TEAM SCORES

LIV Golf’s new scoring format made its debut Thursday, with all four scores now counting in every round in the team competition. (Click here for more on the new format). Here are the results and scores for each team after Thursday’s Rd. 1 at Riyadh Golf Club.

1. LEGION XIII -24 (McKibbin 65, Hatton 66, Surratt 66, Rahm 67)

2. MAJESTICKS GC -17 (Westwood 65, Horsfield 68, Stenson 68, Poulter 70)

T3. CRUSHERS GC -15 (Howell III 66, Casey 69, DeChambeau 69, Lahiri 69)

T3. TORQUE GC -15 (Muñoz 64, Niemann 67, Pereira 70, Ortiz 72)

5. RANGEGOATS -14 (Campbell 68, Wolff 68, Uihlein 69, Watson 69)

T6. 4ACES GC -13 (Johnson 67, Pieters 69, Reed 69, Varner III 70)

T6. CLEEKS GC -13 (Meronk 62, Bland 70, Kaymer 70, Kjettrup 73)

T8. RIPPER GC -12 (Leishman 67, Smith 67, Herbert 68, Jones 74)

T8. FIREBALLS GC -12 (Puig 67, Garcia 68, Ancer 69, Masaveu 72)

10. IRON HEADS GC -11 (Lee 68, Ormsby 68, Na 70, Jang 71)

11. STINGER GC -5 (Burmester 66, Oosthuizen 71, Grace 73, Schwartzel 73)

12. HYFLYERS GC -3 (Steele 68, Schniederjans 71, Tringale 71, Ogletree 75)

13. SMASH GC Even (McDowell 70, Gooch 72, Kokrak 72, Koepka 74)

Wild Cards: Lee 70, Kim 71

ROUND 1 NOTES

MCKIBBIN SHINES IN DEBUT: Tom McKibbin’s bogey-free 7-under 65 was no surprise to his Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm, who spent the previous two days getting acquainted with the new teammate during practice rounds. “It was very clear early on his level of golf and his talent,” Rahm said.

The only thing that did surprise Rahm was other LIV Golf teams not pursuing the 22-year-old rising star from Northern Ireland during the offseason. McKibbin already has a DP World Tour win on his resume.

“We got very lucky we were able to sign such a fantastic player at such a young age,” Rahm said. “We were the only team really going after him.”