERS THAT HE’S JOINED THE

PARTY AT SIX UNDER PAR. >> WHY NOT? >> THAT WAS BIRDIE AT 13. >> 7 IRON. TO THIS LEFT HOLE LOCATION. AND THE WIND CAUGHT THAT. >> BRANDEN GRACE FOR BIRDIE AT 2. HE TEED OFF AT 5. >> YES. >> BEAUTIFULLY READ.

THIS IS RAHM’S SECOND SHOT WITH HIS FIRST BALL. >> OH, NO, NO, HE HIT RIGHT INTO THE FACE OF THE CART PATH AND NOW IT’S TOAST. WHAT A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE BREAK. WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THAT HAPPENING, REALLY. >> RIGHT INTO THE CURVE OF THE CART PATH.

IT DOESN’T HAVE A CURVE. THAT’S UNBELIEVABLE. >> EVEN A MAN THAT SKILLED WOULD STRUGGLE TO DO THAT AGAIN IF HE TRIED. >> YOU’D TAKE YOUR BAT AND BALL AND GO HOME. >> WOW, WHAT A TURN OF AFFAIRS. >> IT WAS AGGRESSIVE PLAY OFF

THE TEE AND DIDN’T EXECUTE THE SHOT AND, I MEAN, HE’S STARRING TRIPLE IN THE FACE RIGHT NOW. BRAD OLEMAN. >> HEY, BRAD, RIGHT HERE, HIT THE EDGE OF THE PATH AND CAME ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE. >> WELL, I MEAN, IF THAT BALL IS

UNEMPLOYABLE, HE’S REALLY ONLY GOT A COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT WOULD SEEM RELIABLE. YOU CAN TAKE THE TWO CLUB LENGTHS OR KEEP THAT BALL AT THAT POINT BETWEEN HIMSELF AND GO AS FAR BACK AS HE WANTS, NEITHER OF WHICH IS GOOD AT ALL

OR JUST REPLAY THE SHOT. >> YEAH, DAVID, THAT’S THE THING ABOUT THE 18TH. YOU PLAY THAT AGGRESSIVELY OFF THE TEE, YOU’RE JUST STARING AT BOGEY AND A BIG NUMBER IF YOU MISS THE FAIRWAY, JUST NOT A LOT OF ROOM FOR ERROR. REALLY QUITE SURPRISED DECIDED

TO GO WITH A DRIVER OFF THE TEE. >> BURMESTER IS SEVEN UNDER NOW. EUGENIO CHACARRA, THIS IS HIS TEE SHOT AT 8. [APP [APPLAUSE] >> DEAN BURMESTER IS SIX UNDER PAR OVER HIS LAST FIVE HOLES. THAT INCLUDES AN EAGLE AT 13. LET’S GET BACK TO JON RAHM.

>> YEAH, PART OF HIS PROBLEM IS, THERE’S NO HOLES IN THE CANOPY HERE. IT’S NOT LIKE HE CAN GO HIGH AND THERE’S WATER IN FRONT OF THE GREEN SO HE’S JUST GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY HIS ORIGINAL CHIP SHOT OUT, I IMAGINE, SU-ANN. >> YEAH, THAT’S WHAT HE’S DOING,

LOOKING DOWN THE LINE AND ONLY ONE WINDOW FOR HIM TO TAKE. >> THIS IS HIS FOUR SHOT. THAT BREAK WAS A TWO-SHOT PENALTY, YEAH. >> IT WAS. >> AND BY THE WAY, LOUIS JUST PUNCHED OUT THE FAIRWAY. >> KNOCK ACROSS THE FAIRWAY.

THOSE TWO STEPS, THE LEVEL IS DO DOWN. >> WELL, IT HAD ALL BEEN RELATIVELY SERENE FOR JON RAHM UP UNTIL THIS POINT. HERE IS CAM AT 16. >> ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SHOT. [APP [APPLAUSE] >> NOW JOAQUIN NEIMANN. >> A BEAUTIFUL SHOT, A LOW

SCREAMER LEFT TO RIGHT AND IT’S GOING TO GO. >> RAHM’S FIFTH AT 18. >> AND THIS IS NOT AN EASY SHOT, EITHER. DOWNHILL LINE TO FRONT HOLE LOCA LOCATION. >> THAT’S A WONDERFUL SHOT. [APP [APPLAUSE]. >> THAT BALL ADJACENT TO THE HOLE BELONGS TO LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN.

HE HAD TO PUNCH OUT. THIS IS HIS THIRD SHOT. [APPLAUSE] >> A LIKELY PAR THERE FOR LOUIS TO KEEP IT AT SIX UNDER. HIS TEAMMATE BURMESTER. TROUBLE AT 18 FOR JON RAHM. >> DJ THE FRONT RIGHT BUNKER HERE. ON THE UPSLOPE, NOT A

PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT SHOT. HE GOT TOO MUCH OF IT. >> DEAN BURMESTER IS ON A REAL ROLL HERE AT THE HONG KONG GOLF CLUB TO GET IT TO SEVEN UNDER PAR. THIS IS AN EAGLE PUTT AT 13. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A BIRDIE FOUR–

THREE I SHOULD SAY, AT 14. AND THEN THIS IS THE SECOND SHOT INTO 15. SO A PAR 4 WHERE HE WOULD MAKE BIRDIE. >> YEAH, THAT’S A FIVE-SHOT SPELL AND SIX UNDER. >> HE’S GOT BIRDIE AT 11, BIRDIE 12, EAGLE 13, BIRDIE 14, BIRDIE 15.

WHAT WILL HE DO AT 16? >> WELL, I WOULD ADD HEIGHT. >> JON RAHM TRYING TO SAVE DOUBLE AT 18. >> WHEN I GOT HERE ON TUESDAY THAT WAS ONE THING DOM HIGHLIGHTED TO ME ABOUT THIS HOLE. YOU CAN REALLY MAKE A BIG NUMBER

IF YOU’RE NOT CAREFUL OFF THAT TEE BOX. WONDER IF HE’LL PLAY IT DIFFERENTLY TOMORROW. SEEMS PRETT COMPOSED. ON THAT WALK UP TO THE SCREEN. I’M SURE HE’S BOILING ON THE INS INSIDE. >> AND HE KNEW IT IMMEDIATELY. TRIPLE BOGEY SEVEN.

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SMOOTH SAILING. OH, BRYSON, WHAT ON EARTH WAS THA THAT? >> I THINK HE HIT IT FAT. >> YEAH, LOOKS LIKE HE TOOK A DIVOT IN FRONT OF THE BALL? >> MEANWHILE, ON THE GREEN AT 8, EUGENIO CHACARRA.

HE’S GOT THIS ONE TO GET IT TO SIX. A TAP STROKE, BEAUTIFULLY DONE. [APP [APPLAUSE] > >> JOACHIM NEIMANN THIS ONE FOR BIRDIE. >> IT’S DIFFICULT TO GET IT TO THE PIN OP BACK OF THE GREEN AND SEEMS TO PLAY THE CLUB LONGER, BUT IT’S MAKEABLE.

>> YEAH, IT IS. >> OH. >> THIS WAS JUST BEFORE CHACARRA PUTTED AT NUMBER 8 TO SAVE PAR FOR ANTHONY KIM. [APPLAUSE] >> NICELY DONE. >> OVER AT 14, CHARLES HOWELL. VERY NICE. >> ABE ANCER, EAGLE PUTT NUMBER 3 TO TIE THE LEAD.

>> NOT TO ANNOYED A GHASTLY THREE-PUTT AT 16. THIS IS BRYSON. HE’LL BE KICKING HIMSELF ON THE WAY TO THE NEXT TEE. >> YOU JUST CANNOT STOP RICHARD BLAND FOR THE CLEEKS. MAYBE THEIR EIGHTH PLAYER FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND THAT FOR NUMBER TWO. AND NOW CAPTAIN OF THE IRON HEADS. KEVIN NA TRICKLING ONE HOME AT 18 FOR BIRDIE. >> BACK WITH CAM SMITH AT 16, DOM. >> YEAH, VERY GOOD CHANCE PUTTING FROM THE CORRECT SIDE. THAT’S ABOUT AS STRAIGHT A PUTT

HE’S GOING TO GET ON THIS GREEN AND STILL A LIT BIT OF MOVEMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, HE IS STARTING TO FIND HIS GAME. ABOUT NINE. DRIVING THE BALL VERY NICELY. HE’S HITTING HIS IRON SHOTS AND THE LAST ONE WITH THE 8 IRON.

HIS WEDGES SEEM TO BE VERY MUCH ON POINT WITH THE DISTANCE CONTROL. HE USUALLY GOBBLES THESE UP. >> CAM’S IN CONTENTION, MAKE NO MISTAKE AND HE GETS IT TO FOUR UNDER THREE BACK OF OUR LEADER ON DAY ONE, DEAN BURMESTER.

>> THAT WAS AROUND A COUPLE OF OZZIE FANS EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND THEY POINTED OUT THAT CAM HASN’T BEEN IN CONTENTION SINCE HIS NUPTIALS. I’M NOT SURE IT MEANS ANYTHING, I’M SURE IT DOESN’T, ACTUALLY, JUST COINCIDENCE. >> WELL, HERE IS AN INTERESTING ONE FOR BROOKS.

>> THE BUNKER– LONG, OBVIOUSLY, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? >> WHY DON’T YOU JUST HIT A THREE QUARTER, PLAY 170 AND IF IT ENDS UP IN THE FRONT BUNKER, THAT’S FINE. THAT’S ALL YOU CAN DO. YOU DON’T HAVE TO MOVE IT MUCH, MIDDLE OF THE GREEN.

>> YEAH, THE PROBLEM IS, YOU CAN’T MOVE IT MUCH FROM RIGHT TO LEFT OUT OF THIS LIE. SO THAT FRONT BUNKER IS NOT BAD. YEAH, THAT’S A GOOD SHOT. DOESN’T LOOK LIKE IT, BUT IT WA WAS. >> CHARLES HOWELL TO TIE THE LEAD ON THE 14TH GREEN.

OH. NO, NO, NO. >> WELL, WE HAVEN’T SEEN MUCH OF TALOR GOOCH TODAY, BUT HERE HE IS AT 16 C. BEAUTY. >> THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE FAN EXPERIENCE BOTH DURING THE BROADCAST AND ON SITE. TO SEE THE BEST PLAYERS

YOURSELF, SCAN THE QR CODE ON THE SCREEN FOR TICKETS TO FUTURE EVENTS. WE’LL BE IN MIAMI AT DORAL’S BLUE MONSTER AND THEN AUSTRALIA AND SINGAPORE IN THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOW. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW AND ENJOY THE GOLF. MERONK AT 16.

62 IN HIS OPENING ROUND IN JEDDAH LAST WEEKEND. ONE OVER PAR THERE AFTER. HE WAS ACTUALLY PENALIZED A STROKE FOR SLOW PLAY, WASN’T HE, ON SUNDAY? >> HE WAS. >> HIS 17TH HOLE HAPPENED ON NUMBER 18, THE GROUP WAS ON THE CLOCK.

AND HE HAD TOLD THE RULES OFFICIAL BECAUSE THE RULES OFFICIAL HANDED OFF FROM ONE TO ANOTHER ONCE THEY GOT TO A CERTAIN POINT THAT HE THOUGHT THEY WERE OFF THE CLOCK EVEN THOUGH THEY WEREN’T TOLD THAT, TOOK TWO MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS

TO TAKE THE SHOT. IT WAS WINDY. >> COST HIM A FEW SHACKLES. >> YOU HATE TO SEE ANYBODY GET PENALIZED AS WE WATCH OUR LEADER, DEAN BURMESTER PLAYING HIS 2ND AT 16 AND YOU HATE TO SEE ANYBODY GET PENALIZED, BUT YOU DO LOVE THE ORGANIZATION

DOING SOMETHING PROACTIVE TO COMBAT THE GREATEST DEMON IN ALL OF THE GAME, SLOW PLAY. >> YEAH. WELL, NOW, BROOKS HAS ACTUALLY COME UP WHAT LOOKS LIKE ON THE DOWN SLOPE HERE AND THAT’S NOT SO GOOD. HE’S GOING TO GET THAT BALL UP

QUICKLY AND HE’D LOVE TO BE ON THE UPSLOPE. >> EXCUSE ME, SIR. JIMMY. WHICH GUY. SEE BY THE TREE? YEAH, THANK YOU. THA THANKS. >> THE CLUB FACE WIDE OPEN AND TRYING TO CHOP THE LEGS OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THIS.

OH, AND HE PLAYED A BEAUTY. >> RUNS OUT A LITTLE ON HIM, BUT THAT WAS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT SH SHOT. >> MARTIN KAYMER OVER AT THE 6TH. OH, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. [APPLAUSE]. >> THAT GOT MARTY KAYMER BACK TO FIVE UNDER PAR.

THE CLEEKS HAD A HEALTHY LEAD AT ONE POINT, BUT THEY’VE SLIPPED TO FIFTH NOW. 10 UNDER PAR, THREE BACK OF THE POD PODIUM. >> LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN FADED THAT DRIVE A FEW YARDS TOO MANY. A BIT OF AN UNFORTUNATE BOUNCE. NO TROUBLE THOUGH, NOTHING IN

HIS WAY. ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME TALKING WITH HIM DURING HANG TIME, EVERYONE SEES HIM AS SUCH A SIMPLE GUY, NOTHING MUCH GOING ON. AS HE ADMITTED, THERE’S A LOT GOING ON IN BETWEEN THE EARS. HE’S REALLY HARD ON HIMSELF,

REALLY HARDER THAN PEOPLE THINK HE IS. BALL LOCATION TUCKED BEHIND THE RIGHT GREEN SIDE BUNKER. >> DIDN’T QUITE GET THE JUMP OUT OF IT THAT HE WAS EXPECTING, MAYBE. >> WELL, ONE OF THE PATH WAYS INTO THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE IS TO WIN THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES,

ONLY ONE EVENT SO FAR AND IT WAS DOMINATED BY LIV PLAYERS, THAT WAS IN OMAN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND ORTIZ. OOSTHUIZEN, NEIMANN, TORQUE TOP FIVE PLAYERS, AND ANDY OGLETREE LAST YEAR, IF YOU FINISHED TOP OF THE RANKINGS, 10 EVENTS IN

THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES, YOU ARE ALL THE — EI AUTO MATICALLY PROMOTED INTO THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE 2025. >> AND BURMESTER AT 16, OUTSIDE CHANCE AT BIRDIE HERE TO GET IT TO EIGHT UNDER AND A TWO-SHOT LE LEAD. >> GOT IT RIGHT ON LINE. DEAD WEIGHT.

>> BRYSON HERE, THEY CAN’T SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE WIN. THEY CAN’T REALLY ALMOST SEE THE PUTTING SURFACE, JUST HALFWAY UP, JUST MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE DISTANCE. [APPLAUSE]. >> GOOD SHOT. >> AND BEFORE THAT, JOAQUIN NEIM NEIMANN. >> OH! OH, JOAQUIN.

HE WAS HOLDING THE POSE AND THAT’S WHY. A BEAUTIFUL SHOT AND IT’S GOT HIM TO FOUR UNDER PAR. EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES, IT SEEMS AT THE MOMENT, TURNS TO GOLD. NOW LIVE WITH CAM SMITH. >> SWINGING IT REALLY NICE. I WAS JUST TALKING TO HIS COACH,

AND HE AGREES, BUT THAT WASN’T VERY GOOD. >> WELL, IT’S BEEN QUITE A RUN FOR HIM AS HE MENTIONED. WON TWO OF THE OPENING THREE LIV GOLF LEAGUE EVENTS. HE WAS AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPION BEFORE CHRISTMAS, TIED FOURTH IN THE DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC.

THIRD PLACE, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, A MAN ON A TEAR AS GOLF DIGEST MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY. AND HE’S IN CONTENTION ONCE AGAIN HERE FOUR UNDER. >> AND HE’S HIT TWO FINE SHOTS INTO THIS 13TH. OH, MAKE THAT THREE. THAT’S AN EAGLE.

LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN, HIS THIRD SHOT AT THE 1ST. NICELY PLAYED. >> BROOKS FOR PAR AT 18. >> THAT’S FROM AN AWKWARD SPOT [APP [APPLAUSE] >> ALL OF A SUDDEN NEIMANN IS IN THE PICTURE AGAIN. >> JON RAHM FOR A BOUNCE BACK BIRDIE AFTER THAT TRIPLE BOGEY.

TELL YOU WHAT, HE SEEMS PRETTY CALM. HE SEEMS TO HAVE LEFT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED ON THE 18TH GREEN. HE HAD A FANTASTIC DRIVE HERE ON THE 1ST. PITCHING WEDGE TO THIS POINT. SOMETIMES IT’S JUST UNFORTUNATE YOU MAKE ONE BAD SWING. AND COSTS YOU THREE SHOTS.

>> WELL, THE GRAIN IS ALL OVER THE PLACE HERE ON THE GREEN AT 17TH. YOU CAN SEE THE PATCHES THERE. >> YEAH, AND THIS GREEN IS A DOUBLE GREEN, SHARES WITH THE 13TH, SO, THEY’RE JUST RESPECTING THE PLAYERS ON THE

OTHER GREEN AT THAT POINT AND WAITING FOR THEM TO FINISH OUT >>. >> WHILE WE WAIT WE’LL SEND YOU TO THE 2ND, STENSON WITH AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO GET TO SIX UNDER PAR. CAM’S READY NOW. SORRY, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY NINE

PARS IN A ROW FOR STENSON NOW. TAKE IT AWAY. >> YEAH, AS THEY SAID, LOTS OF GRAIN CHANGES, BUT IT’S PREDOMINANTLY DOWN GRAIN. >> MATT JONES HAS MISSED THE 8TH GREEN TO THE RIGHT. AND THIS IS HIS SECOND SHOT. HE DIDN’T — HE DID. [APPLAUSE]

>> MATT JONES GETS IT TO SIX UNDER. >> THE FIRST ROUND OF 64 FOR MATT JONES. >> BRYSON DECHAMBEAU AT 17. >> YEAH, I LIKE THAT BETTER, TO TOO. >> YOU’RE GOOD TO GO. >> HE WASN’T HAPPY WITH HIMSELF LEAVING THE 16TH GREEN. >> NO.

>> IT WAS A TERRIBLE FIRST PUTT, BUT THE SECOND SHOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY WEDGE IN HIS HAND ALMOST AS BAD LEFT IT 50, 60 FEET SHORT. >> THAT’S A BETTER EFFORT. THAT WILL CHEER HIM UP. [APP [APPLAUSE]. >> WELL, IT’S ANOTHER ONE OF A

MOUNTING LIST OF EXCELLENT DAYS FOR BRYSON DECHAMBEAU, WHO IS FIVE UNDER. AND FINISH HIS DAY WITH NINE. OPENING ROUND 64 FOR THE FIREBALLS MAN. >> HAROLD VARNER AT 15. OH, YEAH. HE’S SIX UNDER PAR. >> RICHARD BLAND FOR BIRDIE AT 4.

GO ON, DICKEY. A GREAT EFFORT. IT’S NOT THE FIRST PLAYER IN HISTORY TO PLAY HIS BEST GOLF AT A LATER STAGE IN HIS CAREER. >> YEAH, YEAH. >> IT IS UNUSUAL. HENRIK STENSON, A SHORT ONE FOR PAR. OH, MY. >> 180.

>> OH, A LOT OF THAT BALL WENT INTO THE HOLE. >> ABRAHAM ANCER HAS THIS ONE TO END HIS DAY TIED FOR THE LEAD. HE HAD A GOOD PUTT. [APP [APPLAUSE]. >> VERY NICE. 63 FOR ABE ANCER. >> BURMESTER’S FINAL SHOT OF THE DA DAY.

>> BROOKS IN THE RIGHT ROUGH AT ONE. >> HE’S GOT TO CUT THIS ONE. >> NICE. >> OH, WHAT A FABULOUS SHOT. >> CHARLES HOWELL III FOR BIRDIE AT 15. FIRST ROUND AT 64 FOR CHARLES HOWELL III. [APP [APPLAUSE] >> DUSTIN JOHNSON ON HIS FINAL HOLE.

PAR 3 THE 2ND, HE’S GOT A PITCHING WEDGE, 146, HOLE LOCATED ALL THE WAY BACK GOING TO DEFINITELY CARRY THAT 15 PACES ON THE GREEN. SITS. >> THAT ONE CLOSE WAS LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN. AND HE DID IT LIKE THAT. >> 9 IRON FOR LOUIS. [APP [APPLAUSE]

>> JON RAHM, LAST ONE TO HIT OFF THIS TEE. I HAVE TO SAY I’M VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW HE COMPOSED HIMSELF AFTER THAT DISASTER ON 18TH. THIS IS A 9 IRON. A GUY OF HIS CALIBER, HE KNOWS THERE’S A LOT MORE GOLF TO BE

PLAYED AND HE’S SWINGING THE CLUB BEAUTIFULLY. HE JUST HAS TO STAY PATIENT AND NOT MAKE THOSE SAME MISTAKES. >> WELL, IF HE CAN KNOCK THAT IN THAT WILL LEAVE A BETTER TASTE IN HIS MOUTH. BOY, WHAT A FINISH. FOR THE BIG FELLA. MARTIN KAYMER.

THAT WAS FOR BIRDIE AT 7. HE’S BACK TO SIX UNDER. >> 64 FOR MARTIN KAYMER AS WELL. AND KALLE SAMOOJA IS FINISHED, HE’S ONE UNDER. REMEMBER, HE WAS FIVE UNDER PAR THROUGH THE FIRST SIX HOLES AND IN THE END, CARDED A 69. >> MARC LEISHMAN AT 13.

YEAH, I WOULD HAVE GOT IT THERE. >> NOW CAM SMITH IS GOING TO LEAVE IT UP TOP ON THE FLAT. >> IT’S ONE OF THE MOST INTIMIDATING TEE SHOTS IN THE GAME, DAVID. AS YOU KNOW, YOU’VE PLAYED HERE. >> YEAH. >> ESPECIALLY INTO THE WIND AND

ON SUNDAY, WHEN YOU’RE IN CONTENTION, BOY, DOES IT LOOK NARROW. >> WHICH YOU WERE, DAVID. SECOND PLACE TO IAN WOOSNER. >> IN 1987, I THINK IT WAS. >> STILL COUNTS. [LAUGHTER] >> YEAH, I’M NOT SURE WHETHER IT’S LOST IN THE SWIRLING MIST OF TIME.

THAT’S NOT GOOD. >> NOW, DO YOU HAVE A LIV GOLF TEAM YET? YOU CAN REPRESENT WITH PRIDE THANKS TO THE GREAT MERCHANDISE, GRAB A LEGION XIII CAP, A STINGERS QUARTER ZIP, 4ACES POLO, 13 TEAMS AND 54 PLAYERS, SOME GREAT GEAR FOR YOU THERE.

I THINK I JUST SAID A LEGION XIII CAT, I MEANT CAP. >> WELL, THEY’RE — THEIR SYMBOL IS A LION. THAT’S A CAT. >> DUSTIN JOHNSON FOR BIRDIE. I SPOKE TO HIM AS WE WERE WALKING UP THE FIRST GREEN, HE SAID, I JUST NEED TO MAKE A PUTT

TODAY. CERTAINLY LEFT A FEW OUT THERE. AND THIS IS A BIT OF A TRICKY ONE. IT’S GOING TO SLOPE RIGHT TO LEFT. A BIT OF A SHADOW CLOSE TO THE HOLE. >> HE’S DONE THAT ALL DAY. BURNED THE EDGES. >> WELL, FINISHING WITH A BIRDIE

WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE HIS DAY A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AS I SAID LAST WEEK, HE DOESN’T GO TO THE RANGE WHEN HE PLAYS POORLY. HE ACTUALLY GOES TO THE RANGE WHEN HE’S PLAYING WELL. SOMETHING QUITE INTERESTING ABOUT JON. >> WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE A 67,

THREE UNDER PAR FOR JON RAHM ON DAY ONE AND HE’LL BE LEFT TO RUE THAT TRIPLE SEVEN AT 18. HE COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER. >> 82 IS A GOOD PITCH. >> 190. >> PLAY, YEAH. WHICH, I MEAN, WHAT SHOT ARE YOU TRYING TO HIT?

I MEAN, 80– >> WHILE WE WAIT, WE’LL SEND TO YOU HOLE NUMBER 2 AND LOUIS TO TIE THE LEAD AT SEVEN UNDER PAR. OH, WOW, THAT JUST SNAPPED ON HIM. >> YEAH, THAT MISSED THE HOLE BY AN INCH. >> ANOTHER MAN WITH AN OPENING ROUND OF 64.

SIX UNDER PAR FOR LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN TO FINISHED TIED SECOND IN JEDDAH LAST WEEK. >> NOW THE GREEN AT 17 AND DEAN BURMESTER FOR THE OUTRIGHT LEAD. AND WHAT WOULD BE A 62. >> WELL, THE THEY’VE LEFT IT ON THE ROUGH COLLAR THERE. HE PLAYED THAT VERY WELL. [APP

[APPLAUSE]. >> BROOKS KOEPKA WITH A 65 TODAY. THIS IS FOR BIRDIE AT 1. SO HE STARTED THE SEASON WITH 10 STRAIGHT ROUNDS IN THE 60’S. [APP [APPLAUSE] >> OH. NEIMANN’S ON THE WAY AND HE HAD TO CUT THAT, VERY DIFFICULT FROM THOSE LIES.

>> WELL, A POOR TEE SHOT FROM CAM. HE CAN ONLY SEE THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE GREEN. THAT’S HIS START LINE, BUT WITH AN 8 IRON, OBVIOUSLY, HE CAN GET PLENTY OF TURN ON IT AND HEADED TOWARDS THAT MIDDLE OF THE

GREEN, BUT PRETTY STRONG WIND INTO IT. THAT FRONT BUNKER VERY MUCH IN PLAY. . >> OH! >> OH, JUST CLEARED THE WATER BY TWO YARDS. >> I THINK HE THOUGHT IT WAS WET WHEN HE HIT IT. HE GAVE UP ON IT QUICKLY. >> OKAY.

>> ANYWHERE ON THE PIN, RIGHT OF IT IS PERFECT. >> GOOD LIE FOR BRYSON, PRETTY TIGHT LIE AND HE’S GOT A DIRECT LINE IF HE CHOOSES, BUT JUST TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY, STARTED RIGHT AT THE TREES AND ONLY HAS

TO BEND IT A FEW YARDS OR NOT AT ALL AND BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GRE GREEN. >> GET THERE. >> BRYSON. >> IT’S TOO FAR. >> OH. >> OH, BOY. >> SU-ANN, IT’S ALL YOURS. >> LOUIS, FANTASTIC ROUND TODAY. BOGEY-FREE, SIX UNDER PAR. YOU SEEMED SO COMFORTABLE OUT

THERE. WHAT ABOUT THIS GOLF COURSE SUITS YOUR GAME? >> I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T THINK YOU’RE EVER COMFORTABLE AROUND HERE. NO, JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T REALLY HAVE TO HIT THE LONG ONE ALL THE TIME. YOU CAN GIVE YOURSELF QUITE A

FEW WEDGES AND REALLY GOOD PAR THREES. I’M HITTING THE BALL PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW AND TRYING TO GIVE MYSELF AS MANY PUTTS AS I CAN, AND HORRIBLE READ AND HORRIBLE STROKE ON THE LAST ONE, BUT THE RACE IS PRETTY GOOD. >> YOU SEEMED TO HAVE TURNED

YOUR GAME AROUND IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. WHAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THAT? >> I THINK TRY A LITTLE LESS AND JUST HAVE FUN. A LOT OF TIME YOU’RE OVERTHINKING IT AND I THINK LATELY I TRY AND ENJOY IT LITTLE BIT MORE OUT THERE AND JUST HAVE

A LITTLE MORE FUN. >> I SPOKE TO YOUR TEAMMATE BRE BRE BRENNAN GRACE, AND SEEMS LIKE YOU HIT THE WALL. YOU GUYS ARE IN THE LEAD AGAIN. WHAT’S THE KEY TO KEEPING THE LEAD THIS WEEK? >> A LOT OF BIRDIES AND YOU

THINK THAT TOMORROW, SOME TEAM IS GOING TO DO 13, 14, 15 UNDER A GAME. SO, YEAH, WE NEED TO KEEP PLAYING THE WAY WE’RE PLAYING AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT HE’LL BOUNCE BACK FROM TODAY AND HOPEFULLY PULL IT THROUGH. >> WELL PLAYED TODAY.

SEE YOU TOMORROW. >> THANK YOU. >> CAM IN THE BUNKER AT 18. >> HE’S GOT IT ON THE UPSLOPE A LITTLE BIT HERE. THIS IS NOT SO DIFFICULT. >> NOT AT ALL. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT, LOT WORSE. >> OH, YES. >> OH! . [APPLAUSE]

>> YEAH, HE WON’T BE OVER THE MOON WITH THAT, NO. DIDN’T CATCH IT THE WAY IT WANTED TO. >> DOM, HE HAS ONE THAT LOOKS EASIER. >> HE’S THREE, FOUR YARDS CLOSER. SO, YEAH, SIMILAR LIE. THE BUNKERS HERE ARE VERY NICE, GREAT TEXTURE.

>> THEY ARE. >> THERE’S A NICE FIRMNESS UNDERNEATH THEM. YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH IT. CAM WAS VERY UPSET WITH HIS. I EXPECT THIS TO BE A LOT BET BETTER. >> OH. >> NOT THAT MUCH BETTER. >> NO, IT’S NOT GREAT.

>> THESE GUYS EXPECT TO GET THOSE UP THERE WITHIN THAT THREE FOOT CIRCLE WITH THAT KIND OF SHOT. AND BRYSON, HAS HE GOT TO BUMP THIS INTO THE BANK? >> LOOKS LIKE IT’S A SEVERE DOWN SLOPE. >> AND HE’S GOING TO BE TOSSING

THAT INTO THE GRAIN AND THAT BALL IS GOING TO KICK UP IN THE AIR ON HIM IF HE’S NOT CAREFUL. >> IT’S A PRETTY STEEP SLOPE, DAVID. AND WHEN IT HITS THE GREEN, IT’S RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM. >> GOES TOO FAR, STAY UP ON TOP

OVER THERE, BOUNCE AND GO TO THE RIGHT. >> THAT’S THE PLAY, YEAH. >> I MEAN, JUST OVER 400 YARDS AND WE COULD SEE THREE BOGIES ON THIS HOLE FROM THESE THREE SUPER SUPERSTARS. >> MOST OF HIS WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT FOOT. SHOULDERS PARALLEL TO THE SLOPE.

JUST A LITTLE PUNCH. >> GOT CAUGHT IN THE GRAIN. I THINK HE HIT THAT THE WAY HE WANTED TO, DOM, JUST DIDN’T GET THE RESULT. >> IT’S THAT GRAIN. >> YEAH. >> HENRIK STENSON AFTER THE VERY SHORT MISS ON THE PREVIOUS HOLE, CAME BACK TO TAKE A PEEK AT HIM.

THIS IS FOR BIRDIE ON HIS FINAL HOLE. DECHAMBEAU SIZING UP HIS CHANCE AT PAR, FIRST PUTT AFTER THE– >> YOU KNOW, IT’S THE WIND SWITCHED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROUND AND IT’S A HEAVY WIND, DAVID. >> YOU SAID 15? >> I MEAN, FOR INSTANCE, 15

THERE’S NO WIND, BRYSON WOULD HAVE BLOWN IT OVER. >> HOW MUCH INCHES? >> AND I HALFWAY EXPECTED HIM WITH AN IRON. >> AND HITTING 9 AND OVER 200 YARDS TO THE HOLE. IT JUST CAN CHANGE SO DRAMATICALLY AROUND HERE, AND IF

THE WIND IS GOING TO BE WHAT IS FORECASTED, WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME FUN– HAVE SOME FUN ON THE WEEKEND. >> WELL, WE ARE. [LAUGHTER] >> I LIKE IT, I LIKE TO SEE THEM STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT AROUND THIS GOLF COURSE. >> WELL, YOU’RE A MEMBER–

>> PITCH AND PUTT. >> OH, YEAH. A GREAT ONE AT 18. AND FIRST ROUND FOR AN IN FORM BRYSON DECHAMBEAU OF 65. FIVE UNDER PAR. [APP [APPLAUSE]. >> WELL, THE GOLF COURSE IS A HIT FOR FOLKS WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD. SOMETHING ABOUT A GOLF COURSE IN

A BIG CITY BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH THE CITY HAS GROWN AROUND IT. AND HONG KONG GOLF COURSE. EMIRATES, DUBAI COMES TO MIND, SAYS A GOLF CRITIC. THE HONG KONG OPEN HAS BEEN PLAYED HERE FOR DECADECADES. AND THE GOLF CLUB, 1889.

>> THAT’S NOT BAD EITHER. >> HENRIK STENSON FINISHES HIS DAY ON THE THIRD. [APP [APPLAUSE] >> 66 FOR HENRIK. JOAQUIN FOR PAR ON THE 18TH. >> OH! . [APPLAUSE] >> THE SHOT FOR JOAQUIN NEIMANN, 67 FOR HIS OPENING ROUND.

>> AND THE LAST SHOT OF THE DAY. CAM SMITH CERTAINLY HOPES SO. [APPLAUSE] >> AND A 67 TO OPEN HIS CAMPAIGN HERE HERE IN HONG KONG WHERE HE FINISHED SECOND AT THE HONG KONG OPEN LAST YEAR. CAM SMITH. >> THANKS, GOOD LUCK. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

>> HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, GUYS. >> NICE ONE. >> HERE YOU GO. CAM, CAM. HEY, CAN I GET MY CARD? >> DOM, DOWN TO YOU. >> BRYSON, SLOW START TO YOUR ROUND, BUT YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE EASIER BACK NINE. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH YOUR SCORE.

>> ANYTIME YOU SHOOT FIVE UNDER IS GOOD FEAT IN ANY PROFESSIONAL GOLF COURSE. THE LEAD IS SEVEN. MADE A COUPLE MISTAKES AND THREE-PUTTED 16 PRETTY BUMMED ABOUT. I’M GOING TO WORK ON MY IRON PLAY, DROVE IT BEAUTIFULLY AND GIVE MYSELF A CHANCE.

>> WHAT’S SO DIFFICULT FOR THE 6700 YARD GOLF COURSE. SCORING IS NOT AS LOW AS PEOPLE EXPECTED. >> NO, THE DIFFICULTIES ARE ON THE GREENS. A LOT OF TRICKY READS AND THE GRAIN IS GOING THE OTHER WAY AND SLOPE AND THROWS PEOPLE OFF AND

YOU’VE GOT TO PUT THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND THE GREENS ARE DECEPTIVE AND FALL OFF AND TROUBLE. I WAS LUCKY TO GET UP AND DOWN AND 18. I’LL TAKE IT. >> NICE PLAYING, SEE YOU TOMORROW. >> APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU, GUYS.

>> WELL, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME BRYSON DECHAMBEAU HIGHLIGHTS OVER THE COURSE OF HIS LAST SIX ROUNDS IN THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. 262, 263 AND TODAY’S 65. THAT WAS FOR BIRDIE AT 7. THIS IS BIRDIE AT 10. ♪

SECOND SHOT INTO THE 11TH FOR BRYSON. THE CRUSHERS ARE ONE OFF THE LEAD THAT’S HELD BY STINGER GC, ANOTHER EXCELLENT DAY FOR THE CRUSHERS. 15 UNDER PAR, STINGER 16 UNDER, AND CAM AND HIS RIPPER GC ARE CONTENDING AS WELL.

WE’LL WRAP THINGS UP HERE IN HONG KONG IN A FEW MOMENT’S TIME. ♪ >> YOUR IMPRESSIONS THERE, GENTLEMEN, ON THE FIRST ROUND? >> I JUST THINK IT’S A MARVELLOUS GOLF COURSE. I THINK THE GOLF COURSE IS THE

BIG STAR OF THE SHOW AND THE LEAGUE WITH A BUNCH OF GENUINE STARS, THIS ONE IS A LITTLE OLDER AND HOLDS ITS OWN. NOW, THE SCORES ARE NOT EXACTLY HIGH ON THIS GOLF COURSE, I DON’T KNOW WHAT LOW SCORING MIGHT BE IN OTHER CONDITIONS,

BUT TWO 63’S, TWO 64’S, 65’S, 66’S. PRETTY SOLID GOLF TOP TO BOTTOM. WE SAW A FEW GUYS STRUGGLE. PHIL MICKELSON 80 TODAY. >> DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING. I THOUGHT THE SCORE WOULD BE LOWER. THE GOLF COURSE REALLY HELD UP, I THINK, THERE WASN’T THAT MUCH

WIND. IT WAS– YEAH, I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT, IT WAS THE STAR PLAYER TODAY, HONG KONG GOLF CLUB. >> NEIMANN CAME IN IN INCREDIBLE FORM, THREE UNDER PAR AT 67 AFTER THAT BOGEY AT 18. AND OF COURSE, HE HOLED OUT FOR EAGLE AT 17.

AND BRYSON DECHAMBEAU, BOTH HE AND HIS TEAM ARE IN MAGNIFICENT FORM AT THE MOMENT. BOTH HE AND BROOKS KOEPKA WILL TEE IT OFF ON SUPER SATURDAY, 5 UNDER PAR AFTER 65’S TWO BACK OF OUR LEADER BURMESTER AND ABRAHAM ANCER. >> THANK YOU, BRYSON, YOUR VIDEOS ARE GREAT.

>> WANT TO SAY HI? >> HI. >> ALL RIGHT. >> BRYSON DECHAMBEAU IS HANGING AROUND AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS, TAKING SELFIES FOR THE GALLERY. WHAT WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW FOR YOU, DAVID, ON DAY ONE? >> I THINK HONG KONG GOLF CLUB.

WHEN DO WE MAY 670010 YARD GOLF COURSE. AND GUYS PLAYED WELL AND LOW SCORES, BUT THE GOLF COURSE HELD UP AND A FEW THAT STRUGGLED. >> IT’S KIND OF LIKE AT THE HALFTIME SHOW, THE GREAT EQUALIZER, THE GOLF COURSE IS, NOBODY CAN TRULY OVERPOWER.

IT’S NOT SET UP THAT WAY. IT’S ONE OF THE MORE CLASSIC EXAMPLES, THE TECHNOLOGY IS THE TALK AND ROLLING BACK FOR THE OLD COURSES, I DON’T THINK THEY NEED TO. THE OLD COURSES PROTECT THEMSELVES JUST FINE IF DESIGNED PROBLEM. >> BURMESTER AND ANCER CHASING

THEIR FIRST LIV GOLF TITLES, BUT THEY’RE TWO VERY, VERY GOOD YOUNG PLAYERS AND WILL BE DELIGHTED I’M SURE 63, SEVEN UNDER PAR, JOINT LEAD OVERNIGHT. >> NO QUESTION, BUT A BUNCH OF GUYS BEHIND THEM. SOMEONE LIKE A BROOKS KOEPKA, HE HAD ONE OF THOSE DAYS, JERRY, HE

JUST DIDN’T SEEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ON OR WHATEVER AND ENDS UP WITH 65. HE’S THAT KIND OF A PLAYER, HE DOESN’T HAVE TO PLAY THAT WELL TO SHOOT THOSE LOW NUMBERS. I THINK HE’S GOING TO BE VERY DANGEROUS THIS WEEKEND.

>> THAT’S A NICE FEELING NOT HAVING TO PLAY YOUR BEST TO BE IN CONTENTION OF A GROUP OF PLAYERS LIKE THIS, BUT, YEAH, THERE’S A LOT OF GUYS, THERE ARE SO MANY GUYS IN CONTENTION AFTER ROUND ONE AND THAT’S A LITTLE BIT RARE.

>> AND WHAT DID CHARL SCHWARTZEL SAY, I’VE GOT A MEMORY LIKE A GOLD FISH. HE’S HELPED STINGER TO THE TOP OF THE LEADER BOARD TODAY 16 UNDER PAR, ONE AHEAD OF THE CRUSHERS, FOR THOSE AROUND THE WORLD LEAVING US NOW, SWITCH

OVER TO CLUB 54, THE LIV GOLF POST ROUND SHOW, FOUND LIV GOLF PLUS, OR USA ON THE CW APP. JOIN US TOMORROW FOR OUR SECOND ROUND COVERAGE FROM LIV GOLF HONG KONG, 12:00 LOCAL IN THE USA ON THE CW ON DELAY AT 12:30 EASTERN.

WE CAN’T WAIT. WE WILL SEE YOU THEN, GOODBYE FOR NOW. ♪ ♪ >> AND THAT’S A WRAP. DAY ONE HAS COME TO AN END AND WE’RE LIVE FROM HONG KONG HERE AT THE HONG KONG GOLF CLUB. ABRAHAM ANCER, DEAN BURMESTER

TIED AT ONE AND STINGER GC DOING THEIR THINGS AS THE TEAM LEADERS AND WE’RE HERE TO CHAT ABOUT IT. WELCOME TO CLUB 54 POST ROUND SHOW, I’M YOUR HOST CHRISTIAN CROSBY AND JOINING ME IS THE ONE AND ONLY HOMETOWN HERO, DON BOULET IS IN THE HOUSE.

I LOVE HONG KONG, WHAT A DAY WE HAD WITH DAY ONE, DOM. DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME OR WHAT? >> HEY, CHRISTIAN, COME ON. THIS IS THE COOLEST TOWN IN THE WORLD, BUT, YEAH, I HAD A GREAT TIME FOLLOWING THREE SUPERSTAR PLAYERS.

SURPRISINGLY, SCORING NOT AS LOW AS I THOUGHT AT THE START OF THE DAY WITH THE COURSE BEING AS SOFT AS IT WAS, BECAUSE THE GREENS WERE REALLY SOFT. I WAS SEEING PITCH MARKS THAT WERE REALLY BIG AND BALLS WERE SPINNING BACK AND I DIDN’T SEE THAT.

I THOUGHT 50 WATCH WAS IN PLAY, BUT TURNS OUT, NO, NOT. IT WAS TRICKY OUT THERE. >> WERE YOU SURPRISED HOW THEY PLAYED THE COURSE. >> YEAH, NEIMANN, SMITH AND DECHAMBEAU, STRUGGLED ON THE FRONT NINE AND, BUT THE BACK NINE WAS SIMPLER.

>> I THOUGHT BETTER THAN THAT. >> BRYSON DECHAMBEAU YOU GOT TO TALK TO, IT’S SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH HIM AND CRUSHER GC. >> HE HAD A BIG CROWD OUT THERE AND HIT IT MORE THAN I THOUGHT HE WOULD AND TOOK ADVANTAGE WHEN HE COULD.

THAT WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. >> THE CROWD IN HONG KONG, DOM, I’M IMPRESSED WITH THE CROWD HERE, THEY WERE LOUD AND INTO IT. >> NOT QUITE LOUD AS WHERE YOU’RE FROM, BUT IT’S LOUD. >> LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT BRYSON’S HIGHLIGHTS FROM TODAY. DOM, TAKE US WHAT YOU SAW.

>> HE HIT A MASSIVE DRIVE ON THREE, WEDGE ON PAR 5, ALMOST MADE IT FOR EAGLE AND GOT OFF TO A DECENT START AND THIS IS ON SEVEN. HE WAS ABOVE THE PIN, THAT’S A QUICK PUTT. NOT EASY ONE TO READ SO GOOD

BIRDIE THERE ON THE 7TH. AND THIS IS ON 10. AND LOOK AT THE BREAK ON THIS. HE WALKED OFF THE GREEN AND I SAID, CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW MUCH BREAK IS ON THAT PUTT? HE SAID NO, BUT HE READ IT PERFECTLY.

THE PACE GOT THAT ONE IN THE HOLE. NICE CROWD. >> THERE’S THAT CROWD WE TALKED ABOUT. >> A HE HIT A MASSIVE DRIVE 55 YARDS THE HOLE IS LIKE 465. YEAH. >> HERE, AND THIS WAS A NICE ONE. HE MADE A TERRIBLE BOGEY ON 16.

HE WITH AS MAD AND THEN LOOK AT THE LITTLE FIST PUMP. THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF REDEMPTION ON 17. MADE A GREAT PAR ON 18. >> AFTER WATCHING BRYSON TODAY, WAS THERE ANYTHING UNIQUE OR THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY YOU HAVE FROM WATCHING?

>> WHAT WAS UNIQUE, I DIDN’T EXPECT HIM TO HIT AS MANY DRIVERS. IN FACT, THE WIND CHANGED ON THE BACK NINE. IF IT HADN’T HOLES LIKE 15 HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HIT DRIVER TO TRY AND CLEAR THE STREAM THAT RUNS ACROSS THE FAIRWAY.

17 MAYBE EVEN WOULD HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THE STREAM ON 17, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WIND CHANGE HE HAD TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE AND ON 15 HE WAY CONSERVATIVE AND MAYBE TOO MUCH SO AND SECOND SHOTS THAN HE SHOULD HAVE HAD.

>> SUPER EXCITE TODAY WATCH AND LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT A TWEET FROM A FAN HERE. LIV GOLF LEAGUE IS THAT DRIVE OF BRYSON DECHAMBEAU ON 3 THE LONGEST EVER HIT ON THAT HOLE? >> I’VE BEEN DOWN THERE. >> IF ANYBODY WOULD KNOW THE

ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. THAT WOULD BE YOU. WHAT DO YOU SAY, DOM? >> I’VE SEEN OTHER GUYS THERE, WHEN THE WIND IS STRONGER HELPING I’VE SEEN IT, BUT NOT IN THESE CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY AS SOFT AS IT WAS OUT THERE. >> ARE YOU EXPECT TO GO SEE

BRYSON TO CONTINUE THIS AS WE GO INTO DAY TWO? >> HE’S GOT THE BIT BETWEEN HIS TEETH AND HE’S DETERMINED AND THAT LOOK IN HIS EYES. HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO WORK ON HIS IRONS WHEN I INTERVIEWED HIM. HIS IRONS OFF–

THE TEE SHOTS WERE FINE AND DISTANCE CONTROL WASN’T GREAT ESPECIALLY WITH THE SHORT IRONS AND ONLY HAS SHORT IRONS INTO THE GOLF COURSES. MOST GOLF COURSES ONLY SHORT IRONS. THAT WOULD BE A BUSY PLACE. YOU SEE CAM SMITH ON THE CORNER

AND HE’S WORKING ON SOMETHING, HE’S GOT HIS COACH, GRANT FIELD STANDING BEHIND HIM UP HERE FROM AUSTRALIA FROM THE SUNSHINE COAST AND THEY’RE ALWAYS WORKING ON THE SAME THINGS, TRYING TO SHORTEN CAM SMITH’S BACK SWING. >> I WANTED TO BRING UP CAM

SMITH AND TALK, YOU HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH HIM ALSO IN YOUR ROUND. JUST WHAT DID YOU THINK? HERE IS A TAG BOARD OF CAM AS WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IT AND CAM SMITH’S WEDGES AND PUTTER ARE SIMPLY NOT WORKING TODAY OFF THE

TEE YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO GET. AND WHAT’S YOUR TAKE ON THIS, DOM? >> IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROUND HE GOT BETTER. I WAS OUT THERE WITH GREG NORMAN ON THE THIRD AND CAM M A POOR SECOND TEE SHOT ON THE 2ND AND

EVEN WITH A WEDGE SO STUCK BEHIND IT AND FANNED OUT TO THE RIGHT AND DOWN INTO THE BUNKER AND MADE A BOGEY. BUT HE GOT IT BACK AND LOOKING QUITE COMFORTABLE, BOGIED THE LAST– GOT LUCKY, AMOUNT WENT INTO THE WATER ON THE SECOND SHOT AND

CLEARED THE WATER AND COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY. >> AND NEIMANN, HE WAS KILLER TODAY. IT WASN’T THE DAY HE WAS HOPING FOR, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY OVERALL FROM YOU SAW FROM NEIMANN TODAY? >> A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING NOT NEAR AS SHARP AS HE WAS LAST

SUNDAY IN JEDDAH WHEN HE WON BY FOUR. THAT’S SOME OF THE BEST GOLF I’VE EVER WITNESSED. BUT TODAY, SURPRISED HE WAS NOT AS AGGRESSIVE OFF THE TEE AND LEFT HIMSELF SOME STRONGER SECONDS, AS GOOD A DRIVER AS HE

IS OR HAS BEEN THE LAST THREE MONTHS I EXPECTED HIM TO HIT MORE. >> DOM, I MUST SAY YOU WERE DOING YOUR THING OUT THERE. I SAW YOU AT HOLE 10 AND ASKED FOR YOUR AUTOGRAPH AND YOU SAID YOU WERE TOO BUSY FOR ME. >> KIDDING.

>> REALLY? >> [LAUGHTER] >> SO FUN WATCHING. THIS IS CLUB 54 POST ROUND SHOW, MORE TO COME RIGHT HERE AS WE CONTIN WITH THE SHOW. STICK AROUND. ALL RIGHT THIS IS THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE’S FIRST VISIT TO THE CLUB.

BUT MANY KNOW THIS HISTORIC CLUB IS TRULY SPECIAL. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> AND THERE’S A BEAUTIFUL SHOT THERE OF THE HONG KONG GOLF CLUB. LOOK AT THAT. BEAUTIFUL, WE’RE HAVING A GOOD TIME HERE. STICK AROUND FOR SOME MORE.

ALL RIGHT, JOINING US IS SU-ANN HENG. DOM IS STILL ROCKING OUT WITH US. SU-ANN, GREAT JOB TODAY. >> THANK YOU, CHRISTIAN, YOU’RE SO KIND. >> WHY NOT? WHY NOT TAKE US THROUGH YOUR DAY. >> IT CERTAINLY WAS. AS DOM TALKED ABOUT, IT WILL

BRING OUT THE BEST GOLFERS IN THE WORLD AND IT’S A BALL STRIKING GOLF COURSE. LATER ON IN MY DAY I FOLLOWED RAHM AND LOUIS AND RAHM WAS ON FIRE MOST OF THE DAY UNTIL A BIT OF A HICCUP SHALL WE SAY ON THE 18TH.

AND LOUIS ON THE FIRST SEVEN HOLES AND THEN LIT IT ON THE BACK NINE. HE’S SO SOLID. ‘S BEEN PLAYING SOME GREAT GOLF. HE WON TWICE IN THE OFF SEASON. HE CAME IN SECOND IN OMAN. HE CONTENDED, I THINK HE PLAYED

REALLY WELL TO MAYAKOBA, PLAYED REALLY WELL IN JEDDAH AND HIS GAME HAS TURNED AROUND IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. >> WAS A BRANDEN GRACE SAID HE THINKS HE’S PLAYING THE BEST. >> DEAN. HE’S PRACTICED THE LEAST HE’S SEEN HIM PRACTICE. >> THAT’S THE SECRET.

>> BUT THE BEST GOLF HE’S EVER PLAYED AND ACTUALLY IN MY POST ROUND INTERVIEW WITH LOUIS, I ASKED HIM WHAT TURNED YOUR GAME AROUND? WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON? HE SAID I’VE BEEN TRYING LESS, TRYING TO HAVE A BIT MORE FUN.

TRYING TO GO EASY ON MYSELF AND HE’S GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF INJURIES AND HAD A BAD FOREARM INJURY, LITERALLY NO TENDON THERE ANYMORE AND A BAD KNEE. IT SOUNDS LIKE HE’S TRYING LESS AND THAT’S THE THING ABOUT GOLF,

SUCH A WEIRD GAME AND IT DRIVES YOU NUTS. >> IT’S BIZARRE, THE HARDER YOU TRY THE GREATER YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND THE EXPECTATIONS IS THE ENEMY OF GOOD GOLF. GIVING SOME LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN HIGHLIGHTS, SHALL WE? LET’S CHECK HIM OUT.

AND SU-ANN TAKE US THROUGH IT. >> HE STARTED SLOW, ONE BIRDIE IN THE FIRST SEVEN HOLES AND THEN THIS ONE ON THE 15TH, WHAT A GREAT BIRDIE PUTT. HE’S ROLLING IT, AND HE’S TIED SECOND. >> LOOK HOW SMOOTH THIS SWING WAS.

>> I ASKED HIM IN HANG TIME, IS HE SICK OF PEOPLE ASKING HIM THAT. HE SAYS IT’S MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOU THINK. AND BOGEY-FREE AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCORE CARD. SO SOLID AND I’VE GOT TO FOLLOW HIM LAST WEEK IN JEDDAH AS WELL

AND I TELL YOU, HE’S DUE FOR A WIN. HE’S 100% DUE FOR A WIN. THAT BIRDIE ON THE 17TH AS WELL. JUST MISSED THE GREEN A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT. >> I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT HOW THE COURSE HELD UP TODAY AND

JUST GET BOTH OF YOUR OPINIONS ON WHAT YOU NOTICED THE MOST LIKE ANY STANDOUTS. >> AS A MEMBER OF THE HOME GROWN GOLF CLUB, I’M PROUD OF HOW IT HELD UP. THE GUYS SITTING ON THE VERANDA, THEY’RE GOING TO SHOOT IN THE 50’S, SOFT, NO WIND.

AND I WAS EXPECTING 61, 62, QUITE A FEW OF THEM, BUT NOT REALLY. HEY, I’M PROUD. >> I TELL YOU WHAT, THERE WERE SOME TRICKY HOLE LOCATIONS TODAY THAT MADE IT TOUGH. I THINK A LOT OF HONG KONG GOLF CLUB, ITS PROTECTION IS THE GREENS.

THE GREENS ARE TOUGH OUT HERE AND I’VE DEFINITELY SEEN THAT IN THE AMOUNT OF GOLF I’VE WATCHED TODAY. >> I FIND WHEN I’M WATCHING THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT SURPRISES ME FROM EACH AND EVERY DAY. MY QUESTION FOR YOU TWO, WHAT’S YOUR BIGGEST– WAS THERE ANY SURPRISE, ANYTHING

ON THE SCOREBOARD THAT YOU SAW, ANYTHING THAT YOU NOTICED THAT TOOK YOU BY SURPRISE? >> THE FACT THAT THE SCORES WEREN’T LOWER, THAT’S THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE DAY. YOU KNOW, AT THE START OF THE DAY LIKE I SAID, I THOUGHT THERE

WOULD BE REALLY LOW SCORES, MAYBE ONE IN THE 50’S. THAT DIDN’T TURN OUT TO BE THE CASE. THE WIND DID SWITCH AND IT’S SWITCHING CONSTANTLY, KEEPS THEM A BIT OFF BALANCE. >> WHAT ABOUT FOR YOU? >> IT’S RAHM HITTING DRIVER ON THE 18TH.

I WAS SO SHOCKED WHEN HE PULLED THAT CLUB OUT. I WAS LIKE, WHAT? I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST GOING TO PUNCH A FOUR IRON, PLAY IT UP TO THE TOP DECK AND GIVE HIMSELF AN IRON SHOT IN. AND ON THE 18TH AN INTIMIDATING DRIVE.

I WAS SURPRISED HE WAS TAKING A DRIVER ON THE 18TH. HE MISSED IT WELL LEFT. >> AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE BALL HIT THE CURB? >> HIT THE CURB FOF THE CART PAH AP A TRIPLE BOGEY. THAT SURPRISED ME, HE WAS ON A TEAR UNTIL THAT POINT.

>> ON THE SUBJECT OF JON RAHM, WHAT DO YOU THINK HE NEEDS TO DO TO GO TO DAY TWO. ON HERE ON THE SCREEN, WHAT’S HAPPENED WITH JON RAHM. THEY’RE WATCHING. AND FANS MIGHT BE WORRIED. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE JOY OF

GOLF AND SOUNDS LIKE THAT PERSON IS AS SURPRISED AS I WAS WHEN HE TOOK THAT DRIVER ON THE 18TH. I DON’T KNOW IF HE’LL BE TAKING THAT DRIVER ON THE 18TH TOMORROW. I THINK HIS CADDY ADAM HAYES MIGHT TRY IT TALK HIM OUT OF IT.

AN INTERESTING THING ABOUT JON ON THE BROADCAST, HE DOESN’T GO TO THE RANGE WHEN HE PLAYS POORLY. HE WASN’T PLAYING POORLY, IT WAS ONE BAD SWING, BUT PERHAPS A MANAGEMENT MISTAKE. BUT IT WOULDN’T BE SURPRISING IF HE TOOK A DRIVER ON THE 18TH TOMORROW.

>> I’VE BEEN TO EVERY HONG KONG OPEN, EXCEPT FOR THE FOUR YEARS IN COLLEGE AND I PLAYED AND THAT’S 40. YOU KNOW HOW MANY DISASTERS I’VE SEEN ON 18? HUNDREDS. IT’S A CRAZY HOLE. >> IT’S TAKEN SOME VICTIMS, I THINK.

>> WE GOT TO SEE THAT TODAY. HERE IS ANOTHER THING HERE ON THE SCREEN. IT’S A TWEET. PRO GOLF CRITIC HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT A GOLF COURSE IN A BIG CITY THAT’S BEEN LONG AROUND ENOUGH THAT THE CITY HAS GROWN AROUND IT.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THISDOM? >> SOME THINK THAT, YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 40 YEARS AGO THERE WAS NOT ONE BUILDING IN THIS AREA. YOU COULDN’T SEE ONE BUILDING, IT WAS AGRICULTURAL LAND, ALL RICE PADDIES, OBVIOUSLY NOW WE’RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE CITY. >> WELL, DOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SU-ANN THANK YOU SO MUCH. STICK AROUND HERE, CLUB 54 POST ROUND SHOW AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST IN JUST A MOMENT JOINING US AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SUN IS FINALLY SETTING HERE IN HONG KONG.

A LITTLE CHILLY. IT WENT FROM HOT TO NOT. I’VE GOT MY JACKET ON NOW, SO, WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO OUR SPECIAL GUEST IN JUST A MOMENT. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA AND LET ME REMIND YOU

FANS, WE WANT YOU TO TWEET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. YOU CAN MAKE THIS SHOW AND GET YOUR TWEETS ON TV. THIS IS FROM THE CRUSHERS. GOING 20 UNDER TEAM IN THE FINAL ROUND IS UNREAL. COULDN’T AGREE MORE WITH THAT.

AND ON THE SUBJECT, WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST JOINING US. JOINING US FROM CRUSHERS GC, CHARLES HOWELL III AND LET ME SCOOT IN HERE. WELCOME TO THE SHOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST. HOW YOU DEALING, MAN? >> IT’S A BIG DEAL TO BE ON THE

SHOW, I’M IN ROYALTY HERE. >> THAT’S HOW WE FEEL WITH YOU HERE. >> NO, NO, I’VE GOT TO PLAY GOOD TO SHOW UP HERE. DOM SAID I PLAYED GOOD. AND THIS IS HIS GOLF COURSE. >> WE THINK YOU PLAYED WELL. >> FOR THE FANS TELL US WHAT WENT WELL.

>> IT’S A TRICKY GOLF COURSE AND YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ANYBODY, IT’S HARD. THERE’S SOME SHOTS WHERE YOU HAVE TO HIT REALLY GOOD SHOTS AND GET A LITTLE BIT AFTER GOOD BREAK WITH IT SO I CAN’T BELIEVE HOW LOW THE SCORES WERE, TO BE

HONEST ANDS SHOWS THE DEPTH OF FIELDS OUT HERE AND TWO MORE TOUGH DAYS AHEAD. >> SHALL WE GET INTO HIGHLIGHTS? >> SHOW SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. THE FIRST ONE, BIRDIE ON THE THIRD, CHARLES. TALK US THROUGH IT. >> THE GREENS ARE SO GOOD RIGHT NOW.

THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF GRAIN IN THEM. YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO A LITTLE BIT OF THE GRAIN AND THE SLOPE, BUT THEY’RE ROLLING REALLY NICE RIGHT NOW. AND IF WE MISS PUTTS IT’S OUR FAULT NOT THE GREENS. >> THEY’RE HARD TO READ, AREN’T

THEY? THERE’S GRAIN IN THEM. >> THERE’S GRAIN IN THEM AND A LOT OF TIMES LOOKS FLATTER THAN IT IS, AND OBVIOUSLY THE 10TH HOLE A TRICKY WEDGE SHOT. >> AT ONE STATE THAT WAS THE HARDEST ON THE GOLF COURSE.

>> WHERE THE HOLE IS AT IT’S A TRICKY READ, BUT THE WIND BOUNCES AROUND THIS PLACE AS YOU WELL KNOW. BUT HERE IS A GOOD ONE ON 11, PLAYING EASIER DOWN OFF THE RIGHT AND NICE BIRDIE HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID, YOU’VE

GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE GRAIN IN THESE GREENS. >> YEAH, YOU DO AND THE WIND WAS SWITCHING ALL OVER THE PLACE. >> SWITCHING IN THE PRACTICE ROUNDS AND I SAID IS THAT NORMAL HERE, AND SAID NOT REALLY, BUT IT WAS TODAY. >> AND YOU CAN CONTROL YOURSELF.

LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR TEAM. YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU’RE IN SECOND PLACE AT THE MOMENT AFTER A GREAT DAY. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS COULD BE DOMINANT THIS YEAR, THE CRUSHERS? BECAUSE ALL FOUR OF YOU ARE TOP GOLFERS PLAYING WELL RIGHT NOW.

>> YOU KNOW, FIRST OFF WE HAVE A GREAT CAPTAIN IN BRYSON AND WHEN HE’S GOING, HE GETS BIRDIES. LOOK AT THE DEPTH OF THE FIELD OUT HERE, ARE YOU KIDDING, IT’S GOING TO BE HARD TO BE DOMINANT IN THIS LEAGUE EVER.

>> AND WOULD YOU MATCH THEM. >> WE’VE PUT THE WORK IN. PAUL IS A RYDER CUP STALLWART AND BRYSON FOR SURE FOUND HIS FEET WITH WINS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, IF I CAN HANG WITH THOSE GUYS I’LL BE ALL RIGHT. >> YOU HANG PRETTY GOOD.

>> CHARLES, HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TEAM AND WOULD LOVE YOU TO TAKE US THROUGH IT. CRUSHERS GC HIGHLIGHTS. >> BRYSON PROBABLY HITTING THE LITTLE WEDGE. TRICKY HOLE LOCATION AND OFF TO THE LEFT AND SURPRISES NO ONE THAT HE’S HIT IT THERE.

AND HERE IS THIS UGLY GUY HERE, HE GOT LUCKY THAT ONE WENT IN. [LAUGHTER] >> AND THAT’S WHY YOU PLAY YOUR THIRD BASEMAN. AND HERE IS BON UP ONE. BON HIT THE FAIRWAY THERE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS A KEY SHOT. >> HE LOVES IT AROUND HERE.

>> OH, MY GOSH. PICK UP HIS SKIN AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND PAUL HERE, AND YOU KNOW THIS GOLF COURSE. >> I THINK THAT’S THE 16TH. >> THERE YOU GO. >> IT’S HARD TO GET IT BACK TO THAT HOLE. >> OH.

>> YOU KNOW, THAT’S SOME SHOT WITH THAT FLAG THERE, HARD TO GET IT BACK THERE. >> IT IS. ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY THAT SHOT PLAYS HALF THE CLUB LONGER THAN THE ACTUAL YARDAGE. >> AN AWKWARD TEE SHOT, TOO, BY THE WAY.

>> AND WHEN YOU COME HERE YOU LOOK AT THE YARDAGE BOOK AND 6700 YARDS AND YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING TO KILL IT AND NOBODY EVER DOES. >> FIRST OFF, YOU’RE NOT HITTING DRIVERS EVERYWHERE AND YOU HAVE TO LAY BACK AND MAKES YOU USE

EVERY CLUB IN THE BAG HERE, WHICH IS COOL, YOU DON’T SEE THAT OFTEN. >> NOT ANYMORE. >> YOU GUYS MADE HISTORY IN JEDDAH. YOU HAD AN INCREDIBLE COMEBACK LET’S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THAT FOR A HE CSECOND. LET’S CHECK IT OUT.

>> STINGER GC HAS BEEN PLAYING FROM THE WORD GO. AND IN SAUDI ARABIA. >> WE’RE SO FAR BEHIND THE STINGERS, THEY’RE PLAYING GREAT GOLF. >> WE LOOKED UP THERE AND OWL FOUR OF THE STINGERS WERE IN THE TOP 10. >> THEY APPEAR UNSTOPPABLE.

>> NO THOUGHTS ABOUT WINNING LAST WEEK, NOT AT ALL. >> STINGERS HAVE EXTENDED THEIR OVERNIGHT LEAD AT SEVEN TO A COMMANDING NINE OVER LEGION XIII. >> I DON’T WANT TO SAY WE WERE OUT OF IT, BUT SO FAR OUT AS A

TEAM I THINK WE PLAYED MORE FREE. >> THE CRUSHERS TIED FOR THIRD PLACE NOW. >> OH, WOW, WE’RE ACTUALLY CATCHING UP AND WE KEPT PLAYING GOOD. >> THE CRUSHERS ARE 28 UNDER AND LEGION XIII. >> AND 12 UNDER PAR TODAY. STINGER THE LEAD BY FIVE.

>> WHEN I LOOKED UP THE NEXT TIME, I SAW BRYSON IS UP AT 6 OR 7 AND HERE HE GOES AGAIN. >> THE GAP IS NOW ONE. >> I WAS THINKING DON’T LEAVE IT SHORT, DON’T LEAVE IT SHORT AND I HIT IT, I LEFT IT SHORT.

>> AND THE CRUSHERS HAVE COME FROM ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE TO LEAD STINGER BY A SHOT. THIS IS QUITE STUNNING. >> AND AT THAT POINT SUDDENLY GOT REAL AND EVERYBODY IN MY GROUP KIND OF GOT, OH, THEY CAN SEE. THEY KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON.

>> WE COULD HAVE GIVEN UP. >> THIS IS SOMETHING OF A COLLAPSE BY LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN’S. THE CRUSHERS ARE DISAPPEARING OVER THE HILL. >> ONE OF THE GREAT TEAM PERFORMANCES ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUN SUNDAY. >> WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THE CRUSHERS THAT YOU CAN’T MEASURE.

>> COME BACK, WE WERE 11 SHOTS BACK. >> WE HAVE A BOND. WE HAVE A LITTLE GANG, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT OTHER TEAMS ARE LOOKING AT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE’VE GOT AND WISHED THEY HAD IT. >> FIRST TIME PLAYING IN A

TOURNAMENT IN HONG KONG, BUT YOU’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. AND A FEW YEARS AGO YOU BROUGHT YOUR FAMILY HERE AND YOU TRAVEL THE WORLD AND LET THEM LEARN THAT WAY? >> WE WERE HERE BEFORE SOME EVENTS HERE AND MY SON AND I

CAME TO PLAY HONG KONG GOLF CLUB. >> ON THE OLD COURSE. >> AND WE RAN INTO YOU. COOL TO BE HERE AND SEE THE COURSE, NEVER PLAYED HERE BEFORE IT WAS AWESOME. >> CHARLES, WE’LL PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. >> OKAY. >> NOTHING CRAZY, DON’T BE WORRIED.

BUT WE HAD FANS SUBMIT SOME QUESTIONS AND WE WANT YOU TO ANSWER THEM LIVE. >> LET’S DO IT. >> THE FIRST QUESTION, I LOVE THE WORLD TOUR ASPECT, BUT WHAT IS YOUR SECRET TO AVOIDING AND OVERCOMING JET LAG. IT’S A GOOD QUESTIONMENTS SO THE

THEY THINK I DO, RIGHT WHEN I GET THERE I WORK OUT AND TRY TO TIRE MYSELF OUT AND JUST KILL ME AND MELATONIN AND MELATONIN IS BIG, BUT HONESTLY, IT’S TWO OR THREE DAYS AND THEN IT’S ALL RIGHT. >> EXHAUST YOURSELF OUT AND MELATONIN. >> CORRECT, YES.

>> THANKS FOR YOUR HONESTY. >> WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE, FAVORITE COURSE IN THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. >> CAREFUL WHO YOU’RE STANDING NEXT TO. >> IF IT WASN’T HONG KONG GOLF CLUB, IT WOULD BE MAYAKOBA, HAD SUCCESS THERE. >> AND I THINK WE’LL STOP

THEREMENT CHARLES HOWELL III, HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK HERE SOON. >> I’VE GOT TO PLAY GOOD TO BE HERE. >> YOU ALWAYS DO. >>DOM AS WELL. MORE TO COME ON CLUB 54 POST ROUND SHOW WE’RE HAVING FUN IN DOM’S HOMETOWN AND MORE TO TALK

ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT. ♪ >> APARTMENT ANTHONY KIM WAS ONE OF GOLFERS, AND LEFT AN IMPRESSION ON HIS COMPETITORS EXCITED TO HAVE HIM BACK. >> ANTHONY, 12 YEARS AWAY FROM THE GAME THAT YOU LOVE. HOW DO YOU ASSESS YOUR FIRST WEEK BACK?

>> I’M EXCITED TO BE PLAYING PROFESSIONAL GOLF AGAIN. I FEEL VERY BLESSED THAT I HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND GOT A LOT TO WORK ON, BUT I HAD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GO MY WAY THIS WEEK, SO, I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO

BUILDING ON THAT AND BEING IN CONTENTION AT SOME POINT THIS YEAR. >> OH, YES! ANTHONY KIM THE FIRST COMPETITIVE BIRDIE IN ALMOST 12 YEARS. >> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE POSITIVES YOU CAN TAKE WITH YOU TO HONG KONG? >> I’M DEFINITELY HITTING THE BALL WELL.

I’M DOING A LOT OF THINGS WELL. I KNOW THE SCORES DON’T REFLECT THAT AND AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW I HAVE A LOT TO BUILD ON AND I’M JUST GOING TO KEEP DOING WHAT I’M DOING. >> WHAT HAS IT MEANT TO HAVE

YOUR DAUGHTER AND YOUR WIFE BOTH HERE TO WATCH YOU BACK DOING WHAT YOU LOVE? >> IT MEANS EVERYTHING. I WOULDN’T BE HERE WITHOUT THEM. I JUST FEEL SO EXTREMELY BLESSED THAT I HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE MEMORIES WITH MY FAMILY, THIS EXPERIENCE IS AMAZING AND

EVERYONE AT LIV HAS BEEN FIRST CLASS AND MOVING FORWARD, I HOPE TO REPRESENT THEM WELL. >> AND SOME MORE TWEETS FROM THE FANS, BIG FANS OF CRUSHERS, OUTSTANDING JOB BY ALL FOUR CRUSHERS GC. COULDN’T AGREE WITH THAT MORE. WITH THE STINGERS ARE LEADING

THE WAY SO FAR, STINGER GC. JOINING US ANOTHER GREAT FRIEND OF OURS. WE STILL HAVE SU-ANN HENG HERE ROCKING OUT. BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER GUEST WITH US IN JUST A MOMENT. THIS IS CLUB 54 POST ROUND SHOW. ALL RIGHT. SO, SU-ANN HENG, THANKS FOR

STICKING AROUND AND JOINING US IS JERRY FOLTZ. JERRY, HOW ARE YOU? >> YOU SAID ANOTHER GREAT FRIEND, YOU SAID BEST FRIEND THIS MORNING. IS SHE YOUR BEST FRIEND. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, GIVING TOO MUCH CREDIT. >> YOU GUYS ARE SO GREAT TO ME.

JERRY WELCOME TO THE SHOW. TELL US ABOUT YOUR DAY ONE? >> IT’S INTERESTING, I THINK WE SAID IT ON THE SHOW, ON THE BROADCAST THAT HONG KONG GOLF CLUB MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE STAR OF THE SHOW IN A FIELD FULL OF STARS.

IT’S SOMETHING SPECIAL TO SEE OLD COURSES LIKE THIS THAT OLD UP SO WELL, SU-ANN AND IT’S NICE IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHEN ALL THE TECHNOLOGY GETS THE HEADLINES AND THE GOVERNING BODIES ARE ROLLING BACK THE GOLF CLUBS AND YOU SEE THE COURSE WITH 6700

YARDS AND HOLDING ITS OWN. >> AND A GOLF COURSE THAT MAKES YOU BE CREATIVE WITH YOUR SHOTS NOT JUST OFF THE TEE, BUT TEE TO GREEN AS WELL AND BEING QUITE PRODUCTIVE WITH YOUR PUTTS. AS DOM SAID EARLIER. IT’S CERTAINLY PROTECTED THE SCORE.

IT WASN’T AS LOW AS I THINK WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE, BUT, YEAH, I LOVE A GOOD OLD TRADITIONAL GOLF COURSE. IT’S SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH AND MAKES THE PLAYERS JUST THINK EXTRA HARD ABOUT WHAT THEY’RE TRYING TO DO.

>> I THINK OVERALL, THE OVERALL SCORING IN GENERAL WAS PRETTY DARN LOW, BUT NOBODY RAN AWAY WITH IT. WE SAW KELLY AND MARTIN KAYMER, AND SAMOOJA WAS ONE UNDER, AND THE COURSE CAN FIGHT BACK AND THEN FOURS AND THREES, AND WE

THOUGHT WE’D SEE A BUNCH OF GUYS IN THE LOW, LOW 60’S AND WE DIDN’T SEE THAT AT ALL. >> DO YOU THINK IT’S MORE ABOUT THE COURSE, THE COMPETITION, THE WEATHER, WHEN YOU SEE SO MANY GUYS TIED UP ON TOP OF THAT LEADER BOARD?

WHAT IS IT REALLY? >> TYPICALLY IN PROFESSIONAL GOLF THERE’S COURSES FOR HORSES, IF IT’S A SHORTER COURSE THAT SOME GUYS PLAY WELL AND THEY’RE GOING TO PLAY WELL, THEY’RE EXPECT TODAY WIN THERE. GUYS ON THE PGA TOURS HAVE MADE THEIR SCHEDULES AROUND COURSES

THEY CAN PLAY WELL. BOMBERS PARADISES WHERE ONLY LONG PLAYERS CAN WIN SOME ARE. AND HERE, IT’S A LITTLE OF BOTH. EVERYBODY IS BASICALLY PLAYING FROM THE SAME AREAS YET, THERE ARE A FEW HOLES WHERE THE BOMBERS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT IF THEY’RE BRAVE ENOUGH.

MOST COURSES BOMBER’S PARADISE, THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE BRAVE THEY JUST HAVE TO HIT IT FAR. HERE YOU HAVE TO BE BRAVE. IT COMES DOWN TO THE ART OF THE GAME, WHICH IS THE SCORING CLUBS. HITTING FAIRWAYS, HITTING GREENS, ON AND AROUND THE

GREENS, GETTING IT DONE THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY AND THE COURSE, THAT’S WHY I SAY IT’S A STAR. TAKES THE MOST TALENTLED PLAYERS IN THE GAME AND MAKES THEM– SEPARATES BY THE TINIEST INTRICACY. SPEAKING OF BRAVE, I MEAN, A PRETTY BRAVE T-SHOT BY JON RAHM

ON THE 18TH. THAT SURPRISED ME. >> BRAVE? THAT’S NOT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING OFF CAMERA. >> I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED. TAKE A LOOK, PULLED IT STRAIGHT LEFT. MY GUESS WAS HE WAS TRYING TO GET IT DOWN THERE WITH A LOW FADE.

ONE BAD GOLF SWING. HE WAS PLAYING SO WELL UP TO THAT POINT AND DOM AND I TALKED TO THIS WHEN WE GOT TO HONG KONG GOLF CLUB. HONG KONG GOLF CLUB CAN CERTAINLY TAKE IT RIGHT BACK FROM YOU, PRETTY QUICKLY AND

18TH HOLE IS ONE OF THOSE HOLES AND GOT REALLY UNLUCKY, THAT WAS A REALLY BAD BREAK AND HITTING THE CURB AND BOUNCING IT BACK OUT AS A TRIPLE BOGEY, AN UNFORCED ERROR THERE, I THINK IT WAS A COURSE MANAGEMENT MISTAKE. I DON’T KNOW IF HE’LL BE USING

THAT CLUB OFF THAT TEE TOMORROW. I HOPE THAT ADAM HAYES TALKS HIM OUT OF IT. IT YOU HIT IT TOP DECK, THE WORST SCORE IS BOGEY? >> IF YOU DON’T HIT THE CURB, HE’S HITTING THE BOGEY. AND THE CURB SHOT WAS TWO SHOT PENALTY.

AND PRO A.M. HE HIT IT ON THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE FAIRWAY JUST SHORT OF THE WATER AND HE COULD THROW THE GOLF BALL TO THE GREEN THERE AND MAKE A DIFFICULT HOLE ROUTINE WITH ONE GOOD SWING. SOMETIMES IN HIS MIND, IT’S

WORTH THE RISK, BUT I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT, I DON’T THINK THE DRIVER. >> AND SOMEONE ON THE 18TH, TO HELP FIGURE IT OUT. RACHEL DRUMMOND. WHAT’S GOING ON. >> CHRISTIAN, LOOK WHO I HAVE WITH ME, WADE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.

IF YOU DON’T KNOW AT HOME, YOU’VE WON HONG KONG OPEN 2017 AND 2020 AND WE SAW YOU HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULT TEE SHOT. >> THANKS FOR THAT. >> AND SOMEONE TURNED THE FAN ON, IT’S COLD AND WINDY SO I WALK YOU TO TALK US THROUGH

STRATEGY ON 18 AND WHY IT’S DEMANDING. >> 18TH HOLE HERE AT HONG KONG GOLF CLUB, ONE OF THE MOST DAUNTING TEE SHOTS. IN THE HUNT FOR A TOURNAMENT. WE’VE SEEN, THE PRACTICE ROUND INFLUENCED BY SOME OF THE BIG BOYS HITTING DRIVERS.

I’VE ALWAYS GONE WITH A 2 IRON OR– AND A BUMP FORWARD TOWARD THE TOP OF THE HILL ABOUT 250 YARDS, SO THAT’S WHAT I’M TRYING TO DO, AND I’M PUTTING A 2 IRON JUST FOR THIS WEEK AND WHEN I PLAY HERE AT HONG KONG AND YEAH,

THAT’S HOW I TRY AND TACKLE IT. >> AND QUITE A LOT OF PLAYERS HAVE DONE THE SAME, 2 IRONS IN THE BAG. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE TREE ON THE RIGHT QUICKLY. >> YEAH, SO, THIS TIME OF YEAR IT’S IN BLOSSOM, WHATEVER YOU

WANT TO CALL IT, A LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT NORMALLY DOES. NORMALLY FULL OF LEAVES AND MAKES THE HOLE LOOK TIGHTER THAN IT DOES NOW, BUT IT’S STILL IN THE WAY FOR THE ERRANT SHOT TO THE RIGHT AND AS WE SAW TOWARDS

THE END OF THE TELECAST, A FEW SHOTS IN THIS OVER HERE. >> YOU SAY IT’S EASY BECAUSE OF THE TREE. >> I THINK IT LOOKS EASIER, BUT DOESN’T MAKE IT TOO MUCH EASIER. >> SHOULD YOU HIT ONE? YOU’VE BEEN EXCITED STANDING HERE. >> LET’S GO HERE.

>> THE CONDITIONS AT THE MOMENT, QUITE A LOT OF WIND INTO. >> YEAH, SO THE WIND IS TOWARD THE LEFT AND I GO TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BOX HERE AND– >> THAT’S A GREAT SIT FOR EVERYONE AT HOME. HOPES HELPS TO OPEN UP THE FAIRWAY.

>> AND I DON’T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE AT HOME. THERE’S A LIV SCREEN THAT’S WHERE I’LL ULTIMATELY WANT TO GET THE BALL AND THE BUNKER SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH IT’S BACK INTO THE WIND AND JUST TRYING A STRONG ONE DOWN THERE

AS NEUTRAL AS I POSSIBLY CAN AND GET IT BOUNDING DOWN THERE, INTO THE WIND. IT’S PRETTY TOUGH. >> WE HAVEN’T MADE THIS EASY. TECHNIQUE, VERY NEUTRAL, AND STRAIGHT– >> AND VERY TECHNICAL THERE. >> I’M TRYING TO USE MY BODY AS MUCH AS I CAN, ESPECIALLY IN A

TIGHT TEE SHOT. NOT TOO MANY MOVING PARTS, BUT TRY TO USE YOUR BODY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND KNUCKLE SPIN GETTING IT DOWN THE FAIRWAY. MAKE SURE TO AIM NEUTRAL TO LEFT AND BACK IN THE STANCE A LITTLE AND WITH NEUTRAL RUNNING BALL. >> GO ON.

YOU’RE EXCITED– >> SOME CALL IT A STINGER, BUT MY BALL DOESN’T HAVE TOO MUCH STINGER. >> I’M TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR MY SWING. NICE RETURN, SOMETHING I HAVE TROUBLE DOING, MOST OF THE TIME AND JUST WAIT FOR– >> AN AMBULANCE. WE MIGHT NEED THAT.

>> AN AMBULANCE TO PASS, MIGHT NEED THAT IN A MINUTE. AND THE LEFT PART OF THAT SCREEN. DOWN LEFT, STILL PLAYING. >> THAT WORKS. THAT WORKS. LET’S HAVE ANOTHER ONE. TALK TO US ABOUT THE PRESSURE SITUATION, DID IT CHANGE YOUR

STRATEGY AND HOW YOU PLAY IN THE FINAL ROUND COMPARED TO DAYS ONE AND TWO? >> YOU REMEMBER BOTH TIMES I COME BACK HERE WITH THE GOLF TOURNAMENT. FIRST TIME A ONE SHOT LEAD AND THE OTHER TIME TWO OR THREE UP MY SLEEVE. A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

I REMEMBER THE FIRST ONE AND I HAD TO WAIT HERE QUITE A WHILE WHICH ISN’T THE BEST THING LIKE WE’VE DONE FOR A WHILE. YOU’RE JUST TRYING TO– I LIKE TO KEEP MOVING AND SAME CLUB, SAME SHOTS. JUST TRYING TO GET IT DOWN THERE

SOMEWHERE IN PLAY. SO, YEAH, YOU KIND OF– YOU REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE FEELINGS TRYING TO WIN THOSE GOLF TOURNAMENTS. >> DID YOU DO ANYTHING ROUTINE-WISE, COUNT BREATHING OR JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS? >> THE FIRST TIME NO. THE SECOND TIME I WAS WORKING

WITH A MENTAL COACH AND BREATHING EXERCISES AND I THINK THAT’S WHY I PLAYED SO WELL IN 2020, WORKED WITH A GOLF PSYCHOLOGIST AND HELPED ME WIN THAT GOLF TOURNAMENT. YOU TRY AND HIT THAT SOLID GOLF SHOT. >> SEE ANOTHER ONE.

>> I’VE GOT THE THEORY THERE, I’VE JUST GOT TO DO IT. >> ON 25 RIGHT NOW AND– . >> THAT’S THE ONE. >> THAT SHOULD LOOK GOOD ON SHOT TRACER. >> PRETTY GOOD. >> HOW MUCH DOES YOUR CADDY PLAY A PART IN HELPING YOU NAVIGATE SITUATIONS LIKE IN.

>> WE’VE DONE THE HOMEWORK AND BEEN AROUND THIS GOLF COURSE A LOT AND WE’VE GOT 237 TO THE TOP AND WE’RE ABOUT 7 YARDS FORWARD AND CLEAR 230 YARDS AND THE BALL BOUNDING FORWARD, 250, 258 MARK AND THEN GOES DOWN THE RAMP THERE.

IF IT GETS DOWN THERE, BONUS, IF IT DOESN’T, I’M NOT WORRIED. >> YOU’RE BUZZING ABOUT THAT SHOT THAT YOU JUST HIT. >> I HIT IT PRETTY GOOD. NOW, YOU HAVE THE SAME COACH AS CAM SMITH AND YOU SAID SOMETHING INTERESTING BEFORE WE CAME ON

AIR ABOUT HOW MEMBERLY GREAT HE IS. CAN YOU SHARE WITH EVERYONE? >> YEAH, OBVIOUSLY CAM’S GOT SO MANY PARTS OF HIS GAME HE’S GREAT AT AND A LOT OF STUFF WE DON’T SEE WHAT GOES ON INSIDE CAM’S HEAD. I THINK THAT CAM’S SO GOOD AT

DEALING WITH CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE ELEMENTS, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS THE ELEMENTS ARE THE WIND AND THEN CIRCUMSTANCE TRYING TO WIN A GOLF TOURNAMENT AND HE HAS THIS WONDERFUL ABILITY JUST TO STAY SO NEUTRAL IN THOSE SITUATIONS AND, THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS HE’S A GREAT PLAYER,

SO, I THINK THAT’S ONE THING I COULD HAVE FROM CAMERON SMITH THAT WOULD BE IT. >> HOW DO YOU EMBODY THAT YOURSELF. LITERALLY IF THE WIND IS– >> MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN YOUR SETUP AND TO TRY TO HIT THE ZERO GOLF SWING AND I PLAYED A LOT OF

MY GOLF EARLIER IN MY CAREER, PLAYING ANOTHER WAY AND TRYING TO FEEL IT. IT GIVES YOU TOO MUCH ROOM FOR ERROR, BUT WE’RE TRYING TO BECOME LIKE ROBOTS. WE’RE NEVER GOING TO BECOME LIKE ROBOTS AND WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT, BIOMECHANICS, NOW TO

BECOME A LOT MORE LIKE ROBOTS. WE’LL NEVER QUITE GET THERE, BUT WE CAN BREAK THE GAME DOWN MORE. >> NOW, WE’VE SEEN A VARIETY OF SHOTS TODAY. SAW RAHM HIT ONE INTO THE TREES LEFT. LOUIS HIT A DRAW INTO THE TREES.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE DRIVER PLAY HERE? >> I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT IT. GRANT, MY COACH WAS TRYING TO CONVINCE ME TO HIT WITH A DRIVER HERE EVEN THOUGH I DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TO PLAY. I SEE IT, BUT I’VE HAD SUCCESS

WITH 2 IRON HERE. BUT, YEAH, I CAN SEE IT BECAUSE IT’S DEFINITELY BENEFICIAL IF YOU CAN GET IT WITH A SHORT CLUB HERE, BUT ON TOP OF THE HILL ANYWHERE BETWEEN 9 IRON AND 7 IRON THERE, AS LONG AS YOU CAN

GET A LOOK AT THE GREEN FOR 2, I THINK YOU’VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB. >> AND LITERALLY TRYING TO GET THE CLUB IN YOUR HANDS AND ATTACK THE PIN. SOMETIMES TOO CLOSE THEN A FUNNY YARDAGE THERE, AND LOOK OVER, PROBABLY OVER 100 YARDS AND THEN

HIT THE NUMBER QUITE PRECISELY ESPECIALLY WITH THE GREEN RAISED LIKE THIS AND THE PIN TO THE RIGHT AND THE WATER COMES IN PLAY AND SO ON. I THINK GIVEN THE TIME OF THE ROUND THAT THIS HOLE DOES PRESENT ITSELF WITH THE PRESSURE

ON YOU’VE JUST GOT TO GET A CLUB IN YOUR HAND WHEN YOU CAN LOOK AT THE GREEN. >> AND A WEDGE RIGHT. >> I’M GOING TO MAKE YOU HIT A DRIVER QUICKLY. >> YEAH. >> I’M GOING TO BE ON THE SIDE AND WE ARE GOING TO GET YOUR

VISUALS UP WITH THE DRIVER. SO WHAT WILL THIS LEAD YOU IN WITH? >> I THINK IT’S GOING TO GET ME DOWN THERE 80, 90 YARDS OUT. >> DON’T WANT TO MIND IT. >> PROBABLY GO LOW WITH THE TEE HERE AND PLAY THE BALL A LITTLE

BACK IN MY STANCE SO I CAN HIT IT LOWER AND THEN A LITTLE FADE DOWN THERE, JUST LEFT OF THAT GREEN. >> YEAH, SIMILAR LINES GO IN THIS– >> PROBABLY MOVE IT LEFT TO RIGHT A LITTLE MORE. AND GUARANTEE THE FLIGHT. OR TRY TO.

>> FEELS WEIRD HIT AGO DRIVER UP HERE. >> SORRY. >> TRYING TO POISON ME. >> THAT WORKED. >> I MEAN, THAT’S VERY GOOD. RIGHT, ONE MORE THING. NOW, AT HOME, INCLUDING MYSELF, DO NOT HIT IT AS FAR AS YOU HIT IT. I HIT IS MORE SIMILAR AVERAGE

GOLFER, 250 WITH DRIVER. CAN YOU CADDY ME TO HIT ONE. >> YOU’VE GOT TO HIT DRIVER DOWN HERE, NO, THE PLAY, THE BUNKERS, 230 YARDS. >> NOT VERY WELL PREPARED. SO EVERYONE AT HOME. THIS IS SIMILAR YARDAGE. WE’LL TEE IT DOWN. >> THAT’S NOT DOWN OF THE THAT’S QUITE HIGH.

>> TEE IT DOWN A LITTLE MORE? >> EVERYONE AT MOMENT. TEE IT DOWN. MORE MARGIN ON THE LEFT. TRY A LOW FADE THERE OR WHATEVER YOUR SHOT SHAPE IS. >> I DON’T KNOW, RIGHT. SO PULL BACK SLIGHTLY. SIMPLIFY IT. >> KEEP MOVING YOUR BODY.

IS THAT FAR ENOUGH BACK IN THE STANCE? >> THAT’S GOING TO DO IT. >> OKAY. OH, I’VE GONE WRONG. >> YOU’VE GONE THE WAY THAT CAM WAS. >> OH. IT’S SO SHORT, IT’S IN THE BUNKER. WAIT, ARE YOU CONVINCED TO HIT DRIVER? >> NO.

I THINK I’LL STICK WITH MY 2 IRON. >> 2 IRON. >> I THINK INTO THE WIND YOU MAY NEED TO GO MORE THAN 2 IRON, BUT IT’S A STRONG HOLE AND ICONIC HOLE IN GOLF AND PLENTY OF HORROR STORIES DOWN HERE IN FWOF TOURNAMENTS.

>> WADE, NOT FOR YOU, TWO TIME WINNER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> SEE HOW MUCH DRAMA WE GET ON 18 THIS WEEK. THANK YOU. >> VERY IMPRESSIVE, RACHEL DRUMMOND. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU’RE A

GOLF NERD OR JUST NEW TO THE GAME, IT’S ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN WATCHING RACHEL DO HER THING. THE LIV GOLF PLUS APP IS FILLED WITH GREAT CONTENT INCLUDING AN INCREDIBLE AND INFORMIE SERIES OF LESSONS FROM THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD.

>> HEY, GUYS, THIS IS CAM SMITH. >> I’M BRYSON DECHAMBEAU. >> BUBBA WATSON. >> WELCOME, WELCOME. >> WELCOME TO MY LIV LESSON. >> IF YOU’RE LIKE ME AND MISS FAIRWAYS, THIS IS WHEN THE CREATIVITY COMES OUT. >> FOCUS ON THE TARGET. >> THAT’S WHAT I’M FOCUSED ON. >> PAY THE MAN.

>> FOR ME, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. >> FOR SURE YOU NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON. >> CAM SMITH, HE HAS TAKEN COMPLETE CONTROL HERE. I LIKE TO AIM THE PUTTER AND MAKE SURE THAT’S PERFECT. AND THEN I TAKE MY STANCE, GIVE

IT ONE GOOD LOOK AT THE HOLE AND HIT A GOOD PUTT. >> HOUDINI WITH THE FLAT STICK. >> NEED A GOLF BALL. HERE WE GO. >> BRYSON DECHAMBEAU, ELECTRIFIES THE CROWD. SO, GUYS, THERE’S A LOT OF MYSTERIES AROUND HITTING IT REALLY FAR. THAT’S WHEN PSYCHO MODE COMES

IN. >> TRY TO GET PSYCHO WITH IT. >> THAT WAS PEPPERED. >> LET YOUR BODY FREE UP. MOVE MORE. DON’T FEEL LIKE YOU’RE RESTRICTED. IF YOU CAN DO THAT YOU’RE ON YOUR WAY TO BETTER GOLF. >> ♪ >> WE HAD CHARLES HOWELL III

JOIN US AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CRUSHERS GC, BUT A TEAM WE DIDN’T GET TO TALK ABOUT TOO MUCH IS OUR TEAM LEADERS OF THE DAY, STINGER GC. JERRY, SU-ANN, I’VE GOT TO ASK YOU, YOUR TAKE ON THIS TEAM. THEY’RE PLAYING SOME INCREDIBLE GOLF.

>> WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS HERE IN CLUB 54 POST ROUND SHOW. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE STINGER GC. THEY ARE PLAYING SOME INCREDIBLE GOLF. YOU GOT TO WATCH SOME AND SU-ANN YOU WERE WITH OOSTHUIZEN TODAY.

AND THEY’RE PLAYING INCREDIBLE GOLF, WHAT’S YOUR TAKE. >> BY THE WAY, STINGER GC WHEN I GOT TO THE GOLF COURSE, I THINK THREE OUT OF FOUR OF THEM WERE NOT FEELING TOO HOT TODAY. >> REALLY? >> YEAH, THEY WERE KIND OF M A BIT OF A COLD, I THINK.

>> YOU THINK. >> BOTTLE FLU? >> MAYBE. >> MAYBE, I WOULDN’T GO WITH THAT. >> HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. LET’S TALK THROUGH THIS, HERE WE GO. >> THIS IS BRENDON GRACE OUT AT 16. HE SHOT THREE UNDER PAR TODAY. THAT ALMOST DROPS ON THE FLY.

>> AND NOW SCHWARTZEL WITH A LONG PUTTER HERE ON THE 6TH FOR BIRDIE. HE PLAYED WELL LAST WEEK. >> HE DID. HE DID. AND HE TIED THIS GUY FOR SECOND PLACE. LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT LONG CAREER PLAYERS IN THE GAME.

>> AND BURMESTER, THIS IS FOR BIRDIE ON THE 11TH. WHAT A ROUND TODAY FROM BURMESTER. >> WHAT A ROUND. >> LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE TEAM LEADER BOARD HERE, STINGER GC AT THE TOP. WE SPOKE ABOUT THE CRUSHERS DOING THEIR THING RIGHT BEHIND

AND CLEEKS, WHICH WE DIDN’T DISCUSS AT ALL AN AMAZING JOB TODAY. >> HIGHLY UPGRADED CLEEKS WITH MERONK ON THE TEAM NOW. >> AND SAMOOJA. >> AND KALLE SAMOOJA. THE STINGERS WON THE VERY FIRST EVENT. THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE TEAMS IN CONTENTION AND THEY

ALSO HAVE TWO GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN PLAYING SOME REALLY GOOD GOLF BEFORE THESE COUPLE OF WEEKS. OOSTHUIZEN AND BURMESTER, WON FOUR DP WORLD TOUR EVENTS OUT OF FOUR EVENTS. THE LIV GUYS WON FIVE IN A ROW AT ONE POINT. AND THEY PLAYED GOOD IN THE OFF

SEASON AND DIDN’T GET AWARDED WITH A MASTERS INVITATION LIKE WACO DID. BUT IMPRESSIVE GOLF OUT OF THEM. >> WE’RE GOING TO GET INTO DAY TWO TOMORROW. WE HAD A GOOD TIME FOR DAY ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING CLUB 54 POST ROUND SHOW.

UNTIL NEXT TIME WE’LL SEE YOU GUYS THERE. PEACE. ♪ ♪ ♪