Sep 22, 2024; Carrolton, Texas, USA; Abraham Ancer performs his shot from the tenth tee through the LIV Golf Dallas Crew Championship Finals at Maridoe Golf Membership. Necessary Credit score: Jim Cowsert-Imagn Photographs Abraham Ancer shot a 5-under 67 within the second spherical on Saturday to tug right into a three-way tie atop LIV Golf Adelaide in Australia.
Ancer carded six birdies towards one bogey at blustery The Grange Golf Membership to hitch fellow Mexican Carlos Ortiz and England’s Sam Horsfield at 9-under 135 for the event.
Ortiz, who collected 5 birdies and a bogey, and Ancer represented Mexico within the Olympics and have been Fireballs GC teammates till the previous joined Torque GC previous to final season.
The 2 mentioned they will not let their friendship get in the way in which on Sunday within the third and remaining spherical.
“Hopefully tomorrow shall be a terrific battle that we’ll take pleasure in,” Ancer mentioned. “However I am unable to be frightened about that. I’ve simply acquired to be specializing in my recreation, and like I mentioned, we’ll see the place we find yourself on the finish.”
Mentioned Ortiz: “It should be simply one other spherical of golf. I believe we have performed fairly a bit collectively, and I simply heard him speak; while you go on the market, shoot the perfect you possibly can, 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 staff, 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 event, one-stroke forward of each Fireballs GC and Legion XIII.
“I name them artful veterans,” Horsfield mentioned 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 right way to get it finished. I believe they’re actually, actually excited. I can really feel my telephone vibrating in my again pocket, so I am certain it is them in a bunch 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 remaining 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 Stage Media
