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The first round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational tournament is officially in the books. Charl Schwartzel heads into Friday with a one-shot lead in London. He finished Thursday with a -5, and is followed by Hennie Du Plessis at -4, and Scott Vincent and Phachara Khongwatmai at -3.
Among the more notable names, Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson are tied for seventh at -1 and Sergio Garcia is tied for 16th at +1. Johnson comes out of the first round still listed as the favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook, with +450 odds. Schwartzel is +600 headed into the second round.
The tournament operates with a shotgun start at 9:15 a.m. ET (2:15 p.m. in London). The 48 players are divided into groups of three, and they all start at the same time on 16 different holes.
The second round of the tournament will broadcast live from the LIV Youtube and Facebook pages, as well as the official page of the tour. There is no television option yet in America for LIV events.
LIV Golf London Round 2 Starting Holes
Tee | Golfer 1 | Golfer 2 | Golfer 3 |
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Tee | Golfer 1 | Golfer 2 | Golfer 3 |
Tee #1 | Scott Vincent | Hennie Du Plessis | Charl Schwartzel |
Tee #2 | Justin Harding | Branden Grace | Phachara Khongwatmai |
Tee #3 | Sam Horsfield | Phil Mickelson | Dustin Johnson |
Tee #4 | Richard Bland | Louis Oosthuizen | Pablo Larrazabal |
Tee #5 | Jediah Morgan | Ryosuke Kinoshita | Ratchanon Chantananuwat (a) |
Tee #6 | Jinichiro Kozuma | Kevin Yuan | Oliver Fisher |
Tee #7 | Kevin Na | Shaun Norris | JC Ritchie |
Tee #8 | Marin Kaymer | David Puig | Graeme McDowell |
Tee #10 | Travis Smyth | Turk Pettit | Matt Jones |
Tee #12 | Sadom Kaewkanjana | Ian Poulter | Lee Westwood |
Tee #13 | Bernd Wiesberger | Hudson Swafford | Itthipat Buranatanyarat |
Tee #14 | Andy Ogletree | Sihwan Kim | Blake Windred |
Tee #15 | Viraj Madappa | James Piot | Ian Snyman |
Tee #16 | Wade Ormsby | Talor Gooch | Sergio Garcia |
Tee #17 | Hideto Tanihara | Adrian Otaegui | Peter Uihlein |
Tee #18 | Oliver Bekker | Chase Koepka | Laurie Canter |