SOTOGRANDE, Spain — Dean Burmester shot a 5-under 66 for a one-shot lead Friday after the primary spherical of the LIV Golf Andalucía event on a troublesome Actual Membership Valderrama course.
Gusting winds on the course dried out the greens, creating agency placing surfaces.
Solely seven of the 54 gamers within the area have been below par, the fewest in a single spherical of any LIV Golf regular-season event. The sector stroke common was 3.519 over par, with 5 gamers capturing 80 or greater.
“Valderrama is a few place,” Burmester mentioned. “I do not know the way I shot 5 below, to be trustworthy with you.”
Danny Lee was in second after a 67 and Eugenio Chacarra in third after a 68. Sergio Garcia and Anirban Lahiri have been tied for fourth with 69s.
Jon Rahm made his first look as an LIV Golf participant in his native Spain and shot 73. He had a double bogey on the par-5 seventeenth when his strategy shot went into the water, then missed a birdie putt on the 18th.
“It is all the time enjoyable to be again dwelling and be with the house crowd,” Rahm mentioned. “Simply too unhealthy I could not end it a little bit bit higher for them. I needed that final putt to go in so unhealthy.”
Lee’s spherical was his fourth greatest in relation to par this season as he has struggled for outcomes. He entered this week ranked forty fifth in factors.
“Positively an indication that I am shifting into the proper route,” mentioned the New Zealander, whose objective is to complete the common season inside the highest 24 to make sure taking part in privileges for 2025.
