Sergio Garcia, Marc Leishman, and Charl Schwartzel battle for the title in Miami | Full Highlights

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He looks relaxed, he's been in control of his game. It's been a measured approach when
required from Bryson, but yesterday he drove it off this tee 400 yards.
Smoked.
Hang time and that flies to where Sergio and Phil's ball. See you guys.
Lucas Herbert the only man to card a round in the 60s yesterday.
Three and a pass 69 for the Ripper GC man. Second shot into the fifth is very nice.
This is the green at 10 and Anabhan Lahiri for eagle. He birdied the ninth, his first hole.
Pushes are currently in third place, 11 over par. Oh nicely done by Anabhan.
Back at the first Phil can really make up some ground. Yeah, I never imagined there'd be two
guys struggling for par after those tee shots. What a statement this would make.
That's exactly what he was looking for. A tap in birdie.
John Rahm. Line the bunker is pretty good. It's it is sitting down just a touch.
Oh, this is at it. Oh, that's a great shot.
Well, let's get you caught up with the early team action here. Yubin Jang,
22 year old South Korean. He's helped Kevin Na's Ironheads up to fourth place.
That was his second shot into hole number seven. He would convert that
into a birdie and a difficult third shot from Mark Leishman here from behind the green.
That is phenomenal from there. Pat, you've played with everybody in the last 25 years.
Who's the best driver of the ball you've ever seen in that time?
This one in the red right here on the tee box. He shapes it on every hole that necessary and
how you're supposed to hit it. It's just incredible to watch him do it.
Just like that. He shakes them all the time in the way the hole is supposed to be played.
Cuts it back towards the water. That's a perfect tee shot.
Well, meanwhile, back to the third and it's Phil first here.
That's pretty much the best line I've seen in the primary rough this week.
You can trust that it should not jump. Oh boy, if this is the right club.
Tremendous shot right there. Gutsy as well. Controlling it out of the rough.
This is Mark Leishman to tie the lead. His second birdie of the day. That's at the fourth.
But Bryson has a chance here to reclaim the solo lead.
After that disaster on one, we're looking for some redemption on this one.
Love to get this one in. Great look. Just a little right to left.
Oh yes, he's back on track.
The defending champion Dean Burmester over at 6 for birdie.
And did he hit that hard?
And straight. 176 on the ball speed there. He was getting it up to just north of 180 on the
range with me the other day. John, I'm going to see at 6 he's going to start this at that left trap.
Fade it, which is exactly what it's doing. Should be perfect.
Oh, his confidence growing with every single swing. So in control of that swing.
Solid just playing so solid key to green.
A blistering start for the Spaniard today. This for birdie at 6.
Now then. Now then.
One of our seven Masters champions in the field. They've got 12 green jackets between them.
It's Charles Schwartz who won in 2011 and he chips in at 7.
Burmester with consecutive birdies at 6 and just then at 7.
Well, we saw Sergio's ball just dive into the pit here and it has come up in just a
a nasty spot. He hasn't got some green to work with, but he's going to have to hit this so hard
to make sure he gets enough forward momentum on it to carry the
the lip of the trap in front of him. It's going to be difficult to stop it.
It might come back a little. It's really an excellent shot. Oh, what's this getting better?
Couldn't do any better really from there.
Well, elsewhere, Ripper GC, the affable all Aussie quartet. They are the reigning
Live Golf team champions looking for a first win of 2025. Their captain is Cam Smith,
who is running hot. This was his second shot at the third. So a birdie there having bogeyed 17 and 18.
This was terrific. So effective on the greens. That putter is a wand.
That was birdie at four. Could he make it three in a row at five, the par four?
Of course he could. And Ripper lead by five. You saw Cam Smith's three straight birdies.
Matt Jones is playing well. And that was Lucas Herbert's third shot at 10,
the par five. He made a birdie. They are six over. It's a lead of five now.
Dean Burmester, reigning Live Golf League champion here in Miami. He beat Sergio Garcia
in a playoff last year, and he's now tied for the lead once again. What a round he is putting
together in these conditions. Bryson's second shot at seven. Yeah, it meant just be a little
bit left of the pen. Oh, that's beautiful. Leishman's third at eight.
And that was an impressive shot from Leish. This for the outright lead.
And the Aussie hits the front for the time being at least. Oh, this is Phil's fourth at the eighth.
He tried to lay up and hit him in the water, and that is an amazing shot,
but he'll have that for five. That's beyond incredible.
Sergio won over par for his round so far on this championship Sunday, a bogey at the sixth.
And this is his third shot at eight. Beautiful layup here. Just a little wedge. He's
so good at these little flighted wedges like this. Give him a stop on a dime.
Wow. Good job, buddy.
Matt Jones, his second shot at 16. He's out of the reckoning, of course, individually,
but it has a huge role to play for Cam Smith's Ripper GC, the reigning team champions,
looking for a first victory of 2025. How about that?
Who will grab the initiative on Championship Sunday?
Charles Schwartzel. He's running hard. He won the inaugural Live Golf events at St.
Turing just outside of London in June of 2022. He's giving it a really good go for number two
here. He was won over at the start of the day after a 75 yesterday. You saw him raffling a
birdie put at 11. This is his third shot at 12. Tap that in for birdie. This is his tee shot at 13.
Absolutely magnificent for the 2011 Masters champion. One of 12 live golfers who will
head to Augusta National after we're done here in Miami. Now, can he make it four in a row
and get to four under par to back of Mark Leishman?
Four on the bounce for Charles Schwartzel, who's come out of nowhere
to tie for second place with his Stinger teammate, fellow South African Dean Burmester,
and it's those two attempting to put the pressure on Mark Leishman for the title here.
Outwardly, Mark Leishman looks very calm and collected. He leads by two with four holes
to play the big Australian. Come on down. Get off there. Yeah, it's going mate. It's trying.
Good job there. Yeah. Beautifully done. Brilliant. 14 and Sergio.
Played that very gently to run. Yeah, it's a really good shot from the rough.
Whilst that was happening, here's Charles Schwartzel and a bounce back birdie opportunity.
At 16, he made four straight before a bogey at 15 and he's back in it again.
Anthony Kim with a third shot at the par 5 tenth.
Anthony Kim's final shot at the par 5 tenth. Now back to 15 and Mark Leishman for his par
to maintain a two-stroke lead. He's not blinking, is he? No, no, no. Phil will be next.
Well, it'll be good to get a strong finish for Phil. His game, it's there. You know,
no one in that field next week knows the course better than him. No, that's for sure.
This could work out quite well. I think it might. Yeah. John Rahm, his second shot at 16.
Just drove it a little too close here. Oh man, that had Phil Mickelson written
all over it. Just a beautiful shot. Impossible.
Speaking of Phil, he's got a birdie putt here at 15. He's taking maximum break on this putt.
Well, he's hit it pretty hard down in the middle.
This is the 17th fairway. Oh, this is not an easy second shot. Such a narrow green.
Probably gonna flight this down. Oh, this is looking good. Oh, what a good line. Gotta go.
Yeah, terrific line. I like how it's coming down short. Boy, that was a brave shot.
Just a matter of time before Ripper GC seal the team title, if they haven't already.
The icing on the cake here. Cam Smith at his final hole, the 16th, and he rolls in
a lovely birdie putt. Well, if anyone can handle a low one that goes through the wind
on a good trajectory. Yeah. He's the man. Yeah, he really has to take that chance.
Try and get it back there with the flag. Yeah, low cut. Oh, look at this wonderful shot.
What a shot that was. Just to get the weight right, the pace, a beautiful low fade.
Sergio Garcia for birdie to get to five under par. He's still in it, fighting for glory.
Leishman's third then at 18. Had a lovely little draw in there. That's a nice shot.
Oh, he read it. He read it perfectly. A four under par 68 on championship Sunday.
He ends with eight consecutive pars and it's six under the score to level or to beat.
Bryson next to play.
Still the showman, even after a disappointing championship Sunday, Bryson DeChambeau.
Sergio needs to roll this in for third place.
We're looking out the back of the broadcast booth here, overlooking the ninth and 18th
Green's jury, just thousands of people. Oh, what a finish for Sergio.
And in our 38th regular season event, Mark Leishman is our 22nd
different individual winner, such as the depth of the field here in the Live Golf League.
