{"id":458557,"date":"2026-02-06T23:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/458557\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T23:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:18:10","slug":"liv-golf-riyadh-peter-uihlein-elvis-smylie-tied-for-lead-after-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/458557\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf Riyadh: Peter Uihlein, Elvis Smylie Tied for Lead After Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The top of the leaderboard at\u00a0ROSHN Group LIV Golf Riyadh<\/a> remains tight through three rounds, and the stage is set for a thrilling final round at Riyadh Golf Club. Peter Uihlein<\/a>, who will attempt to go wire to wire, and Ripper GC rookie Elvis Smylie<\/a> are tied for the lead at 16 under.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Torque GC sits atop the team leaderboard at 46 under.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Uihlein began his day with four consecutive birdies and made seven on the round with only one bogey, which came on the par-5 sixth hole. The\u00a0RangeGoats GC veteran found plenty of fairways, which was a stark contrast from Thursday\u2019s round.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It was good,” Uihlein said. “I drove it nice. I felt my driver was pretty good and mini-driver was good. Putted nicely. Yeah, it was a good solid day.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Uihlein knows to win the tournament it will take another day of low scoring.<\/p>\n

“Tomorrow will probably be the same, so you’re going to have to make a lot of putts, make a lot of birdies,” he said.<\/p>\n

Smylie fired a bogey-free 66, utilizing his accuracy off the tee and smooth putting stroke to keep the pressure off and ensure most of his par saves were of the tap-in variety.<\/p>\n

Despite being only 23 and competing in his first LIV Golf<\/a> event, Smylie is confident heading into the final round.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’m in a great position to come out and win tomorrow, and that’s why I practice the way I do and work hard,” he said. “I’m feeling great. I feel really comfortable. I felt like I was in total control of my game there today and hope to do the same tomorrow.”<\/p>\n

Smash GC Captain Talor Gooch<\/a> sits at 15 under, just one shot back, after shooting his third consecutive 67, staying true to his “Rule of 67.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm<\/a>, 4Aces GC’s Thomas Detry<\/a> and Torque GC’s Abraham Ancer<\/a> are two shots back at 14 under.<\/p>\n

Smylie, Ancer, Thomas Pieters, Carlos Ortiz, Lucas Herbert and Tom McKibbin tied for the low round of the day by shooting 7-under 65\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Torque GC, led by their newest acquisition Abraham Ancer, surged up the team leaderboard in Round 3 and now sits at 46 under, two shots ahead of the leader at the halfway stage, Smash GC. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The overall scoring average for Round 3 was the lowest of the week thus far by almost a shot and half at \u20133.47.<\/p>\n

Thirteen of 18 holes played under par for the round, with the easiest being the 565-yard par-5 13th for the third consecutive day (-0.74).<\/p>\n

LIV Golf Riyadh Scoreboard (Day 3)T-1. Peter Uihlein (-16)T-1. Elvis Smylie (-16)3. Talor Gooch (-15)T-4. Thomas Detry (-14)T-4. Abraham Ancer (-14)T-4. Jon Rahm (-14)T-7. Jason Kokrak (-13)T-7. Thomas Pieters (-13)T-7. David Puig (-13)T-10. Byeong Hun An (-12)T-10. Sebastian Munoz (-12)12. Carlos Ortiz (-11)T-13. Bryson DeChambeau (-10)T-13. Sergio Garcia (-10)T-13. Tyrrell Hatton (-10)T-13. Richard T. Lee (-10)T-13. Marc Leishman (-10)T-13. Graeme McDowell (-10)T-13. Scott Vincent (-10)T-20. Paul Casey (-9)T-20. Branden Grace (-9)T-20. Lucas Herbert (-9)T-20. Tom McKibbin (-9)T-20. Joaquin Niemann (-9)<\/p>\n

This piece is courtesy of Matt Vincenzi in partnership with LIV Golf<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The top of the leaderboard at\u00a0ROSHN Group LIV Golf Riyadh remains tight through three rounds, and the stage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,187700,187701,622,187699,6674,186834,82],"class_list":["post-458557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-elvis-smylie","tag-event_recap","tag-golf","tag-liv-liv-golf-riyadh-02-06-2025","tag-liv-golf","tag-peter-uihlein","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}