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Joaquin Niemann

Joaquin Niemann (Chile) led for the second day in a row at the LIV Golf Mayakoba (total prize money of $20 million), the opening match of the LIV Golf 2024 season.

Niemann hit 1 under par 70 with 4 birdies and 3 bogeys in the second round of the second day of the tournament held at El Camaleon Golf Course (par 71, 7,056 yards) in Playa del Carmen, Mexico on the 4th (Korean time). I hit it.

Niemann, with an interim total of 13 under par and 129 strokes, maintained first place, beating Jon Lam (Spain) and Dean Burmister (South Africa), who were tied for second place, by four strokes.

Niemann, who entered LIV Golf in September 2022, has yet to win a LIV tournament, and his best results are two third places.

On this day, Niemann was unable to maintain the momentum from the first round, but maintained the gap with his competitors.

The previous day, Niemann recorded 12 under par 59 strokes with 10 birdies and 1 eagle, recording the second 50 strokes in LIV golf history.

Rahm, who is making his LIV golf debut, reduced 4 strokes with 5 birdies and 1 bogey to tie for second place with Burmister (9 under par, 133 strokes).

In the team event, ‘Legion 13’ (10 under par) led by Lam chased down Niemann’s ‘Torque’ (15 under par) by 5 strokes.

The sole 4th place winner is Sergio Garcia (Spain), who hit 7 under par 135 strokes.

Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka, and Charles Howell III (all of the U.S.) were tied for 5th place (5 under par, 137 strokes).

Korean player Kevin Na (USA) is tied for 16th place (2 under par, 140 strokes), and Danny Lee (New Zealand) is tied for 29th place (2 over par, 144 strokes). 섯다