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LIV GOLF NASHVILLE | FINAL ROUND | JUNE 23, 2024



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>>> MUSIC CITY HAS PROVIDED THE PERFECT STAGE FOR THE BAND OF WORLD CLASS GOLFERS TO PERFORM THEIR GREATEST HITS. TYRRELL HATTON HAS A THREE-SHOT LEAD BUT CAN THE PEOPLE’S CHAMPION, BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU, PRODUCE ONE MORE TUNE TO CONFIRM HIS GREATNESS AT THE GROVE? WE’RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AT LIV GOLF NASHVILLE. [ MUSIC ] ♪ HANGING WITH THE FELLOWS, BUSSING WITH THE BOYS ♪ >>> EXCITING NEWS FOR THE BUS, LIV GOLF IS COMING TO NASHVILLE. >> S PERFECT PLACE FOR LIV TO SHOW UP AFTER THE EPIC U.S. OPEN. >> WE HAVE FOOD, MUSIC, PARTIES, THE PLACE YOU WANT TO BE. >> ONLY DOWN SIDE, IT GOES SO QUICK, FRIDAY ONE, PARTY IS STARTED. DAY TWO, THINGS SPICE UP A BIT. SUNDAY, DAY THREE, THE FINISH IS FAST. >> WILD DAY. AND THE BIG BOYS OF GOLF THE TOP OF THE BOARD, PLAYS AND LEADS CHANGING T IS GOING TO GET — IT IS GOING TO GET LOUD TODAY. >> CHAOS. HOW IT SHOULD BE PLAYED. >> MAGNIFICENT. [ MUSIC ] >>> PATIENCE WAS A VIRTUE FOR TYRRELL HATTON ON SATURDAY AFTER NINE STRAIGHT PARS THE MAN BURST INTO LIFE WITH SIX BIRDIES OVER THE FINAL 7 TO SEIZE CONTROL. BUT THE U.S. OPEN CHAMPION BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU IS FEEDING OFF THE ENERGY OF THE CROWDS, HE LOOKS TO PRODUCE ANOTHER SPECIAL SUNDAY. REJUVENATED JON RAHM IS SEEKING A TEAM DOUBLE AND JOHN CATLIN IS POISED TO BOUNCE. HELLO, EVERYONE, WE CANNOT WAIT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY, ARLO WHITE, JERRY FOLTZ AND DAVID FEHERTY, LIVE FROM NASHVILLE. HELLO WHERE ARE YOU WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD. ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AS WE ARE. A STAGGERED OR MODIFIED SHOTGUN START. AND BRYSON AND JOHN CATLIN AND TYRRELL HATTON WILL TEE OFF. THE OTHERS IMMINENTLY. HOW ABOUT THE FIRST GROUP OFF THE FIRST HOLE. JON RAHM WITH A 63 YESTERDAY. AND CAM SMITH AND CARLOS ORTIZ GOING BACK AFTER VICTORY IN HOUSTON. >> THAT’S THE SECOND GROUP. THEY’RE NOT IN THE LEAD BUT THREE OF THE MOST EMOTIONAL PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. MORE THAN AND TYRRELL HATTON, JON RAHM AND DeCHAMBEAU. EXPECT SOME FIREWORKS. >> AND CAM SMITH, IF HE KEEPS IT IN THE FAIRWAY. HE WILL BE IN CONTENTION. HITTING INTO THE FAIRWAY LATE LAST NIGHT. AND SECOND IN THE DRIVING DISTANCE. 14th AND SECOND IN GREENS AND REGULATION. GETTING THAT DONE ALL AROUND AND CARLOS ORTIZ. HE IS A FUN PLAYER. >> JON RAHM BOGEYED AND THEREAFTER NINE BIRDIES. HE WAS SENSATIONAL AND FOR HIM WITH THE INFECTION HE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH IN HIS FOOT HE SAID HE WAS PAIN FREE. LOOK HOW HE PLAYED. >> BACK TO FULL FITNESS AND DANGEROUS. NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. THAT IS IN GREAT SHAPE. >> HE HAD A COUPLE OF FLINCHES HE THOUGHT THE FOOT WOULD HURT. HE HAS CHANCED HIM HE WILL BE JUST FINE. >> MORE DeCHAMBEAU WHEN HE IS READY TO TEE OFF. WE’LL START CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY ON THE FIRST TEE. NASHVILLE, IT’S BEEN A PLEASURE. THOUSANDS OF FANS AND. THIS CAN BE SPECIAL IN TENNESSEE. >> CAM SMITH. 65 YESTERDAY WE SHOWED THAT YOU WHEN HE HOLED OUT. HE IS NOT OUT OF IT. THE CAPTAIN OF RIPPER GC. 10th AND 11th UNDER PAR. LEADING THE WAY BY 5 SHOTS. THAT GETS UNDERWAY. IT IS HOT OUT THERE. >> SETTING UP BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT. >> AND LOWER THAN HE HAS BEEN IN TRYING TO HIT THE SQUEEZE OFF THE TEE. THE FIRST COUPLE OF ROUNDS HE COULD NOT HIT THE SEA OFF AN AIRCRAFT-CARRIER. >> BUT STILL MANAGES TO BE IN CONTENTION. >> HOUDINI LIKE. >> EXTRAORDINARY. >> AND CARLOS ORTIZ OF TORQUE GC VICTORIOUS BY A SHOT. HE IS IN THE NIX TO GO BACK TO BACK A MAN IN TREMENDOUS FORM. [ MUSIC ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> BRYSON SAID THE ATMOSPHERE ON THE FIRST TEE IS LIKE A BASKETBALL ARENA. [ LAUGHTER ] >> IT IS INTENSE. >> LEGION XIII JON RAHM! >> WELL HE WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH A 1 UNDER PAR 70 ON THE OPENING DAY. HE PUT THAT IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR ON SUPER SATURDAY. THE LOWEST OF ALL 54 YESTERDAY AND 8 UNDER PAR 63. HE IS ONLY FOUR BACK OF HIS TEAMMATE TYRRELL HATTON. >> THERE ARE TWO MISSED FAIRWAYS, SECOND IN DRIVING DISTANCE AS WELL. HE IS JUST REALLY ROUNDING INTO THE FORM. THAT’S. >> A BULLET. >> EVERY LEAGUE EVENT HE HAS COMPETED AT COMPLETED, HE HAS FINISHED IN THE TOP TEN. WILL THAT BE REPEATED OR BETTER TODAY? >> THE TEE AT 13, ANTHONY KIM. >> 3 UNDER PAR 68 FOR AK YESTERDAY. >> 210-YARDS TODAY. >> AND HAVEN’T SEEN BETTER THAN THAT ALL DAY LONG. >> CAM SMITH, COULD THAT BE HIS DAY? BRYSON, JOHN CATLIN OR TYRRELL HATTON, THEY WILL TEE OFF. CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY OF LIV GOLF NASHVILLE THIS COULD BE VERY SPECIAL INDEED. >> AND LEGION XIII ALL THE WAY SO FAR ON SUPER SATURDAY IN NASHVILLE. AND JON RAHM IS RUNNING HOT. >> OH, YES. TYRRELL HATTON TAKING CONTROL. >> JERRY YOU HAVE BEEN OUT FOR CLUB 54 THE PREROUND SHOW AND TO ME, YOU KNOW, I WILT IN THE HEAT, IT SEEMS HOTTER THAN WE HAVE SEEN HERE TODAY. >> IT IS PERFECT. IT IS PERFECT OUT THERE. I HARDLY BROKE A SWEAT. I LOVE IT WARM. THE FANS CAME OUT AND THIS IS HOTTER THAN WHAT THEY ARE WE USED TO HERE AROUND THE SUMMER SOLSTICE. THEY ARE ENJENJOYING IT. ONE MORE EXCUSE TO STAY HYDRATED. >> PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE GROVE CLUB FOR THAT PARTICULAR VENTURE. >> THE LEAD GROUP, STAGGERED SHOTGUN START ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. TYRRELL HATTON WITH THE 3-STROKE LEAD OVER JOHN CATLIN. WHAT A DIFFERENCE HE IS PUTTING IN AND LEGION XIII, INAUGURAL SEASON, THEY WON THE FIRST EVER EVENT IN MAYAKOBA, MEXICO, THEY ARE SEEKING A THIRD OF THE SEASON. THEY HAVE A HEALTHY ADVANTAGE OF 5 SHOTS BUT THE TEAM. WE HAVE SEEN THEM BEFORE. THEY HAVE COME BACK FROM DOUBLE DEFICIT WHEN ALL FOUR SCORES COUNT AND HOW ABOUT THE MAJESTICKS, LOOKING FOR A FIRST PODIUM IN 24 EVENTS. THEY ARE IN THIRD. >> NOT A PODIUM SINCE THE THIRD EVENT OF THE EXISTENCE AND YOUR FIRST WITH THE TEAM. IT IS A LONG COURSE. >> IT IS AND THE COURSE, THE GROVE HAS STOOD UP, I THINK, UNDER THIS FROM THE PLAYERS, MIDWAY THROUGH. AND WE CAN EXPECT THE FIREWORKS. >> CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY UNDERWAY HERE AT LIV GOLF, NASHVILLE. 51 OF THE 54-MAN FIELD ARE OUT HERE AFTER THE EARLY SHOTGUN START. WE WAIT FOR THE FEATURE GROUP WHICH IS TYRRELL HATTON AND LEADS BY JOHN CATLIN AND LET’S GET INTO THIS. THE TWO, IN PARTICULAR TYRRELL HATTON AND DeCHAMBEAU. AND 9 STRAIGHT PARS DURING THE ROUND. HELD IT TOGETHER AND BIRDIED. HOW IMPRESSED WERE YOU? >> HOW EMOTIONAL HE IS AND HE AND DeCHAMBEAU. THEY WEAR THEIR HEARTS ON THEIR SLEEVE. I THINK TYRRELL HATTON IS A WONDERFUL STORY AS WELL. HE WON TWICE THIS YEAR, JERRY. SHOT 59. LOOKED LIKE A WORLD CLASS PLAYER, COCONTEND TODAY. — HE COULD CONTEND TODAY. >> I CANNOT REMEMBER A 32-YEAR-OLD JOURNEYMAN COMING OUT ON TOP. BUT HE IS THE BEST IRON PLAYER IN THE FIELD. FIRST IN STROKES GAINED ALL APPROACHES. BRYSON, THOUGH, OFF THE TEE AND WITH THE HOT PUTTER AND TYRRELL HATTON ALL AROUND. HE IS SIXTH IN LONG APPROACH. SECOND IN SHORT. FIFTH IN SHORT GAME AND FIRST IN PUTTING, THAT’S A DEADLY EXHIBITION. >> BRYSON ON HIS OWN ADMISSION IS RIDING THE WAVE OF ENERGY FROM THE CROWD. HIS TANK IS EMPTY AFTER THE WEEK THAT HE HAD. 7 DAYS AGO THAT HE WON IN PINEHURST IN THE OPEN AND LOOK AT HIM GRINDING AFTER THE GROUND AGAIN. THEN I HAVE SEEN FOOTAGE TAKING THE TROPHY TO PEOPLE LINING UP IN THE PARKING LOT. HE IS THE DURACELL BUNNY OF LIV GOLF. >> YOU WONDER WHAT HE HAS LEFT AND HOW DIG CAN HE DEEP. IT WILL BE A SUPREME EFFORT. >> HE IS SURPRISING OUT US. HE HOPES THAT IS NOT UNTIL TOMORROW. >> LET’S GO BACK TO THE FIRST FAIRWAY AND JON RAHM. >> OFF THE LEFT. >> AND CAM HACKED IT OUT OF THE WEEDS. >> RAHM WITH A HUGE TEE SHOT HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JON RAHM WITH HIS EXCELLENT FORM. AK AT 13 TO START HIS CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY WITH A BIRDIE. BEAUTIFUL. >> NICELY DONE RIGHT THERE. >> SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ, SECOND AT THE 4th. 7 UNDER PAR FOR HIS COMPETITION SO FAR. >> THAT’S HOW HE GOT THERE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE CANNOT WAIT FOR BRYSON AND TYRRELL HATTON, AND JOHN CATLIN, THE PEOPLE’S CHAMPION, HE IS HIGH FIVING AND FIST BUMPING. AND CRUSHERS IN CONTENTION. DOWN TO KIERAN VINCENT, HE WAS EXCELLENT YESTERDAY. THEY HAVE THE FIVE-SHOT LEAD. >> YOU CANNOT HIDE. ALL FOUR SCORES. YOU CANNOT HIDE. >> WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM KIERAN IN MIAMI, I BELIEVE, PLAY SO WELL IN THE LAST ROUND. HE CAN DO IT. >> LET’S FIND OUT. WHAT TO WATCH FOR. IN THE HEAT AND DOM BOULET IN A FEW MOMENT’S. SU-ANN HENG, ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE GROUP OUT ON THE COURSE. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CAM SMITH TODAY? >> YES. THE ATTENTION WILL BE ON BRYSON AND LET’S NOT COUNT OUT CAM SMITH AND HOW GOOD OF A PUTTER, THE KEY FOR HIM IS OFF THE TEE THE DEMON OF THE GAME. FIX HE CAN HIT MORE HE WILL GIVE HIMSELF MORE OPPORTUNITIES GIVEN HIS IRON PLAY. >> YOU HEAR, PATIENCE WINS TOURNAMENTS. YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT T IS TWO SHOTS HARDER THAN THE BACK NINE. IF YOU ARE 2, 3 AND DON’T PANIC THE GROUP YESTERDAY COMBINED 14 UNDER PAR. >> A LOT MORE TO COME THIS IS CAM SMITH THE THIRD AT 1. >> THIS WHERE HE IS MAGICAL. >> WHAT A DAY IT COULD BE FOR BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. >> HIS ENERGY LEVEL WILTED A TOUCH. HE PROMPTLY BOGEYED A COUPLE OF PAR 3s. RIDING THE WAVE OF ENERGY THE CROWDS ARE PROVIDING FOR HIM. HE WILL TEE OFF AND BIRDIE AT 1. OH. SO CLOSE. , HERE IS THE STANDINGS LEADER. CAPTAIN OF TORQUE, THIS FOR BIRDIE AT 8 A MOMENT AGO. JOAQUIN NIEMANN. STARTS WELL. HE IS 4 UNDER PAR. LET’S HEAD BACK TO THE FIRST TEE AND JUST WAIT FOR THE ROAR FOR BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. HE GOT ONE MORE SUNDAY LEFT IN HIM BEFORE HE CAN TAKE A BREATHER. A WELL EARNED BREATHER AFTER A WHIRLWIND WEEK. >> STRAIGHT DOWN. A FAIRWAY WOOD. THAT’S ALL HE NEEDED. >> WE MENTIONED KIERAN VINCENT AND HE HAS GOT TO 6 UNDER OVERALL. THAT STRETCHES THE LEAD TO 6 AND IT IS 7. THIS IS BIG. JON RAHM STARTS WITH A BIRDIE. HE IS 10 UNDER. THREE BACK OF TYRRELL HATTON BEFORE THE TEAMMATE HAS TEED OFF. >> WHAT A DAY FOR THIS YOUNG MAN. >> I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT HE IS FEELING. >> AND THE OPENING TEE SHOT, GUYS. SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. >> NICE. >> ON THE TEE FROM LEGION XIII… >> TIME FOR THE LEADER TYRRELL HATTON. >> 65 ON DAY. A 64 ON SUPER SATURDAY AND SINCE GETTING A WIN ON THE DP IN 2021. >> DO YOU THINK HE GETS NERVOUS? >> IN THE PRESSER YESTERDAY HE SAID NOT REALLY. BUT I MEAN REALLY. >> THIS IS THE HIGH TEMPLE OF STRESS HERE. LOVELY SHOT. , HE SAID AND SHOWS THAT I CARE. AND BRYSON, AGAIN, WHIPPING THE CROWD UP, FEEDING OFF THE FRENZY. 9 UNDER PAR. FOUR BACK OF THE LEADER. JOHN CATLIN AND THEY GO WAY BACK FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THIS IS LIV GOLF NASHVILLE. >> THIS IS A MOMENT AGO. >> OH. >> HE DROPS A SHOT. >> PAUL CASEY HAS THE CRUSHERS WITHIN 6 THANKS TO THIS A FEW MOMENTS AGO ON 6 FOR PAUL CASEY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> SERGIO GARCIA WITH A LITTLE CHIP HERE AT 7. >> FIREBALLS HELD THE LEAD AFTER THE FIRST ROUND. THEY WERE 14 UNDER AFTER DAY 1. BUT THEY FADED IN THE HEAT ON SATURDAY. 1 OVER PAR YESTERDAY. SLIDE DOWN THE PYLON. HE LOOKS RELAXED. HIS CADDY, WHAT A PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS PROVEN TO BE OVER THE RECENT MONTHS. , HOW ABOUT JOHN CATLIN, TOO. >> TURN THE CLOCK BACK 15 YEARS OR SO WHEN HE AND BRYSON ARE PLAYING JUNIOR GOLF IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, TO THINK THEY WOULD BE HERE TODAY. HE IS PLAYING THE U.S. OPEN CHAMPION AND FRIEND AND GREG NORMAN IS GOING TO WATCH HIS EVERY MOVE. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THAT WAS UNLIKELY TWO WEEKS AGO, JERRY. >> YES. >> THE PARTY HOLE AND LUCAS HERBERT. >> DISGRUNTLED. >> THE FIRST FAIRWAY, THOUSANDS OF GOLF MANIACS. AND SEEING BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. >> SU-ANN, ARE YOU WATCHING JON RAHM. >> HE SAID AND HE ONLY MISSED TWO FAIRWAYS. A GOOD DRIVE. >> A LOVELY HARD FADE THERE. SUITS THIS PERFECTLY. >> HE SEES WHERE WE’RE GOING. >> STEPH CURRY IS THE STEPH CURRY OF GOLF, ISN’T HE? >> WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> FIVE YARDS OVER 10:00 BARELY. >> I LIKE THAT. [CHATTER] >> I’M AIMING FIVE OR THE GREEN. >> YOU’RE GOOD. >> THE WIND IS UP. STRONGER THAN IT HAS BEEN. DID I HEAR THEM SAY FIVE YARDS LEFT OF THE GREEN; I HOPE HE MEANT HIM. >> HE HAS A WEDGE. AND IT DOES SLOPE THERE. >> GOOD SHOT. >> LET’S GET YOU CAUGHT UP AT SOME OF THE EARLY ACTION. AND EUGENIO CHACARRA HAVING A GOOD WEEK. 6 UNDER PAR THANKS TO THAT BIRDIE AT 17. COULD BE THE MAJESTICKS DAY A FIRST PODIUM IN 24 EVENTS. AND SAM HORSFIELD WITH LEE WESTWOOD FOR BIRDIE AT 2. AND IAN POULTER AND HENRIK STENSON. IS THAT AN ADVANTAGE? THEY TEE OFF AT 5. >> JOHN CATLIN TAKES THREE PRACTICE SWINGS BEFORE EVERY SHOT. AND VIOLENT ONES, TOO. LOWER THAN BRYSON AND IT IS LEFT. >> AND LONG. >> THAT’S A HUGE MISTAKE THERE. >> A LITTLE STAND. AND A TRAP SHOT FROM THERE ANYWAY. >> ON THE FRONT. >> RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND WAITING FOR A REACTION WHEN HE SAW IT. NOTHING. DIDN’T THROW HIS HANDS UP OR SHRUG HIS SHOULDERS. JUST ACCEPTED IT. >> NOT AS HARD AS PEOPLE THINK IT IS. >> ONLY TIME IT IS HARD YOU HAVE A LOSTED WEDGE THERE IS MORE BOUNCE. BUT NOT THAT BIG OF AN ISSUE. >> CERTAINLY LOW. THAT’S OKAY, I THINK. >> THAT’S JUST FINE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> EARLY CHANCE OF BIRDIE FOR THE LEADER. JON RAHM IS WITHIN 3. THIS IS THE SOMEONE IS TAKING A DUNK HERE. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN GREAT. >> THERE IS THE BROADCAST FOR 2035. >> 2025, I’M TOLD. >> COULD BE NEXT YEAR. [ LAUGHTER ] >> IAN POULTER. >> PRIOR TO HIS OPENING HOLE, THE PAR 3 FIFTH AND HENRIK STEN CONTINUE. MAJESTICKS HAVE GAINED ON THEIR OVERNIGHT THANKS TO HORSFIELD. >> BACK TO THE FIRST. >> NOT IDEAL. IT IS GOING TO TEST HIS TOUCH EARLY IN THE ROUND AND JUDGING BY THAT. HE WILL USE A LITTLE WEDGE ON THIS SHOT AND IT COMES UP THE SLOPE AND THEN IT IS GOING TO GO DOWN QUICK SWINGING FROM THE RIGHT. >> YOU HAVE TO BE RACING MORE THAN OTHERS. HE YOU ARE IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF PLAY HE PUT ON THE RESUME AS OF LATE AND THROUGHOUT THE CAREER, DOM, THIS IS UNCHARTERED TERRITORY FOR JOHN CATLIN. >> A DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH. LOOK HOE IS PLAYING WITH, THE GROUP AHEAD. HE THEY ARE CHAMPIONS MANY OF THEM. >> CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS OF PRIZE MONEY. >> I HAVE, HE MADE IN HIS CAREER ON THE DP WORLD TOUR AND THE ASIAN TOUR 3.4 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS. >> FIRST PRIZE TODAY, 4 MILLION. >> HOW GOOD IS THIS? OH MY GOODNESS, WHAT A TOUCH. >> NO NERVES THERE. >> GREAT JOB HIDING THEM. >> CAM SMITH OFF A BOGEY WITH ONE A SECOND AT 2. >> AND THE TOP OF THE SHOW, THAT’S IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO HIT THE FAIRWAYS. HE HIT SIX BUT OUT OF THE SIX HE CONVERTED 100% INTO BIRDIES AND IN TOTAL THIS WEEK HE HIT 14 FAIRWAYS. OUT OF THOSE 14, HE BIRDIED 8 OF THEM. >> THAT’S INCREDIBLE. >> HE HAS 6 IRON HERE. AND ALL THE WAY BACK. >> REMEMBER RAHM BOGEYED FIRST AND ON A TEAR FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, THAT COULD HAPPEN WITH HIM. >> ABSOLUTELY. HE SAID HE IS STRIKING HIS IRONS WELL. THIS IS LOOKING REALLY NICE. >> THAT’S A WONDERFUL SHOT RIGHT AT THE FLAG BUT IT WILL CATCH THE LITTLE SLOPE THERE AND GET TOSSED AWAY. >> HAVE YOU SEEN THE CROWD, SIX, SEVEN DEEP UP THERE. MOST CHEERING FOR THIS GUY. >> IF THIS GOES IN. >> TOOK A BOBBLE. >> THEY ARE QUICK TODAY. >> WELL, LEGION XIII, ANOTHER EARLY BOOST FOR THEM, KIERAN VINCENT HAS BEEN MAGNIFICENT. TWO UNDER AFTER TWO OPENING HOLES. >> HOW IS THIS? >> THAT WAS FOR BIRDIE AT THE PAR 3 5th. SO HE IS 2 UNDER AFTER 2. AND LEGION XIII HAVE STRETCHED THEIR FIVE STROKE ADVANTAGE INTO SEVEN. AND THAT’S 1 UNDER PAR. CAPTAIN JON RAHM. >> A WONDERFUL DRIVE THERE FROM JON. 15, 20-YARDS AHEAD. THE LAST TWO THEY ARE PLAYING WITH. >> SAID YESTERDAY HE FINALLY WAS ABLE TO WALK PAIN FREE FOR 18 HOLES. THAT’S VERY POSITIVE FOR JON. 7 IRON. GOING TO STOP THIS QUICKER. >> AND THAT IS DOWN BELOW. >> TYRRELL HATTON AT 1. WHAT A START. >> OH! OH, MAN THAT’S. A LITTLE DISCUSSION. >> THE INQUEST HAS BEGUN. A PAR START FOR TYRRELL HATTON, OUR LEADER, BY 3. >> YOU SEE COLLABORATED WITH NASHVILLE BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING YOUNG PEOPLE OUT TO THE GROVE TO EXPERIENCE THE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN AND SPENT TIME ON BOTH THE PRACTICE TEE AND THE PUTTING GREEN WHERE THEY SHOWED THE YOUNGSTERS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO PLAY WITH THE PROS. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE TENNESSEE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY EDUCATED THEM ON THE FLORA AND FAUNA, LEMONADE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE, ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS. LIV GOLF FOR THE POTENTIAL UNLEASHED INITIATIVE AND STINGER GC ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD AND PROUD TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN NASHVILLE. >> A LOT OF SMILES AND TO THE STINGER BOYS. THE TEAM. THIS IS THE TEE AND AERIAL VIEW AT 2. >> THERE IS ONE PLAYER WHO MAKES THE HOME HERE, BRANDEN GRACE, BUT IT’S AN AWAY GAME FOR BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU OUT THERE. >> AND WITH A THE COMMISSIONER OF LIV GOLF, GREG, YOU WON TWO OPENS, HOW DID YOU FEEL PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY THE WEEK AFTER. HOW HE IS DOING? >> HE IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. HE IS LIVING OFF THE ENERGY HE CREATES AND THE SPECTATORS ARE PULLING IN BEHIND HIM HE IS EMBRACED THEM. AS FOR ME, I DIDN’T PLAY THE WEEK AFTER. IT TAKE AS LOT OUT OF YOU, I THINK PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE HOW MUCH ENERGY AND CONCENTRATION AND IT SUCKS IT OUT OF YOU. IMPRESSED WITH WHAT HE IS DOING HERE. >> HOW ABOUT WITH JOHN CATLIN AND THAT CHIP ON THE OPENING HOLE? >> THAT WAS A TOUCH OF CLASS. PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE IT GOING THERE IS 15, 15 AND A HALF SPEED WISE AND JUDGED IT. >> IT HAS BEEN A GREAT WEEK. >> FANTASTIC TO EVERYONE IN NASHVILLE THE SUPPORTERS FROM A FIVE-HOUR DRIVE AND IT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. >> ENJOY THE REST OF THE DAY. >> TICKETS SOLD REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM ALL 50 STATES IN THE UNITED STATES AND 15 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES A SELL-OUT AGAIN TODAY. I WONDER IF GREG WILL ATTEND THE FLAG AGAIN AT 15. >> THE FLAG IS A DANGEROUS PLACE TO STAND THE WAY THEY ARE PLAYING. >> THE THREE PRACTICE SWINGS THAT DOM WAS TALKING ABOUT. LOOKS LOOK HE IS TRYING TO GET THE SHOULDERS TURNING THROUGH AND A DRILL HE HAS DONE EARLIER IN HIS CAREER FROM GETTING THE CLUB BEHIND HIM. BUT IT IS CLICKING. >> THE CADDY SAID JON SAID, I’LL BE LYING IF MY HANDS ARE NOT SHAKING. , HE SAID HE FELT A LITTLE CALMER AS A REPLACEMENT FOR CHARLES HOWELL IN HOUSTON. TOP 24 THERE. A FAIR OF 66S HERE. AND THE RIDGE IN FRONT OF HIM IS FAIRLY STEEP. IT IS GOING TO BE SLOW UP THERE. >> BACK TO THE SECOND TEE. >> CANNOT BELIEVE THAT DIDN’T LIKE RUNNING IN THE HALF IN THE SLOPE. >>> BIRDIED AND NINE CONSECUTIVE PARS. 36 OF THE 37. AND LIKES THIS ONE. , LET’S GO. >> CAN JON RAHM WITH THE BIRDIES. THAT’S WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO. HE KNOWS HOW WELL, THEY ARE ALL COMPETITORS IF THEY THAT’S THE TEAM SITUATION. A GOOD READ IT IS SLOW. YOU SAW CAM’Ss BALL. >> COULD THAT BE JON RAHM’S DAY. HE PILL RUSH HIS TEAMMATE ALL THE WAY. A LEGION XIII-DOMINATED PYLON IN THE INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM EVENT. THEY EAD BY 8. >> AND OFF THE TEE AT 4. 323-YARDS TODAY. , WE MAY SEE A FEW ON THE PUTTING SURFACE. >> THAT’S A BEAUTIFUL SWING THAT WILL RUN THROUGH THE BACK. >> AND CALEB SURRATT SLIDES THAT IN ON NUMBER 8. THAT’S ANOTHER BIRDIE FOR LEGION XIII. >> THE LEAD IS 9. ALL FOUR SCORES COUNT ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. HAROLD VARNER HAD A GREAT SUPER SATURDAY FOR THE 4ACES. 7 UNDER PAR, 64, 4ACES STRUGGLES, THOUGH AND THEY’RE AT TIE FOR LAST PLACE WITH THE RANGEGOATS. >> HAROLD THINGS THAT IS ENOUGH TO GET IT THERE. >> THAT’S LEFT AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO CHANCE OF GETTING IT CLOSE. >> AND EVEN LESS NOW. , BACK TO THE GREEN AND MATTHEW WOLFF. >> THIS IS FOR PAR. >> WELL DONE. , ONLY THE TOP 24 FINISHERS EARN POINTS EACH WEEK AS THE TOURNAMENTS CLICK BY THAT’S IMPORTANT FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE FIELD. >> THIS IS THE SECOND FAIRWAY AND IT APPEARS THAT THE PLAYERS AND THE CROWD ARE JUST HAVING A TEMPORARY RESPITE FROM THE FIERCE SUNSHINE. IT IS STILL BOILING HOT OUT THERE. JON RAHM HAS BIRDIED HIS OPENING TWO HOLES TO GET WITHIN 2. HERE HE IS. HE IS BIRDIED 11 OF THE LAST 19 DATING BACK TO YESTERDAY. [CHATTER] >> YOU DON’T WANT TO BE ALONG HERE. THAT IS A DIFFICULT UP AND DOWN. >> THIS IS THE RIGHT DISTANCE HE WILL BE NICE. , VERY SMART PLAY THERE. >> THIS IS PAUL CASEY FOR THE CRUSHERS AT 7 FOR BIRDIE. THEY JUST TRY AND CLING ON TO THE COAT TAILS OF LEGION XIII. THIS IS A FEW MOMENTS AGO. HAVE TO BE SATISFIED WITH A PAR AT HIS SECOND. >> IN THE RIGHT ROUGH HERE AND JOHN CATLIN JUST THE YELLOW GRASS. THAT IS SITTING UP PRETTY WELL. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL AND I THINK THAT HAVING A BACK PIN HELPS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LONGEST SHOT UP HILL DOWN WIND. >> , THAT’S PRETTY GOOD ACROSS THE SLOPE. >> AND TYRRELL HATTON UP HILL 184 TO THE FRONT EDGE. WIN IS BACK A LONG WAY. >> AND THIS IS LEFT EDGE OF THE GREEN. >> THAT WILL BE AWKWARD. NO EASY TWO PUTT THERE. >> UP SLOPE ABOUT 83, 84. >> I LIKE IT. >> PITCHING WEDGE. >> YOU SAID YESTERDAY I’M CLOSE TO BEING BACK TO GREENBRIER, YOU SAID WHICH WILL BE AWESOME. >> LAST WEEK HE WAS NOT FULL GREENBRIER WHEN HE WENT 68 TO WIN THE FIRST TITLE. HE GETS BACK TO THAT FORM TWO FAIRWAYS OUT OF 2. THAT’S A GOOD START. >> THIS MAY BE BUNKER. >> IN BETWEEN THEM. >> THAT’S RIGHT. >> AND OFF THE LEFT. , HE WON THE OPEN BUT WON THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS OF FANS WITH THE APPROACH TO THE GAME AND TO THE PUBLIC. , I HAVE BEEN THE SAME PERSON SINCE DAY ONE. >> GOLF NEEDS BRYSON BACK. HE HAS NOT GONE ANYWHERE. >> THE NARRATIVE HAS SHIFTED. PEOPLE ARE SEE HOG I AM. >> HE IS A TRANSFORMATIVE. HE HAS DONE SOMETHING TO KIND OF TRANSFORM THE LANDSCAPE OF THE GAME. HE IS THE SINGLE-HANDEDLY UNITING THE FANS. >> I WANT TO GIVE BACK. NOW PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SEE WHO I AM AND WHAT I’M TRYING TO DO FOR THE GAME. >> HE WAS ASKED ABOUT TAKING THE TROPHY AROUND AND LETTING PEOPLE TOUCH IT. I WANTED EVERYONE TO EXPERIENCE IT. THIS WAS NOT FOR ME IT IS TIME TO GIVE BACK. , THEY ARE HELPING ME EXPRESS WHO I AM. >> A NATURAL BORN ENTERTAINER. >> NO ONE MORE COMPELLING. >> THEY ARE GETTING HIM PUMPED UP. LEGION XIII ARE LEADING THE TEAM COMMISSION. >> AND THAT WAS THE SOAKED SHOT AT 5 THE PAR 3. JON RAHM IS BIRDIE BIRDIE AND IN CONVENTION QUIDLY — INDIVIDUALLY. AND CALEB SURRATT, RECENTLY A SAFE MORE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, NOW A MEMBER OF LIV GOLF. HE IS CONTRIBUTING. THAT’S FOR BIRDIE AT 8. TODAY ALONE AND THEY PLAYED TWO. RAHM IS 2 UNDER. AND 2 UNDER. THEY ARE 5 UNDER ALREADY THEY LEAD THE CRUSHERS BY 9. >> THEY HAVE TO COME UNDER THE TOP LEVEL AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. >> I THINK UP AND DOWN. >> AND ACROSS THAT SLOPE. >> THE SECOND BOUNCE. NOT BAD. >> NOT WATCHING THE LEAGUE ON THE APP, YOU DON’T NOSE WHAT ARE YOU MISSING. WATCH EVERY GROUND OF EVERY TOURNAMENT LIVE, NO COMMERCIALS, IT IS FREE FOR MOST OF THE WORLD. SCAN THE QR CODE ON THE SCREEN. >> OVER AT THE 9th AND CALEB SURRATT WITH THE SECOND. >> , NOT WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR. >> A LOOK AT WHAT HE IS FACING HERE. VERY EASY TO LET IT SLIP AWAY. KEEP IT UP TO THE LEFT. AND A CHANCE THAT YOU CAN RUN IT BY THE HOLE. VERY DIFFICULT PUTT. , HE IS AWARE HE IS CAPTAIN BIRDIED HIS TWO OPENING HOLES TO CLOSE THE GAP. >> A VERY GOOD EFFORT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ANOTHER LOOK FROM THE LIV LINE. CAN YOU SEE HOW MUCH SWING THERE IS. >> ONE OF THOSE PUTTS WITH THE SLOPE DOWN BELOW. THE HIGHER YOU HIT IT, THE MORE IT TURNS. >> YES. >> AND SMITH CAM SMITH FOR BIRDIE. >> THAT IS A GREAT. >> THAT’S GREAT. >> THE PUTT IS EASIER THAN TYRRELL HATTON BUT FAR FROM EASY. , THAT’S THE DANGER IN KEEPING IT HIGH. JUST RUNNING IT PAST A LITTLE BIT. >> RAHM FOR THREE STRAIGHT. , LOOK AT THEM FOR THE FIRST THREE HOLES. HE IS LOOKING FOCUSED AND GAINED 1.4 STROKES PER ROUND AND IN PUTTING. >> RIGHT TO LEFT. >> A GOOD PUTT. >> A BIG MOMENT AT THE SECOND FOR JOHN CATLIN. THIS IS FOR PAR. >> AND THE TWO TOURNAMENTS THIS YEAR AND THE FINAL ROUND ON THE FRONT 9 HE PLAYED THEM IN TWO UNDER AND FOUR UNDER. A DIFFERENT TEST HERE TODAY. >> AND THE MAJESTICKS THE LAST TIME THEY MADE A PODIUM WAS OUR FOURTH EVENT OF 2022. >> 21 UNDER. AND MAKING THE BIRDIE THERE. >> AND FOR LONG AND JOAQUIN NIEMANN WITH THE BIRDIE. THEY ARE 22 UNDER TORQUE, HE MADE THESE. , HE PUTTED UNBELIEVABLEBLY. HE MADE THE PAR AT 3. HE IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOLE PUTTING UP HILL. >> AN EARLY BLOW FOR BRYSON WHO SLIPS TO TWO BACK OF THE LEADER TYRRELL HATTON. >> THIS IS KIERAN VINCENT. HE HAS DROPPED A SHOT. BACK TO ONE UNDER FOR THE DAY. LEGION XIII DROP A SHOT. TORQUE ARE IN A TIE FOR SECOND NOW. CARLOS ORTIZ INDIVIDUALLY LOOKING TO GO BACK TO BACK AFTER VICTORY IN HOUSTON. THAT’S AND THE 23rd UNDER PAR. >> LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN AT 13th PAR 3. , THAT MEANS TORQUE ARE IN SECOND. >> COMING DOWN THE SLOPE. >> STAY THERE. IT HANGS UP. >> HAVE TYRRELL HATTON MADE THE PAR AT 2. THIS IS THE TEE AT 4. CARLOS ORTIZ OFF THE BIRDIE. [CHATTER] >> AND TRAVELING THE PAR 4. 323 TO THE FRONT. THE WIND HELPING. NEEDS TO KEEP CUTTING. >> YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THE LEFT. THERE IS NOT MUCH ROOM THERE. >> TYRRELL HATTON AT 3. >> AND 188-YARDS PRETTY STRONG WIND HELPING. DON’T GO IN THAT BACK BUNKER. >> WHAT’S LEFT. >> PUT BACK DOWN INTO THE SWALE. [CHATTER] >> JON ON THE TEE AT 4. HE IS GOING WITH A FAIRWAY WOOD. THAT’S A 3 WOOD. AND THE PERCENTAGES. CARRY THAT MIDDLE BUNKER THERE. GIVE HIM ROOM TO SLIP A WEDGE IN. >> JON RAHM ROCKING THE MOHAWK THIS WEEK, INSPIRED BY HIS SON. >> THAT IS PLENTY OF CLUB TO GET IN THERE. >> GO LONG. TRYING TO. >> 323-YARDS IF THAT IS OKAY. >> LEGION XIII STARTED MAGNIFICENTLY, THEY WERE 5 UNDER EARLY ON FOR THE DAY. BACK TO 3 UNDER FOR THE DAY. ANOTHER DROP-SHOT. THAT’S MITO PEREIRA FOR TORQUE GC. HE WOULD TAP THAT IN FOR BIRDIE. 6 UNDER. THEY GOT WITHIN 7 OF LEGION X XIII. >> LEE WESTWOOD. 8 UNDER. >> GAINED THE FIRST POINTS IN HOUSTON. LAST TIME OUT. HE WILL FEEL GOOD HERE. LOU. >> THAT’S DANGEROUS. >> MUSIC CITY HAS TURNED OUT AND THOUSANDS PACKED THE GREENS HERE THIS WEEK. THE REST OF THE DAY WILL DELIVER GREAT DRAMA. POOCHES WELCOME AS USUAL. >> DEAN BURMESTER. >> PAT PÉREZ CAN GAIN POINTS HE BATTLES RELEGATION. BIRDIE AT 12. >> A BIG SWING HERE HE BOUNCED BACK. >> SAM HORSFIELD AT 5. THIS SECOND. AND VERY QUICKLY. NICE TOUCH. NOW WITH HAROLD VARNER VANE >>> THE FI FIRST ROUND LATER ABE ANCER BUT IN THE FEATURED GROUP FADED WITH A 75. HE BIRDIED TWO OF THE THREE. THIS IS THE SECOND SHOT AT THE PAR 511th. AND THE FIRE BALLS WITH BETTER FORM ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY THEY HAVE A THIRD PODIUM. >> LEE WESTWOOD HAS THIS FOR BIRDIE OUT AT NUMBER 5. >> HE WILL PLAY THE SENIOR OPEN SHORTLY. >> ONE OF THE FAVOURITES WITH RICHARD BLAND. >> COULD THAT INDEED BE A PODIUM FOR MAJESTICKS GC? THEY STARTED SOLIDLY N A TIE FOR THIRD WITH THE CRUSHERS ON 22 UNDER PAR. >> BRYSON ANYWHERES TO FIRE HERE. >> AND ON THE TEE SHOT. MUST HAVE HIT IT A TOUCH HEAVY. >> ANYTHING THAT GOES OFF. [CHATTER] >> THE MORE BREAK YOU PLAY THE MORE BREAK THERE WILL BE. [CHATTER] , YES. >> LIKE I SAID YESTERDAY, EVERYTHING ABOUT BRYSON’S GAME IS ELIMINATE THE SMALL MUSCLES IN THE HANDS AND WRIST. [CHATTER] >> LEFT ARM THAT’S WHY HE HAS A WEAK LOOKING GRIP. IT LOCKS IT UP. THE HANDS AND WRIST DO NOT ENGAGE IT IS A SWING OF THE SHOULDERS. IT IS EFFECTIVE. TWO-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ELSEWHERE MARC LEISHMAN OF RIPPER GC. THIS IS THE 18th PAR 5 A BIRDIE PUTT FOR THE AUSSIE, ROLLS THAT IN. PAT PÉREZ, WE MENTIONED, ON THE FRINGES OF THE POINTS HERE, HE CAN DO HIMSELF A FAVOR IF HE CAN IMPROVE ON. THAT THAT’S THE TEE SHOT AT 13. SO HE WOULD CONVERT THAT INTO A BIRDIE. HE IS 4 UNDER. HE IS NOW IN THE TOP 24 AND IN 23rd PLACE THAT MEANS POINTS. NOT MANY BUT POINTS. >> A QUICK ONE DOWN THE SLOPE INTO THE SWALE. >> YES! , HE IS TRYING TO KEEP OFF THE CHALLENGE FROM HIS CAPTAIN, JON RAHM. >> HE GOT LUCKY WITH THE DRIVE. WAY LEFT. GOT FROM THE TOWER THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOFT HANDS. THAT WAS A GOOD SHOT. AND. >> A BIG PUTT HERE FOR JOHN CATLIN. THIS WOULD MAKE HIM FEEL SO GOOD. >> HAS NOT BIRDIED THE HOLE THIS WEEK, THIS WOULD BE A FINE TIME TO DO IT. >> A LITTLE TENTATIVE ON THE BACK SWING THERE. >> JON AT 4. WHAT A JOKESTER THINKING HE WILL PLAY TO THE FRONT OF THE GREEN WITH A 3 WOOD. NOPE. >> IT IS SITTING WAY DOWN A LOT OF GREEN. INTO THE GREEN. >> THIS IS A MOMENT AGO. AND SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ THE PAR 5 7th , SECOND SHOT. HITTING A HIGH CUT IN THERE, FLAGGING THE LEFT TODAY. >> THAT’S MAGNIFICENT SHOT. >> IAN POULTER AT THE 8th. A SHORT IRON IN. >> ON THE FRINGE OF BURNING POINTS INDIVIDUALLY. AND THE MAJESTICKS CLINGING TO A BOGEY FINISH. >> THAT IS VERY WELL PLAYED FOR CARLOS ORTIZ. WHO WOULD KNOCK THAT IN FOR BIRDIE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> CALEB SURRATT FOR LEGION XIII. JUST DOWN THE ROAD KNOXVILLE. THAT SHOULD BE ALMOST A GIMME BIRDIE. >> CAM, AFTER THE WONDERFUL HIGH PITCH FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. HE HAS THIS FOR BIRDIE. HE NEEDS SOMETHING GOING. NO SHOCKER. HE IS FIRST IN PUTTING THIS SEASON. ONE THING TO BE FIRST FOR ONE SEASON IS TO BE FIRST IN ANOTHER SEASON. AND GOES TO SHOW HOW GOOD OF A PUTTER HE IS. TALKS TO EVERYONE HERE AND THEY SAY HE IS ONE OF THE BEST THEY HAVE EVER SEEN. >> UNFORTUNATELY THE GUY ON HIS HEELS IS TYRRELL HATTON. >> YES. >> LEFT TO RIGHT. >> THE TOUCH ELUDING CAM SMITH. RIPPER GC SEEMINGLY OUT OF IT HERE ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. RICH BLAND, WHO PERFORMED ADMIRABLY AGAIN. THE CLIQUES WERE VICTORIOUS IN FRANCHISE HISTORY LAST TIME OUT, THEY ARE DOWN TO 7th PLACE. HE IS 6 UNDER PAR WITH HIS SECOND SHOT AT 2. SENIOR P.G.A. CHAMPION A FEW WEEKS AGO. JON RAHM FOR THREE BIRDIES AND GETTING BACK WITHIN 2. >> COULD YOU NOT HEAR WHAT IS HAPPENING BEHIND HIM. MAKING THE PUTT. UP HILL. GOT TO HIT IT FIRM. >> WHAT A START CONSIDERING THIS FRONT HALF IS SO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. >> WELL, MORE EXCELLENT NEWS FOR LEGION XIII. THIS IS KIERAN VINCENT, 2 UNDER PAR. THIS IS HIS THIRD SHOT AT 7. HE WOULD MAKE THE BIRDIE. HE BIRDIED THREE OF THE FOUR. A BOGEY FOR HIM. THE LEAD IS OUT TO 9. >> AND TYRRELL HATTON ON THE TEASE HE SAW JON RAHM AND HE ASSUMES FOR BIRDIE GIVEN IT IS A SHORT PAR 4. >> COME ON, BABY! >> IF HE IS ON THE UP SLOPE THERE, THAT MAY NOT BE TOO BAD. >> THERE WE GO. >> AND THAT IS GOING TO PAST THE FRONT EDGE OR TO IT. I DON’T MIND THE LEFT BURNER BUT THE LEFT IS GOING TO BE EASIER. OFF TO THE RIGHT. >> LEFT IS AN EASIER MISS. ON 13 OF PINEHURST TO THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN ON THE PAR 4. THIS IS A SIMILAR DISTANCE. SAME CLUB. >> LET’S GO! , HE IS LOOKING LIKE HE LIKES IT. >> HE IS GOING TO LOVE IT. >> A BEAUTIFUL SWING. >> TO THE 7th GREEN AND SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ FOR EAGLE FOR A SURGING TORQUE GC. >> LEGION XIII AND THE LEAD NOW IS BACK TO 10. CALEB SURRATT HAS JUST MADE BIRDIE AT 10. AND. >> YOU HOPE HE IS SETTLED NOW AND BOGEYING TWO AND MISSING THAT ON THE LAST HOLE FOR A BIRDIE. AND THAT WILL DISAPPOINT HIM. HE IS RESILIENT, THIS MAN. >> SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ HAS GIVEN HIMSELF A BIT OF WORK TO DO WITH THE BIRDIE HERE AT 7, THE PAR 5. >> TORQUE ARE GOING NICELY. 9 UNDER PAR. HERE IS ANOTHER ONE FOR THEM AS WELL. CAPTAIN JOAQUIN NIEMANN IS GOING WELL ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. BIRDIE AT 11. TORQUE ARE AT 27 UNDER. THEY’RE TRYING TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LEGION XIII. THEY’RE BACK WITHIN 8. >> THIS IS EARLIER, IAN POULTER IN FOR BIRDIE. AND SPLAYING WITH HIM AND HIS TEAMMATE. LEE WESTWOOD WITH THE MAJESTICKS AND SAM HORSFIELD. >> WHAT A SHOT. >> THEY ARE TWO CLEAR. >> TO THE TEE AT 5. >> IT IS TO THE RIGHT. KEEP IT STRAIGHT. >> THE WIND IS HERE. THERE. >> ARE YOU FEELING SOMETHING BUT FROM THE RIGHT. >> LIKE A IT IS MONEY. >> CARLOS ORTIZ’S CADDY A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO. >> ON THE HOLE NUMBER 5. THIS IS THE HARDEST HOLE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. ONLY FIVE BIRDIES WE HAVE SEEN. IT IS BUS THE TOUGHEST TO HIT AND 50% OF THE PLAYERS HAVE FOUND THIS GREEN. >> THIS IS LEFT. >> THIS IS SHORT. ON THE FRONT THAT’S 84. AND A 70, MORE THAN 70, 75 WOULD BE MAX. >> LAND AN 84 THAT IS RIGHT HERE. THAT’S WHAT I THINK IT IS. >> JON RAHM’S CADDY. 209 PLAYING 175 MAX. THE WIND IS HELPING A BUNCH. 7 IRON. LEVEL PAR AFTER BOGEY THE FIRST HOLE BOGEY FREE AND 12 BIRDIES IN 20 HOLES. , THAT’S A FINE SHOT THERE. >> ANOTHER CHANCE. >> SAM HORSFIELD OF THE MAJESTICKS A MOMENT AGO. THAT’S FOR BIRDIE AT 6. HE IS HAVING A FABULOUS WEEK. SAM IS 9 UNDER PAR, 2 UNDER TODAY. MAJESTICKS LEAD FOURTH PLACE CRUSHERS BY 3. >> BACK TO JOHN CATLIN IN THAT RATHER DEEP BUNKER. PLENTY OF GREEN WITH WHICH TO WORK. >> AND THERE IS THE ACROSS THE GREEN HE DOES NOT HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THAT. THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT. HE WAS FURTHER UP IN THE BUNKER OR FURTHER BACK FROM WHERE HE IS NOW. HE HAS TO CLEAR THE RIDGE. >> HE HAS A STEEP SWING. GOOD FOR BUNKER PLAY. COME OUT NICELY. OH, IT DIDN’T GRAB. , NOW CAN LEE WESTWOOD MATCH HIS TEAMMATE AT 6 WITH A WINTER BIRD — BIRDIE. SAM HORSFIELD ROLLED HIS IN. A MISS FOR LEE WESTWOOD. BUT THOSE TWO OF THE MAJESTICKS ARE TIED FOR FOURTH INDIVIDUALLY AT 9 UNDER PAR. >> A TENTATIVE PUTT OUT OF LEE WESTWOOD THERE. NEEDS MORE NOW. AND TYRRELL HATTON. >> GREG WAS RIGHT, THE BUNKER SHOT IS EASIER THAN THE ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE TYRRELL HATTON’S BALL FINISHED UP. HE WAS ON THE FRINGE SUGGESTING HE WANTS TO LAND IT SHORT OF THE PUTTING SURFACE. >> THAT’S NOT GREAT FROM THERE. >> BRYSON’S BRIGADE OR BATTALION. THEY WILL GO BONKERS IF HE ROLLS THIS IN FOR EAGLE. [CHATTER] IN OR OUT? YEAH. HE IT’S NOT GOING TO PLAY. OKAY. SIX MORE FROM THE TOP. I LIKE IT. >> GREG NORMAN SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT THE DEFINITION OF HAPPINESS IS. HAVING A LONG WALK WITH A PUTTER IN YOUR HANDS. [CHATTER] >> THAT’S A LONG WALK BRYSON HAD WITH THE PUTTER IN HIS HAND. 300 ODOREDS. >> HE HAD THREE VERY GOOD EAGLE OPPORTUNITIES YESTERDAY. SHORTER THAN THIS. THIS IS A DOUBLE BREAKER NOT AN EASY PUTT. >> THAT WILL BE A BOUNCE BACK TO GET WITHIN 5. AND DISCUSS THE RIDE HIS CAREER IS ON AND THE DIFFICULT TIMES IN THE PAST. >> THE TEAM YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE TEAM EARLIER IN THE WEEK. THE FACT THE HOW HAS THAT BEEN? >> EVERYTHING. WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. I WAS GIVING UP. THERE IS NO WAY TO GO WITH THE GAME I HAVE. I’M NOT WORKING, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND MY FATHER IS NOT DOING WELL. EVERYTHING WAS HITTING ROCK BOTTOM. >> I HAD THE GUYS SAY, YOU KNOW, FROM ROCK BOTTOM THERE IS ONE WAY TO GO. THAT’S UP. >> WELL IT WAS UP FROM SINGAPORE HE ALLOWS YET MORE PEOPLE TO TOUCH THE DROVEY. IN CHICAGO AND THE TO THE CRUSHERS TO THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, THEY ARE FIRST IN THE STANDINGS, HE IS THE CHAMPION AND WITH A SHOUT OF WINNING THE FIRST TITLE OF THE SEASON. HERE IN NASHVILLE. >> THIS IS FOR BIRDIE TO GET CLOSER TO THE TEAMMATE. WELL PLAYED THERE OFF THE 5th TEE. NOT EASY. , YOU GOT A LOOK AT THIS ONE HERE. NICE, THAT’S WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO. THAT’S WHAT I ARGUED. >> AND NOW FOR A THREE SHOT LEAD AGAIN. , AND IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. HE LEADS THE CAPTAIN BY 3. >> THE GREEN AT 13 AND HUDSON SWAP FORD. IT HAS BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTING IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE FOR HUDSON. >> SHOWING SO MUCH TALENT. >> GLANCES OUT OF THE LEFT EDGE THERE. FOR CARLOS ORTIZ AND TORQUE. AND 36 UNDER. THEY LEAD BY 10. AND WITH GRAHAM GOOCH. NOT HAVING THE WEEK HE WANTED. EVEN PAR. , THAT’S BETTER. >> SMASH HATS A SUCCESS IN THE MERCH TENT. ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT ONE OF THE NICKNAMES IS SMASHVILLE. IT WAS ON TUESDAY. >> THE TEE AT 3. >> ONE OF THE FIVE FIRST TIME WINNERS THIS SEASON. VICTORIOUS. OVERSHADOWED AND WEND BY RIPPER GC. >> AND AN EAGLE ATTEMPT AT 18. DC. UP HILL FROM HERE. >> AND VINCENT SECOND AT 8. JON ON THE TEE AT 6. IT IS A TOUGH ONE TO FIND. THE BUNKER IS PROTECTING THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT. PENALTY AREA TO THE LEFT. >> A DANGEROUS HOLE LOCATION HERE TODAY. >> THIS IS HEADED TO THE PENALTY. >> A DOUBLE CROSS. [CHATTER] >> FIRST MISTAKE OF THE DAY. FIRST MISTAKE SINCE THE OPENING HOLE FOR JON RAHM. >> THE TEE AT 5:00 AND TYRRELL HATTON WITH THE THREE-STROKE LEAD. >> A LOT OF TIME TO HAVE THE PUTTER WORKING. >> IT IS WORKING TODAY. 209-YARDS DOWN WIND. >> WHERE THE PIN IS. >> IF YOU ARE IN FOR THIS 13. >> SECOND HARDEST HOLE THIS WEEK, DOM. >> SHOULD NOT BE AS HARD TODAY, JERRY WITH THIS GUY. THIS IS A 9 IRON. >> STOP. >> JUST A KICK. >> JOHN CATLIN NEXT. >> THERE IS A BIT OF A REPUTATION ON THE TOUR. QUITE A DELIBERATE PLAYER. I DON’T BLAME HIM TODAY. HE TAKES MORE TIME THERE IS A LOT ON THE LINE HERE. AND REMINDER THAT WERE HE TO WIN AND THAT’S SIX SHOPS THAT’S 40 POINTS AND CATAPULT HIM IN THE TOP 24. A CHANCE AT SECURING A CARD FOR NEXT YEAR. >> THAT’S REMARKABLE. ISN’T IT? >> HE IS SECOND ON THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES ORDER OF MERIT AND THAT’S HIS TARGET TO WIN THAT, TO GUARANTEE HIM A SPOT ON THE LEAGUE NEXT YEAR. >> SURELY PLAYED HIS WAY INTO FIRST RESERVE CATEGORY I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER INJURIES OR ILLNESSES OR ABSENCES AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES THAT’S TROUBLE FOR JOHN CATLIN AT 5:00. >> NOW. HAVE YOU GOT YOUR MERCHANDISE YET? JUST GO TO SHOP AND CAN YOU BROWSE THE STORE. GET TO ANY LIV GOLF EVENT AND HIT THE MERCHANDISE TENT AND OF COURSE 54 PLAYERS, HATS AND HOODIES. POLOS. WHATEVER YOU WANT. THEY HAVE GOT IT THERE. THERE IS THE T-SHIRT AS WELL. THEY WERE LINED UP EARLY DOORS TODAY. THAT’S THE LINE TO GET INTO MERCHANDISE TENT. >> GOOD GRIEF. >> THE CROWD IS ANOTHER SELL-OUT. THEY ARRIVED HERE. WE DROVE PAST THE DRIVING RANGE EARLIER ON. A GOOD HOUR AND A HALF. IT WAS PACKED. >> HELLO NIEMANN. >> LOVE IT. ON THE 12th FOR BIRDIE. , AND TORQUE MAKING A NICE RUN SO FAR AND 10 BACK. >> AND HE TEED OFF AT 8. HE BIRDIED FOUR OF THE OPENING FIVE HOLES. HE IS 7 UNDER PAR. AND PAUL CASEY KEEPING THEM CLOSE FOR BIRDIE AT 10. HE DOES SO. AND NARROWS THE GAP TO THIRD PLACE TO ONE. >> , THEY STARTED THE DAY IN SECOND. >> ARE YOU ONLY AS STRONG AS YOUR WEAKNESS PLAYER ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. AND LEGION XIII DON’T HAVE ONE. CALEB SURRATT. 1 UNDER PAR. THEY LEAD BY 9. A PAR AT THE PAR 511th FOR HIM. >> JON RAHM IS GOING TO HAVE TO DROP THIS A LONG WAY BACK. >> AND TRYING TO DISCUSS BETWEEN ALL THREE OF THEM. >> THAT’S GOING TO LEAVE HIM WITH A DIFFICULT SECOND SHOT. >> ABOVE HIS FEET. >> HERE IS A TEE SHOT. MAZE GIVE US AN IDEA OF NOBODY’S VIEW IS BETTER THAN THE PLAYERS. , I MEAN FROM THAT ANGLE IT APPEARS THAT NEVER GOING TO SEE THE EN OR EDGE BUT THE PLAYER KNOWS BETTER. >> A LONG WAY THERE. TYRRELL HATTON PLAYING OUT OF TURN. THERE IS A BALL BEHIND HIM. >> JOHN CATLIN SAID I WILL SPLASH SOME SAND OVER YOUR BALL. >> WELL PLAYED. , THAT’S A GOOD SHOT. >> JOHN CATLIN IS TOUGHER. >> A LITTLE ON THE DOWN SLOPE, DOM. >> LOOKING FOR JON RAHM IS FACING HERE. >> NO. JUST THE BALL. >> HE PLAYED ON MONDAY AND A SOLID ROUND BUT HAD TOO FEW SWINGS OFF THE TEE. >> NOTHING THAT YOU DROP IT. YOU DROP IT RIGHT-HANDED SPOT. >> AND GOING TO BOUNCE HERE. MOST LIKELY. >> HE IS LOOKING FOR A PLACE HERE. THIS IS SMART. MAKING SURE THAT COMES BACK INTO THE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE OF THE MARGIN. AND THAT STANCE IS BETTER THAN HAD HE DROPPED IT UP THE SLOPE. >> IN THE RULES ONLY THE BALL HAS TO BE CLEAR OF A HAZARD. >> AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE STANCE. >> 155 FRONT RIGHT. >> 164 IS THE PIN. >> CAN YOU SEEWAY HAS LEFT THERE. THIS FLAG ON THE FRONT LEFT CORNER, NOT SURE BUT THE HE HAS THERE THAT HE CAN DO ANYTHING BUT HIT THIS ALONG. >> BE AGGRESSIVE WITH THAT RIGHT FRONT CORNER. THAT WILL BE COMING AND OFF THE RIGHT. REALLY JUST HAS TO. [CHATTER] >> IT IS GOING TO GET OUT OF HERE. >> SHOULD COME OUT LOOSE. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, JERRY,. >> GOOD. >> THAT’S PRETTY STRAIGHT IN. >> CORRECT. >> JUST STOP THE BLEEDING AND MAKE A BIG NUMBER. PLAY HIMSELF OUT OF IT. HE IS GOING TO HIT THIS OFF THE RIGHT. >> HE IS GRIPPING IT. , THAT’S THE DANGER. >> OVER AMBITIOUS WITH THAT ONE. AND THE 7. >> AND THE GUSTS. AND THE DAY PROGRESSES. , LEE WESTWOOD WILL ROLL THAT IN. WITHIN 4 INDIVIDUALLY. A SECOND AGO. >> AND. >> YES, HE WILL NOT GO DOWN. , HE IS FOUR BACK OF TYRRELL HATTON. 5 BACK. WHO HAS A TEST OF THE PAR. >> RIGHT OUT OF THE BUNKER AND HE GOT A LOT MORE SPIN ON THE SECOND AND THE BUNKER SHOT. DO YOU FEEL THIS HAS TO GO. , AND WHATEVER CHANCE. >> AND EVEN A GLIMMER OF HOPE. HE HAS NOT HIT A BAD PUTT. IT WAS DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOLE AND ON 2 THAT IS MAGNIFICENT. >> AND LATE IN THE DAY AND THE BACK 9. AND THE FIRST DAY HE MADE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THIS LENGTH AND THE RANGE THAT YOU MAKE BUT YOU DON’T ALWAYS. >> HE MADE AN ADJUSTMENT AFTER THE U.S. OPEN LAST SUNDAY PUT IT UP INTO HIS STANCE AND PUSHING A LOT OF PUTTS. >> A DROP-SHOT AND JON RAHM IS STRUGGLING ONCE AGAIN AT 6 WHERE HE BOGEYED YESTERDAY. THE LEAD IS 2. LEGION XIII’S LEAD DOWN TO A MEAGER 8 SHOTS. >> RAHM WAS VISITED THE WATER TWICE HERE ON 6. THIS IS UNUSUAL. >> IT IS UNCHARACTERISTIC OF HIM BUT JUDGING BY HIS REACTION AFTER THAT THIRD SHOT. HE KNEW THAT WAS THE PLACE THAT HE CANNOT BE AT. >> LEE WESTWOOD FOR EAGLE AT 7. THE MAJESTICKS ATTEMPT TO GET ON TO THE PODIUM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 24 LIV GOLF LEAGUE EVENTS. >> GOT THE FIRST POINTS LAST TIME OUT IN HOUSTON. AND SHOULD BE A BIRDIE FOR LEE WESTWOOD TO GET TO 10 UNDER PAR AND GET THE MAJESTICKS INTO SOLO SECOND AT 25 UNDER. >> THIS FOR HIS FIFTH HERE ON THE 6th HOLE. >> PITCH THIS SHORT OF THE LOCATION. >> THAT’S A JUST GOT DISTRACTED ON THE TEE. >> THAT’S 7. AND HAS THIS FOR BIRDIE. SLIDES OFF. NOT SLOW. THAT’S LOW AS WELL. >> THE TEE SHOT FOR JOHN CATLIN. FINISHES SHORT ON THE TRAPS ON THE RIGHT. >> ELIMINATE OFF THE TEE. >> HE IS USING THE WIDEST PART AND CHOOSING THIS CLUB. HE WORKS IT NATURALLY AND RIGHT TO LEFT WHICH IS TOWARD THE TROUBLE HERE. >> THIS IS RIGHT AT THE BUNKER. SHOULD BE OKAY. >> TOO MUCH ROUGH THERE. A GOOD ANGLE. , THE FIRST FACED INTO THE WIND. >> LITTLE OFF THE RIGHT. >> IT IS. >> HE HITS IT HIGH. THERE IS ONE AFFECTED BY THE WIND HE IS ALMOST AS HIGH AS BRYSON. HIGH OFF THE TEE. A TEE SHOT THERE. BEAUTIFUL SHOT THERE. FIRST UP. WITH BRYSON. MORE AGGRESSIVE TODAY. >> HANG TIME ON THAT. NOT FAIR. >> TWISTS AND TURNS ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AT LIV GOLF NASHVILLE. , AND MITO PEREIRA FOR BIRDIE. >> AND BIRDIE AND A BOGEY 6 AND SAM HORSFIELD. THAT’S A TIE FOR THIRD WITH THE CRUSHERS. INSIDE LEFT. >> FOR PAR. >> HE GOT A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE ON THE PUTT AND CAUGHT THAT SLOPE AND KEPT GOING. AND THAT IS THE READ, UP THE HILL. >> TORQUE BACK OF LEGION XIII. >> 9th HOLE, SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ. A GOOD SWING. >> THE PARTY HOLE IS THE PAR 3 15th. TALOR GOOCH ABOUT TO TEE OFF. >> THEN WE’LL BE HERE IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. >> WE AWAIT A HOLE IN ONE AT THE PARTY HOLE THE 15th. THE CROWD ARE BEGGING FOR IT. TALOR GOOCH HAS COME CLOSE. HE IS FLIRTING WITH IT AGAIN ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. A DECENT BIRDIE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE REIGNING LIV GOLF CHAMPION. HERE IS THE REIGNING LEAGUE LEADER, JOAQUIN NIEMANN FOR BIRDIE AT 13. HE BIRDIED FOUR OF HIS FIVE TODAY AND THE LAST THREE BEFORE THAT. >> AND THE PARTY HOLE. >> THE HOLE IN ONE WOULD MEAN $100,000 FOR A LUCKY FAN. THOUSANDS OF REASONS TO LOVE LIV GOLF. SIGN UP FOR LIV X. NEXT IT IS PHIL MICKELSON. >> PHIL MICKELSON! >> IF YOU PICKED PHIL COULD THIS BE THE MOMENT? >> GET IN THE HOLE! >> NOT A BAD SHOT. >> AND JOHN CATLIN. >> HE IS AN INTELLIGENT PLAYER, HE WILL NOT GOING FOR THE PIN FROM THE ANGLE HE IS AT. IT IS A LONG WAY RIGHT. >> NOT ON PURPOSE ANYWAY. >> OH. >> THAT MUST HAVE TURNED A LOT IN THE AIR. >> HENRIK STENSON IS A TRYING TO GET ON THE PODIUM. THIS IS FOR BIRDIE AT 10. HENRIK IS PLAYING WITH IAN POULTER TODAY. THEY ARE 25 UNDER. THEY ARE WITHIN 8 OF LEGION XIII. HAVING A GREAT DAY, 7 UNDER TODAY IN SOLO THIRD. >> AND WIND IS OFF THE RIGHT. PIN ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH WATER TO THE LEFT A HOLD OFF SHOT RIGHT IN THE PIN. YOU DO NOT WANT TO PUT THE SPIN ON THIS SHOT. >> LOOKS GOOD. >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS PERFECT. >> SPEAKING OF IAN POULTER AND THE MAJESTICKS, HE HAD A BIRDIE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AT THE PAR 4 10th. AND ROLLS IT IN. THE MAJESTICKS ARE GOING STRONG, 26 UNDER NOW WITHIN 7 OF THE LEADERS. >> AND AT 6, BRYSON HAS DRIVEN IT A MILE UP HERE. >> THE SAME SHOT AS TYRRELL HATTON, ABOVE AND OFF THE RIGHT, 15-YARDS CLOSER. >> AND A DISTANCE. NO. >> THOSE ARE THREE GOOD SHOTS. >> BRYSON IS HANGING IN THERE. THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE ATHLETIC AND FIT. AND FOR YOU. YOU THINK THAT’S A GOOD THING. IT IS FOR EVERYONE BUT ONE MAN, THIS IS WTF! [ MUSIC ] >> LOOK, I HAVE BEEN FAT BEFORE I HAVE BEEN THIN AND SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN RIGHT NOW. BUT SEEMS LIKE GOLFERS HAVE GONE ANOREXIC ON ME NOW. I DON’T KNOW WHY. WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO ROAMED THE FAIRWAYS AND THE BUFFET MOLESTERS THAT HEADED TO THE BAR AFTER EVERY ROUND? I DON’T KNOW. GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN COULD YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ATE JENNY CRAIG AND MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. THE DINOSAURS HAVE DISAPPEARED AND REPLACED BY THE SKINNY KIDS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. YOU KNOW WHO I LIKE THESE DAYS? TYRRELL HATTON. THAT’S WHO. HIS MOM MAY NOT LIKE THE WORDS THAT COME OUT OF HIS MOUTH. (BLEEP). >> YOU KNOW HOW HE FEELS. (BLEEP). >> DONE OF THE STIFF UPPER LIP FOR HIM. HIS HEAD FALLS OFF. I LIKE IT. GOOD TV, THAT’S WHAT IT S ON THE SUBJECT OF LANGUAGE. ANYONE WHO DOES NOT CURSE ON THE CORS IS PROBABLY A COMMUNIST. AND EQUIPMENT NEED AS THAT RASHING, TOO. BACK TO THE THIN THING. PLAYERS LIKE DAVID PUIG. JOAQUIN NIEMANN AND CARLOS ORTIZ, THE TORQUE TEAM IS A SNIPER’S NIGHTMARE. HOW DO THEY HIT THE BALL SO FAR? AND ADRIAN MERONK, HE IS A POLE, A FLAG POLE. NEVER MIND SHOOTING YOUR EDGE THEY COULD SHOOT THEIR WEIGHT. WHEN I PLAYED THE SIZE WAS LIKE JACK NICKLAUS, 5’10", 185 NOW 6’2", 150. THEY NO LONGER HEAD FOR THE BAR AFTER A ROUND IT IS PROTEIN SHAKES AND TOFU. EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE, ALL OF THAT. EVEN BRYSON NO LONGER LOOKS LIKE A SILVER BOOK. BROOKS IS A BIG BOY. AS FOR ME I’LL HEAD TO THE GYM TO ACT LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING. I’LL WATCH OTHER PEOPLE WORK OUT AND LOOK AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR. [ LAUGHTER ] >> ARE YOU TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, DAVID. HOW WOULD YOU HAVE FARED IN THE GAME WITH THE ROUTINES AND THE FITNESS AND THE SMOOTHIES? >> VERY POORLY. VERY POORLY. [ LAUGHTER ] >> WELL, HERE IS A MAN WHO WORKS EXCEPTIONALLY HARD, BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU TO CLOSE THE GAP TO TYRRELL HATTON TO 3. THIS FOR BIRDIE AT 6. >> TIRED AS HE IS, HE WAS ON THE RANGE BEATING BALLS OFTEN THE ROUND YESTERDAY. >> THAT WOULD GIVE TYRRELL HATTON AN IDEA. >> IT DOES NOT TURN THAT MUCH. >> MOMENTS AGO PAUL CASEY OF THE CRUSHERS FOR BIRDIE AT 11. YES. THEY ARE WITHIN 1 IN THE TUSSLE FOR THIRD PLACE. >> BRYSON WILL TAP IN AT 6. THE MARKER IN TYRRELL HATTON’S WAY. >> WHEN WE PLAYED FOR OUR ROUNDS IN BAR CHATTING ABOUT THE ROUND WITH OUR FRIENDS. >> EXACTLY. >> A DROP-SHOT FOR AND TEAM COMPETITION IS FAR FROM DONE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> TYRRELL HATTON WILL BE NEXT. THIS FOR A FIVE-SHOT LEAD, DOM. >> REMARKABLE WHAT HAPPENED TO JON RAHM LISTENING TO YOU GUYS ON THE 6th HOLE. THERE IS DANGER HERE BUT A DOUBLE VERY DAMAGING NOW. LIKE YOU SAID. HE LEARNED A LOT, LINE AND PACE FROM BRYSON ON THIS PUTT. I LOVE THE STROKE. >> JUST DOESN’T TURN TOWARDS THE WATER LIKE YOU THINK IT WOULD. >> LEGION XIII’S LEAD WENT INTO DOUBLE FIGURES NOT SO LONG AGO. IT HAS BEEN HALVED IN NO TIME. TORQUE, 9 UNDER PAR, FIVE STROKES BETTER OFF THAT LEGION XIII SO FAR. >> IF WE HAVE OUR SECOND EVER TEAM PLAYOFF IT WOULD NOT BE MORE FITTING THAN HERE. ADELAIDE, THE MOST RACOUS EVENT WE HAVE AND I THINK NOT EVEN ARGUABLY THE ONE WE HAD IN THE STATE SO FAR. >> NASHVILLE HAS SET THE BAR FOR THE UNITED STATES. >> SEE THOSE CONFUSE JOHN CATLIN SLIGHTLY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THAT RIGHT NOW 73% WIN PROBABILITY BRYSON AT 11. RAHM AT 9. THAT WILL CHANGE DRAMATICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. CALCULATE THE HOLES REMAINING AND THE STATISTICS THROUGHOUT THE LIV CAREER ON THOSE TYPE OF HOLES. TO 7. >> JON, HE DROVE TO THE LEFT FAIRWAY BRINKER HERE ON THE PAR 5. HE HAS TO CALM HIMSELF DOWN. HE HAS A DOUBLE BOGEY WAS COSTLY. HE IS NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF IT. AND TRYING TO SEE THE ADVANTAGE. A 6 IRON. DID NOT CATCH THAT. >> THAT’S OKAY. >> HE BOGEYED THAT 6th HOLE AND THE RUN OF 12 BIRDIES. ANOTHER VISIT TO THE 6th HOLE AND DOUBLE BOGEY. [CHATTER] THAT’S TO THE LEFT. IT IS SHORT THOUGH. >> I DO SEE IT, YEAH. >> TELL THEM TO SEND IT. >> THEY HAVE REACHED THE TEE AT 7. HERE IS THE LOOK AT THE HOLE. >> 570-YARDS AND AGAIN THAT WATER THAT JON DOWN THE LEFT NOT IN PLAY, THE BUNKER IS. OVER, WHAT IS THAT, ESSENTIALLY, A DRY PENALTY AREA APART FROM THE CANAL BUT THAT’S WAY WIDE, THE TARGET. FLAG ON THE FRONT RIGHT TODAY. >> BEFORE JOHN CATLIN TEES OFF, JOAQUIN NIEMANN WITH THE SECOND SHOT AT 14. HE IS 4 UNDER PAR FOR THE OPENING SIX HOLES TODAY, THE TORQUE CAP TRAIN. — CAPTAIN. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE. HE MAY HAVE LEFT HIM TOO MUCH WORK TO CATCH TYRRELL HATTON BUT TORQUE ARE CLOSING IN ON LEGION XIII. [CHATTER] , I SEE THAT. YEAH. ARE YOU GETTING INTO IT WITH THAT. >> YES. , YOU KNOW, BACK IN JANUARY, JOHN CATLIN WAS PLAYING ASIAN TOUR QUALIFYING. AND PLAYING TO GET HIS CARD. SIX MONTHS LATER, LOOK WHO HE IS PLAYING WITH AND WHERE HE IS PLAYING. >> DREAMS DO COME TRUE. >> THE ASIAN TOUR HAS TRANSFORMED ITSELF IN RECENT YEARS FROM A REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTSAL TOUR TO A REAL PLAYER IN THE GAME WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES AS WELL. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> IT IS NOT THIS STAGE. , WE WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST. THE 3 WOOD HERE. THEY HAVE TO PLAY LEFT AND KEE KEEPING IT LEFT OF THE BUNKER, DAVID. >> ANOTHER GOOD SWING. >> THE WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES WILL QUALIFY FOR THE LEAGUE IN 2025 AND THE OGLETREE MANAGED THAT. AND WE’RE TWO EVENTS IN. AND JOHN CATLIN THERE IN SECOND PLACE. THE NEXT EVENT IS IN MOROCCO. >> AND BRYSON HERE AND MAGNIFICENT SHOT. >> THAT’S MAGNIFICENT THERE, RIGHT OF THAT BUNKER. >> HE WILL GET A 7, 6, 7, 8 IRON. >> HE CAUGHT THE BUNKER T IS UNDER THE LIP, TOO. THAT’S A LAYUP. >> DRIVER FOR TYRRELL HATTON. HE WILL HAVE TO START THIS MAYBE EVEN ON THE LEFT EN OF THAT LEFT BUNKER. HIS MISSES ARE TO THE RIGHT. WITH THIS LEFT TO RIGHT WIND, HE CANNOT AFFORD TO PUT ANY LEFT TO RIGHT SPIN ON IT AND START IT TOO FAR RIGHT. HE HAS NOT DONE THAT. THAT’S TO THE RIGHT OF THE BUNKER. >> YES, THAT IS LONG AND STRAIGHT. >> THIS IS MITO PEREIRA FOR PAR AT 4, TORQUE WILL, BY THE LOOK OF THINGS, DROP A SHOT. >> JUST AS THEY GOT WITHIN 5. >> WOW, JOHNNY. NOT GOOD. >> JOAQUIN NIEMANN TEED OFF AT 8 TODAY, THE CAPTAIN OF TORQUE GC BIRDIED FOUR OF THE FIRST 6. TORQUE COULD GET BACK WITHIN 5 HERE. >> MAYBE EVEN 4. WHAT A ROUND HE IS PUTTING TOGETHER. FIVE BIRDIES OPENING 7 HOLES FOR JOAQUIN NIEMANN. A CAPTAIN’S PERFORMANCE THERE, 28 UNDER. THEY ARE WITHIN 4 OF LEGION XIII. >> SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ AT 10. UP THE HILL. NOT BAD. >> JUST BEFORE THAT, KIERAN VINCENT WITH THIS ONE. BACK TO RAHM AND HIS FOURTH NOW, SU-ANN. >> THAT WAS A VERY SURPRISING THIRD SHOT FROM JON. AND TRYING TO COLLECT HIMSELF, TAKE A DEEP BREATH. FAIRLY SIMPLE PITCH HERE. >> THAT’S MORE LIKE IT. AND THAT WILL GO INTO THE BONUS CATEGORY FOR JON RAHM AFTER A TROUBLING FEW MOMENTS. HE IS BACK TO 11 UNDER PAR. AND LEE WESTWOOD, WHO IS GOING ALONG SWIMMINGLY WELL, HAS GOT TO THE 8th HOLE AND A DOUBLE BOGEY 6 FOR WESTIE. HE IS BACK AND MAJESTICKS 24 UNDER. 2 BACK OF THE CRUSHERS FOR THIRD PLACE. >> NOW CARLOS ORTIZ, THIS IS FOR PAR. [CHATTER] >> RIGHT TO LEFT IN THERE AND FOLLOWS THE LINE. >> DROVE IT IN THE PENALTY AREA, THE DRIVE PENALTY AREA THAT DAVID FEHERTY WAS REFERRED TO, HAD TO PITCH IT OUT. PULLED THE THIRD SHOT SLIGHTLY, PITCHED IT TO THIS POINT, A LITTLE RIGHT TO LEFT. JUST CRITICAL FOR TORQUE AS WELL. >> AND IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, LEGION XIII’S LEAD GOES FROM 5 TO 7. >> HOWEVER, HOWEVER IF SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ CAN MAKE THIS, THEY WILL GET ONE BACK. >> CAM ON THE GREEN AT 7 FOR BIRDIE. HIT A THREE WOOD FROM A NOT SO NICE POSITION LEFT SIDE OF THE ROUGH. A BUNKER SHOT, GREAT CONVERSION FOR CAM. BACK TO EVEN PAR. >> WE’RE OUT AT 12 AND KOZUMA IN ALL WHITE, MINUS 2 FOR THE TOURNAMENT. IRON HEADS ARE NOT THREATENING A PODIUM POSITION BUT MIDDLE OF THE PACK IS NOTHING TO BE LAUGHED AT. >> THAT’S WHERE BRYSON IS UNDER THE LIP AT 7. BUT JOHN CATLIN FIRST. >> HE HAS A DECISION TO MAKE. THAT’S WHY YOU PLACES TWO PRACTICE ROUNDS, 225 TO THE FRONT EDGE AND FROM THIS DISTANCE WITH THE CLUB HE WILL HIT, I DON’T SEE HOW HE CAN HOLD THE GREEN. >> I WAS SURPRISED HE HIT A 3 WOOD THERE, DOM, LOOM UP THERE. >> HE HAS TO DECIDE, DOES HE WANT TO BE THE LEFT BUNKER? RIGHT BUNKER SHORT? OR OVER THE BACK AND CHIP BACK TO THE FRONT PIN? >> NOT ALL GREAT OPTIONS. >> NO, BUT THEY’RE NOT GOOD UPS AND DOWNS FOR THOSE THREE. >> THE OVER THE BACK IS THE TOUGHEST. THAT IS QUICK AROUND THE HOLE. >> SETTING UP FOR A FADE. OR A LAYUP. HIGH FADE, DOM. >> AND GOOD LOOKING SWING. >> EASY, EASY. >> THAT’S WHAT DOM WAS TALKING ABOUT. THAT WAS A QUICK CHIP FROM THERE. >> THAT WAS A HECK OF A SHOT. >> BRYSON. THAT’S UNLUCKY. >> AND WITH THE STRIKE. GETS IT FIRST. A BIG DEEP DIVET IN THE SAND. HE IS ON THE UP SLOPE. >> NOT WASTING ANY TIME. HCAN HOLD THE GREEN WITH THE CLUB. BUT HE IS A LITTLE LEFT. >> THAT’S NOT BAD. SAW JON RAHM MAKED FROM THERE — MAKE IT FROM THERE. THERE LOOKS LEGION XIII. LEGION XIII LEADS TORQUE BY 7. >> THIRD TEE AND DUSTIN JOHNSON. >> ANOTHER RIGHT IF HE WANTS IT TO SIT. >> ABE ANCER AT 15. >> FIRST-ROUND LEADER. SECOND-ROUND DISASTER FOR ABE ANCER. WALKED IT BACK A LITTLE BIT TODAY THOUGH. >> FEELS LIKE THE QUIET BEFORE THE STORM AT THE PARTY HOLE AT THE MOMENT. >> JOHN ON THE TEE AT 8 I CAUGHT HIM CHATTING WITH ADAM HAYS. SOME OF THE BEST CONVERSATIONS IN THE WORLD. CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR CADDIES TO NOT STAY TOO LONG IN THE PASS. >> COULDN’T POSSIBLY HAVE THE CAREER HE HAD IF HE CARRY IT OVER TO THE NEXT SHOT. HE WEARS HAD IS EMOTIONS ON THE SLEEVE, MUCH L LIKE TYRRELL. NOW BRYSON. >> KIND OF VITAL THAT HE MAKES BIRDIES ON THESE PAR 5s. >> KIND OF OUR 1030, HE BELIEVE. >> THESE ARE FORMING UP. NEEDS TO BE PRECISE. ONLY SIX YARDS OFF. GOING TO LAND IT, I THINK, A YARD OR TWO ON. ON. >> THAT WILL BE A LIGHTNING FAST PUTT. >> NEXT TO THE 9 FOR LEE WESTWOOD COMING OFF OF DOUBLE BOGEY 6 AT 8. SECOND SHOT. NOT THE EASIEST FLAG TO ATTACK. NOT IMPOSSIBLE THOUGH. >> IAN POULTER BOGEYED 11 AS WELL. MAJESTICKS DROPPED TO 23 UNDER PAR. THREE WAY BACK FOR A TIE OF SECOND FROM TORQUE AND THE CRUSHERS. >> ALL FOUR SCORES COUNTING, OF COURSE, ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUN SUNDAY. >> I BELIEVE IT WILL BE CATLIN NEXT AT 7. IT WILL BE, DAVID. NICE LIE. A LITTLE FLUFFY BUT THE GRASS IS STANDING STRAIGHT UP. SO THE CONTACT SHOULD BE GOOD. AND HE IS CHEAPING BACK INTO THE WIND. SO SHOULD ELIMINATE A LITTLE BIT OF THE SP SPEED. JUST DEPENDS ON — BECAUSE THERE IS A DIAGONAL RIDGE BETWEEN HERE AND THE BALL. CLEAR THAT HIGHEST SHOT OTHERWISE DEALING WITH SOME BREAK. AND LOOKS LIKE HE HAS OPENED HIS CLUB FACE. HE NEEDS TO LEAVE A PIN HIGH TO WHERE BRYSON’S PAUL IS. A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE WEST. >> INTERESTING TECHNIQUE FOR THESE SHOTS OF, DOM. SAME TECHNIQUE FOR A LOB SHOT AND LOW CHECKERED. HITS REUPRIGHT WITH AN OPEN FACE. >> HE WILL LEAN INTO IT WHEN HE WANTS TO HIT A LOWER ONE. HE HAS A 62-DEGREE WEDGE. >> HIT IT UP YOUR OWN NOSE WITH THAT. >> MOST GUYS REALLY LOWER THOSE HANDS. PLAY THE HANDS UP ON A STANCE UP ON THE SHOT LIKE THIS. A LITTLE WIDER WITH THE STANCE TOO. HE IS NOT CONVENTIONAL WITH THIS TECHNIQUE. >> IT DOESN’T LOOK TOO BAD FOR PACE. >> HE HAS DONE VERY WELL. >> I LOVE HIS TECHNIQUE. >> VERY WELL. >> WELL, THE TEAM STORY IS STILL UNFOLDING OUT THERE ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. THIS IS MITO PEREIRA. THAT WAS A PAR MISS AT 4. AND THEN IMMEDIATELY, JON RAHM, HIS FOURTH SHOT AT THE PAR 5 7 TO END A DODGY SPELL FOR HIM. AND CARLOS ORTIZ, SAME HOLE FOR PAR, AND HE MISSED THAT. . /* THE GAP WAS FIVE VERY BRIEFLY AND NOW SEVEN. A TWO-WAY TIE FOR SECOND PLACE. IN FACT THE CRUSHERS ARE NOW 27 UNDER. THAT WILL BE JOHN CATLIN’S BERRY, WON’T IT. THE GAP IS 6. >> BEAUTIFUL LIE, EVEN IN THE FIRST CUP. LITTLE MORE CUSHION. >> BRYSON NEXT FOR BIRDIE TO TIE WITH CATLIN, HIS OLD SPARING PARTNER FROM CALIFORNIA. THEY HAD GREAT BATTLES WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER. HE COULDN’T BE MORE PROUD OF JOHN CATLIN, A FANTASTIC GOLFER, HE SAYS. BUT THEY ARE GOING HEAD TO HEAD DESPITE BEING TEAMMATES HERE IN NASHVILLE. BRYSON WITH OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO 11 UNDER IN A THREE-WAY TIE FOR SECOND PLACE. >> DAY ONE, TWO PEOPLE ON THE PODIUM. TWO CRUSHERS ON THE PODIUM. >> GOING RIGHT AND THEN STRAIGHTENING — YEAH, EXACTLY. I FEEL LIKE THE FAULT LINE IS OVER HERE. >> IT IS GOING LEFT. >> YEAH. >> FINISH ON THAT SIDE. >> OKAY. I LIKE THAT. >> LITTLE BREAKS YOU HAVE IN THIS GAME. OFF THE TEE SHOT. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINNING AND LOSING SOMETIMES. >> JUST A LITTLE TOO CAREFUL WITH IT. GETS PAST IT VERY QUICK. >> MOMENTS AGO, CALEB CALEB SURRATT SECOND SHOT AT 14 MAKES HIS HOME STILL IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. A HOME EVENT FOR CALEB. PLAYS FOR LEGION XIII, AND BIRDIE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM AND LEGION TO GET THE LEAD BACK TO 7. >> BACK TO JON RAHM. >> WHAT A TEE SHOT. >> I STILL THINK IT IS OVER THE NUMBER. >> I LIKE 895. >> HE HAS COME SO CLOSE SO MANY TIMES THIS SEASON. THE MISTAKE HE MADE ON 6. SORT OF THE STORY OF THIS SEASON OF LIV GOLF. >> SEEMS LIKE THAT. TEAMS LIKE THAT ONE BAD HOLE USUALLY IN THE FINAL ROUND. >> HE NEEDS TO GET ON THAT SAME RUN HE DID YESTERDAY AS WE ALL KNOW. JOHN IS VERY CAPABLE OF. NOW JUST FOR JOHN. BACK HOLE LOCATION IS TRICKY. VERY SMALL LANDING SPOT. SIT. SIT. >> NO, NO, NO! N NO! >> THAT IS LOW — >> WHILST THAT WAS HAPPENING AND SPOILER ALERT ON THE PYLON, TYRRELL HATTON TO GET TO 15 UNDER ROLL IT IS IN AND LEADS BY FOUR. >> A GREAT PIECE OF FRONT RUNNING TO THIS. . >>THE GREEN AT 14 AND TO RE-ESTABLISH THE LEAD. AND LOWEST TEN SHOTS AND NOW FEWER THAN FIVE. >> CALEB SURRATT ON THE URGE OF EARNING SOME EXTREMELY VALUABLE POINTS, INDIVI INDIVIDUALLY. >> A LOT OF FOLKS FORMER TEAMMATES AND FRIENDS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAVE MADE THE TREK THIS WEEKEND TO WATCH THEIR BUDDY. >> BACK AT 8. >> TURNING BACK INTO THE WIND. TROUBLE ON THE LEFT. TWO BUNKERS ON THE RIGHT. CERTAINLY CAN’T GET TO THE SECOND BUNKER TODAY. THAT IS WHERE CATLIN WILL BE AIMING WITH HIS RIGHT AND LEFT BALL SHAPE SAID TO ME. >> HE SHOULD BE COMING OUT OF THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS ANGLE. STAY IN, MATE, THAT IS EVEN IF. >> HE SAID HE COULDN’T HIT A BETTER SHOT FROM 236 YARDS BACK ON THAT SECOND SHOT ON 7. BUT THE GREENS ARE FIRMING UP, HE SAID. >> THAT WIND IS REALLY STARTING TO GO FASTER, ISN’T IT. >> IT IS 15 MILES PER HOUR NOW, JERRY. CONSTANT TOO. THIS HOLE AND THE NEXT HOLE IS IN THE SAME DIRECTION. GOING TO BE PRETTY TOUGH. HE IS FULLY SETTLED IN NOW. >> THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL TWO-SHOT. >> FEARWAYS AND FOOD. SUNDAY, ISN’T IT. SUNDAY ROAST. >> NOT WHAT YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT THAT PICTURE, ARLO. >> A BIT OF WHITE WINE. >> YES. >> OH, DEAR, THAT IS THE PERFECT SCENARIO. >>. >> 3 WOOD FOR BRYSON. >> I AM A LITTLE SURPRISED AT THIS. HEADED TO THE FIRST BUNKER. >> JEEZ, THOUGHT THE WOOD WOULD TURN ON IT. >> STARTING TO CURVE RIGHT FOR A SECOND. HATTON NEXT WITH A THAT FOUR-SHOT LEAD. HE LOOKS VERY CALM EVEN WITH A COUPLE OF BAD BREAKS HE HAD. NO REACTION FROM THE MAN ON THE OPENINGS HOLE. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SAND OF IT. DIDN’T REACT WHATSOEVER. SAID HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT LEFT SIDE. SHOULD GET A LOT. >> COURAGEOUS LINE KEEPING IT LEFT OF THE BUNKERS 1 13 WHILST THAT WAS HAPPENING, JON RAHM FOR BIRDIE AT 8. HE STAYS FOUR BACK OF HIS TEAMMATE, TYRRELL HATTON. >> CARLOS FOR PAR. TROP IT IN THE RIGHT HAZARD. CHIP IT OUT TO THAT POINT. CAME UP LITTLE SHY. GREAT UP AND DOWN THE THERE. >> PAR 5 11. MUNOZ WITH HIS THI THIRD. >> WELL-DONE. >> THE PARTY HOLE AT 15. SERGIO GARCIA TO TEE IT OFF. ♪ ♪ >> THE CAPTAIN OF FIREBALLS, SERGIO GAR GARCIA! >> SUNDAY CROWD IS A LITTLE LESS RAUCOUS FOR THE SATURDAY CROWD THAT SHOWED UP IN HUGE NUMBERS. BRYSON GETS THERE, IT WILL BE LOUD. >> WE WILL TAKE TO YOU A PACKED PARTY HOLE. THE 15th. A PAR 3 AND SERGIO GARCIA TO TEE OFF. >> OVER AT 11, KIERAN VINCENT WITH HIS SHOT AT THE PAR 5. CLIPPED THAT NICELY. >> OH, YES. THREE BIRDIES AND TWO BOGEYS FOR KIERAN VINCENT. >> FOR THE LEADERS LEGION XIII. BACK AT 13, THE RANGE GOATS. MATTHEW WOLFF. NOT BAD AT ALL. >> FROM LEGION XIII CALEB SURRATT! >> RATHER UPBEAT DIDDY FOR CALEB SURRATT. >> OBVIOUSLY FAMILIAR TO FOLKS HERE IN TENNESSEE. IS THIS ROCKY TOP? >> WE WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE 8 AS THINGS ARE WORKING ON THE PARTY HOLE. THIS IS BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. >> PLAY 130. >> YEAH, YOU ARE ON THE RECEIPT TRACK. AND OFF THE RIGHT. OKAY. EQUAL PARTS. >> MAYBE THE SMALLEST GREEN ON THE GOLF COURSE. THE NARROWEST GREEN ON THE COURSE. THE SECTION ON THE BACK OF THE GREEN WHERE THE PIN IS. IT IS PRETTY SMALL AND SO PRECISE. YOU WANT TO BE ON THE TOP SESSION. >> WE HAVE SEEN JON RAHM BACK IT UP DOWN THE SLOPE INTO THE WIND WITH A LOT OF SPIN ON IT. >> THAT’S GOT TO GO. >> JON RAHM ON THE TEE AT 9. >> BREEZE HAS PICKED UP SIGNIFICANTLY. >> WELL-DONE THERE. >> NUMBER IS 1115. I LIKE THIS ONE. >> GO WITH IT. >> KEEPS IT WHEREVER YOU WANT IT TO BE. >> UNDER IT. LONDON ACCENT BARRY CORENELL. LIVES IN THAILAND LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER CADDIES. SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE. . >> MUNOZ FOR TORQUE WHO GOT BACK WITHIN 8. >> REALLY NEEDS TO TRY TO KEEP THIS OUT OF THE WIND. BRYSON’S BALL WAS AFFECTED. THAT BALL GOT MORE DISTANCE THAN BRYSON. IT IS REALLY GOOD. >> IT IS. >> POI, IS IT. >> NOW HATTON. >> JUST 20, 25 YARDS CLOSER THAN CATLIN. >> BOY, HE HAS DRIVEN THE BALL JUST SUPERBLY, DOM. >> NO KIDDING. HE IS LONG TOO. A BIG TEE SHOT INTO THE WENT WITH A CUT. >> HE’S TO GO. >> WELL, BRYSON SAYS HE JUST WANTS TO GIVE HIMSELF A SHOT IN THE FINAL NINE HOLES AND STILL IN CONTENTION. BUT PHIL MICKELSON JOINED JERRY AND SU-ANN ON THE "FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN" PODCAST AND A CONVERSATION WITH PHIL’S TAKE ON THE PRILIANS OF THIS MAN, BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. >> WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU WERE WATCHING THE LAST HOUR OF THE U.S. OPEN AND WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS OF HAPPENING? >> IT WAS RIVETING. BRYSON IS THE MORE CHARISMATIC, FUN MERRY TO WATCH IN THE GAME. HE HITS IT SO FAR BUT HE IS ALSO EXCITED BECAUSE HE CONNECTS WITH THE FANS AND HAS THIS GREAT ENERGY AND I ALWAYS SEEN THIS IN HIM AND ENJOY BEING AROUND HIM AND LEARN A LOT WHEN I AM WITH HIM. WATCHING HIM PLAY DOWN THE STRETCH HAS HIM ATTACK THE GOLF COURSE AND DOMINATED WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. >> THAT — YOU DESCRIBED A YOUNGER VERSION OF YOU. PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DESCRIBED YOU 20 YEARS AGO WHY YOU LOVED WATCHING HIM AND STILL TODAY, YOU JUST DESCRIBED THAT GUY. EXCITING TO WATCH. CONNECT WITH THE FANS. YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE THAT. >> THANK YOU. I COME AT THE GAME IN DIFFERENT WAYS BUT NOT AS SCIENTIFIC AS BRYSON. I ENJOY TALKING TO HIM. A LOT OF WAYS — AS LONG YOU ARE GOING NORTH AND GOING FORWARD, A LOT OF PATHS TO GO FORWARD. YOU DON’T WANT TO GO SIDEWAYS. I WILL TRY THIS AND THAT AND YOU WANT TO STAY ON YOUR PATH. MY PATH WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND I STAYED ON IT AND HAD SUCCESS. BRYSON’S PATH IS DIFFERENT AND STAYING ON IT AND HAVING TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. HE IS SO EXCITED BECAUSE SO DIFFERENT AND EWE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE GAME. >> DID PHIL HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY OF THE SHIRT CHOICE YOU MADE THAT DAY? >> NO, I THINK HE WAS JEALOUS. PRACTICING FOR THAT DAY WHEN — IF I EVER BECOME A GRANDPARENT. >> HERE IS ANIRBAN AT 14. >> WOULD YOU PLAN ON WORKING AT A BOWLING ALLEY, RIGHT? [LAU [LAUGHTER] TOUCHE’. BRYSON AT 8. >> FOLTZY, YOU HAD ALL SORTS OF JOBS OVER YOUR LIFE. I THINK YOU ENJOYED BOB THE MOST RIGHT. >> THAT IS WHAT THEY TELL ME. HE DOESN’T EVEN REMEMBER. >> A VERY SLOW PUTT UP HILL INTO THE WIND, AND THAT IS THE CASE A FEW TIME FOR BRYSON. ♪ >>> LEGION XIII PICKED UP ANOTHER SHOT. THEY ARE BACK TO 35 UNDER PAR. KIERAN VINCENT ROLLS THAT IN FOR A% 4 AT 11. AND PAUL CASEY FOR THE CRUSHERS. HE TEED OFF AT 6 EARLIER. THIS IS 14 AT BIRDIE THREE. IN THAT GOES. CASEY, 3 UNDER BAR TODAY AND THEC WITHIN 8 OF LEGION XIII. >> HATTON HAS ONE HERE UP THE HILL FOR A FIVE-SHOT LEAD. >> YOU KNOW IN YEARS PAST, WATCHING TYRRELL HATTON PLAY AS MUCH AS I HAVE, IF HE HIT A SHOT LIKE THAT IN THE PERFECT POSITION WITH THE WEDGE IN HIS HAND, WE HAVE REACTED. BUT WEDNESDAY AGAIN, SENTENCE. >> HE HAS BEEN VERY CA CALM. >> UP UNTIL THIS POINT — >> LAHIRI FOR BIRDIE AT 14 TO GET THE CRUSHERS DLOERS LEGION XIII. ONE OVER PAR TODAY FOR ANIRPAN WHO SOLD SU-ANN AROUND 9:30 FROM A CERTAIN U.S. OPEN CHAMP I DON’T KNOW FROM THE LOCKER ROOM AT PINEHURST. JOHN CATLIN IS THE SUPER SUB FOR THE CRUSHERS IN THE ABSENCE OF CHARLES HOWELL. HE IS STRIKING IT FROM A DIFFERENT ZIP CODE THAN BRYSON AND TYRRELL AND RIGHT THERE AT 11 UNDER AND WITH THIS IS FOR BIRDIE TO GET WITHIN THREE. OF TYRRELL HATTON. HUGE MISSED OPPORTUNITY. >> DIDN’T SEE THAT COM COMING. >> RAHM WITH A SECOND HERE AT 9. A 6 IRON. REALLY STRONG GUST AND BREEZE. THE 8th HOLE. THREW HIM OFF BECAUSE THE WIND DIDN’T MOVE IT, BUT WITH HIS IT DID. TRYING TO GET THE WIND TO PUSH IT BACK TOWARD THE HOLE. >> CARLOS FOUND THE BUNKER HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS 9th FAIRWAY. HE HAS A 6 IRON AS WELL. NOT QUITE AS STEADY OFF THE TEE AS WE HAVE SEEN. IN THE LAST ROUND. THIS IS ALSO HEADED FOR RAHM SESSION. >> IS THAT OKAY, MI MIKE? >> THAT IS A GREENER DAY, HATTON FOR PAR. STAYS AT 15 UNDER. STAYS 4 A HHEAD THEY ARE GO TO THE NINTH DAVID. >> LOOK AT NINTH. 479 YARDS. THIS BUNKER IS THE MAIN FEATURE OF THIS HOLE. A LITTLE OVER 300 YARDS TO CARRY IT. NOT CARRIABLE TODAY EXCEPT FOR BRYSON IF HE LEFT THIS ONE ON THE TEE AND THE GREEN SLOPES FROM BACK TO FORTH THERE. THE FLAILING JUST OVER THE SLOPE. >> CATLIN WILL THE TEE OFF FIRST WE ARE GETTING TO THE STAGE WHERE HATTON HAS TO BE A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THESE SCENARIOS TO CLOSE THE GAP. >> YOU WILL SEE DRIVERS AT THIS POINT. NOT TO EXPECT TYRRELL TO REALLY BLINK AT THIS POINT. >> HE HAS BEEN SUPERB. >> SO HE WON’T BLINK. >> WELL, CAN’T CERTAINLY CARE THAT BUNKER. IF YOU GO LEFT, IT DOES SHORTEN THE HOLE SLIGHTLY. MAT HAT WIND POSSIBILITY. HATTON DOWN TO 3%. >> I THOUGHT YOU SAID CATLIN. CONFUSED WITH HATTON AND CATLIN. COMPUTER NOT GIVING A LOT OF RESPECT TO CATLIN. I WONDER IF THAT PUTT WENT IN, WHAT THE PERCENTAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN. WELL, HE IS AIMING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY. THAT THE BUNKER. HE IS TRYING TO TURN IT. THERE IS TROUBLE LEFT HERE. >> MORE RIGHT! >> EGGS — HE IS GOING TO HAVE A LONG SECOND. HE IS GOING TO HAVE A LONG SECOND. >> THIS IS WHEN YOU WANT TO FIND THE MIDDLE OF THE CLOCK FACE AND NOT THE HEEL OF THE CLOCK FACE. YOU FIND THE HILL, YOU WILL HAVE A NICE SHOT IN. >> PRETTY FUN. >> OUT WHY THE SCREWS. EVEN THOUGH THEY DON’T HAVE SCREWS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVERS ANYMORE. >> TECHNOLOGICALLY EXTINCT. HE SAYS GOOD. FANS SAY GOOD. EASY. >> A TERRIFIC T SHOT. HE MAY BE ABLE TO SABLE THE BALL. JUST STARTING TO CHUNK IT A LITTLE BIT. >> BRYSON GAVE HIM A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT. HE SAID I THINK IT IS OVER, TYRRELL. >> PLAYED RIGHT OF THE BUNKER AND THE WINDS ARE STRONGER TODAY. I DON’T THINK WHERE HE ENDED UP HE WOULD HAVE CLEARED THE BUNKER. >> KNOW WOULDN’T HAVE. >> HE MAY TAKE A GIANT LEAP AT THIS ONE. ♪ ♪ >>> WELL, TYRRELL HATTON WELL IN CONTROL. LEADS CATLIN B 4. LEGION XIII DOMI DOMINANT. >> GOOD JOB FOR JOJOHN BACK OF THE 9th GREEN. >> SEE YOUR SPOT THERE. TRY TO LAND IT. AND FEED IT RIGHT ON THE SCREEN. >> I OVERHEARD HIM AS WE WERE WALKING UP THE FAIRWAY. HE WAS REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT SECOND SHOT. HIT IT AS GOOD AS HE COULD. REALLY TOUGH HOLE LOCATION HERE ON THE 9th. THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE REALLY, REALLY GOOD TOUCH. EVERYTHING DOWNHILL. LITTLE GLEAN TO WORK WITH. IT WILL HELP. STOOD UP ON HIM. ALWAYS CAN BE VERY ST STICKY. >> PAUL CASEY AT 15. >> 17th HOLE AND JOAQUIN NIEMANN. ANOTHER FINE SHOT FROM NIEMANN. 5 UNDER TODAY. >> HAS NOT LOST HIS TURN, ARLO. >> WELL, A TOPSY-TURVY CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AND ILL AFFORD TO SLIP BY FIVE SHOTS BEHIND HIS TEAMMATE AND LEADER, TYRRELL TYRRELL HATTON, AT THIS STAGE. HE IS JUST OFF THE 9th GREEN AND THIS IS FOR PAR. >> BIG LEFT TO RIGHT HERE FOR ANIRBAN LAHIRI FOR BIRDIE. IT IS NOT GOING TO HIT IT THAT MUCH. >> THE DAY WE WANTED FOR CAM. REALLY STRUGGLED OFF THE TEE TODAY. PUT HIM IN SOME PRETTY BAD POSI POSITIONS. THIS IS A FAR A PAR. HE TROVE IT WAY RIGHT AND THEN SECOND SHOT WAY LEFT. PITCH IT TO THIS POINT. STAY EVEN PAR FOR THE DAY. THAT IS SO CAM SMITH. [LAUGHTER] >> THE CRUSHERS ARE STILL IN WITH A CHANCE OF A THIRD TEAM TITLE OF THE SEASON. THEY LEAD THE SEASON LONGSTANDING TOP THREE QUALIFY. IMMEDIATELY THROUGH TO THE SEMIFINALS OF SEASON-ENDING TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP AND 28 UNDER PAR. WITHIN SIX OF LOOEGZ LEGION XIII. THAT WAS PAUL CASEY FOR HIS BIRDIE AT 1 15. >> CATLIN IS ON A VERY DRY IN BARE SPOT >>. >> HE HAS THAT LITTLE WILLOW OAK OAK IN FRONT OF HIM. IT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM. I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE, DAVID. IT IS TRAMPLED-DOWN GRASS. THE LIE IS GOOD. A FIRM BASE, BUT WITH THAT TREE 30 YARDS AHEAD OF HIM, HE IS SO FAR BACK, HE IS OVER 12 /* 210 YARDS TO THE PEN. >> KIERAN VINCENT. A LONG WAY AWAY FROM BIRDIE AT 12210 YARDS TO THE PEN. >> KIERAN VINCENT. A LONG WAY AWAY FROM BIRDIE AT 12. >> WASN’T THAT FAR AWAY. >> YEAH 220 YARDS, DOMM. >> IS THAT WHAT IT IS. >> I LIKE THE FACT THAT HE IS GOING TO PLAY A CUT AROUND — THAT WAY HE CAN RUN UP THE FRONT OF THE GREEN. AND CAN’T HOOK IT. THE SPOT IS ON. AND IT LANDS IN THE BACK. AND CARRY IT IS TOO FAR WITH HOOK SPIN AND IT IS JUST GOING TO GO TREMBLING OVER THE BACK. THIS IS THE RIGHT SHOT. >> MUCH EASIER TO HIT THAT CUP SHOT FROM A BARE LIE. >> YES, EXACTLY. PULLED OUT A 4 IRON WITH THE CUP. WILL ROAST THIS ONE. >> FAR TOO RIGHT. IT IS FOR SOMEONE WHO OFTEN DOESN’T HIT A CUP. >> ANYTHING ON THE PUTTING SERVICE WILL BE TERRIFIC. LEAVING HIMSELF FOR 67 FOR PAR. >> YOU CAN SEE HE HAS A CLUB FACE. NOT OPEN. HE IS I THANGLING IT. >> HE HAS OVERDONE IT. >> IN THE DITCH. >> MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE HEAVY. >> I LOVE IT. >> GREAT SHOT. >> BRYSON NEXT. MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND IT. SO THE PEOPLE’S CHAMP, DOM. >> WITH THE SEVEN IRON, JERRY. STOP PUTTING ON A SHOW, BRYSON. HE HAS GOT TO START PLAYING AGGRESSIVELY NOW RUNNING OUT OF HOLES. BACK NINE. A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY. TRYING TO TURN — TRYING. JUST NOT ENOUGH. MAY HOLD IT ON THE HOLE. >> DUDE, ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY KIDDING ME? . >> NOW TYRRELL. >> THAT WAS THE REASON HE WASN’T PLEASED OFF THE TEE. I AM NOT SURE HOW HE GOT IT FLORIDA. >> HOW DID IT FINISH THERE? >> MIGHT HAVE RUN THROUGH THE CONTOURS OF THE BUNKER. STAYED OUT. >> WHAT A BREAK. >> YEAH, SURE IS. >> I THINK IT IS A 5 IRON JUST — BOY, DOES THIS LOOK GOOD. ? THE RIGHT DISTANCE. >> OH, MAN. >> FANTASTIC SHOT. >> THAT IS CRACKING ME UP. I AM NEVER TURNING THE CHANNEL SAYS PURE BLOOD. WELL, MIGHT BE HOPE FOR BRYSON WHO WENT THROUGH THE BACK NINE IN 32 YESTERDAY BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM, TYRRELL HATTON PLAYED THE BACK NINE. >> TYRRELL HATTON. >> CALEB SURRATT FOR LEGION XIII. THAT WAS BIRDIE FOR 15. LEGION XIII’S LEAD IS 6 OVER THE CRUSHERS. >> DICKIE B. AT 8. >> HAS IT A COUPLE UNDER TODAY. >> JUST GOT BOUNCED OUT OF THE 24 INDIVIDUAL, TRYING TO CLIMB BACK IN AND GUARANTEE A SPOT FROM NEXT YEAR. I LIKE HIS CHANCES OF BEING ON CLEEKS OR SOMEBODY’S TEAM. >> GOING TO THE RIGHT. COMING OUT OF IT. >> NOT TOO TOUGH A SHOT THOUGH. CATLIN’S NOT. WHERE IT CROSSED THE MARGIN OF HAZARD WILL BE THE ISSUE. >> WHAT IS THE UPDATE, DO; LET’S BRING IN JOHN MORISSETTE. JOHN, YOU ARE IN THE RULES BUNKER. WHAT IS THE STORY HERE? >> DAVE, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE FIRST POINT IS DETERMINE BUILDING HE WILL PLAY THE BALL FROM THE PENALTY AREA. LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT NOT. THEN AS YOU SAID, THE KEY IS WHERE DID IT LAST CROSS THE EDGE. AND HE WILL GO THROUGH HIS OPTIONS. THIS IS AN INTERESTING SITUATION. APPEAR RED PENALTY AREA AND OFTEN THE BEST OPTION IS TWO CLUB LENGTHS BUT ALSO THE BACK ON THE LINE OPTION WHICH DEPENDS ON THE GEOMETRY COULD GET HIM BACK TO THE FAIRWAY. >> YEAH, WE LOVE TO BE ON THE SHORT GRASS WITH THIS ONE. THAT IS FOR SURE. THANK YOU, JOHN. >> MITO PEREIRA FOR TORQUE. THAT IS FOR BERRY. >> TORQUE STAYS 7 BACK LEGION XIII WITH THE CHANCE. >> LEGION XIII LED THE CRUSHERS BY FIVE SHOTS INTO CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AND BACK TO THAT MARGIN NOW. >> AND JOHN CATLIN WITH THE REFEREE DECIDED HE WILL TAKE IT PACK, KEEPING THE POINT WHERE THE BALL LAST CROSSED THE MARGIN OF THE PENALTY AREA AND HE WILL DROP IT IN A LIE WHERE HE CAN GET SOME GRAB ON IT. YOU CAN SEE, IT IS NOT A GREAT ANGLE, JOHN. >> IT WAS NOT, DAVID. AND IT IS ON A DOWNSLOPE INTO THE WIND. >> A LITTLE BIT SHORT DOWN THE BOTTOM OF THE BANKIN BA BANK. >> 105ISH. >> WHAT A SHOT FROM TYRRELL HATTON. TYPICAL TO DESCRIBE HOW BEAUTIFUL A SHOT THAT WAS. >> PAUL CASEY. >> HE IS PLAYING BEAUTIFULLY TODAY. >> THEY ARE GOING TO DROP SOME SHOTS, THE CRUSHERS, AREN’T THEY FROM CATLIN. BUT PAUL CASEY IS PLAYING BEAUTIFULLY. 4 UNDER PAR FOR HIS OPENING TEN HOLES. >> I WAS ABSOLUTELY MISTAKEN WITH HATTON’S SECOND SHOT. NOT A 5 IRON, BUT A BEAUTIFULLY FLIGHTED 7 IRON. >> I DON’T CARE WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS MAGNIFICENT. >> 5 HERE WITH THE GREAT NO WORSE THAN 6. >> HE HAS THE SPIN ON IT. THAT IS PRETTY GOOD. >> WHILE THAT WAS GOING ON. THIS WAS CARLOS ORTEZ AT THE 10th HOLE. >> VERY GOOD SHOT. >> WELL, THE MAJESTICKS HAVE FADED SOMEWHAT OVER THE PAST FEW HOLES. THEY WERE WITHIN TWO OF TORQUE FOR THIRD PLACE. IAN POULTER AND STENSON STENSON PLAYING TOGETHER TODAY IN THIS TRIO AND THEY HAVE REACHED THE 15th TEE, THE PARTY HOLE. >> THEY WILL BE FURIOUS WITH THEMSELVES IF THEY CAN’T CONVERT THIS OPPORTUNITY INTO A FIRST PODIUM IN ’24. AND THEY ARE STILL IN WITH A CHANCE. >> ANIRBAN LAHIRI, HIS SECOND AT 16. ALMOST CLIPS THE FL FLAG. >> MOMENTS AGO, BRYSON PLAYED HIS THIRD OF THE 9th. >> HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE THIS ONE AND HE DIDN’T CARRY IT FAR ENOUGH. IT JUST LANDED IN THE END OF THE IT TH THIS. >> TYRRELL HATTON HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT ONE HAND FIRMLY ON THE TRO TROPHY. >> THAT WAS A LOVELY FOURTH SHOT FOR JOHN CA CATLIN. HE IS NOW JUST PLAYING FOR POINTS. TRYING TO GET AS MANY POINTS AS POSSIBLE TO GET THE PUTT FOR A BOGEY. HE TRIES 100% EVERY SH SHOT. >> A HUGE BOGEY. WE TALK OF EARNING A POSITION ON THIS LEAGUE. AT STAKE NOT TO MENTION CRUSHERS WITH A CHANCE TO BIN LADEN THIS TEAM EVENT. SO A LOT GOING ON MORE THAN HE EVER PLAYED FOR AN EVENT TOO, DOM, EXPENSIVE. >> ABSOLUTELY, JERRY. PLAYING FOR A BIG PURSE TOO, BIGGER THAN HE EVER PLAYED FOR. >> HIT A GOOD PUTT. A LITTLE FIRM. >> HATTON, WHAT A STATEMENT A BIRDIE HERE WILL BE. ONE OF THE TOUGHEST HOLES ON THE GOLF COURSE TODAY. NO QUESTION ABOUT TH THAT. >> FOR A TRULY WELL WORLD-CLASS PLAYER. HE FLIES UNDER THE RADAR, ISN’T HE. UP TO THE FIFTH IN THE RANKINGS NOT TOO LONG AGO. THIS WILL MAKE THE BACK NINE A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE. >> IT IS GOLDEN. NECESSARY COMPLETE CONTROL WITH NINE HOLES TO PLAY OF LIV GOLF NASHVILLE! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> IT’S CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY OF LIV GOLF NASHVILLE AT THE GROVE GOLF CLUB. FIRST VISIT TO TENNESSEE, OUR 12th STATE IN THE UNITED STATES. AND A FABULOUS COMPETITION. TYRRELL HATTON ATTEMPTING TO TAKE ALL THE DRAMA OUT OF IT. HE LEADS BY FIVE. ARLO, DAVID IN THE BOOTH, DOM A AND SU-ANN HENF ON THE GOLF COURSE. WE WILL TALK TO THOSE TWO IN A SEC. THE WEATHER — IT WAS ROASTING EARLIER. IT IS WARM. FEELS LIKE 101 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. HELLO, EVERYBODY. WELCOME LIVE INSIDE THE LIV GOLF STUDIO. I AM ARLO WHITE AND THIS IS CHAMPION HIP SUNDAY AND TYRRELL HATTON ISN’T BRINKING AT THE MOMENT. WHAT HE HAS IS A SIX-SHOT LEAD OVER HIS TEAMMATE BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU WENT BACK 9. WILL HE MAKE A SURGE. TYRRELL HATTON LOOKING ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. SIX-TIME WINNER THIS SEASON. LEGION XIII GOTTEN CLOSE FIVE LIKEWISE, THE CRUSHERS. BUT LEGION XIII, HOLDING FIRM, A SEVEN-SHOT LEAD OVER THESE TWO, THE MAJESTICKS WITH A BIT OF WORK TO GET ON THE PODIUM FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BOSTON ‘ 2. LET’S HEAD OUT TO THE COURSE AS PROMISED. SU-HANN HENG, YOUR THOUGHTS ON LIV GOLF NASHVILLE. >> JON RAHM CAME OUT OF THE GATES HART BIRDIEING THREE OUT OF THE FOUR HOLES AND UNFORTUNATE SHOT ON THE SIXTH THAT COST HIM A COUPLE OF SHOTS. IT SEEMS WHAT IS GETTING IN BETWEEN JOHN AND LIFTING UP THAT TROPHY ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. THE BACK NINE OPENS UP A BIT. HE NEEDS TO GO PEDAL TO THE METAL AS WE COME DOWN THE HOME STRETCH. >> YOU START SUNDAY WITH A THREE-SHOT LEAD AND YOU HIT EVERY FAIRWAY DOWN THE MIDDLE LONG. AND YOU PUTT LIKE A GENIUS. A GREAT RECIPE FOR SUCCESS. THAT IS WHAT EXACTLY WHAT TYRRELL HATTON IS DOING. HE HIT 30 ON THE BACK 9. HE CERTAINLY DON’T NEED TO DO THAT TODAY OR HE WILL WIN BY 10. I THINK HE NEEDS TO SHOOT 1 UNDER PAR ON THAT BACK TEN SO STILL WORK TO BE DONE. >> NOW JON RAHM SIX BACK IN THE INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION AND HIS TEAM IS LEADING THE WAY. THIS, A BIRDIE ON HIS VERY FIRST HOLE. WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD START SOMETHING SPECIAL. >> AND AT THE SECOND HOLE, LEFT TO REITER THERE. IT WAS — A PHENOMENAL START. >> PAR 4, NUMBER 4, HIS SECOND SHOT JUST BEHIND THE SCREEN AFTER THE FAIRWAY THERE WOULD END UP MAKING BIRDIE BEFORE HE GOT DERAILED. >> YOU MENTION A CONVERSATION WITH ADAM HAYS THAT HE HAS TO PUT THE PAST BEHIND HIM AND FORGET ABOUT THAT. SEEMS LIKE A MONUMENTAL TASK BEING SIX BACK. >> ABSOLUTELY, JERRY OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO IN GOLF TO STAY IN THE PRESENT AND NOT DWELL OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST. THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD DO THAT. WE HAVE SEEN THIS. CONVERSATIONS, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO AT THE NEXT HOLE AND ON THE NEXT SHOT. INSTEAD OF TALKING WHAT HAPPENED ON THE PAST. AND EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO ON THE BACK NINE. >> HE OBVIOUSLY DROPPED OUT OF CONTENTION HERE IN TERMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. HE HAS HIS EYE ON THE TEAM PRIZE? >> I DON’T SEE HIM CHECKING OUT THE LEADERBOARD VERY MUCH TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I AM SURE HE HAS HIS EYES ON THE TEAM AND THINKING OF THE TEAM. A LOT OF THESE GUYS THINK IF THEY HANDLE THEIR BUSINESS AND PLAY GREAT GOLF, THAT WILL LOOK AFTER THE TEAM. >> MAJORITY OF THE FANS CAME OUT TO SEE ONE GUY, REIGNING CHAMPION BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. ONE HECK OF A DISPLAY OUT OF THIS GUY, TYRRELL HATTON FOR BIRDIE AT 3. >> HE IS THE EPITOME OF KINDNESS FOR BIRDIE AT 4. >> LEADING THE FIELD IN TWO DAYS FOR THE PUTTING. VERY STRONG ON THE SHORT GAME AS WELL. DOM, HE MENTIONED IT, WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR HIM NOT TO WIN? >> HIS HEAD HAS TO EXPLODE. I DON’T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN. COUPLE OF BLEMISHES ON 8 AND 9 — NOT ON 9 — OBJECT THE 8th GREEN AND 9th TEE. I DON’T SEE ANY OUTCOME OTHER THAN TYRRELL HATTON LIFTING THE TROPHY. >> SUCH A FABULOUS STORY. HOW IS HIS ATTITUDE? >> HE ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE WHETHER HE IS PLAYING GOOD FOR BAD. YOU CAN’T TELL IF HE IS SHOOTING 665 OR 85. HE WILL GIVE IS 100%. >> THESE ARE YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY HEADLINES, HATTON OUT IN IN 2. A SINGLE BOGEY. LEAD BY SIX SHOTS. CRUSHERS TRAIL LEGION XIII BY 5 GOING INTO CHAMPIONSHIP. >> SUNDAY AND THAT GAP IS NOW SEVEN. BOTH LOOKING TO WIN FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS YEAR. LET’S GET TO LEGION XIII HIGHLIGHTS. 6 UNDER PAR FOR CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY FOR A TEAM. REMEMBER ALL FOUR SKILLS COUNT. THE FOURTH SHOT AT 7 FOR JON RAHM. THAT WAS BIRDIE. HATTON HIS THIRD SHOT FOR NUMBER 7, THE PAR 5. ONE OF HIS FOUR BIRDIE AND THE HINT OF A SMILE ON THE FACE OF TYRRELL HATTON. KEER- VINCENT. A 66. ONE UNDER PAR AND SHOT INTO THE PAR 5 11th. AND HATTON AGAIN, THAT BIRDIE PUT AT 9 THAT PLACED ONE HAND ON THE INDIVIDUAL TROPHY AND THE POWER OF GOOD AS WELL. NOW CALEB SURRATT. THAT WAS TO MAKE IT 8 8. >> WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, DAVID. THAT SHORT BIRDIE PUTT AT 8. DOUBLE AT 9. >> THE DOUBLE USUALLY. INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HE RESPONDS TO THAT. STILL TIED WITH FOURTH PLACE. >> THE WINNER GOING TO HAVE SOME NASHVILLE HOT CHICKEN TODAY? SOUNDS GOOD. >> WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, JOHN CATLIN. EARNED HIS ASIAN TOUR CARD IN 015. LOST IT MULTIPLE TIMES. SWITCHED TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT TOUR TO GET BACK ON THE ASIAN TOUR. THEN HIS BREAKTHROUGH YEAR 2018 WHEN HE WON THREE TIMES. AND THREE-TIME WINNER OF THE DP WORLD TOUR AS WELL, INCLUDING THE IRISH O OP OPEN. >> 23 AND PITCHING THIS — >> 25 SHOT. >> UNDER 10:30. >> PERFECT. >> BRYSON HAS TO MAKE A MOVE AND MAKE IT RIGHT NOW. >> NIEMANN FOR EAGLE AT 18. >> HATTON, A NICE CLEAN LIE ON THE BUN BUNKER. >> SIT DOWN. SI SIT. >> SOME ROOM TO WORK WITH THERE. >> DOESN’T MAKE TOO MANY MISTAKES, TYRRELL HATTON. >> PAUL CASEY SECOND SHOT AT 18. 5 UNDER FOR HIS ROUND, BUT HE IS THE ONLY CRUSHERS REALLY TURNING IT ON TODAY. THEY ARE 4 UNDER UNDER AS A TEAM. 27 UNDER. TRAIL BY 7 AND ANOTHER BIRDIE CHANCE THROUGH PAUL CAS CASEY. >> JON RAHM IS STANDING WHAT LOOKS LIKE A SPRINKLER HEAD. >> DAVID, ACTUALLY WILL BE — WHATEVER ADVANTAGE WILL BE IN THE MUCH FLATTENED LI LIE. >> THE LAST EDGE OF THE GREEN AT 11. >> GREAT. >> WENT INTO AND OFF THE LEFT. LOOKS LIKE HE HAS A FATHERLY NICE LIE. AT THIS STAGE, YOU HAVE TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PAR 5. AT LEAST A BIRDIE. NEEDS TO SIT. ♪ ♪ >>> REALLY EGG OF A ROUND FOR JON RAHM. GOOD AND BAD. SECOND SHOT INTO 14. SQUARE TO THE PATH. >> JOAQUIN NIEMANN MADE HIS BIRDIE. TORQUE BACK WITHIN SI SIX. >> WELL, TYRRELL HATTON, RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD CHIP. PLENTY OF GREEN TO WORK WITH. >> PRETTY FOOD. >> RIGHT THERE . >> IT SHOULDN’T BOUNCE AS HARD AS TH THAT. >> MOMENTS OOLOGY SEBASTIAN MUNOZ, HIS SECOND SHOT AT 14. VERY RARE THAT WE WILL HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY WITHOUT SOME TWISTS AND TURNS. AND THE INDIVIDUAL — OR AND THE TEAM COMPETITION. AT THE MOMENT, HEEJZ KEEPING EVERYONE AT ARM’S LENGTH AS IS TYRRELL HATTON INDIVIDUALLY. >> SIX SHOTS COUNTING FOUR SCORES. THAT COULD CHANGE SO QUICKLY. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE OVERHAEAD LIV GOLF OF THE END POI POINT. >> CERTAINLY DOES, JERRY. ALL ABOUT PACE. >> THE LIV LINE. LITTLE BIT SOFT. NOT A TERRIBLE EFF EFFORT. >> THE GREEN AT 17. ANIRBAN LAHIRI. THIS ONE DOWN THE SLOPE FOR BIRDIE. >> YOU COULD TRY. >> BACK TO THE 10th GREEN AND BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. >> AND TYRRELL HATTON MOVED HIS BALL MARK TWO AHEAD TO THE LEFT. HE MIGHT BE USING THAT AS SOME SORT OF A END POINT NOW. >> THEY ARE STILL SHORT. SHORT ALL DAY. >> GOT TO MAKE LOOK HAVING THAT HOLE LOOK A LITTLE SMALLER FOR TYRRELL HA HATTON. IF YOU LEAVE IT SH SHORT, IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. . >> THIS IS THE 10th GREEN. AND OUR LEADER WHO HAS A COMFORTABLE SIX-SHOT MARGIN RIGHT NOW. LEGION XIII LEADS TORQUE BY 6. TYRRELL HATTON ONLY MADE ONE BEEGZ SO FAR ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY .THIS IS FOR PAR. >> ENOUGH LEFT AND RIGHT OF THIS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT SQUEAKY. >> WHAT HAPPENED WITH HIS SECOND SHOT, GUYS? I DIDN’T SEE IT BECAUSE OF THE HALFTIME SHOW. >> HE CAUGHT IT A LITTLE CLEAN OUT OF THE BACK. >> OUT OF THE BUNKER. >> YES. >> I SEE. >> HE HAS BEEN BRILLIANT WITH THESE ALL WEEK. >> OH, YES. >> BRILLIANT. >> SOLID. >> CAYCE CAUTIONE IS DOING HIS UPMOST TO TRY TO GET THE CRUSHERS ALONGSIDE LEGION XIII. HE IS RUNNING NOW THERE. BIRDIE AT 14. FIVE UNDER PAR FOR HIS ROUND SO FAR TODAY. THE CRUSHERS WITHIN SECOND. BIRDIE AT 15. HE HELD THE JOINT LEAD INDIVIDUALLY GOING INTO THE FINAL ROUND IN HOUSTON TWO WEEKS AGO. EXCELLENT FORM, PAUL CASEY. SECOND SHOT INTO 13. AND ANOTHER BIRDIE THERE AND HE HAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT FOUR IN A RO ROW. >> ON 18. >> SO FAR LEFT. >> KIERAN VINCENT AT 14 FOR BIRDIE. RAHM WITH THE PUTTER FROM THE FRONT EDGE OF THE 11th GREEN HERE. >> I AM NOT SURE OF THE CLUB CHOICE. >> I HARDLY EVER LIKE THE PUTTER WHEN IT COMES TO SOYSHA. BUT HE KNOW WHAT IS HE IS DOING. >> YEAH. >> IT IS OFF LINE. WHILE THAT WAS GOING ON, SEBASTIAN MUNOZ AT 14. >> HE WAS HOT STEPPING TOWARD THAT ONE. >> HE WAS. >> JUST A PAR. >> TORQUE SIX BACK. >> LEVEL PAR FOR CAM SMITH. HAVEN’T QUITE GOT GOI GOING. >> IN THE GROUP JON RAHM UNDER FOR THE DAY. AND WE THOUGHT A CHALLENGE MIGHT EMERGE FROM T THE TRIO. IT HAVEN’T YET. >> JUST ABOUT TO HIT A NICE SCOREABLE STRETCH OF HOLES. >> YEAH. >> UNFORTUNATELY, TYRRELL HAS TO PLAY THEM AS WELL. ♪ >>> THEY HAVE BEEN FRONT RUNNERS ALL DAY, LEGION XIII. CALEB SURRATT, 20 YEARS OF AGE. THE YOUNGEST PLAYER IN THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. RECENTLY A SOPHOMORE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE. >> THIS HAS TO BE A MASSIVE DRIVE. BECAUSE NO MORE THAN A 7 OR 8 IRON IN HIS HANDS. THERE ARE SOME STRONG WINDS BLOWING DOWN A LITTLE FROM THE LEFT. >> GOT THE CALL FROM JON RAHM BEFORE THE START OF THE SEASON. WENT TO KNOXVILLE. CLEANED OUT HIS ROOM ON THE PODIUM AS TEAM FROM MEXICO. >> AND OVER TWO. I DON’T THINK HE WILL GET INTO THE FRONT EDGE INTO TODAY. >> GOOD START TH THOUGH. >> ANOTHER GREAT TEE SHOT. >> JON, NOW FOR BIRDIE. HE HAD A WEDGE FOR THE FRONT OF THE GREEN AND SWITCHED OUT. IT WORKED OUT RIGHT. >> NOT QUITE OVER YET, JON RAHM WITHIN FIVE OF TYRRELL HAT HATTON. >> CARLOS ORTIZ AT 11. TO GET TO 150 UNDER PAR HIMSELF AND GET TORQUE AT 29 UNDER. THEY ARE WITHIN SIX ONCE MORE OF LEGION XIII. BIRDIE FOR ORTIZ. >> PARTY HOLE, SEBASTIAN MUNOZ. >> NO ONE HAS COME PARTICULARLY CLOSE TO AN ICE TODAY. >> NO. YESTERDAY WAS THE HOLE LOCATION FOR IT. ED TO IT IS GETTABLE. >> LEE WESTWOOD 8 UNDER PAR ON THE 13th TEE. >> DAMAGING DOUBLE BOGEY AT 8. >> DOESN’T LIKE THAT ONE. MIGHT BE LEFT. >> ONE SHOT BACK TO THE CRUSHERS FOR THIS ELUSIVE PODIUM FINISH. >> NIEMANN PUNCHING ONE END LOW AT ONE. BEAUTIFULLY PLAYED. >> HE HAS THAT FOR HIS 7th BIRDIE IN 12 HOLES. >> BRENDAN STEELE AT 10. ALSO ACTING LIKE THAT ONE IS LEFT. LEFT AND LONG. >> THE 12th TEE. JON RAHM COMING OFF OF BIRDIE. JUST TO KEEP THINGS INTERESTING. FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS. INDIVIDUALLY AND ON THE TEAM COMPETITION. >> WE JUST ALWAYS KICK LEFT. >> PERFECT. LOVE IT. >> ON THE TORQUE TEAM JUST TO CHECK IN ON HOW HE IS FEELING. APPARENTLY STILL NOT 100%. CAUGHT A STOMACH BUG EARLIER THIS WEEK. CAUGHT IT TOO. 3 WOOD. FOR CARLOS. 309 TO THAT BUNKER ON THE RIGHT. LITTLE BREEZE. THAT IS FINE. >> THE AVERAGE AGE OF OUR EIGHT WINNERS THIS SEASON SO FAR IF YOU COUNT JOAQUIN NIEMANN TWICE AFTER HIS VICTORIES IN JEDDAH AND MEXICO. UNTIL 3, TYRRELL HATTON IS 2 YEARS OF AGE. HE LEADS BY 5. HERE IS RAHM’S SHOT AT 12. >> WITH JERRY’S AGE. >> ALMOST EXACTLY HALF. >> LIKE A NICE WINE. >> LESS THAN HALF OF MINE. [LAUGHTER] >> JON GOING WITH A 3 WOOD AS WELL. IT IS RIGHT 340 TO THE END OF THIS F FAIRWAY. AND JUST WAITING FOR THE CROWDS. >> THE BUNKER IS VISIBLE. >> SU-ANN, IF JON MAKES MOVES AND ABLE TO KEEP AGROUND. ONE THING WHICH IS A, AN ODDITY, HE HAS BASICALLY A BIRDIE EVERY HOLE. LAST THREE HOLES OF EVERY ROUND, .02. A BIRDIE EVERY 50 HOLES. HE STRUGGLED TO CLOSE THIS SEASON. >> SEEMS LIKE A SWING ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. SHOULD BE JUST FINE. MUCH BETTER SWING ON IT. WHILST THAT WAS HAPPENING, THE 18th GREEN AND CALEB SURRATT FOR EAGLE. HE WILL HAVE THAT FOR BIRDIE TO GET LEGION XIII TO 36 UND UNDER. >> JOHN CATLIN WITH A SECOND SHOT. >> PLAY IT TO A DECENT YARDAGE — WELL OVER 300 YARDS FROM THE FRONT EDGE TO THE GREEN. >> TYRRELL HATTON CAN SHIFT IT. A GOOD 25, 30 YARDS BACK AND HATTON 14 YARDS BEHIND BRYSON. A GOOD LAY-UP. >> HATTON NEXT. >> I THINK — YOU CAN’T GET THERE 294. WIND HAS COME UP A LITTLE BIT BUT KEEP IT UP THE LEFT SIDE. SO LEVEL IS THE GR GREEN. THIS IS RIGHT. >> HE HAD ENOUGH ON IT. >> WOW. AND HE IS WELL TOWN BELOW SURFACE OF THE GREEN WITH VERY LITTLE TO WORK WITH HERE. TOUGH BUNKER SHOT. >> WELL, THERE ARE IS THE PARTY HOLE OF 15 AND PACKED IN THERE AS THEY HAVE BEEN ALL THREE DAYS. THIS WEEKENDS HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN A SELLOUT AT THE GROVE HERE IN NASHVILLE WITH CAPACITY CROWD OVER 40,000 OVER THE THREE DAYS. LIV GOLF’S BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE U.S. TO DATE. AND WE HAVE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. >> KIERAN VINCENT AT 1 15. >> BOY, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO COME BACK HERE IN 2025. >> BRYSON CAN GET AT 11. >> ONLY USING HIS 5 WOOD. RIGHT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN. >> SMOKED IT. >> SURRATT MADE HIS BIRDIE AT 18. LEGION X111 GOT A 36 UNDER PAR. THEY RE-ESTABLISHED 8-SHOT LEAD OVER TORQUE IN SECOND PLA PLACE. >> WHY WE WAIT, NIEMANN FOR ANOTHER BIRDIE. THAT WAS AT THE FIR FIRST. >> JACO IS 7 UNDER PAR FOR OPENING HOLES TODAY. >> 15 AGAIN. NAH NAH AGAIN THIS TIME. NIEMANN TIED FOR THIRD. >> INDIVIDUAL POINTS LEADER DAVID AND WITH JON RAHM GOING WELL IN SECOND PLACE. THE GAP IS 36 POINTS BETWEEN THE TWO. SO NIEMANN IN WITH A CHANCE OF EXTENDING ITS ADVANTAGE. >> WESTWOOD FOR PAR AT 15. MAJESTICKS HANGING ON DESPERATELY FOR A CHANCE TO GET ON THAT PODIUM FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE YOU SAID SINCE 2022. LIKE YOU SAID, THIS COURSE DOES NOT AS A TEEN SUIT THEIR GAME AT ALL. AND THEY ARE GETTING IT DONE PRETTY WELL. >> THEY MADE PODIUMS OF THREE OF THE FIRST FOUR EVENTS. AT HOME IN LONDON. PACK IN JUNE 2022. BED MINISTER AND THEN BOSTON. AND SINCE THEN, NOTH NOTHING. >> ON THE 12th. IT IS TRYING FADE. HERE WE GO. >> GREAT DOWN OUT OF THE SKY. >> I THOUGHT I NAILED IT. >> I DID TOO. >> THE 129th FAIRWAY. CARLOS ORTIZ OF TORQUE GC WHICH IS, ONCE AGAIN, SEVEN BACK OF LEGION XIII. CARLOS ATTEMPTING TO GO BACK TO BACK AFTER THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE IN HOUSTON. PETITIONS 10 UNDER PAR AND TRAILS TYRRELL HATTON BY 6. >> A LOT MORE WIND THROUGH THAT YOU CAN FEEL ON THIS FAIRWAY. >> JOHN CATLIN AT 1 11. >> VERY SIMILAR SHOT. VERY SIMILAR — STUCK CLOSE. WE HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THIS. A BIT TOO MUCH. >> NICE LITTLE BIT OF SPIN. HAVEN’T SEEN MUCH OF THAT THIS WEEK. >> THE PARTY HOLES, SEBASTIAN MUNOZ FOR BIRDIE FOR TORQUE. DIDN’T LIKE IT IMMEDIATELY NOW BACK TO 11. HATTON IS THIRD. >> WHAT DOES HE HAVE, DO; LIGHT DOWNHILL LIE. NOT MUCH TO WORK WITH. HE PUT HIMSELF IN A POSITION WHERE HE DOES NOT NEED TO TAKE ANY RISK. IF HE GETS TOO CUTE AND IT WILL BE BACK IN THE BUNKER. 15 FEET PAST THE WIN. NOT AN ISSUE WHATSOEVER. WHERE HE IS PUTTING, MORE THAN LIKELY WALKED OUT WITH FOUR. >> LEGION SHORT. WHAT A SHOT TO HIT WITH A FIVE-SHOT LEAD. EVEN TAKE THAT SHOT O ON. >> STRIKE CLOSE TO THE BALL. AND TAKING THE RISK OF BLADING IT INTO THE TREES ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> I THINK HE IS AMAZED THAT FELL SHORT OF THE HOLE. >> ALONG WITH THE REST OF US. >> YEAH. >> I THINK THAT WAS A BIT OF A KICK TO THE TEETH TO BRYSON THERE. HE PROBABLY THOUGHT HE COULD CLOSE THE GAP BY AT LEAST ON THIS WHOLE. AND CLOSE BY 1. >> ANOTHER PAR PUTT FOR THE MAJESTICKS. FOR HENDRIK STENSON, EXCUSE ME. THEY ARE STILL FINDING A WAY FOR THE PODIUM FINISH. TRAIL THE CRUSHERS BY A SHOT. THE BEST FINISH THIS SEASON SO FAR IS FOURTH IN HONG KONG. >> I CAN SEE WHY HE IS USING THE PUTTER HERE. FRIDGE TO CARRY. >> IT HAS TO BE DOWN GRAIN A LITTLE. >> BERMUDA GROUNDS, FINE BERMUDA. YOU DON’T SEE MUCH GREEN ON THEN. >> THEY ALMOST CAN BE BENT THE WAY IT LOOKS IN THE MAGNIFICENT — HANGING MILES LEFT. >> BOUNCED JUST A LITTLE EARLY. >> YEAH — >> OUTSIDE OF HATTON. >> YEAH. >> THIS IS IAN POULTER AT 17 FOR PA PAR. >> BOY, THEY ARE HANGING ON A LIKE A JACK RUSSELL. >> 7 UNDER PAR TODAY FOR THE MAJESTICKS. STILL ONE BACK FROM THE CRUSHERS FOR THI THIRD. >> BACK TO JOHN CATLIN. LOOK AT HIS BIRDIE PUTT TO GET IT AT 10 UNDER. TIED FOR 3rd. >> YOU DON’T THINK POWELL IS IMPORTANT IN THIS GAME? CATLIN — COULD NOT EVEN REIMAGINE GETTING ON THE SCREEN. WHERE IS HATTON AND BRYSON. BOTH COULD REACH SUCH AN ADVANTAGE. >> NICE TRY. GOOD EFFORT. >> RAHM AT 12. >> BURIED. >> YEAH, FRIED EGG. DAVID, SHOTS SO THEY PRACTICE WHEN THEY ARE YOUNGER. PICKED A CLUB STRAIGHT UP, EXPLODED OUT A GOOD SHOT. NOT MUCH TO DO FROM THERE FROM THAT KIND OF SHORT SIDE. >> BRYSON FOR BIRDIE. GETTING INTO MUST-MADE TERRITORY FOR SURE STILL. >> IT IS GOING UPHILL AND NINE FEET. JUST INSIDE FOR SURE. >> I THINK FATIGUE WILL BE SETTING IN FAIRLY SHORTLY IF HE CAN’T CLOSE THE GAP AND REALIZES HIS CHANCES WINNING ARE GONE. I THINK THAT IS WHEN HE IS GOING TO GET THAT ADRENALINE DUMP THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTED ALL WEEK. >> HE HAS DONE WELL TO PUT IT OFF, DOM. REMARKABLE. NOT DOING TOO MUCH. AND THE CROWD IS NOT REALLY ENERGIZING. >> THIS GOING IN MIGHT CHANGE THAT A LIT LITTLE. >> YES, HE ISN’T DONE YET, BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. HE IS 11 UNDER PAR. WITHIN FIVE OF TYRRELL HATTON. BUT FOR HOW LONG? >> THIS WILL BE A START LENGTH UP AND DO YOU KNOW FROM THE POSITION HE WAS IN. EXTRAORDINARY SHOT. >>. HE TOOK THE RISK OF THANK BALL GOING BACK IN THE BUNKER. >> HE IS IT, YEAH. >> MAYBE HE DOESN’T CA CARE. >> HE IS JUST CRUISING. TYRRELL HATTON. >> NO ONE CAN BE LAY A GLOVE ON HIM. 17 PAR AND LEADS BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU THE U.S. OPEN CHAMPION BY SIX. >> PAUL CASEY FOR EAGLE. APPEAR PRETTY LONG RANGE FOR 18. >>. >> THAT IS NOT GOING TO MAKE HIM HAPPY. >> ORTIZ FOR PAR AT 12. >> TORQUE STAYED 7 BACK. >> BEHIND HIM WAS JON RAHM FOR PAR. AND SAM HORSFIELD, SECOND SHOT AT 14. AND WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF SHOTS IN FOR 14, AND IT IS LITTLE SOFTER. IT WAS SOFTER YESTERDAY TOO. >> SEE IF PAUL CASEY CAN MAKE THIS FOR BIR BIRDIE. >> IT WAS ALWAYS LOW. >> WASTED OPPORTUNITY THERE ON THE FRONT EDGE FOR PA PAUL. >> NOW ON THE TEE, FROM IRON HEADS GC, SCOTT VINCENT! >> THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF PLAYERS, JERRY, TO MAKE THE ACE THAT YOU PROMISED EVERYBODY ON FRIDAY. >> NOT WRONG YET. >> I HAVE EVERY FAITH IN YOU. >> I DON’T. >> SCOTT VINCENT NEEDS ALL THE POINTS HE CAN GET. HE IS IN 20th PLACE AT THE MOMENT. 24 POINTS TO DRAW CLEAR OF THE DREADED RELEGATION ZONE. >> THE 12th TEE AND — WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY LEADER HE HAS BEEN TODAY. >> THE WAY OFF THE TEE. HE HIT A 3 WOOD. IT MUST BE. >> YES, IT IS. >> WIDEST PART IN THE FAIRWAY WHERE THIS BALL SHOULD BE LANDING. PRETTY CALM THOUGH NO NOW. >> HE HIT IT INTO THE HAZARD ON 1. >> NOT TODAY. KINDS OF A HIGH FLARE THERE BUT A GOOD HOLE. . >> 280 YARDS WITH FAIRWAY WOOD. >> WELL, LIV GOLF NASHVILLE HAS BEEN A ROARING SUCCESS. FANS YOUNG AND OLD. A LOT OF THEM CHEERING ON BRYSON D HAMBEAU, BUT IT COULD BE TYRRELL HATTON’S WEEK. >> SERIOUS SIDEBURNS THERE. >> CAM SMITH ON THE TEE PLAYING 210 TODAY. HAS A 7 IRON WINDS DOWN OFF THE LEFT. LITTLE DROPLETS OF DRIZZLE EVEN THOUGH THE SUN IS OUT. I WAS TO ADMIT, IT FEELS PRETTY NICE. HITTING HIS IRONS ALL WEEK. NO EXCEPTIONS. IF THE DISTANCE IS RIGHT. [ APPLAUSE ] . >>THE FIRST HOLE AND CALEB SURRATT FOR BIR BIRDIE. >> CAPTAIN JON RAHM HAS REACHED THE 13th TEE. >> YEAH. >> NOW HE IS TRYING. >> MISSION IS JUST LEFT OF IT. >> HE IS TRYING TO REALLY BE CERTAIN OF THE WEDNESDAY. GET CAUGHT ON THE 12th HOLE. REALLY FEEL IT DOWN THE FAIRWAY AS IT WORKS CLOSER AND YOU COULD FEEL THE BREEZE AND IT PICKS UP. SECONDS AGO, HE HAD A 7 IRON . >> WANTED TO COME LE LEFT. >> THE GREEN AT 15. DEAN BURMESTER FOR BIR BIRDIE. >> DEAN A COUPLE OVER TODAY. NOT HIS BEST. A MOMENT AGO, MUNOZ AT 16. [APPLAUSE] >> THIS IS KIERAN VINCENT’S FOURTH. SO LEGION XIII WILL DROP ONE. SAM HORSFIELD FOR BIRDIE. A MOMENT AGO. THAT WAS AT 14. HE IS 11 UNDER PAR HIMSELF HEADED FOR THE BEST-EVER LIV GOLF FINISH, TIED WITH SECOND FOR BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. AND THE MEEJZ HANGING BACK IN THERE, ONE BACK OF THE CRUSHERS FOR THAT PODIUM SPOT. >> DARYL, HIS SECOND AT 12. >> WELL ABOVE HIS FEET. I HEARD YOU GUYS SAY THAT JON RAHM PLUCKED IN THE BUNKER HERE. HE DOESN’T NEED TO MISS WITH THAT OR PAST IT. GET OVER IT. GET OVER IT. SEBASTIA SEBASTIAN MUNOZ FOR /* FOR TORQUE. 30 UNDER PAR NOW. KIERAN VINCENT ABOUT TO DROP A SHOT AND THE DEFICIT WAS FIVE AGAIN. IT WAS TEN A LITTLE EARLIER ON TODAY. >> JOHN CATLIN AT 1 12. >> CATLIN, WHAT IS RUNNING THROUGH HIS MIND. DOES HE STILL BELIEVE HE HAS A CHANCE? >> WELL … NO. HE CAN’T. RIGHT NOW HE IS TRYING TO FINISH AS HIGH AS HE POSSIBLY ME CAN. THAT IS WHAT A PROFESSIONAL DOES IN ANY ROUND. LIKE WE SAID AND WE SAID EARLIER HE PLAYING FOR A LARGER PERSON HE COULD EVER IMAGINE THIS WEEK. >> THIS MAN I THINK THINKS HE IS IN WITH A CHANCE. I THINK HE CAN SEE THAT THE BOARD WAS PLUGGED. THIS IS A GAP WENCH. CLUB STICKS IN THE GROUND. LOOKS GOOD SHOW. >> HE HAS SOME ANXIETY IN HIS EYES. >> THE PARTY HOLE ONCE AGAIN. AND SAM HORSFIELD BORN IN MANCHESTER ENGLAND. MOVE TO FLORIDA WITH HIS FAMILY AS A YOUNG BOY. STILL REPRESENTS THE UK. AND KIERAN VINCENT MADE HIS BOGEY AND LOOK FOR LEGION XIII — THERE WE GO — TO SLIP TO 35 UNDER. TORQUE WHO IS SURGING TODAY. THEY ARE 12 UNDER PAR AS A TEAM. >> JON RAHM SECOND AT PAR 3. >> JUST NOT QUICK HALY ENOUGH. >> THREE TEAMS IN THE TEAM COMPETITION IN NASHVILLE. TOP THREE TEAMS. NOT IN THAT ORDER. CRUSHERS LEAD THE WAY BEHIND LEGION XIII AND TORQUE IN THIRD. THE TOP THREE TEAMS AFTER 13 REGULAR SEASON EVENTS GET A BUY THROUGH TO THE SEMIFINALS. SEASON-ENDING CHAMPIONSHIP. LEE WESTWOOD OFF THE 1 15. >> CARLOS ORTIZ FOR PA PAR. >> MAN, IS HE PLAYING GOOD. [APPLAUSE] >> HUGE PAR SAVE FOR THE TEAM AND FOR HIM. >> KEEPS TORQUE FIVE BA BACK. >> RICHARD BLAND WITH BIRDIE. FOUR UNDER TODAY AND NINE UNDER FOR THE COMPET COMPETITION. >> DOM? >> NOT DEEP. IT IS TERRIBLE. JUST NEEDS THE CLUB IN THE SAND. JUST POP IT. >> ON THE UPSLOPE. STRAIGHT UP IN THE AI AIR. >> A LITTLE HARD AGA AGAIN. >> THIRD SHOT OF THE PAR 5. LAST HOLE — NOT HIS LAST. VERY NICE. >> A MIDROUND WOBBLE FOR THE MAJESTICKS. BUT MAYBE THEY WILL END STRONGLY. JOAQUIN NIEMANN HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL TODAY BUT THIS IS FOR PAR IN THE SECOND. THAT IS HIS FIRST BOGEY. STILL WORK TO DO OF THE DAY. >> THIS IS A BIG PUTT FOR JOHN. THIS IS FOR PAR. MUST MAKE FOR ANY CHANCE COMING DOWN THE STRETCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> PODIUM FINISHES, JERRY, ARE VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THIS IS A LEAGUE THAT HAVE SEPARATE FRANCHISES AND ONLY THE TOP THREE TEAMS GET ANY PRIZE MONEY THAT GOES TOWARD ALL THE EXPENSE THAT IS TEAMS HAVE. >> STEELER FAN SAYING THE PITTSBURGHER U– PUTTER BY BRYSON IS SAME. >> 80 DEGREES OF LIE ANGLE AND HIS IS, I BELIEVE, 75. HE HOLDS IT UP A LITTLE MORE UPRIGHT ON THAT AS WELL. BUT IT IS FULLY WITHIN THE RULES OF GOLF. AND THEN HE ARM LOCK IT IS — ACTUALLY ARM LOCK IT WITH HIS ENTIRE BODY. NOTHING MOVES BUT THE SHOULDERS ON HIS STROKE. JUST BRYSON — BRYSON HAS TAKEN AN UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO THE GAME OF GOLF SINCE HE WAS VERY YOUNG AND CONTINUES TO DO SO. >> HENDRIK STENSON FOR EAGLE AT 18. THIS LONG DISTANCE IF IT GOES IN, THE MAJESTICKS WILL BE BACK IN THIRD. GOT TO GO. FELLOW MAJOR LEAGUE, SAM HORSFIELD. 15 FOR BIRDIE. LEE WESTWOOD PLAYING WITH HIM TODAY. HIS TEAMMATE. OVER AT 2. JOAQUIN NIEMANN FOR BOG BOGEY. >> BACK AT 12. TYRRELL HATTON TO MAINTAIN THE SIX-SHOT LEAD, DOM. >> HE WASN’T HAPPY AFTER THE BUNKER SHOT. SOMEONE IN THE CROWD SHOUTED SOMETHING AND HE STARED OVER. I HOPE HE HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT NOW. HE NEEDS TO FOCUS ON THE PUTT. >> MISSED THE BIRDIE PUTT AT 18. A BLOW FOR THE MAJESTICKS. STENSON DROPS ONE. AND THE DOOR IS EVER SO SLIGHTLY AJAR STI STILL. >> THE NEAREST SLIVER OF DAYLIGHT. >> TERRELL, BACK TO 16 UNDER. >> HE LEADS BY 5, AND HIS TEAM LEADS BY 5. >> HV III AT 15. THERE GO. >> LEE WESTWOOD. >> IAN POULTER MADE HIS BIRDIE AT 18. THE MAJOR LEAGUE LEAP OVER CRUSHERSS INTO THIRD PLACE ON 28 UNDER PAR. IS THERE THEIR DAY AT LAST TO GET TO THE PODIUM. THEY ARE ONLY ONE CLEAR OF THE CRUSHERS AND HERE IS PAUL CASEY FOR BIRDIE AT 1 TO GET IT BACK LEVEL. >> MITO PEREIRA FOR PAR 5 11 FOR HIS THIRD SHOT. >>. >> THAT WILL SNEAK DOWN CLOSE. >> VERY CLOSE. TEAM MATE, SEBASTIAN MUNOZ. THIS AT 17. >> LOOKS AT R RIGHT AT IT. HALF A CLUB SHORT. AND NOW A TON OF WORK. . >> THIRD TEE AND JOAQUIN NIEMANN. >> KIERAN VINCENT ALMOST INTO THE DITCH. WHAT A SHOCK AS WE WOULD SAY IN NORTHERN IRELAND. >> THE WHAT? >> THE SCHHHOCK. >> LEGION XIII CALEB SURRATT SECOND AT NUMBER, 221 YARDS. BENDS IT A LITTLE BIT LEFT OR RIGHT. IT HAS TO BE GOOD ON A DIFFICULT SECOND HOLE. >> FAIR AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON THE TWO YOUNGSTERS OF LEGION XIII. KIERAN VINCENT IS ONE OVER IN HIS LAST FIVE. THE GAP IS ONLY FIVE SHOTS. THERE IS COMMISSIONER AND CEO GREG MORMON. SIGNS EVERY ITEM OF PARAPH PARAPHERNALIA. >> I LIKE HIS SIGNATURE. IT IS ON OUR CHECKS. [LAUGHTER] >> WE ARE TRYING TO LAND IT TEN SHORT. 199. >> AVERAGING 3.13. AND FOUR BIRDIE. NINE BOGEYS. >> THE LONGEST IN THE GOLF COURSE, BRYSON DID MAKE BIRDIE HERE YESTERDAY. HE NEEDS TO MAKE FOUR OR FIVE COMING HO HOME. THIS LOOKS PRETTY GOOD IF IT IS THE RIGHT DISTANCE. [APPLAUSE] TO THE 14th AND JON RAHM WITH A SECOND SHOT. >> PITCHING WEDGE. HE IS GOING TO TRY TO HAVE THIS ONE DOWN. >> BACKING IT UP ON THIS GREEN. >> OVER ON THE NINTH ON TAPE. THIS IS ANTHONY KIM. >> JOHN CATLIN. >> THIS IS BETTER LOOKING THAN BRYSON. >> YEAH, IT IS. >> KIND OF A BIG MOMENT EVEN THOUGH STILL LEADS BY FIVE, DOM. >> IT IS, JERRY. CAN’T AFFORD ANY MORE MISTAKES. HE HAS MORE BIRDIE OPPORTUNITIES STILL TO COME. IT IS — ONCE YOU HIT ONE FLUSH AND HIT THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN, HE HAS A 6 IRON. HE NEEDS TO SETTLE DOWN. THAT WAS A GOOD-LOOKING SWING. GOING LEFT. SHOULD CLEAR THE BUN BUNKER. >> IT’S ON, BUT IT IS A LONG WAYS FROM HOME. >> ELSEWHERE, MITO PEREIRA MADE BIRDIE AT 11. BOTTOM LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN. TORQUE ARE WIT N FOUR OF LEGION XIII. >> GOOD SHOT. >> ORTIZ FROM THE FRONT EDGE AT 14. GOOD EFFORT. >> GOODNESS, THAT WOULD HAVE GONE — TORQUE WITHIN THREE. >> SEBASTIAN MUNOZ FROM DOWN BELOW THE PUTTING SURFACE AT 17. THIS WAS JUST A MOMENT AGO. >> NICE LIE. KIERAN VINCENT FOR BIRDIE. DOUBLE BREAKER THERE. JUST SKWEWERVES AWAY AT THE LAST MOMENT. HERE IS CAM. >> BIRDIE. LOVELY. LITTLE PITCH. [CHE [CHEERING] >> MARGIN OF VICTORY IN THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL EVENT IS SEVEN SHOTS. PERCEPTION THAT CAM SMITH. LAST YEAR AT BED MINISTER. TORQUE ATTEMPTING TO GET WITHIN THREE SHOTS OF LEGION XIII. JOAQUIN NIEMANN, THE CAPTAIN, BOUNCING BACK FROM HIS ONLY BOGEY OF THE DAY SO FAR. THAT IS A BIRDIE TOO. 7 UNDER FOR HIS ROUND, TORQUE 13 UNDER WITHIN THREE OF LEGION XIII. >> ROUND FOR BIRDIE. CAUGHT HIM TAKING A LOOK AT THE LEADERBOARD. TOOK A VERY GOOD LOOK AT IT, IN FACT. >> THIS IS THE GREEN AT 13. JON RAHM ROLLED IN A BIRDIE PUTT. LEGION X111 FOR TORQUE AFTER JOAQUIN NIEMANN JUST PUT IT BEAUTIFULLY. BIRDIE PUTT. MOMENTARILY WITHIN THREE. THAT GAP IS NOW FOUR ONCE MORE. >> TYRRELL HATTON FULL FOCUS. LOOK BEHIND THE PIN AND WALKED ALL AROUND THE PUTT. AND THAT PAR ON TWO, I STILL CAN’T GET OVER HOW GOOD THAT WAS. HE NEEDS AN EQUALLY GOOD ONE HERE. LEAVES THE PIN IN. HAS NEVER WORKED WITH ANYBODY ELSE BUT HIS FATHER ON ALL ASPECTS OF HIS GAME. THAT IS GOING TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE B BIT. >> THAT CAN BE A LITTLE NERVY HERE. >> MUNOZ TO BE SAVE PAR AT 17. >> BRYSON AT 13. . >> BRYSON WAS WALKING ON TO THE 13th GREEN WITH JOHN CATLIN AND HE WAS SO ENCOURAGING. HE WAS LIKE KEEP PLUGGING AWAY. THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SHOT YOU HIT THERE. PLAYING A REAL CAPTAIN’S ROLE. EVEN THOUGH HE IS COMPETING AGAINST HIM OUT THERE. >> BROOKS KOEPKA, CHECKING IN ON HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. THIRD SHOT AT PAR 5 NUMBER 7. GETS HIM TO EVEN PAR ON THE ROUND. 1 UNDER TOTAL. >> SAM HORSFIELD SECOND SHOT AT 16. >> ON THE 15TH TEE. CAM SMITH. >> YOU ARE KIDDING ME, WOW! RANCID. >> BIG MOMENT HERE ON THE 13th GREEN. TYRRELL HATTON FOR PAR TO AVOID CONSECUTIVE BOGEYS. >> YOU FEEL THIS IS THE MOMENT, ISN’T IT. THIS MOST IMPORTANT PARTY HE HAS SO FAR THIS WEEK. >> YOU MISSED THIS, DOM. BACK-TO-BACK BOGEYS AND YOU STILL MIGHT START TO DOUBT YOURSELF. >> EXACTLY, JERRY. >> YOU MAKE IT, AND YOU ALMOST FEEL WITH THE PUTTER. THIS IS A TRICKY ONE OH, WOW. HE HAS JUST BEEN RELENTLESS. >> TYRRELL HATTON, HE STAYS FIVE CLEAR. THAT KEEPS LEGION XIII FOUR CLEAR. TORQUE HAS BETWEEN THEM THREE PAR 5s TO PLAY. SO DO LEGION XIII OPINION THE PARTY HOLE, JON RAHM IS THE PAR 3, OF COU COURSE. >> THAT THE CLOSEST WE HAVE SEEN TODAY? VELVETEEN COMPETITION IS NOT DONE YET. ONE PART, LEGION XIII WAS LEAD BIG 10. NOW IT IS ONLY FOUR. SEBASTIAN MUNOZ FOR HIS BIRDIE AT 16. TORQUE AT 13 UNDER TODAY. THEY GAINED SIX SHOTS ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY OVER LEGION XIII WHO LED BY 5 COMING IN THE DAY. MITO PEREIRA 3rd AT 11. MITO IS 1 OVER PAR. ALL FOUR SCORES COUNTS. AND JOAQUIN NIEMANN HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY MAGNI MAGNIFICENT. EIGHT BIRDIE. AND 17 UNDER FOR TORQUE CAPTAIN. JON RAHM JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO FOR BIRDIE AT 14. THEY ARE STILL ON IN THE TEAM COMPETITION AS THE RAIN HAS STARTED TO FALL HERE AT THE GROVE. IT HAS BEEN A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE IN NASHVILLE SO FAR BY LEGION XIII. CAN THEY CLOSE IT OUT? NOT AS COMFORTABLE AS IT APPEARED TO BE ABOUT A HALF HOUR AGO IAN POULTER FOR THE MAJESTICKS. THIS IS FOR BIRDIE AT ONE A MOMENT AGO. BRILLIANT. ABSOLUTELY IS UP FRESHT MAILMAN AND MAJOR LEAGUE. TWO CLEAR OFC. LIVE UNDER THE UMBRELLA AND APPEAR PAR PUTT FOR HENDRIK STENSON WHO LEFT AN EAGLE ON THE HOLE, THE 18th, VERY SHORT AND MISSED THE BIRDIE PUTT. THIS IS TO SAVE PAR. 69 UNDER SIX BACK OF LEAGUE 13. >> JUST HAVE THE LITTLE EDGE OF — >> VERY STRONG GUST OF WIN THERE. IT DOESN’T BODE WELL FOR THE WEATHER. >> ANYBODY GOT AN UMBRELLA I CAN BORROW? IT IS PRETTY HEAVY HERE. THE WINDS — THEY HAVE GOT TO BE 25 MILES PER HOUR NOW. BUT NO ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY I HAVE BEEN TO TOLD. >> THE HEAVENS JUST OPENED ON 18, DOM. A ROUGH RAIN IF IT LASTS FOR A WHILE COULD ACCUMULATE ON THE GREENS, BUT NOT GOING TO LAST LONG. >> CHUCKING IT DOWN. LEE WESTWOOD, OH, WHY YES! THE RAIN DOESN’T BOTHER THAT MAN. FROM THE NORTH. BIRDIE AT 16. MAJESTICKS ARE STILL IN THIS IN TERMS OF 30 UNDER PAR BUT WITHIN 5 OF LEGION XIII AS THE BRITISH WEATHER HITS CONTINUE TAMPA. >> IT IS SO HEAVY OUT THERE. THIS IS SAM HORSFIELD. >> DEFINITELY SOUNDED LIKE THE WEATHER. THAT WAS A MOMENT AGO. >> THE MAJESTICKS ARE TIED FOR SECOND. 31 UNDER PAR FOR TORQUE. HOW ABOUT THIS? >> THEY ARE SOAKED. >> THEY DON’T WANT PLAY TO BE SUSPENDED HERE IN THE MAJESTICKS. THEY ARE ON A TEAR. AND THIS MAKES THINGS VERY INTERESTING FOR TYRRELL HATTON THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR. SO THE PLAYERS ARE STAYING OUT THERE. TYRRELL HATTON LEADS HORSFIELD BY FOUR. SCAMPERING TOGETHER. >> THAT IS TROPICAL. >> JERRY — TYRRELL HATTON DOESN’T REALLY WANT THIS. >> NO. >> WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND APPLIED YOU WOULD YOU JUST LIKE TO KEEP GOING, BUT THE GREENS ARE BECOMING UNPUTTABLE. >> JERRY, YOUR RESIDENT METEOROLOGIST. >> I READ THE WEATHER DEPARTMENT FROM RYAN EVERY MORNING. AND HE SAID A CHANCE OF — A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN. SHOULDN’T HAVE ANY ACCUMULATION. BUT THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE WE COULD GET SOMETHING TO HOVER OVER US FOR A LITTLE WHILE. SHOULD MOVE >> WELL, WE HAVE A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION. NOW THE UNITED STATES OPEN WHEN IT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY PROFESSIONAL GOLFER EXPECTS AND APPRECIATES. LIV GOLF HAS A NUMBER OF PLAYERS THAT KNEW HOW PINELURES WAS CHALLENGING FOR THIS MAN, BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. >> WHAT HE IS UP? >> I LOVE WATCHING THE U.S. OPEN. THE MOST CHARISMATIC, MOST ENJOYABLE PLAYER IN THE GAME. >> A CROWD PLEASER. >> TO SEE WHAT HE DID LAST WEEK WAS TRULY INSPIRING. [CHEERING] >> IT GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU MAYBE HE IS ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL. IT IS PRETTY AMAZING. >> HE HIT BALLS 8:30 TO 9:30 AT NIGHT IN THE DARK THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FINAL ROUNDS OF THE U.S. OPEN. THE HARDEST WORKER. AND I JUST REALLY, REALLY HAPPY FOR H HIM. >> A 55-YARD BANKER SHOT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST SHOTS YOU HIT AND TO GET UP AND DOWN TO WIN THE U.S. OPEN IS UNBELIEVABLE. PROBABLY ONE BEST SHOTS HE EVER HIT. ONE THE PEST SHOTS EVER. >> WE HAD A NIECE HUG AND NIECE TO WATCH HIM DO IT AND BE THERE TO SUPPORT HIM. >> I WAS ROOTING FOR BRYSON. A GUY THAT DESERVES TO BE THERE. WORKS HARDER THAN THEN OUT THERE. A GREAT CHAMPION. >> WE GO TO THE MAJORS AND ALL KIND OF PULLING FOR EACH OTHER AND WE COME BACK HERE AND WE SAY, NO, WE WANT YOU THIS WEEK. I AM HAPPY FOR HIM. HE IS REALLY A BIG FAMILY OUT HERE FOR SURE. >> YEAH, SEVEN DAYS ON FROM THAT MAGNIFICENT ACHIEVEMENT. BRYSON 11 UNDER PAR. FIVE BACK OF TYRRELL HATTON. WE ARE EXPECTING THIS DELUGE TO PASS IN TEN MINUTES’ TIME. IN FACT, WE ALREADY HAVE SUNSHINE BREAKING THROUGH AS WELL. SO IT IS REAL RAINBOW TERRITORY HERE IN NASHVILLE. BUT THE MAJESTICKS ARE MAKING A HUGE GO OF THIS ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. A LITTLE WOBBLE MIDROUND BUT A FLURRIES OF BIRDIE. WESTWOOD AT 16. AND THEN IN SOLO SECOND PLACE, 12 UNDER. FOUR BACK OF FELLOW ENGLISHMAN TYRRELL HATTON IN A TIE FOR TORQUE GC AND FOUR BACK FROM LEGION XIII. NEVER DONE IT IS CONTINUE TO. WHAT IS A WILL HE LUGE LIKE THIS — EVEN THOUGH THE SUN IS SHINING. WHAT DOES IT DO WITH THE GOLF COURSE? >> IT WILL SLOW IT DOWN INITIALLY, BUT THIS WATER WILL SEEP THROUGH FAIRLY QUICKLY. IF ANYTHING, IT MAKES THE GREENS SMOOTHER, JERRY. >> EXACTLY. MAKES IT SMOOTHER AND ALWAYS THE FAIRWAYS. WE WILL GET A FAIR AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME BUT NO MUD BALLS IN FEARWAYS. >> I DON’T SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. IN BELFAST, PEOPLE WILL BE SUNBATHING IN THIS WEATHER. >> THEY ARE. >> DEFINES LOOK. >> BRINGING OUT THE SHIRTS. SUN OUT. >> SUN GUNS ARE OUT. AT 9:00, STILL POURING. HOOK AT THE CONTRAST ACROSS THIS VERY LARGE PROPERTY AT THE GROVE. >> WE HAVE STRONG BLUSTERY WINDS THAT PICKED UP WHEN THE STORM MOVED IN. CALM. DEAD CALM AT 18. WHAT DOES THIS DO PSYCHOLOGICALLY FOR FOR TYRRELL HATTON? >> IT CAN GO EITHER WAY. TAKE A PAUSE HERE AND MAKE SURE HE KEEPS HIMSELF TOGETHER. AND REALLY DEPENDS ON THE PERSON. THE WAY HE HANDLED HIMSELF, I DON’T THINK IT WILL BE A PROBLEM. >> NOT THE MOST TRAINED PSYCHOLOGIST ON EARTH WILL SAY HOW TYRRELL WILL REACT. >> HE HAVEN’T HIT HIS TEE SHOT AT 14. HOW ABOUT THE MAJESTICKS! WHAT A PERFORMANCE. 14 UNDER PAR. FLURRY OF BIRDIES. AND HOPEFULLY FOR THEM WON’T GET AWAY THEIR MOMENTUM. THIS IS THEIR FIRST PODIUM FINISH — THEY ARE NOT OUT OF IT YET. FIRST PODIUM FINISH IN 4. SOME ACHIEVEMENT FOR THEM. >> NUMBER FOUR MAN SAM HORSFIELD. RECEIPT UP THERE. >> COUNTY TENSE. THREE OF THE FOUR MAJESTICKS HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE THAN ANY OTHER PLAYER IN THE FIELD AND THE ONE AFTER THAT IS ESSENTIAL A HOME TEAM FOR HIM. U. J K JCV. >> THERE IS HIM ON THE COURSE. >> THE SUN IS OUT. THE RAIN HAS STOPPED ON HALF OF THE COURSE. GREG NORMAN IS HUGGING SOME FOLKS. BE HOPE TO BE BACK. >> ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? >> THE PARTIES IN FULL SWING. LET’S GO! >> OH, WHY YES! >> GET OUR DETECTIVES NOW AT LIV GOLF.COM. >> FROM LIV GOLF TO WATCH SOME WORLD-CLASS GOLF. THEY ENJOY THE ENVIRONMENT JUST AS MUCH AS ANYTHING ELSE. THAT IS THE LAKE ON THE NINTH, ARLO. NOTHING LIKE THE ONE ON 18. >> HERE IS 18 BEHIND US. DRAINAGE SYSTEM. >> OPENED A VALVE. >> YEAH. SUB AIR SYSTEM UNDERNEATH THE GREENS. IT VACUUMS THE WATER OUT. >> AND IT IS GUSHING INTO THE 8th BY THE 18th GREEN WHICH IS BEHIND OUR BOOTH. THE SUN IS BEAMING DOWN. SO YOU CAN STILL SEE THE PITTER-PATTER OF RAINFALL. >> THE RULES OFFICIALS WILL TAKE QUICK PERUSAL FROM THE DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS. NO WATER IN THE BUNKER, STANDING WATER. NONE ON THE GREENS. THEY WILL GET THAT BLOWN AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN. IT SHOULDN’T BE LONG AT ALL. >> IT HAS GONE FLAT CAM OUT THERE NOW. JUST REALLY JUST A SUDDEN SQUALL. >> WE ARE BACK AT THE GROVE IN NASHVILLE. AND WE HAVEN’T HEARD THE HORN SOUNDS AROUND THE COURSE FOR RESUMPTION OF PLAY JUST YET, BUT IT SURELY HAS TO BE IMMINENT. THAT WAS SOME DELUGE AND PASSED THANKFULLY FAIRLY QUICKLY AND DIDN’T GET ANY ELECTRICITY. WE ARE FORTUNATE THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH THE TEMPERATURES THAT IT IS IT NOT. >> ALL SERIOUSNESS. THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BLOWN THE HORN IN EUROPE. THE GREENS DIDN’T FLOOD. THESE GUY WOULD HAVE TO PLAY THROUGH THAT WEATHER. SUCH AN UNUSUAL THING IN THIS COUNTRY TO GET THAT SORT OF WEATHER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. >> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU DOESN’T QUITE GET GOING IN TERMS OF BUILDING MOMENTUM. 11 UNDER. TRAILS TYRRELL HATTON BY 5. AND TIME WILL ONLY TELL IF THIS DELAY AFFECTS TYRRELL. >> A SERIOUS WET T-SHIRT CONTEST GOING ON NOW. >> THEY WERE — OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PERCENT — PERCENT PIERG /* PERSPIRATING. >> SCOTTTIE SHEFFLER WON IN HARTFORD, THAT IS DONE. >> GUY CAN’T GET A BREAK. >> NO, SCOTTTIE KEEPS ROLLING. >> SAM HORSFIELD HAVING A TERRIFIC DAY. HE IS FIVE UNDER PAR FOR HIS DAY TODAY KALEY PRESLEY. PODCAST. >> PART OF THE BARSTOOL GANG. >> GOT THE DRONE UP AND A GOOD SIGN. WASN’T STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED. >> JERRY, I CAN ASSURE YOU, I AM SOAKING WET, BUT I DON’T FEEL REFRESHED? >> YOU DON’T? >> NO. >> STOP WHINE. I LIKE TO WHINE. I AM LIKE CHAMBLISS AT HOME, THE "WHINE" OF THE MONTH. I CAN REPORT STANDING ON THE FORWARD TEE ON 14, NO MOISTURE ON THIS TEE WHATSOEVER. >> THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT THERE UNDERNEATH THE CART. >> MAYBE ON — HE IS IN THE ROUGH. >> YEAH. >> CARLOS ORTIZ AND TORQUE. THE TEAM TITLE VERY MUCH IN THE BALANCE ON NASHVILLE. >> PEOPLE ON 15th — SORRY, DAVID. PEOPLE ON THE 15th GREEN REALLY ENJOYING THE PLAYERS HANGING OUT. WAVES AT THEM. EVERYBODY IS COMING WAY BACK OUT IN THE OPEN. >> DAD TOOK US TO THE WATER PARK TODAY. >> A HEARTY BUNCH HERE IN TENNESSEE. TYRRELL HATTON. IN CONTROL AND NOT DONE YET. FOR BIRDIE AT THE THIRD. >> THAT WAS HIGHLY UNEXPECTED. >> ONE OF THOSE BONUS BIRDIES RIGHT THERE. >> STARTED THE DAY WITH A THREE-STROKE LEAD. THAT HAS LENGTHENED — THAT WAS BIRDIE AT 4. THIRD SHOT INTO THE SEVENTH. BIRDIE THERE FOR HI HIM. >> BIRDIE PUTT AT 9. THIS WAS JUST ABOUT TO SLAM THE DOOR SHUT. HE DID BOGEY 12. >> THIS WAS AMAZING. >> SHOT OF THE WEEK THERE. >> UNDER PAR. 16 UNDER FOR THE COMPETITION. >> HE STRETCHED HIS OVERNIGHT LEAD TO FOUR SUPERVISE. >> THERE IS THE BOSS GIVING FEW LESSONS. >> A DAY THESE KIDS WILL NEVER FORGET. >> FROM THE CROWD. >>O, THAT’S ONE. THAT IS TWO. >> A COUPLE OF PRACTICE SWINGS. YOU CAN’T QUIT NOW. >> THIRD TIME LOOKING. >> THERE YOU GO. >> THERE IT GOES. >> AS THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE HEADS INTO THE HOME STRETCH, ANY PLAYER BETWEEN 25th AND 48th IN THE STANDINGS IS IN THE OPEN ZONE, MEANING THEIR ROSTER SPOT, THE 2025 IS NOT GUARANTEED. >> YOU WANT NOBODY THAT TOP 4. YOU WANT YOUR JOB GUARANTEED NEXT YEAR. THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT EVERY YEAR. TO GET THE POINTS, TO GET TO THE TOP 24 POSITIONS. >> I HAVE DEFINITELY NOT PLAYED AS WELL AS LAST YEAR. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR. WORKING HARD. HITTING A LOT MORE BALLS THAN I AM USED TO. I NEED OF THAT. I NEED THE EXTRA PUSH. IF I AM PLAYING WELL, THE RESULTS WILL COME. >> I TRUTHFULLY DON’T HOLD ALL KIND OF ATTENTION. MY FAME IS GOOD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SECURE MY POSITION FOR NEXT YEAR. >> THERE YOU GO. >> GUYS HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYING THEIR BEST. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE KNOW HE IS TALENTED ENOUGH TO DO WELL. AND I THINK HE WOULD. SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON, I THINK HE IS GOING TO DO BETTER. SCOTT VINCENT WILL FIND HIS GROOVE AND START PLAYING WELL AGAIN. I REALLY BELIEVE THESE GUYS CAN DO IT. >> I KNOW MY GOOD GOLF IS BEAT THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD LIKE I ALREADY PROVED. WE WILL SEE WHAT GOD GIVES. HOPEFULLY I CAN BE HERE A LOT MORE YEARS SO I CAN WORK HARD AND SEE WHERE THAT TAKES ME. >> FABULOUS. >> THESE ARE THE CURRENT PROJECTED STANDINGS DRUG WILL THE SCENARIO WE HAVE HERE IN NASHVILLE. JOAQUIN NIEMANN IS PLAYING BEAUTIFULLY TODAY. SO HE WILL STAY REASONABLY COMFORTABLY CLEAR OF JON RAHM TYRRELL HATTON IF HE HOLDS TO VICTORY, 12 MILLION TOP FIRST. 8 MILLION FOR SECOND AND 4 MILLION UNTIL THIRD PLACE. CHARLES HOWELL MISSED WITH A LEG INJURY. KEVIN NA IS EXEMPT BECAUSE OF A CAPTAIN. PETER UIHLEIN, BLAND AND LAHIRI. THE REALLY DREADED ZONE. 49 AND DOWN EXCEPT CAPTAINS LIKE BUBBA WATSON. AND LIKES OF KALLE SAMOOJA AND KIERAN VINCENT, GO OUT OF THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE AFTER BEING PROMOTED INTO IT. BRANDEN GRACE ONE OF THE BIG SURPRISES THAT HE IS DOWN THERE. HE FINISHED THIRD IN OUR INAUGURAL SEASON IN 2022. HE HAS SOME TWORNG DO. HOPE IT HAVE PLAY HERE IN NASHVILLE FOR YOU SHORTLY. >> STOP SCROLLING AND CHECK THIS OUT. >> PARTIES IN FULL SWING. >> GET READY. >> GET YOUR TICKETS NOW AT LIV GOLF.COM. >> WE ARE HOPING TO RESUME IN AROUND THREE MINUTES. >> THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE AFTER THE RAIN, JERRY ARE BUNKERS. FAIRWAY BUNKERS ARE A LOT EASIER AND HAS BEEN FLATTENED BY THE RAIN. HAVING LOOKED AT THAT ONE, IT DOESN’T SEEM TO DO TOO MUCH. NOT MORE SPIN. AND WILL SKID ON THE GREENS RATHER THAN STAND UP. >> THE FLATTER SPOT. MORE COMPACTED AND GREEN SIDE. LITTLE ELEMENT OF DOUBT. EVERYTHING TAKES A FIRM, FAIR STANCE. DIG YOUR FEET. AND TESTING THAT OUT. THE ELEMENT OF THE DOUBT. >> HEY, GUYS. I DID TELL YOU HOW BRYSON’S MIND WORKS? HE HIT BEFORE STOPPAGE OF PLAY. HE REALIZED WHILE IT WAS RAINING HARD. THAT COMARK AND CLEAN HIS BALL DURING STOPPAGE OF PLAY. SO HE WILL HAVE A TRY BALL AT LEAST FOR HIS NEXT SHOT. HE IS ALWAYS THIN THINKING. >> HE CAN CLEAN IT AND CHANGE IT AS WELL. >> N RULE EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A BALL IN THE HAND, YOU CAN CLEAN IT OR CHANGE I IT. >> THANKFULLY THE MONSOON HAS PASSED AND WE ARE ABOUT TO RESUME PLAY AFTER THAT TEMPORARY SUSPENSION AND WE ARE HEARING THAT AT THE MOMENT ON THE RADAR, THERE IS NO FINN BUSINESS APPROACHING US THANKFULLY. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW, DO YOU. FINGERS CROSSED AND WE WILL GET THINGS BACK UNDER WAY AND COMPLETE LIV GOLF NASHVILLE WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAYS. LET’S GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON THE TOP THREE TEAMS. THE REAL MOVERS SODS, TORQUE, 13R UNDER PAR LED BY THEIR CAPTAIN JOAQUIN NIEMANN 7 UNDER THROUGH 14 HOLES. HE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB. AND THEN LEGION XIII THAT LED BY 5 COMING INTO THE FINAL DAY. THAT LEAD WAS 10 EARLY ON. AND IT IS NOW BACK TO FOUR. MAJESTICKS TRYING TO GET ON THE PODIUM FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR TWO YEARS. THAT WAS IAN POULTER FOR BIRDIE AT ONE. AND TIED FOR SECOND PLACE FOR TORQUE AT FOUR BACK. >> EACH TEAM SCORING PROBABILITY FOR EACH TEAM. THE HOLES THEY HAVE REMAINING HOW THOSE — HOW THOSE HOLES ARE PLAYING IN RELATION TO PAR TODAY. THEY ARE PROJECTED TO GAIN ONE AND A HALF SHOTS, THE MAJESTICKS. BASED ON STROKE AVERAGES FOR THE REMAINING HOLES DEPENDING ON WHERE EACH PLAYER IS ON THE GOLF COURSE. >> SECOND TODAY. 127 UNDER PAR. HOW ABOUT TORQUE. >> EASIER RUN. HALF A SHOT EASIER ONE. 1.93 STROKES TO PAR. >> MITO PEREIRA, 1 OVER PAR. OUR LEADERS LEGION XIII. THEY LED ALL DAY. >> THE EASIEST RUN BY FAR. TWO AND A HALF SHOTS UNDER PAR ACCORDING TO THOSE STROKE AVERAGES TODAY. THAT’S — THAT’S GREAT. I LOVE THE ANALYTICS AND STATS THAT WE HAVE. THE SAME STATS THAT GAVEC LESS THAN A 1% CHANCE WITH 11 HOLE REMAINING. >> YOU GET A BONUS SHOT FROM THE START AND WE ARE GOING TO GO TO 15 GREEN. THERE IT IS. THE PARTY HOLE WITH THE BIG COUNTDOWN AND WE ARE ABOUT TO RESUME HERE ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. CARLOS ORTIZ FOR BIRDIE TO GET TORQUE IMMEDIATELY WITHIN 3 3. >> SOME SPEAKER TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY ON THE 15th. GOING ON AND OFF A LITTLE. MAYBE FROM THE RAIN, PERHAPS. >> SOMETHING SHORTED OU OUT. >> CARLOS ORTIZ IN TERRIFIC FORM. TERRIFIC START TO 2024. BUT VICTORIOUS IN HOUSTON BE TWO WEEKS AGO AND CHALLENGING HERE IN NASHVILLE. AND PLAYING A GREAT ROLE FOR HIS TEAM. >> BEAUTIFUL FIRST PUTT. THAT IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT. YOU KNOW THE FIRST PUTT BACK AND HE GOT THE WIND EXACTLY RIGHT. >> AND OUR LEADER IS TYRRELL HATTON, AND FINALLY HE GETS TO TEE OFF AT 14. >> WELL, FORTUNATELY, A VERY GENEROUS FAIRWAY HERE. ALTHOUGH THERE IS WATER TO THE RIGHT. SOUNDED SOLID. >> DOESN’T EVEN WATCH IT. >> HENDRIK STENSON WITH THE PAR PUTT WHEN THE RAIN STARTED AND HE MISSES IT. HE DROPS A SHOT BEHIND TORQUE IN SECOND. FOURTH PLACE IS THE CRUSHERS. HERE IS ANIRBAN LAHIRI. ONLY TWO BACK OF THE MAJOR LEAGUE. OH, IT ALL CHANGES SO QUICKLY. >> THIS IS FOR A BIRDIE HERE ON THE 15th. THIS WILL BE LOUD IF HE MAKES IT. BIG PUTT. YOU NEVER KNOW. SOMETIMES A RAIN DELAY CAN REALLY TURN THINGS AROUND. >> JON RAHM HAS THREE HOLES TO PLAY. FOUR SHOTS BEHIND TEAMMATE TYRRELL HATTON. LEGION XIII, FIVE CLEAR. >> BRYSON HAS TO WATCH THE SPIN HERE. >> YEAH, SEE WHAT THE WATER HAS DONE TO THIS SHOT. IT MAY. >> YEAH, HERE IT IS. >> HIS FELLOW COMPETITORS ARE STILL 200 YARDS BEHIND HIM. >> WAS HE OUT THROUGH PLAYING ON HIS OWN OR WHAT? >> JOAQUIN NIEMANN OUT AT NUMBER 4 AT BIRDIE. HE HAS THIS ONE WITH THREE MORE TO GO. HE ALREADY MADE EIGHT OF THEM TODAY. JUST THE ONE BLEMISH THERE, THE BOGEY 5 AT 2. STILL HAS 5. CALEB SURRATT ON THE THIRD HAS THIS TO SAVE PAR FOR LEGION XI XIII. >> OH, NO. >> MITO PEREIRA. TAKES PAR. LEGION XIII WILL DROP TO 35 UNDER AND THE GAP IS BACK TO 4 4. >> THE FAIRWAY AT 1 14. >> NOT SURE IF TYRRELL WAS WATCHING BRYSON. IF HE DID, HE WOULD HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING. HIS TARGET IS WHERE BRYSON’S PAUL IS, LAND THERE OR JUST SHORT. >> LOOKS LIKE A SAND WEDGE. OR HALF A SAND WEDGE. MIGHT HAVE SOME SPIN ON IT. THERE IT IS. >> AT LEAST IT IS A CHANCE. WHAT A SHOT. JUST — JUST TIMED IT PERFECTLY. >> AND THE AT THE LAY SEEMS TO HAVE HAD ZERO EFFECT ON TYRRELL HATTON OUR LEADER. >> AND JON RAHM ON THE TEE AT 16th. MOVES THE TEE BACK TO WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY WAS ON DAY ONE. LITTLE CREEK. >> CAN HE JUDGE IT? >> CRISP. LITTLE LEFT TO THE RIG RIGHT. >> DIDN’T GET AS MUCH AS WE WANTED. ANIRBAN ON THE TEE NUMBER 3. >> A LATE SURGE PERHAPS BY THE CRUSHERS. AND ALL IN THE MIX ON LIV GOLF ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. BACK TO THE GREEN AT 1 14. >> PAUL CASEY ON THE THI THIRD. >> JUST THE SFWLEFR FROM BEHIND. >> JUST A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN ON THE LAKE THERE. NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW A FEW MINUTES AGO. HE. >> CRUSHERS COULD GET REALLY HEALTHY OUT OF NUMBER 3. >> ONLY A PAR FOR SEBASTIAN MUNOZ AND ONE OF TORQUE’S PAR 5 SLIPS DOWN. >> 14. CATLIN. THIS FOR BIRDIE. HE WILL GIVE BRYSON A HECK OF A READ. >> HE CERTAINLY WILL. AND BRYSON IS JUST OFF TO HIS LEFT. I JUST FELT A COUPLE MORE DROPS OF RAIN. SURELY IT WILL BE FINE OUT HERE. AND BRYSON CAME UP TO ME ON THE FAIRWAY BEFORE HITTING SAID DID YOU HEAR SCOTTTIE SHEFFLER WON AGAIN. THE GUY IS HEFFLER WON AGA THE GUY IS INCRE INCREDIBLE. THIS LOW PRESSURE FAIRLY QUICK — YOU WILL WONDER HOW QUICK THIS IS. >> GREEN AT 18. KIERAN VINCENT ON THE PAR 5 FOR BIRDIE FOR LEGION XIII. >> HE WAS JUST OFF THE RIGHT EDGE. SHORT RIGHT. PRETTY EASY PITCH SHOT. LEFT THIS SHORT. >> HE IS IN THE POINTS FOR THE MOMENT AS WELL INDIV INDIVIDUALLY. 53rd OVERALL IN THE SEASON STANDINGS. ANY POINTS WILL BE VITAL FOR HIM. HE HAS SOME WORK TO DO FOR PAR. >> MISSED OPPORTUNITY THERE. >> BRYSON AT 14. >> HAD DIFFICULTY TAKING HIS PUTTS TO THE HOLE. I KIND OF IMAGINE HE WILL LEAVE THIS ONE SHORT. THE LIE NOT MATCHING HIS EYES. JUST A QUICK ADJUSTMENT. INVOLVE STONE UNTURNED. CLASSIC 1%ER. ANY TINY ADVANCE, HE WILL SEEK IT. >> DOESN’T MISS HIS LINE VERY OFTEN, BUT HE PUSHED THAT ONE. >> WELL, THE CROWD IS STILL ENCOURAGING HIM BUT TYRRELL HATTON WITH A CHANCE TO RE-ESTABLISH A FIVE-SHOT LEAD. >> THE AT THE LAY WAS 22 MINUTES. IT HAVEN’T AND TO PHASE THE ENGLISHMAN. >> TYRRELL HATTON LEADS BY FIVE. AND ONLY HAS FOUR HOLES REMAINING! INDEED HE IS PLAYING OUT OF HIS MIND. IT IS HARD TO SEE HIM RELINQUISHING THE LEAD HERE IN NASHV NASHVILLE. >> LEGION XIII BACK AFTER FIVE FROM TORQUE. >> AND JON RAHM. >> I GOTCHA. >> FADE THIS IN? >> YES, SIR. HE HAS TO CARRY THAT FALSE FRONT OR IT WILL TRICKLE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE FAIRWAY. I SPOKE TO ADAM HAYS IN THE DRIVING RANGE AND HE SAID HE IS TRYING TO WORK ON HIS WEDGES TO FALL A LITTLE TO THE LEFT. MAYBE DRAW A TIGHT S SHOT. >> I FEEL THAT BREEZE THERE. PERFECT NUMBER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. RIGHT ON, BUDDY. >> I AM SURE HE IS THINKING, BIRDIE HOME AT THIS POINT. HE HAS WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS PART OF HIS GAME THE LAST FEW MONTHS. >> THERE IS THAT SPIN AGAIN. LESS FRICTION ON THE GREENS. >>THE LEADERS HAVE REACHED THE PARTY HO HOLE. >> RUNNING OUT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ONE OF YOU LUCKY PEOPLE AT HOME WHO SIGNED UP TO LIV X, TO WIN $100,000. IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN A PLAYER, THAT — THAT PRODUCES AN ACE HERE AND THE PARTY HOLE AT 15. TYRRELL HATTON TO TEE OFF. THE MAJESTICKS, LEE WESTWOOD. THREE HOLES TO PLAY BOTH HAVE TO PLAY THE PAR 5 18. THAT COULD BE VITAL. BUT, OF COURSE, TWO CRUSHERS IN THIS GROUP. DeCHAMBEAU AND CATLIN ALSO HAVE TO PLAY 18. >>. HE LIKES IT. OH, WOW! >> SO IMPRESSIVE. >> ORTIZ AT 16. >> BACK TO 15 AND BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. HE HAD ELECTRIFIED THE SPORT OF LATE. CAN HE END HIS ROUND HERE FOUR TO PLAY WITH THE FLOURISH. >> IT HAS BEEN AN ADMIRABLE EFFORT FROM BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU WHO HAD THE MOST EXHAUSTING WEEK. EXHILARATING WEEK. HAVING WON AT PINEHURST NUMBER TWO LAST SUNDAY. >> AND ANIRBAN, A MOMENT AGO FROM BIRDIE AT 3. >> CRUSHERS BACK FROM ONE OF THE MAJESTICKS FOR THIRD. >> CALEB SURRATT AT THE FOURTH. HE DROVE IT TO THERE OVER THE GREEN AND HE LEFT THAT FOR BIRDIE, HIS SECOND RAT RATHER. >> OVER HERE AT THE 16th. JON RAHM TO GO FIRST. THIS FOR A BIRDIE. AND HE SAID YEST YESTERDAY. HE HAD A VERY SOLID ROUND AND MADE SOME NICE LONG PUTTS. I AM SURE HE WOULD LOVE TO MAKE THIS ONE NOW UPHILL GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT SL SLOW. >> AND YOU CAN STILL MUSTER THE ENERGY TO JOG DOWN THE 15th FAIRWAY. THE MAN WHO IS PERHAPS TRANSCENDING THE DIVIDE IN WORLD GOLF — WORLD MEN’S PROFESSIONAL GOLF HAVEN’T QUITE HAPPENED TODAY. THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY DOWN TO BRYSON. TYRRELL HATTON HAS BEEN MAGNIFICENT. SAM HORSFIELD TO SAVE PAR AT 17. OH, THAT IS BRILLIANT. IT COULD BE KEEPS THE MAJESTICKS IN THIRD BY A SHOT OVER THE CRUSHERS. NIEMANN. THAT WAS FOR BIRDIE AT 5. TORQUE RUNNING OUT OF HOLES, BUT THIS IS ORTIZ WITH A BIRDIE CHANCE AT 16. >> WELL LEGION XIII COULD SLAM THE DOOR PRETTY MUCH OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. THIS IS CALEB SURRATT AT THE FOURTH FOR BIRDIE. AND TYRRELL HATTON HAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR BIRDIE AT 15 AS WELL. YES. SO THE LEAD IS BACK TO SIX. >> AND BRYSON WILL BE FIRST HERE TO PUTT AT 15. >> WELL, HE JUST CONTINUES TO EN TEAR HIMSELF TO SPORTS FANS EVERYWHERE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN NASHVILLE. THEY ARE ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT OF WATCHING BRYSON. REMARKABLY, WHERE IS HE NOON OUR STANDINGS. 11, ISN’T HE? HE STILL HAS IDEAS OF WINNING THE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP. STILL HAVE FOUR EVENTS AFTER THIS. HE CAN GRAB A TON OF POINTS TO MOVE HIMSELF HIGHER UP AND GET ON A HEATER. SORT OF STILL SO MUCH TO PLAY FOR. >> HAS GREENBRIER TO PLAY YET, DOM. >> YEAH. YEAH. >> HE HAS A LITTLE HISTORY THERE. >> OH, WOW. >> HE DESERVES IT. HOW CLOSE CAN YOU GET. >> I ACTUALLY THINK THEY KEPT THAT OUT OF THE HOLE. >> THAT TOOK TOO MUCH SPEED OUT. >> JUST A FRACTION OFF CENTER, WASN’T IT. >> FLAG GOES OUT. THAT IS IN. >> THAT WOULD BE GOOD. STANDING NEXT TO GREG NORMAN AND WE BOTH AGREED. THAT WILL BE IN IF NOT THE FLAG. >> IF GREG ATTEND IT HAD THE FLAG TODAY — >> YEAH, THAT — IN MY OPINION, I KNOW THIS ISN’T PROBABLY THE RECEIPT MOMENT FOR THIS. BUT THAT IS A MISTAKE YOU DO ONCE. >> YOU KNOW HE WANTS TO LIE DOWN. CARLOS ORTIZ NOW A — >> THIS IS FOR PAR. OH, DEAR, THAT COULD BE DAMAGING FOR TORQUE. THEY DROP BACK TO 30 UNDER PAR. AS IF BY MAGIC LEAD BY 8. JOHN CATLIN ROLLS ON A BIRDIE PUTT. PRESIDENT CRUSHERS ARE 11. NO, THEY ARE NOT. IT KNOCKS THE MAJESTICKS OUT OF THE TOP THREE. IAN POULTER MISSED A PAR PUTT AT 2. AND THIS IS STENSON FOR PAR. THE MAJESTICKS CAN ILL AFFORD THE WHEELS TO COME OFF. THAT IS CLUTCH FOR HENDRIK STENSON. THEY SAY WITHIN ONE. THE RAIN DELAY OF 22 MINUTES HAS TAKEN THE WIND OUT OF THE MAJESTICKS SAILS. TYRRELL HATTON FOR A SIXTH SHOT LEAD IN THE INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION. AND NINE-SHOT LEAD FOR LEGION XIII. YES! IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY TYRRELL HATTON’S DAY HERE IN NASHVILLE. BARRING A CATASTROPHE IN THE CLOSING THREE HOLES, HE WILL WIN HIS FIRST TOURNAMENT SINCE 2021 I IN ABU DHABI, A LIV GOLF CHAMPION FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND THE SIXTH PLAYER TO WIN FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR ALONE AND WE ONLY HAD NINE EVENTS. >> I SMILE THERE AS HE HEADS INTO THE TU TUNNEL. >> STENSON ON THE TEE AT 3. 188 YARDS TODAY. ANYTHING WRONG UP TOP AND DOWN. ANYTHING RIGHT WORKS AW AWAY. >> GOOD SHOT. >> TYRRELL HATTON HEADED TO THE 16th, DAVID. >> 394 YARDS AND THE TEE IS BACK TODAY. THIS LITTLE DRAINAGE DITCH THAT I CAN IMAGINE IS A GOOD DEAL FULLER THAN IT WAS A FEW MINUTES AGO. AND THE GREEN DIAGONALLY SHAPED. A LITTLE SWAL NEGOTIATION THE MIDDLE OF IT. >> ON THE VERGE OF A LIV GOLF NASHVILLE DOUBLE TYRRELL HAT HATTON. >> DRIVER FOR TYRRELL. THE RIGHT PLAY. THIS AND THE NEXT AND THE 18th. ALL WIDE FAIRWAYS. HARD TO MISS THEM. YOU HAVE TO HIT A TERRIBLE SHOT. >> FOR THE MAJESTICKS, HORSFIELD AND LEE WESTWOOD WILL BE TEEING OFF IF THEY HAVEN’T ALREADY IN THE VITAL PAR 5, THE 18th. AND THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THERE TO GET THE MAJESTICKS BACK INTO THIRD. MEANWHILE, IAN POULTER THE TEE AT 3. OH, NO. CLANK. >> OH. >> NOTHING TO HOLD IT UP THERE. >> BACK TOO JOHN CATLIN. >> YOU ENJOY THE MOMENT MANAGING THAT BIRDIE PUTT PLAYING FOR THE CROWD. IT COULD BE THE LAST THREE HOLES FOR JOHN THIS HERE ON THE LIV LEAGUE. HE DOESN’T KNOW. ENJOY IT. >> IT IS MOROCCO NEXT WEEK — >> TWO WEEKS’ TIME. HE WILL RESUME HIS CAMPAIGN IN THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES WHERE HE LIES SECOND RECENT NOW. >> YEAH, AND CARLOS ORTIZ IS IN FIRST PLACE. AND DAVID PUIG IS IN THIRD PLACE. AND AS WE ARE WALKING THROUGH THE TUNNEL NOT FAR FROM BRYSON AND HE LET OUT A LOUD YELL. HE IS UPSET THAT THAT PUTT — THAT PIN STOPPED THAT PUTT FROM GOING IN. HE WANTS TO SECURE SECOND PLACE AND GET ALL THE POINTS HE CAN GET. STILL SO COMPET COMPETITIVE. >> WELL, BRYSON HAS GIVEN IT HIS ALL AS HE USUALLY DOES. IT IS A VERY HAPPY TYRRELL HATTON CHOMPING ON A BANANA. HE LEADS BY SIX. LEGION XIII LEADS BY NI NINE. >> MITO PEREIRA AT THE 14th FOR THE SECOND SHOT. >> SEBASTIAN MUNOZ FOR BIRDIE AT 1 FOR TOR TORQUE. >> THEY ARE ONE OVER SINCE THE RESUMPTION. CARLOS ORTIZ ON THE 17th. THIS IS HIS SECOND SH SHOT. >> SPEAKING OF MITO. HIS WIFE IS JUST ABOUT DUE FOR THEIR BABY BOY VERY SOON. WE WISH THEM THE VERY BEST. >> 28 HOLE. >> PITCH AT 75. >> NICE. >> 75. >> YOU LIKED IT? >> VERY MUCH SO. >> PEREIRA JUST OFF THE FRONT EDGE OF THE 14 FOR BIRDIE. >> IT IS VERY RARE THAT YOU SEE A PROCESSION LIKE THIS IN BOTH THE VERY AND TEAM TITLES. BUT — A BIG SHOT HERE FOR LEE WESTWOOD INTO THE LAST GREEN. >> THESE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES WITH IAN POULTER IN TROUBLE AT THE THIRD. SAM HORSFIELD AND WESTWOOD BOTH PLAYING 18 PAR 5. >> FANTASTIC SHOT. >> JON RAHM WITH HIS SECOND SHOT AT 17, SU-ANN. >> HE HAS A 9 IRON AND THE SUN IS OUT AND SHINING AND IT IS REALLY STARTING TO HEAT UP LIKE A SAUNA OUT HERE. HAS DROPPED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OUT HERE. RIGHT HOLE LOCATION KEEP US LEFT OF IT. NEED TO BE CAREFUL ANYTHING RIGHT WILL CATCH A LITTLE RIDGE AND GO DOWN INTO THE COLLECTION AREA. >> FINE SHOT. >> CRUSHERS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE PODIUM ONCE AGAIN. ANIRBAN LAHIRI HAS MADE A EAGLE AT 4. THEY ARE 32 UNDER PAR. THEY ARE TWO CLEAR OF THIRD-PLACE TORQUE. AND THE MAJESTICKS ARE ONE SHOT FURTHER BACK. >> 115. FEELS ABOUT 117. >> LEE WESTWOOD HAS OPPORTUNITY ON 18 FOR THE MAJESTICKS. >> 110 IS OUR FINAL — >> LITTLE BIT OF SPIN. >> SPIN IS 115. 117. I THINK THAT IS AT 2. >> YEAH, 21. >> WHILST WE WAIT, PAUL CASEY FOR BIRDIE AND THE CRUSHERS ON A TEAR HERE LATE ON AS THE SHOWERS LENGTHEN IN NASHVILLE. YES! >> WALKING IT IN. >> IT MIGHT BE JUST TOO LATE. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. >> NO. >> SIX SHOTS AND CATLIN AND DeCHAMBEAU HAVE TO PAY THE PAR 5 18th. >> OH, THERE IS RIGHT AT 105 YARDS. WHICH IS THE SERIOUS SPIN ZONE ZONE. >> JUST THINKING THAT, DAVID, JUDGING BY THE REACTION ON THE BALLS AT 14. SHOULD GO 10, 15 FEET OF THE FIN. >> WHAT THE CRUSHERS NIGHT TO SEE, DOM. THE GRAPHIC THAT SAYS THEY HAVE LESS THAN A 1% OF TEAM VICTORY. >> THIS ONE WILL HELP. >> STEADY. >> THAT IS THE PROBLEM. STAY THERE. IT’S PRETTY GOOD. >> AND HATTON, NOT THAT HE NEEDS ANY HELP, BUT IT HELPED WATCH WILLING THAT. HOW MUCH SPIN HE PUT ON THE BALL. HE MAY HAVE LAND 20 FEET PAST OR HE IS OFF THE FRONT EDGE. >> SIT, SIT DOWN, SIT, SIT. >> 10, 12 FEET PAST. >> BRAZEN NEXT. >> HE IS SO MUCH CLOSER TO THE HOLE. I DON’T THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE ANY BACKSPIN. THE BALL WAS STOPPED ON THE SECOND BOUNCE AND HE CAN LAND IT THE PERFECT DISTANCE. THAT IS GOOD. >> OH! >> STOP. YOU ARE KIDDING. >> HE HAD MORE EVIDENCE THAT BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU IS THE MOST ELECTRIC GOLFER IN THE WORLD. CELEBRATED WITH DAVID FARHERTY TO TAKE A BREATH AND SHARE HIS THOUGHTS ON EVERYTHING THAT TRANSPIRED. >> I COULDN’T TELL YOU HOW BUSY I HAVE BEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. HOW ABOUT YOU? >> NOT AT ALL. NO BUSYNESS FOR EVER. >> THE TONIGHT SHOW, THE TODAY SHOW. AND THE TOMORROW SHOW. >> IT IS THE TOMORROW SHOW, THE FUTURE. >> NOW THAT YOU HAD TIME TO LET IT SINK IN, HOW TO YOU FEEL? >> I DON’T FEEL LIKE I HAVE FULL TIME TO LET IT SINK IN. WE HAVE TO SO MANY PLACES BUT THE BRIEF MOMENTS WE HAD LIKE IN THE MEDIA CENTER, THERE ARE ALE OF TEARS THAT CAME OUT. >> I HAVEN’T TRULY CRIED YET. I DON’T WANT THIS TO BE THE TIME I CRY. >> IT HIT ME WHEN PEOPLE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS OF THE FANS AND WHAT IT MEANT. PINEHURST. EVERYTHING. AND AND IT WAS A SPECIAL — IT IS THE MOST SPECIAL MOMENT IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. >> QUITE REMARKABLE. WATCH THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION ON THE LIV GOLF APP OR THE LIV GOLF YOUTUBE CHANNEL. NOT JUST WINNING THE U.S. OPEN IN THE SECOND MAJOR BUT THE NATURE OF WHICH HE DID IT WHICH WILL LIVE LONG IN EVERYBODY’S MEMORY. GREEN AT 17. JON RAHM FOR BIRDIE. >> TOOK A LOOK AT THAT LEADERBOARD THAT IS BEHIND OF THIS GREEN. AND I AM SURE HE IS REALIZING THAT IT IS TOO LATE, BUT STILL, A LOT TO PLAY FOR POINT, INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS. T TEAM. >> UP AT 16. >> THE DOOR IS PRETTY MUCH SHUT ALREADY. PRETTY MUCH SLAMMED I IT. >> HOW GOOD HAS HIS PUTTING BEEN. >> SO LEE WESTWOOD GAVE HIMSELF AN OPPORTUNITY AND THE MAJOR LEAGUE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EAGLE AT 18. HOW BIG COULD IT BE AND IT DROPS WILL, A CLENCHED FIST FOR LEE WESTWOOD, THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON SO FAR. HE IS 11 UNDER AND THE MAJOR LEAGUE MOMENTARILY — THE MAJESTICKS WOMEN INTO THIRD PLACE AND IAN POULTER MADE DOUBLE AT 3. HIS TEE SHOT. TORQUE 30 UNDER AND LEAD THE MAJESTICKS BY 1. >> CATLIN LEAVES IT JUST ONE ROLL SHORT, IF THAT. >> ANTHONY KIM AT THE 12 FOR BIRDIE. >> BUT AS WE KNOW, SAM HORSFIELD IS PLAYING WITH HIS TEAMMATE, LEE WESTWOOD. WE SAW LEE WESTWOOD PUT AWAY FOR EAGLE. CAN HORSFIELD MAKE BIRDIE? YES, WHAT A DAY HE IS HAVING. WHAT A WEEK HE IS HAVING. HE IS IN SOLO SECOND PLACE ON 13 UNDER. FIVE BACK. HE IS ALL SMILES WITH THE MAJESTICKS EYE TORQUE ON 30 UNDER FOR THIRD. >> AFTER NEARLY HOLDING HIS SECOND SHOT, A LITTLE TOO MUCH SPIN ON IT. >> OH, MY GOSH, IT BROKE SO HARD. IT WAS RIGHT ON LINE. IT SMOKED LEFT. >> HE IS RIGHT. THE BALL RUNNING BACK AFTER THE HOLE WHEN HE SPUN THE WEDGE BACK DIDN’T SPIN AT ALL. >> THE LAST HOLE FOR PAUL CASEY. LED THE CRUSHERS’S CHARGE. IN SOLO SECOND PLA PLACE. >> PHIL MICKELSON. HIS WEEK ENDS AT THE 8th. THIS FOR BIRDIE TO GO HOME HAPPY. 2 UNDER PAR FOR PH PHIL. >> AND HATTON WILL HEAD TO 17, DAVID. >> 17, 502 YARDS WITH THIS DRAINAGE DITCH AGAIN THAT RUNS ACROSS DIAGONALLY. LITTLE OVER 300. GREEN DIAGONALLY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND PERCHED UP HIGH. >> TODAY’S HOLE LOCATION FROM THE FAIRWAY IT IS COME AND GET ME, BUT YOU JUST DON’T WANT TO GO FOR A SHORT RIDE. IT ROLLS DOWN THAT HILL AND LIKELY YOU HAVE TO PUTT IT FROM THE THERE. >> LOOKING AT THAT THE RAIN DELAY. IAN POULTER WAS ON — WAS ON A RUN OF BIRDIE, BIRDIE. AND CAME PACK OUT. MADE A BOGEY AT 2. AND DOUBLE BOGEY AT 3. MAJESTICKS CLINGING TO A TIE AT THIRD PLACE. THIRD PODIUM SINCE BOSTON 2022. A PROCESSION TODAY BY THIS MAN, TYRRELL HATTON. HE LEADS BY 5. WITH TWO HOLES TO P PLAY. >> SEASON-LONG FAIRWAY AVERAGE 5 %. HE HAS TO BE RIGHT AROUND 75 TO 80% THIS WEEK. THAT HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATION OF HIS BRILLIANT PLAY. AND THERE IS ANOT ANOTHER. >> THAT IS JUST STRIPED UP THE MID MIDDLE. >> HENDRIK STENSON ON THE DRIVE, PAR 4, NUMBER 4. THAT IS A REALLY GOOD LIE. >> THAT IS A VERY GOOD SHOT. THAT IS NEARLY AN ALBAT ALBATROSS. >> UP. >> AGAINST THE SEAM. >> BACK TO CATLIN. >> THAT ROUTINE NEVER CHANGES LIKE ALL THE PLAYERS OUT HERE GOT TO BE PROUD OF HIMSELF, JOHN CATLIN. >> IS TAKES A LOT OF CONFIDENCE HEADED TO MOROCCO FOR THIS PERFORMANCE. PROBABLY WON’T BE DRIVING FOR BRYSON. HE HAS GOT TO BE CAREFUL OFF THE LEFT-HAND SIDE 37 PROBABLY REACH LITTLE BROOK THAT RUNS ACROSS. >> YEAH, THAT IS PERF PERFECT. >> WELL, THE CRUSHERS THROUGH CATLIN AND DeCHAMBEAU HARBOR HOPES OF CLOSING DOWN LEGION XIII. BUT THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. THEY TRAIL BY 6. HATTON LEADS BY 5. >> PAUL CASEY IS GOING TO PUTT FROM JUST SHORT OF THE FRONT EDGE HERE AT 5. THE PAR 3. >> I LOVE THE MANY STORY LIENS FOR THOSE KEEPING TRACK AT HOME. PAT PEREZ. AND SHOULD CLIMB HIM OUT OF IT WITH A TEE AT 14th. >> THAT GIVES HIM EVERY CHANCE OF BEING IN THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE NEXT YEAR BUT NO GUARANTEE. >> NO GUARANTEE. >> HE STAYS THERE, IT WON’T BE WE WILL GATED. >> AND DIFFICULT FOR MUN MUNOZ. >> GREAT EFFORT. >> AN AERIAL VIEW, SPECTACULAR VIEW OF THE 17th FAIRWAY. TYRRELL HATTON HAS BEEN SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT HERE IN NASHVILLE TODAY. HE IS FIVE UNDER PAR FOR HIS ROUND SEEKING A FIRST LIV GOLF LEAGUE TITLE. HAVEN’T FINISHED OUTSIDE THE POINTS IN ANY OF HIS EIGHT EVENTS SO FAR AND A VICTORY HERE WHICH IS MORE THAN LIKELY WILL CATAPULT HIM INTO THIRD PLACE IN THE OVERALL STANDINGS. HE IS STILL IN A CHANCE OF BEING A LIV GOLF LEAGUE CHAMPION FOR 2024. >> LINE THIS THING RIGHT ON IT. >> DOWNWIND, FIVE, SIX. >> SCORING ERROR OUT THERE. LEGION XIII MOMENTARILY MIGHT GO UP TO 38 TO KEEP IT INTERESTING. >> LITTLE LEFT OF ANYT ANYTHING. >> THAT HAS OPINION A PRETTY HO-HUM DAY. GRANDSTAND FINISH. JERRY SAYS A FORGETTABLE PIN IF YOU ARE RIGHT OF IT AND NOT SHORT. >> NO, SIT DOWN. SI SIT. >> CALEB SURRATT, SECOND SHOT AT THE 6. >> CONFER MAKE LEGION XIII BACK AT 38 UNDER. I DON’T THINK IT WILL DO THEM TOO MUCH HARM. HAVING SAID THAT, KIERAN VINCENT FOR PAR AT 2. SO THEY DROPPED TO 37 UNDER. BOTH CATLIN AND DeCHAMBEAU HAVE 18 TO PLAY TO PAR 5. CATLIN AT 17, SECOND SH SHOT. >> COULD THEY — SURELY NOT. BUT IT ISN’T OVER YET IN THE TEAM COMPET COMPETITION. >> NO HEROICS. MIDDLE OF THE GREEN. >> HE IS JUST NOT TAKING HIS FOOT OFF THE NECK OF THE REST OF THE FIELD. >> EXACTLY. RAHM AT 18. BALL ABOVE HIS FEET IN THE ROUGH. >> GOOD JERRY. THE WIND IS HELPING. VERY POSITIVE WEEK FOR JOHN. TOP THREE FINISH. >> STRIKE IT THE WAY HE WANTS IT. >> THERE STILL REMAINS THE SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF A TEAM PLAYOFF. HAVE YOU GOT YOUR LIV GOLF LEAGUE MERCHANDISE YET? GO TO SHOP.LIV GOLF.COM. PROSE THE ONLINE STORE AND GO TO ANY LIV GOLF EVENT AND HIT THE MERCHANDISE TENT. THEY WERE QUEUEING OUTSIDE HERE IN NASHVILLE. HATS, POLOS, T-SHIRTS, HEAD COVERS, WHATEVER YOU LIKE. WE GOT IT FOR YOU. >> THIS WAS A MOMENT AGO. JOAQUIN NIEMANN PLAYING THE LAST HOLE, PAR 5, NUMBER 7. ALREADY 8 UNDER PAR ON THE ROUND. THAT WILL BE A TAP-IN BIRDIE THAT HE WILL GO ON TO MAKE FOR LOW ROUND IN NASHVILLE OF 62. >> AND AT THE MOMENT. HE IS TIED WITH JON RAHM WHO HE LEADS IN THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE SEASON-LONGSTANDING. >> THEY ARE NOW OUT OF THE TIE WITH THE MAJESTICKS FOR THI THIRD. >> OUT COMES THE FLAG THIS TIME. >> TRYING TO SAY THAT EARLIER. ONLY MADE ONCE. >> ONE THING WHEN YOU ARE A LONG WAYS AWAY AND THE BALL MIGHT BE TRAVEL TOO FAST TO GO IN PRESIDENT HOLE. I — I JUST DON’T — CAN’T EXPLAIN WHY IF YOU CAN’T HELP THE BALL GO IN, WHY YOU WOULD USE IT. >> WELL, JERRY, A STUDY DONE. I REMEMBER CAL ,OLY. >> IT WAS. >> TESTED DIFFERENT MATERIALS ON THE FLAGS AND DIFFERENT SPEEDS ON THE PUTTS AND AT CERTAIN SPEEDS. EVERY OFF CENTER PUTT THAT DIDN’T HAVE THE FLAG IN. AND 40% OF THE PUTTS WERE RAPELLED. >> HUGE MOMENT FOR THE MAJESTICKS AND LEE WESTWOOD. SAM HORSFIELD HAS PARRED THE FIRST HOLE. THIS IS FOR BIRDIE TO GET THEM BACK TO 3 UNDER AND A TIE FOR TORQUE FOR THIRD. BRILLIANT. WELL PLAYED, LEE WESTWOOD! FIST BUMP WITH HIS TEAMMATE. WESTY ENDS AT 12 UNDER BAR AND A 66 FOR HIM TODAY. SAM HORSFIELD HAS GONE 65. MAJESTICKS ARE 13 UNDER TODAY. 69 TODAY FOR CALEB SURRATT. LEGION XIII LEAD BY 5 5. >> IT IS A PRETTY BIG SWING FROM HIS RIGHT. THE MAJESTICKS, IAN POULTER, AND HENDRIK STENSON END ON THE PAR 4 FOURTH HOLE. >> HE TRIED. >> THIS IS HENDRIK STENSON’S SECOND AT 4. >> THIS IS FOR EAGLE. >> HE JUST ENDED UP ON THE SEAM THERE. VERY UNLUCKY AFTER A FABULOUS TEE SHOT. >> JON RAHM WITH HIS THIRD IN THE FRONT OF THE GREEN TRYING TO BUMP AND RUN IT. >> TORQUE SEBASTIAN MUNOZ WILL ENDS HIS ROUND AT THE PAR 3 THIRD AND CARLOS ORTIZ, OF COURSE, TEED OFF AT ONE AND WILL ENTER THE PAR FIVE 18th. NOW HATTON TO GET TO 19 UNDER PAR. >> AT THE START OF THE WEEK LOOKING AT THE GOLF COURSE, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE 18, 19 UNDER PAR TO BE THE WINNING SCORE BUT QUITE DIFFICULT EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE MAN. >> HENDRIK STENSON AT 4 FOR THE MAJESTICKS FOR BIRDIE. NO — >>O, MY GOODNESS. >> WHAT A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MAJESTICKS. >> SEBASTIAN MUNOZ THERE FOR HIS FINALITY SHOT. THE THIRD, THE TORQUE LEVELED WITH THE MAJOR LEAGUE FOR THIRD PLACE. >> SHOULD BE A FORMALITY FOR JOHN CATLIN FOR BIRDIE AT 17. >> OH, THAT WAS EXPENSIVE. THAT IS EXPENSIVE. >> SO AT 18 WHICH HAS BEEN GENEROUS. THIS IS CARLOS ORTIZ FOR EAGLE. >> I SAW HIM STARING DOWN THAT LEADERBOARD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS GREEN. HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE THE MAJOR LEAGUE ARE. TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PODCAST. HE WANTS TO FIGHT FOR HIS BEST FRI FRIENDS. ORTIZ IS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET OUT OF THE WAY FOR BIRDIE. FOR TORQUE. A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE MAJESTICKS BY NOW. >> BY A SHOT. THE MAJESTICKS ARE ALL DONE. THEY END 32 UNDER PAR. TORQUE AND THE CRUSHERS AHEAD OF THEM 33 UNDER. IT COULD BE HEARTBREAK LATER ON AFTER THE RAIN DELAY FOR THE MAJESTICKS AND IT MAY GO ON. NOT QUITE DONE YET. SEBASTIAN MUNOZ NEEDS TO GET UP AND DOWN THE THREE FOR HIS PAR. >> CAN CAM SMITH END HIS WEEK WITH A BIRDIE? >> WELL, HE HAS A CHANCE. BEAUTIFUL PUTT. >> WELL, THE 18th HOLE, A REAL BIRDIE OPPORTUNITY. 581 YARDS. AND THE SCORING AVERAGE IS A LEVEL UNDER FOUR AND A HALF. YOU SEE THE WATER ALL THE WAY TOWN THE LEFT THERE. HATTON HIT THE MOST MAGNIFICENT SHOT IN HERE YESTERDAY. HE DOESN’T NEED TO TOD TODAY. >> FINAL TEE SHOT THEN FOR TYRRELL HAT HATTON. >> HE HAS RIPPEDED THIS ONE. >> RAHM UP AHEAD HAS THIS FOR BIRDIE. >> IT IS NOT GOING TO COST LEGION XIII. >> TORQUE FINISHED ON 34 UNDER BECAUSE SEBASTIAN MUNOZ DID THIS. >> NO WAY. >> AT 3. >> SOUTH FLORIDA FROM OFF THE GREEN AND HE SIGNALS IT SEEMS A PODIUM FINISH AT THE VERY LEAST. CRUSHERS INDUSTRIAL A CHANCE OF USURPING THEM FOR SECOND PLACE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAJESTICKS WILL MISS OUT IN HEARTBREAKING FASHION. MIGHT AVOID LEE WESTWOOD AND POULTER ON THE WAY HOME. >> BEFORE A WELL-EARNED BREAK BUT I THINK HE HIT THIS ONE QUITE HARD. >> 190 IS THE HARDEST BALL SPEED THUS FAR ON THIS HOLE. >> 192, JERRY, I AM GOING TO SAY. >> 189. SIT AND CATCH IT. >> WELL, A WONDERFUL MAN, TYRRELL HATTON. HE IS ABOUT BE CROWNED A LIV GOLF LEAGUE WINNER OR THE VERY FIRST TIME. >> THE THIRD GREEN AND KIERAN VINCENT FOR BIRDIE. >> AND LEGION XIII SNEAKS A FURTHER POINT AHEAD. >> THEY CAN’T LOSE FIVE SHOTS NOW. >> NO. >> JASON KOKRAK, TEAM SMASH. THIRD OUT AT NUMBER TWO. HIS FINAL HOLE. GETTING SOME POINTS THIS WEEK INDIVIDUALLY. THAT WILL COST HIM A COUPLE. CAN’T MAKE THAT. >> WELL, WE SAW QUITE A FEW FANS HEADED TO THE EXIT. BUT JUDGING FROM THE CROWD AROUND THE 18th GREEN, THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR WAY THERE FOLLOWING THE FINAL GROUPING WILL BE A PRETTY NICE SETTING FOR TYRRELL HATTON’S INAUGURAL VICTORY. >> AND HE DESERVES IT. IT. >> THIS IS THE GREEN AT 2 AND SCOTT VINCENT OF THE IRON HEADS TO END HIS DAY WITH A BIRDIE. COULD BE HUGE FOR HIM. IN 25th SPOT AT THE MOMENT AND IF YOU ROLL IT IN, COULD BE POINTS FOR FINISHING IN THE TOP 24. >> AND COULD FINISH TOP VINCENT. >> SUCH MINUTE MARGINS. KIERAN VINCENT HAS FINI FINISHED 6 UNDER PAR AND WILL BE HOPEFUL FOR POINTS. HE IS IN 19th PLACE. >> JOHN CATLIN HAD A BUNCH OF SHORT MISSES TODAY. AND IN THIS LEAGUE IN THE POSITION HE IS IN. WE ARE TALKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. BUT IT HELPS IF HE CAN FINISH WITH A BIRDIE. >> WANTS HIM TO COME LEFT. JUST CARRIES. A GOOD SHOT. >> WOULDN’T SURPRISE ME IF THIS ENDS UP IN THE RIGHT BUNKER. >> NO. I MEAN, THAT WILL BE A NORMAL PLACE TO HIT IT. >> WOULDN’T SURPRISE ME IF HE TAKES IT ON. >> IT IS IN THE WA WATER. GREAT SHOT. >> YEAH. >> BALL ABOVE HIS FEET. RIGHT TO LEFT TURNS WILL GET THIS. >> YOU KNOW HE IS TAKING IT ON. >> A VERY LATE. TRYING TO RECOVER JUST AFTER IMPACT. >> LEGION XIII VICTORIOUS AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE EXPANSION TEAM WITH THEIR INAUGURAL EVENT IN MEXICO FOR THE START OF THE YEAR AND PUSH THE CRUSHERS FOR THE NUMBER ONE SEEDING. BIRDIE AT 15. SOMETHING OF A CAKEWALK LATER ON FOR THEM HERE. AND THAT WAS MARVELOUS SECOND SHOT AT 14 SHOWING NO SIGNS OF NERVES WHATSOEVER AS HE CLOSES OUT THE INDIVIDUAL VICTORY. TEE SHOT AT THE PARTY HOLE AT 15. A FIVE SHOT LEAD COMING INTO CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE THE FINAL MARGIN WILL BE AT LEAST FIVE. CALEB SURRATT. HIS SECOND SHOT AT THE FOURTH. HE WAS 2 UNDER PAR TODAY. 69 FOR HIM. ALL FOUR SCORES COUNTING, OF COURSE. KIERAN VINCENT HAS CONTRIBUTED ALL WEEKEND. 17th FOR HIM TODAY TO ENDS AT 6 UNDER PAR. AND — AND VICTORY FOR JON RAHM’S LEGION XIII. THESE ARE THE SCORES FOR THE WEEK. TYRRELL HATTON NOT QUITE DONE YET. 18 UNDER PAR. JON RAHM 12 UNDER, SURRATT AND KIERAN VINCENT VERY SOLID WEEKS FOR THE YOUNGSTER AS WELL. AND LEGION XIII, BOY, THEY ARE GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO BE BEAT. >> HATTON HAS BEEN GOOD OFF THE TEE THIS WEEK. BETTER THAN HIS AVERAGE WITH THE IRON PLAY. EXCEPTIONAL WITH THE SHORT APPROACHES. IF THERE IS ONE CLUB, IT WILL BE THE ONE HE WILL USE NEXT. >> AS MIRE OLD HEADMASTER USED TO SAY — NOT ABOUT ME, INCIDENTALLY, BUT THE YARDSTICK BY WHICH ALL OTHERS MAY MEASURE THEIR INFERIORITY THIS WEEK. >> WHO WAS HE SAYING IT ABOUT? >> ANYBODY BUT ME. I KIND OF LEFT EARLY ON THAT ONE. >> A WONDERFUL THREE DAYS IN NASHVILLE. WONDERFUL WEEK IN NASHVILLE. ALL THREE DAYS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT. A CROWD IN EXCESS OF 40,000 HAVE GATHERED HERE THAT A OUR BEST SHOWING IN THE UNITED STATES. TENNESSEE IS THE 12th STATE THAT WE VISITED. AND BRYSON, THIRD SH SHOT. >> THIS COULD BE WORTH A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF POINTS FOR JOHN CATLIN. AND WE DON’T KNOW WHEN WE WILL SEE HIM AGAIN. >> CURRENTLY A FIVE-WAY TIE FOR 8th. WOULD GO INTO A FOUR-WAY TIE FOR THIRD IF THIS DROPS. THAT IS A LOT. >> GIGANTIC. >> OH, BOY, HAS WORK FOR A BIRDIE THOUGH. >> WELL, JON RAHM MADE BE EARLY CHARGE. BIRDIED THREE OF HIS OPENING FOUR HOLES TO PUT A BIT OF A SQUEEZE ON HIS TEAMMATE AND THEN A COSTLY DOUBLE BOGEY AT 6. AND THE CHALLENGE EVAPORATED. TYRRELL HATTON TO END WITH AN EAGLE. >> THAT WILL BE FITTING. >> YEAH. >> HE HAD IT RIGHT IN THE JAWS. MARK THAT. >> CONSIDERING JON RAHM PUT THIS TEAM TOGETHER FAIRLY LATE ON BEFORE MAYAKOBA, IT IS ALL GOING VERY WE WELL. >> THIRD WIN AS A SEASON AS A TEAM. FIRST WIN INDIVIDUALLY FOR A LEGION XIII PLAYER. WHAT A WEEK FOR BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU ALMOST A WEEK AGO SINCE THAT INFAMOUS BUNKER SHOT AT 18 WITH PINEHURST NUMBER 2. ROLLING IN THE PAR PUTT TO SECURE VICTORY FOR THE U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. AN ABSOLUTE WHIRL WIND OF THE WEEK. RUNNING ON FUMES THE LAST FEW DAYS. CAME IN WITH HIGH HOPES TODAY CHALLENGING TYRRELL HATTON. IT HAVEN’T QUITE MATERIALIZED, BUT THIS TO END WITH A BIRDIE. AND TO GIVE CRUSHERS THE TIE TO SECOND WITH JOHN CATLIN. MORE BRILLIANT. MORE BOX OFFICE FROM BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. HE FINISHES ON 12 UNDER PAR, A 68 TODAY. WHAT AN EFFORT. HE HAD TO DIG INTO ALL HIS RESERVES OF ENERGY AND, AND CHARACTER. NOW CAN CATLIN END WITH A BIRDIE? YES, HE CAN [APPLAUSE] BRILLIANT WEEK FOR JOHN CATLIN! A SUPER SUB FOR CHARLES HOWELL III AND HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CRUSHERS FINISHING IN SECOND PLACE. NOW THEN, THE CROWNING MOMENT FOR TYRRELL HATTON. TYRRELL HAS CHANGED THE GROVE IN TENNESSEE! HE HAS PUT TOGETHER THREE WORLD-CLASS ROUNDS OF GOLF. 65, 64, 65, 19 UNDER PAR. HE IS A LIV GOLF CHAMPION FOR THE FIRST TIME! HE WINS IN NASHVILLE BY SIX SHOTS! LEGION XIII WIN BY FI FIVE! >> HE HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY BLINDED. >> BIRDIE ON THE BA BAG. >> WHAT A PERFORMANCE. >> ONCE AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CONGRATULATIONS TO LEGION XIII AND YOUR CHAMPION, TYRRELL HATTON! EVERYBODY GO ACROSS THE WALKWAY TO THE PODIUM. >> BRIEF EXISTENCE, ARLO. >> DEFINITELY. DOM, OVER TO YOU. >> I WILL DRY THAT OUT SHORTLY. >> I DON’T CARE. >> TYRRELL, YOU JOINED THE LEAGUE THIS YEAR. YOU HAVE BEEN REMARKABLY CONSISTENT. HOW SPECIAL IS THIS FIRST WIN ESPECIALLY IN THE MANNER YOU WON IT IN. WINNING BY SIX? >> IT WAS — A PRETTY SPECIAL FEELING TO WIN AGAIN. I SEE MY FIRST TIME ON LIV. BUT IT BEING THREE AND A HALF YEARS SINCE MY LAST PROFESSIONAL WIN. SO, YEAH, THIS MEANS A LOT. I AM OVER THE MOON DOING IT FOR YOU. ONE OF MY BEST MATES ON THE BAG MAKES IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL. AND, YEAH, VERY HAPPY. >> I ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS COMING IN. BUT THE LAST TIME THE OPEN WAS PLAYED IN 2016, YOU FINISHED TIED FIFTH. YOUR BEST-EVER FINISH. WHERE ARE WE GOING, SAME PLACE. YOU MUST FEEL GOOD GOING THERE AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE? >> I AM GOING TO ENJOY THIS ONE. BUT THAT IS TECHNICALLY A MONTH AWAY. I HAVE TWO WEEKS OFF. AND ENJOY MY TIME AT HOME AND GET READY FOR VALDERRAMA AND INTO THE APRON. >> FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHEERS. >> DOWN TO YO YOU, SU-ANN. >> JOHN, A BIT OF A BITTERSWEET DAY FOR YOU. THINGS TO CELEBRATE. LEGION XIII, THIRD WIN AND TYRRELL’S VERY FIRST LIV GOLF WIN. HOW PROUD ARE YOU OF HIM? >> FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE THAT DIDN’T KNOW HOW GOOD TYRRELL HATTON IS, THIS IS SHEER PROOF. BIRDIED SIX OF THE HOLES AND CARRIES ON TODAY. HE IS A PLAYER WITH A LOT OF COMPETITIVENESS. A LOT OF ANGER INSIDE OF HIM OBVIOUSLY, BUT IN A GOOD WAY, RIGHT? WHEN HE GETS THERE IN POSITION, HE GETS IT DONE. THE PGA, WORLD TOUR AND HERE AS WELL. GREAT COMPETITOR AND FRIEND AND SOME PERFORMANCE TO WIN THE WAY HE DID. >> CONGRATULATIONS. I WILL LET YOU EVACUATE SAFELY. SEE NEW VALDERRAMA. >> BIG ONE FOR JOHN. NEXT UP ON HOME TURF, BUT WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY TYRRELL HATTON. ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT. VERY FEW SIGNS OF NERVES TODAY. AND NO ONE COULD GET CLOSE. >> NO. HE — HE — HE NEVER OPENED THE DOOR. HE DIDN’T EVEN LOOK LIKE ANY — AT ANY POINT DURING THAT ROUND. JUST A SUPERB PIECE OF RUNNING. >> ONE BOGEY FROM THE BUNKER AND THAT WAS IT. >> HIS WIFE EMILY. >> A CONVINCING VICTORY FOR TYRRELL HATTON. HIS FIRST. THE 18th DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL WINNER IN OUR LIV GOLF LEAGUE HISTORY. HE WINS BY SIX SHOTS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ON CW SPORTS IN THE USA, TIME TO SWITCH OVER FOR THE CW APP WITH CONTINUING COVERAGE. ♪ ♪ ♪ OF COURSE, TYRRELL, BY VIRTUE OF WINNING 40 POINTS HERE LEAPS INTO THE TOP THREE. AND EARNS POINTS. FINISHED TOP TEN, JON RAHM, IN ALL EIGHT EVENTS HE HAS COMPLETED. AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME TYRRELL HATTON HIGHLIGHTS. BIRDIE FOR BIRDIE AT THE THIRD. OPENING TWO HOLES. >> PUTT TRYING TO GET CLOSE. A STRESS-FREE PAR. CACHES THE EDGE. HE DID CATCH THE EDGE A FEW TIMES TODAY, BUT CAUGHT THE CENTER OF THE HOME. >> HE IMMEDIATELY WENT BACK-TO-BACK WITH BIRDIE AT 4. HE DROPPED A SHOT AT THE PAR 3 5th. THIS IS AT 9 FOR BIRDIE. ONLY ONE SHOT OFF THE RECORD MARGIN OF VICTORY FOR THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. CAM SMITH THAT WON IN BED MINISTER LAST YEAR BY 7. >> SUPERB PIECE OF JUDGMENT JUDGING THE RAIN. >> A 22-MINUTE DELAY FOR RAIN. WONDERED IF WOULD AFFECT HIM AND HIS PSYCHIC GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE HE WAS GOING TO ACHIEVE. NOT AT ALL. BIRDIE AT 15 AND THE FINAL PUTT. 19 UNDER PAR. AND HE HAS WON. TYRRELL HATTON. SO CONFIRMATION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SAM HORSFIELD AS WELL. JUST SOME LATE DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE MAJOR LEAGUE THAT FAILED TO FINISH ON THE PODIUM, BUT THAT IS QUITE EASILY HIS BEST PERFORMANCE IN THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. PAT PEREZ GETS POINTS. THAT COULD BE VITAL FOR HIM. HAROLD VARNER, LIKEWISE, CALEB SURRATT CONTRIBUTED FOR LEGION XIII AND THEIR TEAM VICTORY. TWO UNDER PAR FOR PHIL. BRANDEN GRACE JUST FADED TODAY. AND LEGION XIII WITH THEIR THIRD VICTORY OF THEIR INAUGURAL SEASON. THEY END AT 40 UNDER PAR. WHAT A PERFORMANCE FROM THEM. WON BY FIVE SHOTS. THAT WAS THE MARGIN THEY LED ON GOING INTO CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY WITH A BIRDIE AT 15. HATTON SECOND AT 14. AND HATTON’S TEE SHOT AT THE — AT THE PARTY HOLE. >> AT THIS POINT. HE DID NOT NEED TO TAKE ON THIS HOLE LOCATION, BUT HE DI DID. >> THAT AIN’T NO BIRDIE. CALEB SURRATT. HE CONTRIBUTED AS WELL. YOU CAN ONLY BE AS STRONG AS I SAID EARLIER. WEAKEST LINK ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. SURRATT 2 UNDER PAR AND KIERAN VINCENT CARTED A 66 YESTERDAY WHICH COUNTED. BIRDIE AT 3. HE WAS ONE UNDER ON THE ROUND. LEGION XIII 12 UNDER AS A TEAM AND CONFIRMATION THAT THEY HAVE THE CRUSHERS BY FIVE SHOTS. CAME IN AS THE LEAGUE LEADERS. TORQUE, A STRONG FINISH AFTER THE RAIN DELAY. FINISHED AT 34 UNDER PAR. THE MA GUESS PARTICULARS SADLY FOR THEM HAVE JUMPED OFF OF THE TOP THREE. GOLF MONTHLY. TYRRELL HATTON AND LEGION XIII CLAIM THE SPOILS AT LIV GOLF NASHVILLE. CRUZ. AND FIVE STROKES FROM CRUSHERS GC. >> LET’S TAKE A LOOK THEN AT THE UPDATED INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS. JOAQUIN NIEMANN HAD A FANTASTIC DAY TODAY TO KEEP THAT MARGIN OVER JON RAHM. A 62 FOR THE TORQUE CAPTAIN HELPS HIS TEAM ON TO THE PODIUM AS WELL, AND THE BIG MOVER AND SHAKER IS TYRRELL HATTON WHO LEAPS INTO THIRD PLACE. $18 MILLION TO THE WINNER. $8 MILLION TO SECOND PLACE. $4 MILLION TO THIRD. DEAN BURMESTER DROPS OUT OF THE TOP THREE. SEBASTIAN MUNOZ IS THE LAST MAN INSIDE THE TOP 24, WHICH IS THE LOCK ZONE. THAT GUARANTEES PLAYERS A CARD FOR 2025. RICHARD BLAND IS JUST ONE PLACE BELOW THAT IN 25th PLACE NOW UNDER THE EXCELLENCE PERFORMANCE BY HIM TO FINISH NINTH PLACE ON 10 UNDER PAR. DREADED DROP ZONE. BUBBA WATSON IS EXEMPT. PAT PEREZ HAS LEAPED OUT AS WELL. HAROLD VARNER. HE COULD BE SWEATING STILL. KALLE SAMOOJA, KIERAN VINCENT, WELL, THEY WERE PROMOTED AND STARING RELEGATION IN THE FACE AS IS. SCOTT VINCENT AS WELL. BUT WE HAVE FOUR EVENTS REMAINING IN THE REGULAR SEASON. SO THESE ARE OUR INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM WINNER SO FAR THIS YEAR. JOAQUIN NIEMANN IN MEXICO. LEGION XIII TOOK THAT OUT. DUSTIN JOHNSON AND SMASH GC LED BY BROOKS KOEPKA IN VEGAS. NIEMANN AGAIN DIDN’T NEED TO PLAY OFF IN JEDDAH. CRUSHERS HAD FIRST VICTORY. CAME FROM TEN SHOTS BACK. THEY WENT BACK TO BACK WITH ANOTHER COMEBACK PERFORMANCE ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY IN HONG KONG AS ABRAHAM ANCER TOOK THE INDIVIDUAL TITLE. TYRRELL HATTON IS THE SIXTH. LEGION XIII WITH ANOTHER VICTORY IN MIAMI. DEAN BURMESTER WITH THE INDIVIDUAL TITLE. PLAYOFF. BRENDAN STEELE AND MEMORABLEABLY RIPPER GC IN ADELAIDE AFTER THE TEAM PLAYOFF AGAINST STINGER GC. THE SOUTH AFRICANS AND BROOKS FOR THE VICTORY, THE WINNER OF FOUR INDIVIDUAL TITLES. RIPPER WENT BACK TO BACK WITH THE TEAM TITLE AND HOUSTON IN THE SEARING HEAT, CARLOS ORTIZ WITH HIS FIRST TITLE AND THE CLERK WITH FIRST-EVER LIV GOLF LEAGUE WIN AND ALL ABOUT LEGION XIII. TYRRELL HATTON AND LEGION XIII WITH THEIR THIRD TITLE OF THE SEASON. HOW IMPRESSIVE WAS THAT TODAY FROM TYRRELL HATTON TO GO 65, 64. WITH THE PRESSURE ON TO GET A 65 TO WIN EASILY. >> YOU KNOW, THREE SHOTS IS REALLY NOTHING OVER 18 HOLES WITH THIS QUALITY OF FIELD, JERRY, BUT NORMALLY WHEN SOMEONE WIN BUSINESS SIX. KIND OF A PROCESSION AND NOT THAT INTERESTING TO WATCH. THIS WAS BECAUSE PLAYS SO SUPREMELY AS WELL. >> HE IS IT. HE DID EVERYTHING WELL THIS WEEK AND HAD TO DO THAT TO BEAT THE FIELD BY SIX. LIKE I SAID, HE DROVE THE BALL BETTER THAN NORMAL. HIS SHORT GAME WAS AMAZING AND THE PUTTER WAS ABSOLUTELY DYNAMITE FOR THREE STRAIGHT D DAYS. >> HE KEPT A LID ON. >> EXTREMELY WELL. >> MOUNT ST. HATTON DID NOT ERUPT TODAY ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. OUR NEXT EVENT AND ABOUT LOOKING FORWARD TO GO TO ANDALUCIA IN SPAIN AND VALDERRAMA, ONE OF THE EUROPEAN GOLF COURSES. SERGIO GARCIA ON HOME TURF. FIREBALLS, AND I AM LURE LEGION XIII WILL HAVE PLENTY OF SUPPORT THERE. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD GETTING TO EUROPE AND TO VALDERRAMA. >> A REAL FAVORITE WITH — IT WAS ALWAYS WITH ALL OF THE EUROPEAN PLAYERS AND THE WORLD STAGE. JUST A TERRIFIC VENUE. >> WELL, IT HAS BEEN FABULOUS THREE DAYS IN NASHVILLE. A SELLOUT CROWD. THE BIGGEST CROWD WE HAVE SEEN ON U.S. SOIL. OVER 40,000 PEOPLE. WE WILL BE BACK IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, OF COURSE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. IT HAS BEEN MAGNIFICENT HERE IN TENNESSEE. DUE TO ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN THE AREA, SADLY "CLUB 54" THE LIV GOLF POST ROUND SHOW WON’T GO TO AIR. WILL SEE YOU IN A FEW WEEKS TIME FROM VALDERRAMA FOR LIV GOLF ANDALUCIA. A MEMORABLE THREE DAYS IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE PARTICULARLY FOR TYRRELL HATTON VICTORIOUS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. IT IS GOODBYE FOR NOW! ♪ ♪

2 Comments

  1. Not very good to have this guy cursing every half hour live. Lots of children watching. Not something good as example.

  2. Congrats to Hatton for a masterclass performance, just like Bry58n last week at the US Open. Hatton is a true character and one of the most entertaining guys in golf today.

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