Marc Leishman leads Sergio Garcia at LIV Golf Tucson by two shots heading into final round

Marc Leishman opened with an eagle as he carded a five-under 66 to guide at 11 underneath; Sergio Garcia shot a 65 that would have been barely higher if not for lacking a two-foot par putt on the sixteenth; Garcia’s Fireballs maintain a one-shot lead within the group competitors

Marc Leishman holds a two-shot lead over Sergio Garcia heading into the third and closing spherical of LIV Gold Tucson.

Leishman opened on Saturday with an eagle and held it collectively in the midst of his spherical for a five-under 66. The Australian dropped just one shot on the Gallery Golf Membership and delivered one final birdie on the par-five seventeenth to succeed in 11-under.

“I had a very sizzling begin, then cooled on the again 9,” stated Leishman. “However I did not let it get away from me.”

Garcia, whose final victory wherever was in Mississippi greater than two years in the past, shot a 65 that would have been barely higher if not for lacking a two-foot par putt on the sixteenth gap. He not less than was capable of end with a birdie on his final gap at No 17.

Garcia’s group, the Fireballs, maintain a one-shot lead within the group competitors. “We’re proper there. We want one other good day tomorrow,” Garcia stated.

Sergio Garcia is 2 pictures off the lead heading into the ultimate spherical

Louis Oosthuizen is in a four-player group at eight underneath, although not one of the others had fairly the tease on the finish of the spherical just like the South African.

Ending on the par-four 18th, Oosthuizen’s strategy landed a couple of ft in need of the flag and struck the pin, rolling again off a false entrance into the green. His pitch for birdie was headed for the pin and spun out and in of the cup.

At that time, he turned away and lined his face. He made the par for a 68.

“It pitched precisely the place I needed it to, it hit the pin and off the inexperienced. Identical look with the chip. I believed I used to be to chip it in,” Oosthuizen stated. “I am standing over the putt pondering, You higher make this or it should be a nasty ending.'”

He was joined at eight underneath by Charles Howell III (65), Brendan Steele (65) and Cameron Tringale (66), who by no means gained on the PGA Tour earlier than signing up for LIV Golf final season.

Phil Mickelson had a bogey-free spherical, making 4 birdies in an eight-hole stretch that led to a 67. He’s tied for tenth, six pictures off the lead. His group, which incorporates Steele, is one shot behind Garcia’s group.

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