Three seasons after first battling for a LIV Golf individual title, Dustin Johnson and Joaquin Niemann enter Sunday’s final round of LIV Golf Singapore ready for another duel.
Niemann, the Torque GC captain, shot the best score in Saturday’s second round at Sentosa Golf Club, a 7-under 64 to grab a share of the lead with Johnson, the 4Aces GC captain who followed his opening 63 with a 3-under 68. The two are at 11 under, three shots better than their closest pursuers.
Johnson’s team owns a five-stroke lead over Phil Mickelson’s HyFlyers GC in the team competition as the 4Aces hope to end a drought of 22 consecutive tournaments without a win. Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs GC are in third place, eight strokes off the lead, as they seek a third consecutive tournament victory.
LIV Golf: Singapore Odds & Field (FanDuel, as of March 15)
Joaquin Niemann: -105 (bet $10 to win $19.52 total)
Dustin Johnson: +160 (bet $10 to win $26 total)
Lucas Herbert: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)
Sebastian Munoz: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)
Cameron Tringale: +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total)
Jason Kokrak: +2400 (bet $10 to win $250 total)
Brooks Kopeka: +3400 (bet $10 to win $350 total)
Ben Campbell: +3400 (bet $10 to win $350 total)
Jon Rahm: +4300 (bet $10 to win $440 total)
Paul Casey: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
Cameron Smith: +6500 (bet $10 to win $660 total)
David Puig: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total)
Abraham Ancer: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total)
Niemann’s Torque teammate Sebastián Muñoz continued his fine play with a 3-under 68 and finds himself inside the top five of the leaderboard for the eighth time after 11 rounds this season. Ripper GC’s Lucas Herbert remains his team’s best-performing player this season, shooting a 5-under 66.
Smash GC’s Jason Kokrak also shot 66 and hopes to join teammates Talor Gooch (2023) and captain Brooks Koepka (2024) as Singapore individual winners.
TEAM SCORES
LIV Golf’s new scoring format this season now involves all four scores now counting in every round in the team competition. Here are the results and scores for each team after Saturday’s Round 2 of LIV Golf Singapore.
1. 4ACES GC -20 (Pieters 67, Johnson 68, Varner III 70, Reed 73; Rd. 2: -6)
2. HYFLYERS GC -15 (Tringale 67, Mickelson 68, Steele 68, Ogletree 76; Rd. 2: -5)
T3. FIREBALLS GC -12 (Puig 69, Ancer 70, Garcia 70, Masaveu 70; Rd. 2: -5)
T3. TORQUE GC -12 (Niemann 64, Muñoz 68, Ortiz 73, Pereira 79; Rd. 2: Even)
5. LEGION XIII -9 (McKibbin 67, Rahm 70, Surratt 70, Hatton 73; Rd. 2: -4)
6. IRON HEADS GC -8 (Na 67, Jang 69, Le 69, Catlin 73; Rd. 2: -6)
T7. CRUSHERS GC -5 (DeChambeau 65, Casey 69, Howell III 72, Lahiri 72; Rd. 2: -6)
T7. SMASH GC -5 (Kokrak 66, Koepka 69, McDowell 71, Gooch 74; Rd. 2: -4)
9. RIPPER GC -5 (Herbert 66, Jones 70, Smith 70, Leishman 76; Rd. 2: -2)
10. STINGER GC -4 (Oosthuizen 70, Schwartzel 70, Grace 72, Burmester 73; Rd. 2: +1)
11. RANGEGOATS GC -2 (Campbell 67, Wolff 67, Watson 74, Uihlein 76; Rd. 2: Even)
12. MAJESTICKS GC +15 (Poulter 71, Stenson 71, Horsfield 74, Westwood 75; Rd. 2: +7)
13. CLEEKS GC +20 (Bland 70, Kjettrup 74, Kaymer 75, Meronk 75; Rd. 2: +10)
Wild Cards: Lee 71, Kim 73
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