CARROLLTON, Texas — Patrick Reed and Harold Varner III every shot 5-under 67 on Friday at Maridoe Golf Membership to share the first-round lead in LIV Golf Dallas.
Reed eagled the 655-yard, par-5 second gap and had 4 birdies and a bogey. Varner, Reed’s 4Aces teammate, had six birdies and a closing bogey.
Brooks Koepka withdrew through the spherical due to sickness. He smashed a tee marker together with his driver on the ninth gap.
Jon Rahm was a stroke again. Abraham Ancer shot 69, and Dustin Johnson was at 70 with Graeme McDowell, Anirban Lahiri, Richard Bland and David Puig.
Bryson DeChambeau opened with a 72. He lives in Dallas and performed his faculty golf at SMU.
Factors chief Joaquín Niemann, coming off a victory at LIV Golf Virginia, shot 78. He had a ten on the par-5 seventh.
