Abraham Ancer shot a bogey-free 7-under 64 on Friday to take the first-round lead in LIV Golf Nashville, with Bryson DeChambeau three strokes back during his personal celebration tour that started with his second U.S. Open victory.
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Ancer is looking for his second victory in six events after winning in Hong Kong in a playoff in March. Tyrrell Hatton was a stroke back at The Grove, the course designed by LIV Golf Commissioner Greg Norman that opened in 2012.
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Ancer won the 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis for his lone PGA Tour title. The 33-year-old former Oklahoma player was born and raised in Texas and has dual American and Mexican citizenship.
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John Catlin was at 66. DeChambeau shot a 67, matching Eugenio Chacarra, Sebastian Munoz and Sam Horsfield.
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Ancer opened with a birdie on his first hole on the par-4 18th. He parred the next four before stringing together six birdies over the next 11 holes, including four of five to take the lead to himself.