SOTOGRANDE, Spain — Bryson DeChambeau made eagle on his ultimate gap on the par-5 seventeenth for an 8-under 63 and a one-shot lead over Talor Gooch on Saturday in LIV Golf-Valderrama.
DeChambeau has but to win in opposition to the 48-man fields on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf League, and this could be his finest probability. He performed bogey-free for the day, and his eagle allowed him to maneuver into the lead going into the third and ultimate spherical.
Gooch, who received back-to-back LIV Golf occasions in Australia and Singapore earlier this 12 months, had the lead for a lot of the second spherical at Valderrama, with eight birdies in opposition to one bogey. However then he took a second bogey on the 18th gap and completed with a par for a 65.
PGA champion Brooks Koepka, who already has two LIV Golf wins together with Gooch and Dustin Johnson, acquired his lone mistake out of the way in which early and shot 65. He was three pictures behind DeChambeau.
Johnson shared the opening-round lead however may solely handle a 71, leaving him 5 again. Jason Kokrak was a late arrival on account of journey from Ohio and was tied for the 18-hole lead with Johnson. He shot 74 and fell eight pictures behind.
DeChambeau was at 9-under 133.
