Deadly snake halts Aussie golfer during round

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Australian golfer Marc Leishman opened with an eagle and held it unneurotic successful the mediate of his circular for a 5-under 66, giving him a two-shot pb implicit Sergio Garcia going into the 3rd and last circular of LIV Golf Tucson.

And the Aussie had to contend with much than conscionable his opponents portion connected course, erstwhile a rattlesnake stopped him successful his tracks.

The snake was captured connected broadcast arsenic Leishman walked past it. The reptile slithered distant into a bush, allowing the golfers to continue.

Leishman said helium had fallen into a wont of letting a unsmooth agelong ruin his round. The Australian dropped lone 1 changeable astatine the Gallery Golf Club successful the precocious godforsaken and delivered 1 past birdie connected the par-5 17th to scope 11-under 131.

“I had a truly blistery start, the cooled connected the backmost nine,” said Leishman, who was 4-under for his circular done 8 holes. “But I didn't fto it get distant from me.”

Garcia, whose past triumph anyplace was successful Mississippi much than 2 years ago, had a 65 that could person been somewhat amended if not for missing a two-foot par putt connected the 16th hole. He astatine slightest was capable to decorativeness with a birdie connected his past spread astatine No.17.

Garcia's team, the Fireballs, had a one-shot pb successful the squad competition.

“We're close there. We request different bully time tomorrow,” Garcia said.

Louis Oosthuizen was successful a four-player radical astatine 8-under 134, though nary of the others had rather the tease astatine the extremity of the circular similar the South African.

Finishing connected the par-4 18th, Oosthuizen's attack landed a fewer feet abbreviated of the emblem and struck the pin, rolling backmost disconnected a mendacious beforehand into the fairway. His transportation for birdie was headed for the pin and spun successful and retired of the cup.

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At that point, helium turned distant and covered his face. He made the par for a 68.

“It pitched precisely wherever I wanted it to, it deed the pin and disconnected the green. Same look with the chip. I thought I was to spot it in,” Oosthuizen said.

“I'm lasting implicit the putt thinking, ‘You amended marque this oregon it’s going to beryllium a atrocious ending'.”

He was joined astatine 134 by Charles Howell III (65), Brendan Steele (65) and Cameron Tringale (66), who ne'er won connected the PGA Tour earlier signing up for LIV Golf past season.

Howell won the archetypal LIV Golf lawsuit of its 2nd play past period astatine Mayakoba.

Phil Mickelson had a bogey-free round, making 4 birdies successful an eight-hole agelong that led to a 67. He was tied for 10th, six shots retired of the lead. His team, which includes Steele, was 1 changeable down Garcia's team.

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