Three tied for individual lead, Majesticks top team leaderboard at LIV Golf Adelaide

ADELAIDE: Sam Horsfield was not sure of the last time his Majesticks GC produced a top-three finish. Told that it was LIV Golf Boston in 2022, he replied: “Yeah, my memory doesn’t go back that far.”

Since then, 33 LIV Golf tournaments have been played, but now the Majesticks are one round away from ending their record drought — and possibly sweeping both trophies.

They enter the final round of LIV Golf Adelaide with a one-shot advantage on the team leaderboard, while Horsfield has a share of the individual lead with Torque GC’s Carlos Ortiz and Fireballs GC’s Abraham Ancer. That trio is three strokes ahead of the rest of the field, while Torque captain Joaquin Niemann and Legion XIII’s Jon Rahm lurk in solo fourth and fifth, respectively.

Sunday could be the biggest day in Majesticks history, with both Horsfield and Henrik Stenson (tied for sixth) in contention. Stenson, a team co-captain along with fellow European stars Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, has the team’s only trophy of any kind, winning individual honors in his LIV Golf debut in 2022 at Bedminster.

“I call them crafty veterans,” said Horsfield, the team’s youngest player. “They’ve been around the block a few times, and they know how to get it done. I think they’re really, really excited. I can feel my phone vibrating in my back pocket, so I’m sure it’s them in a group chat.”

They will have to conquer The Grange course that has proved quite formidable this week, especially with swirling winds that created plenty of challenges. The stroke average for the field on Saturday was more than half a stroke over par (72.611) and played almost a stroke higher than the opening round.

The Majesticks were the only team in which all four players shot rounds under par