DECHAMBEAU, RAHM PREP FOR MASTERS: This week at Steyn City will be Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm’s final tournament appearance before April’s Masters at Augusta National, in which 11 LIV Golf players are invited.

Although the course doesn’t fully replicate Augusta National’s conditions, both players are using the event to prepare for their quest for a green jacket, which would be a first for DeChambeau or a second for Rahm.

“I’m just going to focus on myself, man,” DeChambeau said. “I know it’s so cliche to say, but the more I focus on myself, the better I usually perform. I just want to get in my own bubble and focus on executing the best shots I can to prepare for Augusta.”

While DeChambeau is preparing his golf swing for the Masters, Rahm is using this week to prepare mentally. 

“There’s no golf course on the planet that can be comparable to Augusta National,” Rahm said. “You can do a good job mentally to try to prepare for it, but playing-wise, nothing plays like it. The crowd does help, though, in that sense. If you’re playing the weekend at Augusta, you’re going to have a lot of people following you. It’s going to be a great atmosphere.”

ROUND 4 START CHANGE: The shotgun start for Sunday’s final round has been moved up to 9:35 a.m. Gates at The Club at Steyn City will open at 8:15 a.m. The live broadcast will begin at 9:30 a.m. (all times local). 

NOTES & NUGGETS

Bryson DeChambeau is 13 under on the par 4s, tying for sixth-best in LIV Golf history after 54 holes; his best performance on par 4s came in his 2023 Greenbrier win when he was 17 under at the 54-hole tournament.

This is DeChambeau’s seventh time to lead a LIV Golf tournament with one round to play; he converted one of his previous six leads into a win (2025 Korea).

Every player on the Southern Guards GC roster birdied (or better) the 4th, 5th, 10th and 18th holes Saturday.

Fireballs GC shot a cumulative 25 under, the team’s lowest-ever score in any round.

Branden Grace’s 19-under total is his lowest LIV Golf score through 54 holes.

Anthony Kim’s 3-putt avoidance streak continued Saturday, as the LIV Golf Adelaide winner has now played 335 consecutive holes without a three-putt, the second-longest streak in league history.

Branden Grace’s par-5 Greens in Regulations streak is now at 40, the eighth-longest in league history.

Jon Rahm suffered his first bogey of the week in the third round, as his par-or-better streak ended at 53 holes.

Josele Ballester hit all 18 Greens in Regulation on Saturday, the second time this season – and just the fourth time by any player in 2026 – that he’s hit every green.

Tom McKibbin’s 9-under 61 ties for the second-lowest round of any player this season and is his lowest score in his 58 career LIV Golf rounds.

Thomas Detry’s 8-under 63 is his lowest single round in his brief LIV Golf career (five starts) and his fourth bogey-free round of the season.

The par-4 13th and par-5 18th yielded no bogeys on Saturday, just the sixth time in league history than the field went bogey-free on two separate holes. 

STATS LEADERS
Round 3

Driving Distance: Jon Rahm, 347.0-yard avg.

Longest Drive: Joaquin Niemann, 355.0 yards (15th hole)

Driving Accuracy: Thomas Detry, 92.86% (13 of 14)

Greens in Regulation: Josele Ballester 100% (18 of 18)

Scrambling: 17 players tied at 100%, led by Bryson DeChambeau, Tom McKibbin, Ben Campbell and Phil Mickelson (5 of 5)

Fewest Putts: Tom McKibbin, 23

Bogey-free rounds: Tom McKibbin (62), Thomas Detry (63), Anirban Lahiri (63), Bryson DeChambeau (64), Abraham Ancer (64), Phil Mickelson (64), Peter Uihlein (64), Louis Oosthuizen (64), Dean Burmester (65), Josele Ballester (65), Brendan Steele (65), Dustin Johnson (65), Cameron Smith (66), Sebastián Muñoz (66), Younghan Song (66), Ben Campbell (66), Adrian Meronk (67)

Cumulative

Driving Distance: Matthew Wolff, 339.3-yard avg.

Driving Accuracy: Abraham Ancer, 88.10% (37 of 42)

Greens in Regulation: Caleb Surratt, 87.04% (47 of 54)

Scrambling: Richard Bland, (12 of 13) 92.31%

Fewest Putts: Bryson DeChambeau, 76