Ancer leads; DeChambeau 3 back; Fireballs have team lead | LIV Golf

DeChambeau is in a four-way tie for fourth with Torque’s Sebastian Munoz, Fireballs’ Eugenio Chacarra and Majesticks GC’s Sam Horsfield. 

The last few days have been a whirlwind for the Crushers captain after winning his second U.S. Open with a clutch up-and-down on the 72nd hole at Pinehurst. A media tour in New York followed the next day before he traveled to Nashville for this week’s tournament.

“I’m a zombie right now. I’m a dead man walking,” he said. 

But the crowd support Friday helped keep him going, and he acknowledged them at every opportunity – including at the par-3 15th party hole when he made birdie, then cupped his ear to hear the fans cheer.

“It’s quite an honor to be out here and have so much support,” DeChambeau said. “It’s fantastic. This is what LIV is all about.”

TEAM COUNTING SCORES

Standings and counting scores for Friday’s opening round of the team competition at LIV Golf Nashville. The three best scores from each team count in the first two rounds while all four scores count in the final round. The team with the lowest cumulative score after three rounds wins the team title. 

1. FIREBALLS GC -14 (Ancer 64, Chacarra 67, Garcia 68)

2. CRUSHERS GC -10 (Catlin 66, DeChambeau 67, Casey 70)

3. TORQUE GC -9 (Muñoz 67, Ortiz 68, Pereira 69)

4. LEGION XIII -8 (Hatton 65, Rahm 70, Surratt 70)

5. MAJESTICKS GC -7 (Horsfield 67, Westwood 69, Stenson 70)

T6. STINGER GC -4 (Schwartzel 69, Burmester 70, Oosthuizen 70)

T6. RIPPER GC -4 (Leishman 69, Smith 69, Jones 71)

T6. CLEEKS GC -4 (Kaymer 68, Bland 70, Samooja 71)

9. IRON HEADS -3 (Na 69, Vincent 69, Kozuma 72)

10. SMASH GC -2 (Koepka 69, Kokrak 71, Gooch 71)

11. HYFLYERS GC E (Mickelson 70, Steele 71, Ogletree 72)

12. RANGEGOATS GC +1 (Watson 70, Wolff 72, Uihlein 72)

13. 4ACES GC +2 (Varner III 71, Reed 72, Perez 72)