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Carlos Ortiz of Mexico par 5 to take the lead in the first round of LIV Golf Invitational Portland in North Plains, Oregon on Thursday when the first event of the circuit in the United States began. Fired Under 67.
Ortiz put together seven birdies and two bogies at the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club to lead Dustin Johnson, who finished with a 4-under 68, by one stroke.
Pat Perez, Hideto Tanihara of Japan and Branden Grace of South Africa are in 3rd place with 3 unders, Brooks Koepka, Henny Dupresis of South Africa and Wade Ohmsby of Australia are in 6th place with 2 unders. I did.
Among other notable points, Bryson DeChambeau is tied 14th with an even par, and Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia of Spain are tied 30th with 3 overs. The
tournament is the second Saudi-backed circuit and the LIV debut of Ortiz, Perez, Koepka and DeChambeau. Charl Schwartzel of South Africa won the LIV opener near London in mid-June. He is in 25th place with 2 over pars in Oregon.
The LIV event will be attended by 48 players, lasting only 3 rounds and no cuts. There is also a team aspect, where players are grouped into teams of four. The main team after the opening round is 4 Ace GC, with Johnson, Perez, Patrick Reed and Tallah Gooch under 7 under. Stinger GC, an all-South African group consisting of Grace, du Plessis, Louis Ooshuizen and Schwartzel, is second with 5 unders.
– Field-level media
