'Hulk' DeChambeau "Did you see 1 eagle and 6 birdies?"

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‘Hulk’ Bryson DeChambeau (USA) is on a rampage.

On the 1st (local time), he swept up 1 eagle and 6 birdies in the 2nd round of the LIV Golf Valderrama 8th tournament held at Real Club Valderrama (Par 71, 6,977 yards) in San Roque, Cadiz, Spain. DeChambeau surged 8 under par to take over the top of the leaderboard (9 under par 133). LIV Golf is an organization sponsored by Saudi Arabian capital. Each tournament offers a total prize money of $25 million (about 33 billion KRW), including $20 million for individual competition and $5 million for team competition.

Bryson DeChambeau is teeing off in the second round of the LIV Golf Valderrama 8th tournament. [San Roque (Spain) = EPA·Yonhap News]

Before transferring to LIV Golf last year, DeChambeau was a strong player with a total of 8 wins including 1 major on the PGA Tour. His last victory was the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March 2021. He has yet to collect a winner’s trophy in LIV Golf. In this tournament, he is poised to claim the top spot, leading by 1 stroke.

Taylor Gooch (USA), who has won twice this year, posted 6 under par to jump to 2nd place (8 under par 134). ‘Major hunter’ Brooks Koepka (USA) also reduced 5 strokes to rise to 3rd place, 3 strokes behind (6 under par 136). Dustin Johnson (USA), who was co-leader the previous day, finished even par and dropped to 4th place (4 under par 138). Home course player Sergio Garcia (Spain) is tied for 9th place (1 under par 141), and ‘oldest major champ’ Phil Mickelson (USA) is tied for 21st place (1 over par 143).

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