{"id":10517,"date":"2026-03-13T17:05:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=10517"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:05:46","slug":"dechambeau-and-crushers-gc-lead-at-the-halway-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/dechambeau-and-crushers-gc-lead-at-the-halway-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Dechambeau and Crushers GC lead at the halway stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Entering Friday, Bryson DeChambeau found himself tied atop a bunched leaderboard at Aramco LIV Golf Singapore.\u00a0After shooting\u00a0the round of the\u00a0week, a second-round\u00a06-under 65, he\u00a0now sits\u00a0at 10 under through 36 holes. The\u00a0Crushers GC captain\u00a0enters the weekend with a\u00a0three-shot lead over a robust chasing pack.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After beginning his second round with back-to-back pars, DeChambeau birdied\u00a0the third, fourth and eighth holes, making the turn in 32 strokes. His back nine was smooth-sailing until the\u00a0par-4 15th, when he overdrew an iron off the tee into the harbor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After taking a drop, he scrambled for a hard-earned bogey, protecting his lead in the process. DeChambeau bounced back\u00a0immediately, making a birdie on the 16th.\u00a0For the\u00a0round, he\u00a0finished with a total of\u00a0six\u00a0birdies, an\u00a0eagle\u00a0and\u00a0the lone bogey\u00a0on 15.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Focus on my golf, what I can control,” said DeChambeau of his mindset entering the weekend. “I know it’s cliche, but you can’t get too wrapped up with what everybody else is doing and making sure I’m starting it on my lines the way I need to and rolling the putts on my lines like I need to. Barring that, I think I can give myself a good chance.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeChambeau’s closest competitors are\u00a0at 7-under and include Thomas Detry, Jon Rahm,\u00a0Louis Oosthuizen, Lee\u00a0Westwood\u00a0and Richard T. Lee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detry of 4Aces GC is fresh off a runner-up finish at HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong and has carried that momentum into the week in Singapore. His round included a chip-in eagle on the 18th hole (his 16th of the day) off the back of the green from 40 yards away.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belgian in embracing the tough golf course and remains confident heading into the final two rounds. “I’m up for the challenge,” he said. “It’s definitely a challenge out there, so anything under par is pretty good, and I managed to do that pretty well.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong winner Rahm continues to lurk dangerously on the leaderboard. The Legion XIII captain made 11 consecutive pars from holes 5 to 17 before finishing his round with a birdie on the par-5 18th to finish at 7 under. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I played really good today. Felt like I played actually significantly better than yesterday, just little margins,” Rahm said. “Couldn’t really make many putts out there today. Made that one on 6 and from then on missed a lot of birdie chances.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oosthuizen shot a 4-under 67 that included six birdies and two bogeys. The Southern Guards GC captain has been fueled by a hot putter and ranks 5th in the field in Strokes Gained Putting at the halfway stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I tried to give myself as many birdie putts as possible,” said Oosthuizen. “I felt I saw the greens really good today, the lines, and rolled the putter really good.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Westwood, in just his second start after returning from a wrist injury, continues to play steady golf. The Majesticks Golf Club co-captain shot a 3-under 68 that included five birdies and two bogeys.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee, who’s looking to become the first LIV Golf Wild Card to finish better than 12th in a tournament, shot a 3-under 68. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Wolff, Marc Leishman and Charles Howell III all shot 3-under 68s as well and are four shots back of DeChambeau at 6 under.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the team leaderboard, the Crushers GC surged to the top after carding a cumulative 10 under for the day. They hold a three-shot lead over the first-round leaders, Legion XIII. The champions from Hong Kong, 4Aces GC, are just one shot back of Legion XIII and four shots behind the Crushers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOP OF THE LEADERBOARDS<\/strong>

Individual Top 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 (-10) <\/strong>\u2013 Bryson DeChambeau, Crushers (67-65) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

T2 (-7) <\/strong>\u2013 Thomas Detry, 4Aces (68-67); Louis Oosthuizen, Southern Guards (68-67); Jon Rahm, Legion XIII (67-68); Lee Westwood, Majesticks (67-68); Richard T. Lee, Wild Card (67-68) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

T7 (-6)<\/strong> \u2013 Matthew Wolff, RangeGoats (68-68); Marc Leishman, Ripper (68-68); Charles Howell III, Crushers (68-68) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

T10 (-5)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Carlos Ortiz,\u00a0Torque\u00a0(69-68);\u00a0Scott Vincent,\u00a0Wild Card\u00a0(69-68);\u00a0Joaquin Niemann,\u00a0Torque\u00a0(69-68)\u00a0\u00a0
Team Top 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 (-15) <\/strong>\u2013 Crushers (DeChambeau 65, Howell III 68, Lahiri 70, Casey 71; Rd. 2 score: -10) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 (-12)<\/strong> \u2013 Legion XIII (Rahm 68, Hatton 71, McKibbin 72, Surratt 72; Rd. 2 score: -1) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 (-11)<\/strong> \u2013 4Aces GC (Detry 67, Pieters 68, Johnson 69, Kim 73; Rd. 2 score: -7) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

STATS LEADERS<\/strong>

Round 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n