Sep 22, 2024; Carrolton, Texas, USA; Abraham Ancer performs his shot from the tenth tee throughout the LIV Golf Dallas Group Championship Finals at Maridoe Golf Membership. Necessary Credit score: Jim Cowsert-Imagn Pictures Abraham Ancer shot a 5-under 67 within the second spherical on Saturday to drag right into a three-way tie atop LIV Golf Adelaide in Australia.
Ancer carded six birdies in opposition to one bogey at blustery The Grange Golf Membership to affix fellow Mexican Carlos Ortiz and England’s Sam Horsfield at 9-under 135 for the match.
Ortiz, who collected 5 birdies and a bogey, and Ancer represented Mexico within the Olympics and had been Fireballs GC teammates till the previous joined Torque GC previous to final season.
The 2 stated they will not let their friendship get in the best way on Sunday within the third and closing spherical.
“Hopefully tomorrow might be an excellent battle that we’ll get pleasure from,” Ancer stated. “However I am unable to be nervous about that. I’ve simply bought to be specializing in my recreation, and like I stated, we’ll see the place we find yourself on the finish.”
Mentioned Ortiz: “It will be simply one other spherical of golf. I feel we have performed fairly a bit collectively, and I simply heard him speak; while you go on the market, shoot the very best you may, and also you hope it is ok to win. If not, you go to subsequent week.”
Horsfield birdied his final gap to complete with a 69 on Saturday.
He additionally was inspired by the notion of his workforce, Majesticks GC, producing a podium end for the primary time since LIV Golf Boston in 2022.
“Yeah, my reminiscence would not return that far,” he quipped.
Again to the current, Majesticks GC shot an 8-under on Saturday to take a seat at 10-under for the match, one-stroke forward of each Fireballs GC and Legion XIII.
“I name them artful veterans,” Horsfield stated of his teammates, England’s Ian Poulter (70 on Saturday) and Lee Westwood (70) and Sweden’s Henrik Stenson (71).
“They have been across the block just a few occasions, and so they know the way to get it completed. I feel they’re actually, actually excited. I can really feel my telephone vibrating in my again pocket, so I am positive it is them in a gaggle chat.”
Torque captain Joaquin Niemann of Chile shot a 71 within the second spherical to fall into fourth place at 6-under, one stroke forward of Legion XIII captain Jon Rahm (69). Rahm, of Spain, capped his spherical with birdies on every of his closing two holes, together with a sensational chip-in from the bunker.
Spaniard David Puig (70), Brooks Koepka (71) and Stenson reside in a three-way tie for sixth place at 4-under.
Defending champion Brendan Steele of HyFlyers GC shot a 70 on Saturday to maneuver from a tie for forty eighth to a tie for twenty ninth.
–Discipline Degree Media
