Mark Leishman leads Sergio Garcia at LIV Golf Tucson by two strokes heading into the final round
Mark Leishman opened with an eagle when he made a five-under 66 to lead at 11-under; Sergio García fired a 65 that would have been slightly better if not missing the putt by two legs in the 16th; Garcia’s Fireballs hold the one-shot lead in team competition
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Mark Leishman leads the 11th under heading into the final round at LIVE Golf Tucson
Mark Lishman has a two-shot lead over Sergio Garcia heading into the third and final round off Leaf Gold Tucson.
Lishman opened Saturday with an eagle and held it together in the middle of his five-under tour. The Australian only dropped one shot at Gallery Golf Club and bowled a final birdie of the 17th to reach 11-under.
“It was a really great start, and then I calmed down from the back nine,” said Leishman. “But I didn’t let her get away from me.”
Garcia, whose last win anywhere in Mississippi was more than two years ago, shot a 65 which would have been slightly better had it not been for missing a two-foot putt on the 16th hole. He was at least able to finish a birdie in his hole at No. 17.
Garcia’s team, Fireballs, holds a one-shot lead in team competition. “We’re there. We need another good day tomorrow,” said Garcia.
Sergio Garcia is two shots from the lead heading into the final round
Louis Oosthuizen is in a group of four under-eight players, although none of the others had the same excitement at the end of the tour as the South Africans.
Finishing turn fourteen, Oosthuizen’s approach dropped just meters from the flag and hit the pin, backing off a false front into the lane. A birdie’s note was going toward the pin and circling in and out of the cup.
At that moment, he turned around and covered his face. Make parity 68.
“I went down exactly where I wanted to,” Oosthuizen said, “I hit the screw and came off the green. Same look with the chip. I thought I’d pop it in.” “I stand above thinking, You better do this or it will end badly.”
He is joined at eight by Charles Hoyle III (65), Brendan Steele (65) and Cameron Triangle (66), who had not won on the PGA Tour before signing up for LIV Golf last season.
Phil Mickelson had a bogey-free round, making four birdies in an eight-hole stretch that led to a 67. He was tied for tenth, six shots off the lead. His team, which includes Steele, is one shot behind Garcia’s team.
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