TOP OF THE LEADERBOARDS 

Individual Top 10   

 T1 (-10) – Joaquin Niemann, Crushers (69-68-66); Lee Westwood, Majesticks GC (67-68-68)  

 T3 (-9) – Richard T. Lee, Wild Card (67-68-69); Bryson DeChambeau, Crushers GC (67-65-72)

5 (-7) – Jon Rahm, Legion XIII (67-68-71)  

6 (-6) – Marc Leishman, Ripper GC (68-68-71)  

T7 (-5) – Dustin Johnson, 4Aces GC (71-69-68), Tyrrell Hatton, Legion XIII (68-71,69); Talor Gooch, Smash GC (70-68-70); Josele Ballester, Fireballs GC (73-66-69); Brendan Steele, HyFlyers GC (70-71-67); Thomas Detry, 4Aces GC (71-69-68); Louis Oosthuizen, Southern Guards GC (68-67-73)  

 Team Top 3   

  1 (-16) – 4Aces GC (Johnson 68, Kim 68, Pieters 70, Detry 73; Rd. 3 score: -5)   

 T2 (-14) – Ripper CG (Smylie 67, Smith 69, Leishman 71, Herbert 71; Rd. 3 score: -6)   

 T2 (-14) – Legion XIII (Hatton 69, McKibbin 70, Rahm 71, Surratt 72; Rd. 3 score: -2)  

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ROUND 3 NOTES 

CHASING SPEED: 54-hole co-leader Lee Westwood has found his form quickly despite missing the first two tournaments of the 2026 season after suffering a tendon injury in his left wrist. He returned last week at Hong Kong and finished tied for 18th. “I was in my simulator at home, and I forgot I was nearly 53, thinking I was 23, and tried to get up to 180 mile-an-hour ball speed and was off the floor hitting it, and just on my follow-through I felt something kind of click or pop,” Westwood explained.  

On Sunday, he’ll play with two-time major winner Bryson DeChambeau and 7-time LIV Golf winner Joaquin Niemann. DeChambeau is 32 years old; Niemann is 27.

“I’ve always been fiercely competitive,” Westwood said. “I find a competition in anything I’m doing, and now I’m at an age where it’s about getting in there and showing the younger lads that I can still do it and shaking it up a bit. They could be under pressure a bit tomorrow with an old man like me staring them down, or they might just relax and play well. You never know.” 

Niemann and Westwood will be in the same group for just the second time at a LIV Golf tournament. Their only previous group came in the final round in Andalucía in 2023. 

“Obviously, he’s a lot older than me. He has a lot of experience,” Niemann said. “He’s an unbelievable golfer, has a great career, and he’s still a lot to impress everybody. I haven’t played much with him, so I’m looking forward to spending time with him tomorrow, playing a round of golf. It’s nice to see him perform. He kind of struggled a little bit last year. I feel like he was pretty close to relegation last year, and him being able to come back and work hard as he did, and for the age that he has, for how many years he’s been working hard and trying to figure it out –I really respect that and respect his game because of that. It’ll be good to play with him and learn from him as well tomorrow.” 

Although Sunday will be the first time Westwood has been in the final group in the final round of a LIV Golf tournament, he has plenty of experience in final-round battles during a career in which he’s won in four different decades.

Asked what lessons he’s learned, Westwood replied: “Just that anything can happen. We don’t have much control over external things. I could play great tomorrow. I could play poorly. I could play great and not shoot a very good score. I could play poorly and shoot a great score. You don’t know what’s going to happen. Really just controlling the controllables and sticking to my process and what I’ve done over the first three days and not get carried away with the position I’m in or trying to do too much, especially around this golf course. I get the feeling if you try and do too much around this golf course and get too aggressive, it’ll bite you.”