Adelaide, Southern Australia – Some observations after the primary two tournaments of the Golf Liv season of 2025.
Jon and Joaco present in repetition
The captain of Legion XIII Jon Rahm and the captain of the GC couple Joaquin Niemann, the primary two gamers in 2024, appear to take the place they left final season.
Niemann has once more printed an early victory together with his victory in Adelaide; Last yr he received the primary and third occasions of the season.
Rahm stored his top-10, with a T2 in Riyadh and a sixth soloist in Adelaide. He by no means completed out of the primary 10 in his 14 golf Liv tournaments that he completed; The solely factor that stopped him was a foot harm that pressured him to WD in Houston final yr.
The greatest shock is that neither of the 2 gamers are on the prime of the person rating after two occasions. That honor belongs to …
Yo, Adrian
Adrian Meronk of Cleeks GC adopted his opening victory of the season underneath Riyadh’s lights with a good T12 in Adelaide, ending up with a 7-under 65 rail that included seven birds and an eagle. If it hadn’t been for a few double trolleys in his second spherical, it could have been within the mixture of Sunday.
Meronk additionally leads the league in birds and is third in placing.
He admits that the transition to Liv Golf final season was just a little chaotic, and he didn’t discover his foot till half a season. But now he’s displaying why it was the DP World Tour Player of the Year in 2023.
With the USGA and the R&A that announce a path to the US Open and Open by means of the person Liv Golf rating, Meronk – in addition to all of the others not at the moment certified for these two majors – have an extra enormous incentive.
Puig Alert
Before this season, David Puig of Fireballs GC struggled to copy the form of the golf Liv occasions that he confirmed in leaving not within the championship. Take into consideration his final 21 Golf outcomes not LIV since mid -2023: two wins, eight different prime 5 and 6 others finest 20.
The first indicators point out that the 23 -year -old from Spain has lastly understood the transition. He drew for the sixth place in Riyad, then adopted 1 / 4 as a soloist in Adelaide, leaving him fourth within the rating of the factors. The solely different participant with Top-10 Finish in every occasion is Rahm.
The most spectacular factor is its outcomes of the ultimate spherical, because it shot a 7-under 65 with out Bogey within the third spherical in Riyadh, then a 5-under 67 on Sunday in Adelaide. Subsequently, his captain Sergio Garcia was stunned, “David performed Amazing”.
New arrivals on the rostrum
Of the six new gamers who enter this season, three have already given contributions which have helped their groups to achieve the rostrum.
In Riyadh, the 22-year-old Tom McKibbin from Northern Ireland provided an instantaneous influence, taking pictures a 7-under 65 opening and eventually ending up T15 whereas Legion XIII received the staff’s title.
Ben Campbell of New Zealand additionally linked for the fifteenth to Riyad and was the second finest interpreter of the GC of Bubba Watson, who linked for the second.
In Adelaide, the 22-year-old Luis Masaveu was a part of the successful staff Fireballs GC and his last 1-under 71 was a strong contribution for the six-shots victory.
Meanwhile, McKibbin equalized for the seventh individually whereas Legion adopted his Riyadh victory with an effort of second place in Adelaide.
In the rating of particular person championships, McKibbin is thirteenth and Campbell 26 °.
Young and powerful
Of the primary 5 gamers at a medium distance by automotive by means of two occasions, three are among the many youthful gamers within the championship.
- The 22 -year -old McKibbin, who’s positioned at n. 2
- 23 -year -old Puig, which is positioned n. 3
- The member of Legion XIII of 20 years Caleb Surtert, the youngest participant of the League, is n. 5
Another younger man, the 22 yr previous Yubin Jang of Iron Heads GC, is linked to the eleventh.
Odds & Ends
Range Goats Captain GC Bubba Watson completed with factors (prime 24) in every of the primary two occasions. Last yr, he had just one level of reference.
It was a tough Sunday for Sam Horsfield and his Majesticks GC after getting into the ultimate spherical with the command, however his first recreation stays encouraging. He linked to the twelfth in Riyadh earlier than his T7 who ended up adelaide.
Great names that surprisingly haven’t any factors by means of two occasions: Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson, Louis Oosthuizen, Patrick Reed and Talor Gooch.
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This piece is courtesy of Mike Mcallister in collaboration with Life Golf.
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