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<\/p>\nAustralia’s Lucas Herbert has bettered his stellar first round by a shot and opened up a six-shot gulf between him and the field at LIV Golf Virginia in Potomac Falls.<\/p>\n
Herbert’s nine-under-par 63 rocketed him to 17 under for the event at Trump National DC.<\/p>\n
Spaniard Sergio Garc\u00eda (67), at 11 under, is the only player within nine shots of Herbert, while Englishman Richard Bland had the second-best round of the day, a 66, to take third place at seven under.<\/p>\n
Herbert holed nine birdies and nine pars in his mistake-free trip around the course. He sank six birdies in a seven-hole stretch from numbers 6-12, then ended his round birdie-birdie for good measure.<\/p>\n
“It was kind of one of those days \u2014 probably 36 holes, two of those days \u2014 of things that probably just come easy in some respects,” Herbert said.<\/p>\n
“To be honest, I probably tried to enjoy it a little bit out there because I was able to, in the moment, see that that was happening and kind of just be able to sit back and appreciate it a little bit and understand this is pretty not normal.<\/p>\n
“You don’t know how many times as a golfer you’re going to get to experience that kind of feeling.”<\/p>\n
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Lucas Herbert has a six shot lead. (Supplied: LIV Golf\/Mateo Villalba)<\/p>\n
Herbert, 30, has won on the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Asian Tour but is still seeking his first LIV title in his third year with the league.<\/p>\n
Herbert said he spent time on Thursday night with his wife and her family, not thinking about his first-round lead.<\/p>\n
“It was kind of good to get away from the fact that I was sitting on a two-shot lead there and think about something else for a while,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I think we might be doing something pretty similar, the way it worked out overnight.”<\/p>\n