{"id":465948,"date":"2026-05-29T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/465948\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:59:12","slug":"gooch-and-okgc-lead-after-rd-2-at-liv-golf-korea-as-dechambeau-and-crushers-gc-lurk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/465948\/","title":{"rendered":"Gooch and OKGC lead after Rd. 2 at LIV Golf Korea as DeChambeau and Crushers GC lurk"},"content":{"rendered":"

BUSAN, South Korea \u2013 Talor Gooch calls Asiad Country Club a shot-maker\u2019s course. The OKGC captain showed Friday why it\u2019s a terrific fit for his game.<\/p>\n

Gooch shot a 7-under 63 in the second round of LIV Golf Korea to grab the 36-hole lead at 8 under, one shot ahead of Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau. Five players are tied for third at 5 under \u2013 Ripper GC Captain Cameron Smith, Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann, HyFlyers GC\u2019s Scott Vincent, 4Aces GC\u2019s Thomas Pieters and Crushers GC\u2019s Charles Howell III.<\/p>\n

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Gooch\u2019s OKGC team, playing just their second tournament since a name change and rebrand, have a one-stroke lead at 14 under over the Crushers, with Ripper GC in third.<\/p>\n

Gooch, the 2023 LIV Golf Individual Champion, will be looking for his fifth individual title this weekend; two of his previous titles have come at Valderrama, the host course at next week\u2019s LIV Golf Andalucia and another shot-maker\u2019s layout. It appears he\u2019s finding his form at just the right time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish I could say it\u2019s as easy as picking a time to play great because if I could do that, I would just do it all the time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Gooch opened the season with four top-20 finishes but finished T43 and T39 in his last two starts. On Friday, he produced eight birdies, starting with a chip-in on his second hole, the par-4 ninth. He birdied six of his last eight holes to surge to the lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe game still doesn\u2019t feel great, but we\u2019re working hard, and we\u2019re working in the right direction,\u201d said Gooch, who entered the week ranked 29th in points but is projected to move to fifth with a win. \u201c\u2026 Hopefully we can just kind of keep it going and get this train rolling.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeChambeau, the 18-hole co-leader, shot a 2-under 68 that included 11 pars in his final 12 holes. He hit just 8 of 14 fairways and 10 of 18 greens in regulation.<\/p>\n

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Bryson DeChambeau hits a shot on the second hole during Round 2 of LIV Golf Korea 2026. (Photo by Pedro Salado\/LIV Golf)<\/p>\n

\u201cMy putting saved me today,\u201d he said. \u201cI felt like I was hitting it really well yesterday, driving it well, and today just kind of went sideways.\u201d<\/p>\n

Home favorites Korean Golf Club are in solo seventh, led by newcomer Doyeob Mun, who shot his second consecutive 68 to join Fireballs GC Captain Sergio Garcia in a tie for eighth. That leaves him just four shots off the pace on a course in which he\u2019s very familiar with on the KPGA Tour.<\/p>\n

Mun is making the most of his opportunity after a spot opened up due to the team\u2019s roster shakeup.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve actually never imagined that I would win, but if I do, this week would definitely be magical,\u201d said Mun, the current KPGA Tour points leader. \u201cSo being able to actually play LIV Golf and getting a seat, that was super lucky, but also playing with all these giants, neck to neck, shoulder to shoulder, it will have been a memorable week. Let’s see how I play tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUSAN, South Korea \u2013 Talor Gooch calls Asiad Country Club a shot-maker\u2019s course. The OKGC captain showed Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-465948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}