Canter, Majesticks take individual, team leads after first round of LIV Golf Indianapolis

WESTFIELD: Majesticks Golf Club set the pace on both the team and individual leaderboards in Round 1 of the LIV Golf Indianapolis 2026 Championships.

Their best round since 2022 puts them in prime position to take the team’s first LIV Golf victory in the 2026 season finale at The Club at Chatham Hills.

Laurie Canter played the top round of his season, an 8-under 62, to grab the individual lead by one shot. Combined with Lee Westwood’s 6-under 64, Ian Poulter’s 2-under 68 and Sam Horsfield’s 1-under 69, the Majesticks posted a team total of 17-under, giving them a two-shot cushion over the chasers.

Co-captained by English legends Poulter and Westwood, the squad is still searching for its first team victory since LIV’s inception, making Thursday’s showing a big first step in the four round stroke-play event that will crown the 2026 Team Champion.

“I didn’t get off to the best of starts,” Canter said. “I think I bogeyed 8, hit it in the right trap but it still got me going. I think I had three birdies off the back of that. Drove the ball great. I hit a lot of fairways, and kind of the way the golf course is playing with no wind and you have to take it at pretty much all the pins, I stayed aggressive for the day and made a lot of birdies.”

Canter’s 62 is his low round of the year, giving him the outright individual lead before a chasing pack closed within a shot.

Westwood continues his run of hot form after finishing a season-best tie for third in his most recent start at LIV Golf New York 2026.

Richard T. Lee and Ripper GC Captain Cam Smith each carded 7-under 63s to sit T2, one back. Smith’s round was especially clean as he was bogey free and did not miss a single fairway on the day for only the second time in his