Overview
- Lucas Herbert shot an 8-under 64 in Thursday's first round at Trump National DC to take a two-shot lead after arriving under the weather with a recent back issue.
- Starting on the 15th in LIV’s shotgun format, he birdied 16 and 17, eagled the par-5 second, and then ran off five birdies from holes 6 to 11.
- Tyrrell Hatton, Marc Leishman, Sergio Garcia and Sebastian Munoz are tied for second at 6-under 66.
- Herbert and Leishman put Ripper GC on top of the team leaderboard at 15 under, four clear of Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII.
- A win this week could elevate Herbert into the season’s top three for a U.S. Open exemption, and he is not in next week’s PGA Championship field.