The second season of LIV Golf began on Friday, February 24 at El Camaleón Golf Course in Mayakoba, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The tournament is back with 48-star golfers competing in team matches and individual events.
Each of the regular tournaments at LIV Golf Mayakoba will feature a $25 million purse, with $4 million going to the individual event winner and $3 million shared among the members of the winning team.
The first round of the tournament concluded successfully on Friday, February 24 with Paul Casey sharing the lead with Jason Kokrak.
LIV Golf published the leaderboard for the opening round on its official social media page.
Fans took to the comments section to react to the rankings after Round 1:
“A literal who’s who of a leaderboard.”
“17 players under par. Wow…”
“You guys may as well be playing in a broom closet.”
“The leagues suck, but I can’t blame them for the (money).”
“Oh, that’s awesome. Maybe we can add that to your app sometime before the next round.”
“The Aces have some challengers this year.”
“Enjoyed the coverage today. As others have said, the app needs work. Get a live individual and team ranking tracker just like the website has.”
The final round of the tournament is scheduled for Sunday, February 26. It is important to note that the next two rounds of the LIV Golf will be televised on the CW Network.
2023 LIV Golf Mayakoba Classification
The opening round of LIV Golf is headlined by Paul Casey alongside Jason Kokrak. The golfers finished the first round at 65 to finish bottom 6 on the leaderboard. Peter Uihlein secured the third position along with Carlos Ortiz and Talor Gooch.
English golfer Ian Poulter finished tied at five with Charles Howell II, Marc Leishman, Dustin Johnson and Braden Grace.
The new members of LIV Golf could not outshine last year’s players in their debut match. Danny Lee finished in T18, Brendan Steele in T23, and Thomas Pieters secured the T43 position. Sebastián Muñoz and Mito Pereira finished tied at eight in 23rd position.
Here is the complete LIV Golf Mayakoba standings after the first round.
- T1. Paul Casey
- T1. jason kokrak
- T3. Peter Uihlein
- T3. carlos ortiz
- T3. Talor Gooch
- T6. Charles Howell III
- T6. Ian Chicken
- T6. marc leishman
- T6. dustin johnson
- T6. branden grace
- 11.Cameron Smith
- T12. Graeme McDowell
- T12. triangular cameron
- T12. Anirban Lahiri
- T12. abraham ancer
- T12. matthew wolf
- T12. jediah morgan
- T18. Pat Perez
- T18. danny lee
- T18. brooks koepka
- T18. scott vincent
- T18. sam horsfield
- T23. sergio garcia
- T23. Phil Mickelson
- T23. bubba watson
- T23. Brendan Steele
- T23. patrick cane
- T23. Myth Pereira
- T23. Bryson DeChambeau
- T23. Sebastian Munoz
- T31. henrik stenson
- T31. matt jones
- T31. richardo soso
- T31. Dean Burmester
- T31. james piot
- T36. kevin ka
- T36. charlie schartzel
- T36. Harold Varner II
- T36. Chase Koepka
- T36. Joaquin Niemann
- T36. David Puig
- 42. Eugenio Chacarra
- T43. Lee Westwood
- T43. Luis Oosthuizen
- T43. Bernd Wiesberger
- T43. Thomas Pieters
- 47.Laurie Canter
- 48. Sihwan Kim