Who is leading 2024 LIV Golf Chicago after Round 1? Day 1 leaderboard explored

The first round of the 2024 LIV Golf Chicago was played this Friday, September 13th at the Bolingbrook Golf Club in Chicago. The event will determine the individual champion of the season, a title being contested by Jon Rahm and Joaquien Niemann.

Brooks Koepka leads LIV Golf Chicago at 8-under. Koepka holds a comfortable four-shot lead over Paul Casey.

2024 LIV Golf Chicago Round 1 Leaderboard

Here is the LIV Golf Chicago leaderboard after the first round.

Individual

1 Brooks Koepka -8
2 Paul Casey -4
3 Anirban Lahiri -3
T4 Henrik Stenson -2
T4 Ian Poulter -2
T4 Dustin Johnson -2
T4 Patrick Reed -2
T4 Bryson DeChambeau -2
T4 Lucas Herbert -2
T4 Joaquín Niemann -2
T11 Sergio Garcia -1
T11 Louis Oosthuizen -1
T11 Peter Uihlein -1
T11 Martin Kaymer -1
T11 Harold Varner III -1
T11 Thomas Pieters -1
T11 Abraham Ancer -1
T11 Jon Rahm -1
T19 Dean Burmester E
T19 Eugenio Chacarra E
T21 Lee Westwood +1
T21 Matt Jones +1
T21 Richard Bland +1
T21 Anthony Kim +1
T21 Branden Grace +1
T21 Carlos Ortiz +1
T21 Kalle Samooja +1
T21 Talor Gooch +1
T21 Scott Vincent +1
T21 Adrian Meronk +1
T21 Jinichiro Kozuma +1
T21 David Puig +1
T33 Graeme McDowell +2
T33 Kevin Na +2
T33 Charl Schwartzel +2
T33 Sebastián Muñoz +2
T33 Andy Ogletree +2
T38 Bubba Watson +3
T38 Jason Kokrak +3
T38 Brendan Steele +3
T38 Danny Lee +3
T38 Tyrrell Hatton +3
T38 Cameron Smith +3
T38 Mito Pereira +3
T38 Sam Horsfield +3
T46 Charles Howell III +4
T46 Pat Perez +4
T46 Marc Leishman +4
T49 Phil Mickelson +5
T49 Cameron Tringale +5
T49 Kieran Vincent +5
52 Matthew Wolff +6
53 Hudson Swafford +8
54 Caleb Surratt +10

Teams

1 Crushers GC -9
T2 4Aces GC -5
T2 Smash GC -5
4 Majesticks GC -3
5 Fireballs GC -2
6 Stinger GC E
T7 RangeGoats GC +1
T7 Torque GC +1
T7 Cleeks GC +1
10 Ripper GC +2
11 IronHead GC +4
12 Legion XIII +7
13 HyFlyers GC +10

Brooks Koepka's performance in the first round of LIV Golf Chicago included eight birdies and no bogeys. Koepka is one of the players vying for third place for the season, which he would achieve with a win in Bolingbrook.

Other contenders for third are Tyrrell Hatton, Sergio Garcia, Louis Oosthuizen, and Cameron Smith.

Season title contenders Jaquin Niemann and Jon Rahm finished the first round of LIV Golf Chicago in T4 and T11 respectively. This partial result gives the title to the Chilean, who would be more than five points ahead of the Spaniard.

The second round will be played this Saturday with tee time at 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time.

About the author

Julio is a Golf specialist for Sportskeeda and boasts immense experience across sports and professions. Having practiced law for 15 years, he then moved to Cuban and International media houses such as Juventud Tecnica Magazine and teleSUR on baseball, track & field and boxing, among other sports, before taking up his current position. He even received an Honorary Mention in the 2023 Cuban National Journalism Contest.

Julio enjoys keeping up with everything that happens in the golf world, which helps him develop interesting angles for even the most mundane stories. What separates him from other journalists is that he has an eye for stats, and is proficient in both Spanish and English. His legal background helps him accurately report non-sporting golf issues such as rules analysis, contract issues, etc.

He ensures complete accuracy in his articles by only consulting primary sources, verifying information from multiple sources, and always looking for diverse opinions.

Nelly Korda is his favorite golfer due to her pure talent, while he also likes Alison Lee for her perseverance. His non-golf interests include baseball and track & field, while he also enjoys watching TV.

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Edited by Tushar Bahl