Sergio Garcia shot a 7-under 64 at Sentosa Golf Club on Saturday to maneuver right into a share of the second-round lead with Talor Gooch on the LIV Singapore match.
Garcia and Gooch, who birdied his final two holes for a 65, had 36-hole totals of 13-under 129.
Gooch received final week’s LIV match at Adelaide, Australia and was the first-round chief by a stroke in Singapore after a 64.
Brooks Koepka (65 Saturday) was in third place, a stroke behind Garcia and Gooch. British Open champion Cameron Smith was in a three-way tied for fourth place after a 66 and two behind the leaders.
Phil Mickelson, who shot a second straight 66, was in seventh place and three strokes behind. Mickelson birdied 4 of his first 5 holes however had two late bogeys.
Garcia, who started his spherical on the primary gap with Gooch within the shotgun-start format, birdied three of his last 4 holes.
Gooch opened with a pair of 10-under 62s whereas profitable at The Grange final week at Adelaide. He continued his sturdy play Saturday with six birdies.
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“There’s no pixie dust I’ve thrown on the clubs the last couple weeks,” Gooch stated after his opening spherical. “It’s just the game comes and goes in waves, and hopefully we can continue to ride this wave for as long as we can and play a bunch of good golf.”
The first spherical was delayed for greater than two hours after 12 holes as a consequence of extreme climate within the space. With stormy climate once more within the forecast for the weekend, the shotgun begin for the ultimate two rounds was moved up — the second spherical began at 8:15 a.m. native time whereas Sunday’s spherical is scheduled to start at about the identical time.