LIV Golf-Greenbrier: Wolff, Puig share lead in Saudi-funded league

Aug 06, 2023 at 7:53 AM
LIV Golf-Greenbrier: Wolff, Puig share lead in Saudi-funded league

Matthew Wolff made sufficient birdies to offset just a few errors on Saturday for a 3-under 67 that gave him a share of the lead with David Puig at LIV Golf-Greenbrier.

The third and last spherical is huge open on the Old White course at Greenbrier Resort, with 9 gamers separated by solely two pictures.

That consists of former U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, one of many marquee signings for the Saudi-funded league, who has but to win in LIV Golf.

DeChambeau had a 61 and joined Richard Bland (63) and Talor Gooch (64) only one shot behind. Gooch already has three wins on LIV this 12 months.

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Puig made up a two-shot deficit on Wolff and briefly took the lead with three straight birdies on the again 9 till he dropped a shot on the thirteenth, and Wolff birdied the 14th.

Wolff had a 54-hole lead over DeChambeau at Winged Foot within the 2020 U.S. Open till DeChambeau shot 67 on the ultimate day to win by six pictures. Wolff took day without work the next 12 months for psychological well being points, and he says his purpose on Sunday is to decide to pictures and settle for the result. At stake is a $4 million payoff to the winner.

The group at 10-under 130 featured Mito Pereira (62), Brendan Steele (63), Branden Grace (64) and Harold Varner III (67).

In the workforce competitors, Puig and Pereira led Torque to a four-shot lead over Stinger, the workforce of South African gamers.