Brooks Koepka dominates Day 1 at Bolingbrook Golf Club near Chicago, but can’t win the individual championship.
Brooks Koepka rolled in eight birdies on Friday, including five of his final six holes, and takes a four-shot lead into Day 2 of LIV Golf Chicago at Bolingbrook Golf Club for Saturday’s shotgun start. It is the final individual event of the season on the LIV Golf Invitational Series, however, and only two players are in the running for the season title and the $18 million in bonus money that goes with it. That competition finds Joaquin Niemann one shot ahead of Jon Rahm at the end of Day 1 after Niemann finished with a two-under-par 68.
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Koepka birdied No. 18, No. 1 and No. 2 to close out his round of 62, four shots better than Paul Casey while Anirban Lahiri finished with a three-under-par 67.
In the team competition, Crushers GC jumped out to a four-shot lead over 4Aces GC and Smash GC with an aggregate of nine-under-par on Friday. Besides Casey’s 66, Crushers had Lahiri’s 67 and captain Bryson DeChambeau’s 68. 4Aces captain Dustin Johnson and Patrick Reed each carded 68s while Harold Varner III posted a 69. Koepka carried Smash with his 62 while Talor Gooch finished with a 71 and Graeme McDowell mustered a 72.
Rahm came to Chicago with 195.17 points, leading Niemann’s 192.20 mark. The team competition is tighter, with Crushers holding a narrow lead over Legion XIII entering Chicago, 176.50-176.00. Ripper GC is next closest with 151.00. The teams will play next weekend at the Team Championship Dallas at Maridoe Golf Club in suburban Carrollton, Texas.
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