Jon Rahm and Sergio Garca, who shared 34th place last week at the British Grand Slam, the fourth and final Grand Slam of the season, also matched their scorecards this Friday on the first day of the LIV Golf of Great Britain, the 11th round of the Saudi Super League, which will run until Sunday at the JCB Golf & Country Club in Rocester, England.
Rahm, results
Both the Basque player and the Castelln native started at par (71) and are in 32nd place, six strokes behind Chilean Joaqun Niemann, Polish Adrian Meronk, and South African Branden Grace, who lead with 65 and are one stroke ahead of Englishman Lee Westwood, American Bubba Watson, and Mexican Carlos Ortiz.
The countdown has begun. Camiral will host the 2031 Ryder Cup, as announced in recent days. This Friday, the starting gun was fired at the club for the tournament.
Rahm made three birdies (8, 10, 16), but a bogey (3) and, above all, a double bogey on the par-5 13th, where he needed seven strokes, prevented the Basque player from completing a round under par. Garca made a birdie and a miss on a scorecard with 16 pars.
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David Puig was the best Spaniard of the day with a 68, with four birdies and just one miss, placing him 11th in the standings. Josele Ballester is 24th after finishing his first round with a 70.
Rahm was ranked No. 1 last year in his first season at LIV Golf and remains in contention to repeat that title in 2025: the Spanish player is now second overall with 154.16 points, surpassed only by Niemann (166.80), who has had an exceptional season with four titles in the 10 tournaments he has played.
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