Patrick Reed makes hole in one at famed Watering Hole at LIV Golf Adelaide

ADELAIDE, South Australia — Patrick Reed set off an early celebration in Friday's opening round at LIV Golf Adelaide. Majesticks GC's Sam Horsfield and a couple of Torque GC teammates then followed with the lowest scores on a challenging day at The Grange Golf Club.

Horsfield moved atop the individual leaderboard with a 6-under 66, while Torque took the team lead at 8 under thanks to a pair of 67s by captain Joaquin Niemann and Carlos Ortiz.

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Meanwhile, defending champion Ripper GC received massive support from their Australian fans but struggled to generate many fireworks and now must play catch-up this weekend. They'll start Saturday's second round 11 shots behind Torque.

It was Reed who produced the day's biggest shot, making a hole-in-one at the Watering Hole less than 20 minutes after the shotgun start. His 8-iron at the 151-yard par 3 set off a scene reminiscent of two years ago when Chase Koepka delivered LIV Golf's first ace at the famous party hole. Reed's ace is the ninth in league history.

"It's awesome to give the fans what they want," said Reed, making his fifth competitive ace (and sixth overall) of his career. "That's why we want to be out here: Golf, but louder."

Reed's hole-in-one was one of the few highlights of his 1-over 73. The rest of the day belonged to a variety of other competitors, among them multiple major winners Dustin Johnson (68), Bryson DeChambeau (68) and Brooks Koepka (69), each inside the top 10 of the leaderboard.

But it was Horsfield who emerged with the solo lead, thanks to shooting the only bogey-free round of the day. In fact, Horsfield has made just one bogey in his last 60 holes going back to