“Yeah, it was an unbelievable leaderboard,” Leishman said. “I saw all the guys right behind me and I knew the holes I had to finish off on. Played probably some of my best golf I’ve ever played today, especially coming off Singapore a couple weeks ago where I think I beat three people. Confidence wasn’t overly high. But I knew things were looking pretty good. I was playing good golf and showed that today.”
Joaquin Niemann remains in the top spot in the season standings after winning twice. Garcia and Jon Rahm are in second and third place, respectively. Garcia’s Fireballs team leads Rahm’s Legion XIII in the team standings.
The week started off by making plenty of headlines for different reasons. Phil Mickelson was in vintage Masters storytelling mode earlier in the week, Brooks Koepka said he thinks his tour should be much further along than it is now, and new CEO, Scott O’Neil admitted that this is a big week for LIV Golf after having been in his role for just three months.
Up next, of course, is the Masters, where 12 LIV Golf members will play. Seven of them—Mickelson, Garcia, Schwartzel, Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed—are Masters champions.