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"Kill or be killed" - Harold Varner III opens up on the difficulty level on LIV Golf, compares it with PGA Tour

H arold Varner III joined LIV Golf more than a year back in 2022 having enjoyed decent success on the PGA and Asian Tours. He was once ranked 35th in the Official World Golf Rankings.

After joining LIV Golf, Varner has enjoyed some excellent results. Last year, he finished seventh playing for the RangeGoats GC. He also emerged victorious in the 2023 LIV Golf Washington DC.

This year, he is playing for 4Aces GC and is in the 38th position.

Harold Varner III has thus experienced both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. In a recent interview with Jerry Foltz and Su-Ann Heng on the Fairway to Heaven podcast, he opened up about the difficulty level in LIV Golf in comparison to the PGA Tour. Varner said:

"I think the level of play for me on the PGA Tour, I felt as if you get in the mix, out here (on LIV Golf), if you don't come out here and you don't shoot the grass off for the first day, you're not winning. So for me, I developed, like, 'Kill or be killed.'"

He added that in LIV Golf, players have to secure birdies and don't have the luxury of waiting for 50 more holes to improve. Varner noted that there wasn't much time to strategize and plan each move on the course:

"You just don't have enough golf to be like I plot my way around here. So that's bogey, like let's get on it."

Harold Varner III feels the PGA Tour was comparatively easier than the LIV Golf

Harold Varner III also talked about the conduct of play on the PGA Tour and how a gradual momentum is built over successive tournaments. Varner said:

"And when you're on Tour, you're like, 'Hey I'm playing four tournaments in a row, I'm going to cruise into it, I haven't been playing much that first tournament,' you're like 'Alright cool, I made the cut that's a positive.

"(In) the next one, you're like 'Alright, I'm warmed up, I saw my coaches, I did this. Next thing, you're in the third week, you're like 'This is it.' Alright cool bud, you're going to play two weeks, you're about to get four weeks off now's the time."

Harold Varner III is currently competing at LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club from April 26 to 28.

At the beginning of the podcast, the hosts picked their favourites for Adelaide. Jerry Foltz picked Richard Bland while Su-Ann Heng went with Martin Keymar. Bland was positioned at T16 and Keymar was at T35 at the end of the first round.

Varner was positioned at T40 with even par. He shares the position with Dustin Johnson , David Puig, Ian Poulter, Adrian Meronk , and Kieran Vincent.

At the top of the leaderboard is Jinichiro Kozuma of Iron Heads GC with a score of 9 under par.

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Here's What Each Player Will Earn This Week From Massive Purse at RBC Heritage

This year's RBC Heritage is a designated event with a boosted purse and massive payouts. Here's the full breakdown of prize money for every player in the field.

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The PGA Tour has returned to Hilton Head for an annual stop that first appeared on the calendar in 1969. This year's event has been given signature status, which means a $20 million purse and $3.6 million to the winner.

Scottie Scheffler headlined the field, fresh off a $3.6 million payday at the Masters , his third win of the year and third in his last four starts. He's already earned more than $15 million in 2024, and entered Hilton Head as the resounding No. 1 player in the world and betting favorite.

Keep the accolades and cash coming to the Texan. Weather pushed the finish to Monday morning in South Carolina but didn't change what had been all but decided Sunday. Scheffler won for the fourth time this season and became the first player to win the week after claiming a green jacket since Bernhard Langer in 1985.

Here are the final payouts for the 2024 RBC Heritage:

2024 RBC Heritage Final Payouts

WIN: Scottie Scheffler, 19 under: $3,600,000

2. Sahith Theegala, 16 under: $2,160,000

T3. Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay; 15 under: $1,160,000

T5. Justin Thomas, Patrick Rodgers, J.T. Poston, Sepp Straka; 14 under: $702,750

9. Collin Morikawa, 13 under: $581,000

T10. Chris Kirk, Ludvig Aberg; 12 under: $521,000

T12. Tony Finau, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Sungjae Im, Seamus Power; 11 under: $393,000

17. Austin Eckroat, 10 under: $321,000

T18. Rickie Fowler, Andrew Putnam, Akshay Bhatia, Jason Day, Si Woo Kim, Brice Garnett, Xander Schauffele, Tom Kim, Stephan Jaeger, Tom Hoge; 9 under: $220,100

T28. Harris English, Denny McCarthy, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Matt Fitzpatrick, Thomas Detry; 8 under: $136,500

T33. Kurt Kitayama, Alejandro Tosti, Lucas Glover, Eric Cole, Erik van Rooyen, Rory McIlroy; 7 under: $106,166.66

T39. Grayson Murray, Jordan Spieth, Mackenzie Hughes; 6 under: $86,500

T42. Webb Simpson, Adam Hadwin; 5 under: $76,500

T44. Justin Rose, Corey Conners, Sam Burns, Adam Svensson, Will Zalatoris; 4 under: $62,660

T49. Cameron Davis, Tommy Fleetwood, Matthieu Pavon, Adam Schenk, Nick Taylor, Peter Malnati; 3 under: $49,450

T55. Keegan Bradley, Max Homa, Chandler Phillips; 2 under: $46,200

T58. Lee Hodges, Erik Barnes, Brendon Todd, Taylor Moore; 1 under: $44,800

T62. Jake Knapp, Cameron Young; Even: $43,600

T64. Gary Woodland, Shane Lowry, Emiliano Grillo; 1 over: $42,600

67. Byeong Hun An, 2 over: $41,800

68. Kevin Kisner, 5 over: $41,400

69. Nick Dunlap, 6 over: $40,000

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Young Tour Stars Lead the Chevron Championship After 36 Holes

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LPGA Tour rookie Jin Hee Im and 21-year-old Thai star Atthaya Thitikul share the 36-hole lead (-8) at The Chevron Championship after both shot 69-67 through the first two days at The Club at Carlton Woods. Heading into the second round, the two were T5 and three strokes out of Lauren Coughlin’s first-round lead before a bogey-free day from Im and a six-birdie, one-bogey round for Thitikul put the young players on top of the leaderboard heading into Moving Day.

Im is making her first-ever start in a major championship this week in The Woodlands and is now holding her first-ever lead or co-lead on the LPGA Tour. The 25-year-old earned Tour status for the 2024 season after finishing T17 at LPGA Q-Series in December. But even though she is a rookie, the Korean player has plenty of experience winning professional golf tournaments. Im is a six-time winner on the KLPGA Tour, earning four of those wins just last season.

“Everything was good last year (on the KLPGA), and I know the courses pretty well.  I played there five years,” said Im on her success in 2023. When asked why she chose to enter Q-Series to test her skill on the LPGA Tour, she said, “In KLPGA they retire a little bit earlier than --the players, they retire a little bit earlier than the LPGA, so I tried to play more in here. I want the challenge (of) more big tour. That's why I tried LPGA.”

So far this season, Im has played in just three events on Tour with a season-best finish of T27 at the FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship. While that may seem like too few starts, Thitikul has even less in 2024. The 2022 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year is making her first appearance of the season here at The Chevron Championship, having recently recovered from a thumb injury that began a few weeks after the 2023 CME Group Tour Championship and was resolved just three weeks ago, according to Thitikul. Leaning on good memories from her T4 finish in last year’s playing of the major, Thitikul made up for lost time and made sure to appreciate the opportunity to compete on Tour.

“I think the rest now like is just a bonus for me. I mean, coming here this week I think making the cut is -- it's good enough because, you know, I wasn't be out here for so long,” she said. “Starting my season with major week is -- it's not that easy, so I think from now on it's just a bonus for me.  Just go out there, staying positive, and then also being out there smiling and then just do my best.”

Im was one of five players to go bogey-free on Friday, making birdie on three of the four par-5s (Nos. 4, 8 and 13) and carding two more on 6 and 17. Thitikul went out in 33 thanks to birdies on 5, 7 and 8, and then went birdie-bogey-birdie on 13, 14 and 15. She finished with a birdie on the par-5 18th to take the second 36-hole lead or co-lead of her Tour career. The last time she led after 36 holes, she won the 2022 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.

Four-time 2024 Tour winner Nelly Korda sits one stroke back of Thitikul and Im at -7. She shot a second-round 69 on Friday and is one of just three players to post two rounds in 60s this week, along with the leaders. Korda is coming off her third-straight LPGA Tour victory and fourth in consecutive starts on Tour. With a win this week, she will tie Annika Sorenstam’s and Nancy Lopez’s record for most wins in consecutive starts on the LPGA Tour.  Although she is looking to add her name into the history books, Korda recognized there’s still a lot of golf left to play.

“I'm just at the halfway point right now. The amount of golf that I've played, I still have that to go,” said Korda when asked how she is handling the pressure of her historic run. “There is still a lot of golf left and anything can happen. Just going to stick to my process and ‘vibe with it,’ is what my coach says.”

Last season’s Rolex Rookie of the Year, Hae Ran Ryu, sits in solo fourth at -6. First-round leader Lauren Coughlin couldn’t find her opening-round rhythm but remains in the top-5 after a shooting a 1-over 73 on Friday. She shares the T5 spot with four other players including Sweden’s Maja Stark, Japan’s Minami Katsu, Korea’s Shinsil Bang, and Weiwei Zhang of the Republic of China. Sponsor exemption and the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Open champion Lottie Woad sits in a tie for 10th with seven other players at -4.

Seventy-three players made the cut at +2 following Friday’s round. Notables to miss the cut are past champions Patty Tavatanakit (2021), Jin Young Ko (2019), Pernilla Lindberg (2018), Lexi Thompson (2014), Stacy Lewis (2011), Yani Tseng (2010) and So Yeon Ryu (2017), who announced her retirement from the LPGA Tour following The Chevron Championship.

“I wanted to make sure this week is like celebrate week, not sad week. It's been very touching. Like a lot of people just came up to me and then congrats me and then give all the warm word to me. I just feel very blessed. You cannot really have this feeling often. Maybe this is my first and last. So I really tried my best to enjoy like all the thing. Even out there I tried to enjoyed having a thrill tee shot, tough chip shot, the nervousness when I had a birdie putt kind of stuff,” said Ryu. “I think I'm very satisfied with my week.”

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Billy Horschel wins PGA Tour event amid historic finish, but there’s a catch

Billy Horschel won the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic, his first PGA Tour win since 2022.

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Eleven months ago, after the first round of the Memorial Tournament, Billy Horschel stood in front of the media and fought back tears as he talked about his lack of confidence.

He had just fired a 12-over 84, which served as a metaphor for his struggles throughout the 2023 season. Horschel missed 10 cuts a year ago, which led to him missing out on the FedEx Cup Playoffs .

As such, Horschel did not meet the qualification requirements to play in this week’s RBC Heritage —the fifth Signature Event of the 2024 season . But he still wanted to play, knowing that his game was trending in the right direction.

So, he teed it up at the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic, an opposite full-field event.

The decision paid off.

Horschel began the final round three strokes behind Wesley Bryan, but he stormed past him and all the others to win by two. The former Florida Gator signed for a 9-under 63, which tied the course record, to win for the first time on the PGA Tour since the 2022 Memorial.

“This game of golf is so fickle. I think you can put a lot into it and get everything you want out of it,” Horschel said after his win on Sunday.

“But I knew in my 14 years, 13 years previously on the PGA Tour, that I had the ability, I had the talent. I just needed to continue to work hard, do the right things, and continue to believe that good stuff was going to come to the forefront at some point in time.”

Even though his victory did not come against the likes of Scottie Scheffler , Wyndham Clark , Rory McIlroy, or any other elite PGA Tour players, Horschel still holds this win—and other opposite field events—in high regard.

“The PGA Tour has a lot of tournaments, and it’s tough for every tournament to get its due. Opposite-field events have been crucial for many players coming up the ranks,” Horschel explained.

“Look at Tony Finau, Viktor Hovland winning in Puerto Rico, Matt Wallace won this. So listen, it’s another opportunity to play, it’s another opportunity to become a better player, to get that win on the PGA Tour. These events are crucial to the PGA Tour in the sense of the growth of the development of the players on the PGA Tour.”

8-under thru 12 @BillyHo_Golf leads by two after an eagle @CoralesChamp . pic.twitter.com/qkAjIiaKmI — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 21, 2024

Horschel’s victory in the Dominican Republic vaults him from 76th to 45th in the FedEx Cup rankings. The top 70 players earn entry into the FedEx Cup Playoffs, so yes, this win carries significant weight.

But Horschel would not have been able to finish the job without his strong psyche and ability to handle pressure down the stretch.

“I don’t like talking about myself but growing up, I always wanted the ball when I was a pitcher; I always wanted to be the guy at battle trying to drive in the winning run; I always wanted to have it on me,” Horschel explained.

“I think growing up and having that mentality, I have grown into Ioving being in the lead. I love having that spotlight on me; I love having everything on me, knowing that if I mess up, it’s my fault, and I am the one who can control my destiny. I’ve always been really good up near the lead, and today, I showed that a little bit.”

Horschel made five birdies on the front nine to soar toward the top of the leaderboard at the midway point of his round. True to himself, he did not fold down the stretch, but rather, he thrived. His eagle at the par-5 12th gave him a two-shot lead with six holes to play, and he never relinquished it.

Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.

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2022 Saudi International final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won

The 2022 Saudi International final leaderboard is headed by winner Harold Varner III , who earned the Asian Tour win at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia.

In the final round, Varner III entered the last two holes trailing Bubba Watson, who closed with a Sunday 64, by two shots. Varner III birdied the 17th hole, and then, on the par-5 18th hole, holed a 90-footer from off the green for the walk-off, tournament-winning eagle on 13-under 267.

Behind Watson, who finished in solo second, was Adri Arnaus, who shot 10-under total to finish in solo third.

Varner III won the $1,000,000 winner's share of the $5,000,000 purse.

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Varner III earned 50 Official World Golf Ranking points with the win. The field for the tournament was strong, meaning Varner III is on the verge of the world top 50.

There was a cut this week, with 75 players finishing the event in the first event of the season.

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2024 Zurich Classic odds, picks, predictions: Golf expert fading Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry at TPC Louisiana

Sia nejad reveals his zurich classic 2024 picks, props, and sleepers for this week's pga tour event at tpc louisiana.

Nick Hardy and Davis Riley look to successfully defend their crown when they compete in the 2024 Zurich Classic, which begins Thursday at TPC Louisiana. After teaming up with different partners in 2022, Hardy and Riley got together for the event last year and took home the title as they set a tournament record with a 30-under par performance to finish two strokes ahead of the Canadian duo of Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin. It was the second straight top-five finish in the event for Riley, who tied for fourth with Will Zalatoris as his teammate two years ago.

Hardy and Riley are 80-1 longshots to repeat, while 2022 champions Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele are 5-1 favorites in the latest 2024 Zurich Classic odds. Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are listed at 8-1, Zalatoris and Sahith Theegala are 11-1 and Collin Morikawa and Kurt Kitayama are 16-1. Tom Hoge and Maverick McNealy, along with siblings Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick, round out the top choices at 25-1. Before locking in any 2024 Zurich Classic picks, make sure you see the PGA Tour predictions and best bets from golf betting and fantasy expert Sia Nejad .

Nejad specializes in betting and DFS in golf, among other sports. He's had incredible success in the outright and first-round leader markets, as well as in betting head-to-head matchups. He also has been solid with his head-to-head matchups since last year's Charles Schwab Challenge, going 40-27-3 and returning 9.14 units over that span. That's a $914 profit for $100 bettors since May 2023.

Nejad also nailed 75-1 longshot Wyndham Clark as the outright winner at the Wells Fargo Championship. In 2023, SportsLine debuted The Early Wedge, and in the first three months of the show, he hit two first-round leaders and three outright winners.

Now, Nejad has focused his attention on the 2024 Zurich Classic field and has locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. See who they are at SportsLine .

Top 2024 Zurich Classic expert picks

One surprise: Nejad is fading the team of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, even though they are among the favorites at +800. After recording 13 top-10 finishes, which included two victories and a pair of runner-ups in 18 events last season, McIlroy has posted just one over eight tournaments thus far in 2024. That came earlier this month when the 34-year-old was third at the Valero Texas Open. Since then, McIlroy has reverted back to the dismal form with which he began the year, as he tied for 22nd at the Masters and 33rd at the RBC Heritage last weekend. The No. 2 ranked player in the world was no better than 21st in his first four events before finishing 19th at the Players Championship.

Considering his compatriot's struggles, Lowry could feel more pressure than usual will be thrust upon him. However, the 37-year-old hasn't had much more success this season either, with just two top-10 finishes in eight events. Lowry, who hasn't posted a victory on the PGA Tour since winning the Open Championship in 2019, tied for fourth in the Cognizant Classic in early March and followed with a third-place performance in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Since then, he has tied for 19th, 43rd and 64th in three outings.

However, Nejad is high on the chances of Will Zalatoris and Sahith Theegala, who are listed at 11-1. Theegala set a career high last season with eight top-10 finishes, the last being his first PGA Tour win at the Fortinet Championship. The 26-year-old has begun this year in strong fashion, recording five top-10s in his first 11 events to match Ludvig Aberg for third-most in 2024. Theegala was runner-up at the Sentry in his season debut and is coming off another runner-up performance at the RBC Heritage last weekend.

Zalatoris did not fare as well in Hilton Head, tying for 44th place, but he has finished in the top 10 in three of his nine outings this season. The 27-year-old's best result of the year came at the Genesis Invitational in February, when he and Luke List were runners-up after finishing three strokes behind Hideki Matsuyama. Zalatoris is eager for a chance at another top-five finish in this tournament after missing last year's edition as he recovered from back surgery.  See which other teams to back at SportsLine .

How to make 2024 Zurich Classic picks

Nejad has locked in his best bets for the 2024 Zurich Classic and is backing several longshot teams, including one that is priced at more than +3000. This team has a member who "may be coming into form" and is a longshot that could surprise.  You can see Nejad's PGA Tour picks only at SportsLine .

So which teams should you target or avoid for the 2024 Zurich Classic, and which team in the   Zurich Classic 2024 field could bring a huge payday at more than +3000? Check out the odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad's top picks for the 2024 Zurich Classic , all from the expert who is 39-27-2 on his last 68 head-to-head picks.

2024 Zurich Classic odds, field

See Nejad's picks, best bets and predictions here .

Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele +500 Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry +800 Will Zalatoris/Sahith Theegala +1100 Collin Morikawa/Kurt Kitayama +1600 Tom Hoge/Maverick McNealy +2500 Matt Fitzpatrick/Alex Fitzpatrick +2500 Taylor Pendrith/Corey Conners +3500 Rasmus Hojgaard/Nicolai Hojgaard +3500 Taylor Montgomery/Ben Griffin +4000 Sepp Straka/Brice Garnett +4000 Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin +4000 Keith Mitchell/Joel Dahmen +4000 Thomas Detry/Robert MacIntyre +4500 Doug Ghim/Chan Kim +4500 Davis Thompson/Andrew Novak +4500 Daniel Berger/Victor Perez +4500 Kevin Yu/C.T. Pan +5000 Billy Horschel/Tyson Alexander +5000 Beau Hossler/Sam Ryder +5000 Andrew Putnam/Joe Highsmith +5000 Aaron Rai/David Lipsky +5000 Thorbjorn Olesen/Matt Wallace +6500 Taylor Moore/Matt NeSmith +6500 K.H. Lee/Michael Kim +6500 Greyson Sigg/Chesson Hadley +6500 Gary Woodland/Lee Hodges +6500 Garrick Higgo/Ryan Fox +6500 Austin Eckroat/Chris Gotterup +6500 Steve Stricker/Matt Kuchar +8000 Nate Lashley/Rafael Campos +8000 Luke List/Henrik Norlander +8000 Kevin Streelman/Martin Laird +8000 Dylan Wu/Justin Lower +8000 Davis Riley/Nick Hardy +8000 Chandler Phillips/Jacob Bridgeman +8000 Carson Young/Ben Martin +8000 Ben Silverman/Kevin Dougherty +8000 Zach Johnson/Ryan Palmer +10000 Vincent Norrman/Jorge Campillo +10000 Nico Echavarria/Max Greyserman +10000 Alex Smalley/Matti Schmid +10000 Thriston Lawrence/Aldrich Potgieter +13000 Ryan Brehm/Mark Hubbard +13000 Justin Suh/Rico Hoey +13000 Jhonattan Vegas/Bronson Burgoon +13000 J.J. Spaun/Hayden Buckley +13000 Erik Barnes/Harrison Endycott +13000 Chad Ramey/Martin Trainer +13000 Carl Yuan/Zecheng Dou +13000 Sam Stevens/Paul Barjon +15000 Peter Malnati/Russell Knox +15000

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For many of the DP World Tour members playing in the ISPS HANDA – CHAMPIONSHIP, the significance of the possible reward of qualification into next month’s U.S. PGA Championship is impossible to ignore.

The ongoing Asian Swing – the third of five Global Swings on the 2024 Race to Dubai schedule – presents an exciting opportunity: Exemption into the second men’s Major Championship of the year.

At the conclusion of next week’s Volvo China Open, the players who finish in the top three positions in the final Asian Swing standings will earn a spot to compete at Valhalla Golf Club from May 16-19.

Heading into this week’s event in Japan, Sebastian Söderberg sits just outside those spots but is well placed to break into the top three after moving into a share of the clubhouse lead at ten under through his opening two rounds at Taiheiyo Club’s Gotemba Course.

The Swede has made two appearances at a Major, both of which have come at the US Open in 2016 and 2022.

Asked whether the reward of a Major exemption was in his mind after a six-under-par 64 in the second round, he replied: “Absolutely, but I know you have basically got to win.

“We have got three spots [and] four events, so the winners have got the front seats. You probably need a win.”

Both Keita Nakajima, who leads the Asian Swing standings after his maiden DP World Tour title in India last month, and third-placed Kiradech Aphibarnrat are projected to make the cut in Japan.

But with Porsche Singapore Classic winner Jesper Svensson, who came into the week lying second, set to miss out on the final 36 holes, there is opportunity for those to make up ground before China.

One such player is Yannik Paul, who played alongside fellow DP World Tour winner Söderberg over the opening two rounds and holds a share of the lead after a second consecutive round of 65 in Japan.

The German played in last year’s U.S. PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club and is eager to feature again, with his current world ranking of 127 not set to earn him direct qualification.

“I know that I need a good performance to get into the [U.S.] PGA Championship based on world ranking,” said Paul, who sits 21st on the Asian Swing standings.

“I played last year, and I want to play on the big stage at the majors. I would lie if I said I wouldn’t be disappointed if I can’t play the PGA.

“I am trying to just take it day by day and see where I end up.

“I don’t really look at the leaderboard. I just try to stick to the process. Sometimes I get too distracted about the outcome.

“That is basically my main goal; just focus on the process, not the result or the leaderboard and see where I end up on Sunday.”

Another player riding high on the leaderboard in Japan and on the Asian Swing standings is in-form Englishman Sam Bairstow.

After finishing third in Singapore and then a tie for 13th in India, the European Challenge Tour graduate is now in a share of the lead at the penultimate event on the Asian Swing.

“I’m just keeping it simple, sometimes you can just overthink it,” said Bairstow when asked what he attributed his good form to.

Having come into the week ranked sixth on the Asian Swing, he is doing himself every favour in his bid for his first Major appearance overseas.

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