Spain’s Jon Rahm, Harold Varner III and Belgium’s Thomas Detry are tied for the lead at 17-under getting into Sunday’s closing spherical at LIV Golf Hong Kong.
Belgium’s Thomas Pieters and 36-hole co-leaders Dean Burmester of South Africa and Carlos Ortiz of Mexico are two photographs behind following Saturday’s third spherical at Hong Kong Golf Membership at Fanling.
Pieters shot the day’s low spherical of 61 to maneuver into rivalry.
Rahm, who’s on the lookout for his first LIV Golf particular person victory since 2024, carded a 5-under 65.
“You must preserve placing your self in rivalry and giving your self probabilities,” mentioned Rahm, who has began the 2026 season with consecutive runner-up finishes. “So long as I am doing that, I am enjoying good golf, benefit from the alternatives I get, nevertheless it’ll come. As I am enjoying strong golf, I am hoping tomorrow I’ve a great Sunday and get it performed.”
Detry, who posted a 4-under 66 on Saturday, is attempting to beat the person who helped him get to the match.
Detry was one in every of seven LIV Golf gamers who had been stranded within the United Arab Emirates after the U.S. and Israel launched assaults final weekend in opposition to Iran. Rahm helped to rearrange a constitution flight to get all of them to Hong Kong.
“Nicely, if it wasn’t for him, I do not suppose I might be right here,” Detry mentioned. “It is slightly bit humorous that means. However hear, we’re each rivals, and he is performed it for his teammates. He is performed it for the league. It is superb what he did, and he is a great pal of mine, as properly. We have performed quite a lot of golf as juniors and on the PGA Tour and in every single place collectively and out right here now. I believe we’re simply going to have a pleasant aggressive enjoyable spherical tomorrow, and we’ll see who prevails.”
Varner joined Rahm and Detry on the prime of the leaderboard with a 7-under 63.
Ortiz and Burmester each posted rounds of 1-under 69, a lot to Burmester’s dismay.
“I am gutted,” Burmester mentioned after the spherical. “I do not really feel like I did an excessive amount of unsuitable, truthfully. Possibly tried slightly too laborious. I do not know. I hit some superb golf photographs on the market. I hit some poor ones, most likely on the unsuitable holes. Hit some nice photographs. I went bogey-free. Simply did not make any putts. Acquired to discover a technique to elevate myself up tomorrow and provides it a go.”
Within the workforce competitors, Smash GC holds a two-stroke lead over 4Aces GC with Rahm’s Legion XIII three photographs behind the leaders.
–Area Degree Media
