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Bryson DeChambeau holes out (again) in 2024 LIV Golf Andalucia at Valderrama

Bryson can’t stop holing out.

Bryson DeChambeau can’t stop holing out.

He has had memorable hole outs in each of the first three major championships this year, all coming on the 18th hole. He added another one to his resume on Saturday during the second round of 2024 LIV Golf Andalucia.

DeChambeau holed out from the 14th fairway for eagle on the 370-yard hole. The big bird moved him to 2 under for the day, and he signed for a 4-under 67 on Saturday at Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, one of the lowest rounds of the week.

However, it’s DeChambeau’s Crushers GC teammate, Anirban Lahiri, who is on top of the leaderboard after 36 holes. While DeChambeau is T-6 at 1 under overall, Lahiri is at 7 under with a four-shot lead going into the final round.

Crushers GC, which won the team championship in 2023, also leads by four over Fireballs GC, featuring Spanish captain Sergio Garcia.

LIV Golf League 2023 schedule starts to take shape with stops in Mexico, Singapore and Spain

Four of the 14 events for the 2023 season have now been announced.

The LIV Golf League’s 2023 schedule is starting to take shape.

On Monday, Golfweek confirmed El Camaleon Golf Club in Riviera Maya, Mexico, which has regularly hosted the PGA Tour’s World Wide Technologies Championship at Mayakoba, would host LIV’s first event of its new season, Feb. 24-26. Greg Norman, CEO of LIV Golf, designed the course and has strong ties to the resort and tournament organizers.

The Saudi Arabia-backed circuit officially announced the Mexico event on Wednesday, as well as two additional international stops at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore (April 28-30) and Real Club Valderrama in Spain (June 30-July 2). LIV previously announced an event would be held at the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide, Australia, April 21-23, the site of Norman’s first professional win in 1976.

LIV had previously said they would avoid going head-to-head with majors and would steer clear of so-called “heritage events” on the PGA Tour, such as the Memorial and Arnold Palmer Invitational. The opener in Mexico will be played opposite the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic, while the Australia event will be held the week of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The Singapore event will be hosted the same week as the Mexico Open, with the Spain stop the week of the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

LIV Golf League 2023 schedule (so far)

Date Event Course City
Feb. 24-26 LIV Golf Mayakoba El Camaleon Golf Club Riviera Maya, Mexico
April 21-23 LIV Golf Adelaide Grange Golf Club Adelaide, Australia
April 28-30 LIV Golf Singapore Sentosa Golf Club Sentosa, Singapore
June 30-July 2 LIV Golf Valderrama Valderrama Sotogrande, Cádiz, España

Team rosters for the 14-event season in 2023 have yet to be finalized, where 12 teams and 48 individuals will compete for a total of $405 million in prize purses.

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Jon Rahm hasn’t forgotten where he came from, spending time signing autographs in his home country of Spain

“I’m going to sign all the children, no matter how long it takes.”

The purse for the CJ Cup at The Summit Club this week is $10 million. The purse at the Andalucia Masters on the European Tour is $4 million. Where’s Jon Rahm?

Right where he wants to be, in his home country of Spain, for the second straight week.

Some things are bigger than money. Rahm is playing for a smaller paycheck this week, if you put the potential appearance fee aside, but the impact he’s making across the pond is no doubt larger than the one he’d be having in Las Vegas if he was teeing it up in Sin City.

After stumbling to a disappointing 78 in his opening round, the world No. 1 reportedly hung around after his last putt dropped to sign autographs for anyone and everyone who were willing to wait.

Not sure many do that after one of their worst rounds of the year.

The fans at Valderrama aren’t the only ones receiving love from their hometown hero. Last week at the Spanish Open, Rahm did the same thing. Despite opening the week with a 63, the Spaniard flattened off the rest of the way, finishing Sunday in a tie for 17th.

“I’m going to sign all the children, no matter how long it takes.”

Some stars just get it. Rahm, undoubtedly, is on that list.

On Friday, he’ll try to bounce back from his 7-over round, and put on a show for all the fans who made the trip to see their idol.

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