DECHAMBEAU, RAHM PREP FOR MASTERS:\u00a0This week at Steyn City will be Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm\u2019s final tournament appearance before April\u2019s Masters at Augusta National, in which 11 LIV Golf players are invited.<\/p>\n
Although the course doesn\u2019t fully replicate Augusta National\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m just going to focus on myself, man,\u201d DeChambeau said. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
While DeChambeau is preparing his golf swing for the Masters, Rahm is using this week to prepare mentally.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere’s no golf course on the planet that can be comparable to Augusta National,\u201d Rahm said. \u201cYou 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
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).\u00a0<\/p>\n
NOTES & NUGGETS<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
This is DeChambeau\u2019s 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).<\/p>\n
Every player on the Southern Guards GC roster birdied (or better) the 4th, 5th, 10th and 18th holes Saturday.<\/p>\n
Fireballs GC shot a cumulative 25 under, the team\u2019s lowest-ever score in any round.<\/p>\n
Branden Grace\u2019s 19-under total is his lowest LIV Golf score through 54 holes.<\/p>\n
Anthony Kim\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Branden Grace\u2019s par-5 Greens in Regulations streak is now at 40, the eighth-longest in league history.<\/p>\n
Jon Rahm suffered his first bogey of the week in the third round, as his par-or-better streak ended at 53 holes.<\/p>\n
Josele Ballester hit all 18 Greens in Regulation on Saturday, the second time this season \u2013 and just the fourth time by any player in 2026 \u2013 that he\u2019s hit every green.<\/p>\n
Tom McKibbin\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Thomas Detry\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0<\/p>\n
STATS LEADERS
\nRound 3<\/p>\n
Driving Distance: Jon Rahm, 347.0-yard\u00a0avg.<\/p>\n
Longest Drive: Joaquin Niemann, 355.0\u00a0yards (15th hole)<\/p>\n
Driving Accuracy: Thomas Detry,\u00a092.86% (13\u00a0of 14)<\/p>\n
Greens in Regulation: Josele\u00a0Ballester\u00a0100% (18\u00a0of 18)<\/p>\n
Scrambling: 17\u00a0players tied at 100%, led by\u00a0Bryson DeChambeau, Tom McKibbin, Ben\u00a0Campbell\u00a0and\u00a0Phil Mickelson\u00a0(5\u00a0of\u00a05)<\/p>\n
Fewest\u00a0Putts: Tom McKibbin, 23<\/p>\n
Bogey-free rounds: Tom McKibbin\u00a0(62),\u00a0Thomas Detry\u00a0(63),\u00a0Anirban\u00a0Lahiri\u00a0(63),\u00a0Bryson DeChambeau\u00a0(64),\u00a0Abraham Ancer\u00a0(64),\u00a0Phil Mickelson\u00a0(64),\u00a0Peter Uihlein\u00a0(64),\u00a0Louis Oosthuizen (64), Dean Burmester (65),\u00a0Josele\u00a0Ballester (65), Brendan Steele (65), Dustin Johnson (65),\u00a0Cameron Smith (66), Sebasti\u00e1n Mu\u00f1oz (66),\u00a0Younghan\u00a0Song (66),\u00a0Ben Campbell (66),\u00a0Adrian Meronk (67)<\/p>\n
Cumulative<\/p>\n
Driving Distance:\u00a0Matthew Wolff, 339.3-yard avg.<\/p>\n
Driving Accuracy:\u00a0Abraham Ancer, 88.10% (37 of 42)<\/p>\n
Greens in Regulation:\u00a0Caleb Surratt, 87.04% (47 of 54)<\/p>\n
Scrambling:\u00a0Richard Bland, (12 of 13) 92.31%<\/p>\n
Fewest Putts:\u00a0Bryson DeChambeau, 76<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DECHAMBEAU, RAHM PREP FOR MASTERS:\u00a0This week at Steyn City will be Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm\u2019s final tournament…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-537424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}