Tag: 2024 LIV Golf Miami

A week before Masters, Cameron Smith withdraws from LIV Golf Miami

Hopefully Smith gets feeling better before next week.

Cameron Smith is going to head into the first major championship of the year a bit rusty.

The Australian, who captured the 2022 Open Championship, withdrew from LIV Golf’s event in Miami, Florida, at Trump National Doral, due to illness. Smith shot 3-over 75 in the opening round and had four birdies, five bogeys and a double. The specific illness was not mentioned.

Ben Campbell will replace Smith in the Ripper GC lineup for the rest of the team competition.

Smith placed third in LIV’s latest event in Hong Kong last month and has two top-10 finishes in his first four events of 2024.

He has a history of playing well at Augusta National. He has four top-10 finishes in the past six years. The 88th Masters Tournament starts Thursday.

LIV Miami: Photos

Former Masters champ among those tied for lead at 2024 LIV Golf Miami

Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka are two back.

Next week, 13 LIV golfers will head to Augusta National for the first men’s major championship of the year. And plenty of them, including the defending champion, have had success at Augusta National Golf Club.

One of those former past Masters champions is tied for the lead after the opening round of LIV Golf Miami at Trump National Doral.

Sergio Garcia, the 2017 Masters champion, is one of three players tied for the lead after a 5-under 67. Also tied on top are 2023 LIV individual champion Talor Gooch and Peter Uihlein.

Jon Rahm, the defending Masters champ, Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed are in a group sitting two shots behind and T-8.

LIV: Best photos from Trump Doral

In his first action back in the United States, Anthony Kim shot 4 over and is T-47 along with Phil Mickelson, who finished T-2 at Augusta National last year.

Photos: 2024 LIV Golf Miami at Trump National Doral

LIV Golf’s final tune-up before the Masters is at Trump Doral.

It’s time for LIV Golf’s final event before the Masters next week in Augusta, Georgia.

LIV is at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, for its fifth event of the 2024 season. It’s only the second event in the United States, following the Las Vegas event the week of the Super Bowl. Dustin Johnson won the individual competition while Brooks Koepka’s Smash GC took home the team title.

In LIV Golf’s last event in Hong Kong, Abraham Ancer won for the first time while Joaquin Niemann, who has won twice in the first four events, placed T-4. Defending Masters champion Jon Rahm has yet to win on LIV Golf but has three top-10 finishes.

Here’s a look at the best photos from LIV Golf Miami at Trump Doral: