TOP OF THE LEADERBOARDS 
Individual Top 10 

T1 (-14) – Dean Burmester, Southern Guards (62-64); Carlos Ortiz, Torque (60-66)

3 (-13) – Thomas Detry, 4Aces (64-63)

4 (-12) – Jon Rahm, Legion XIII (66-62)

T5 (-11) – Matthew Wolff, RangeGoats (65-64); David Puig, Fireballs (65-64); Richard Bland, Cleeks (66-63)

T8 (-10) – Harold Varner III, Smash (66-64); Graeme McDowell, Smash (67-63)

T10 (-9) – Scott Vincent, Wild Card (63-68); Anirban Lahiri, Crushers (66-65); Lucas Herbert, Ripper (66-65); Lee Westwood, Majesticks (67-64)

Team Top 3 

1 (-35) – Smash GC (McDowell 63, Varner III 64, Kokrak 68, Gooch 69; Rd. 2 total: -16)

2 (-30) – Torque GC (Ortiz 66, Ancer 67, Niemann 67, Muñoz 71; Rd. 2 total: -9)

T3 (-26) – Legion XIII (Rahm 62, Surratt 64, McKibbin 65, Hatton 70; Rd. 2 total: -19)

T3 (-26) – Southern Guards GC (Burmester 64, Oosthuizen 65, Grace 66, Schwartzel 67; Rd. 2 total: -18) 

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ROUND 2 NOTES 

G-MAC’S ACE: Smash GC’s Graeme McDowell  recorded the 14th ace in LIV Golf history with his hole-in-one with a 7-iron at the 181-yard fifth in Friday’s second round. He said that’s his 15th career ace. 

“They’re all kind of becoming a bit of a blur over the years,” McDowell said. “It’s been about 30 years of them. They’re all fun. They’re all special. Nice to do it with a card in your pocket in a tournament. I think that’s probably half-a-dozen maybe in tournament play.” 

Of the five aces recorded by LIV Golf players at Hong Kong Golf Club, McDowell has the first at the fifth hole. 

“There’s a couple of wedge par-3s here that you’re kind of licking your chops. No. 5, you don’t really stand on that tee licking the chops too much,” he said. “My caddie was trying to steer me a little left of the flag, and I said to him, I think we have enough club in our hands to kind of go after it a little bit. I didn’t really listen to him.” 

On Thursday, Cleeks Golf Club newcomer Victor Perez aced the second hole. Hong Kong Golf Club has now yielded five aces in LIV Golf competition, most of any host course:

Joaquin Niemann, 2024, 8th hole, Rd. 3

Kalle Samooja, 2024, 2nd hole, Rd. 3

Mito Pereira, 2025, 2nd hole, Rd. 2

Victor Perez, 2026, 2nd hole, Rd. 1

Graeme McDowell, 2026, 5th hole, Rd. 2