LIV Golf has reached continental Europe for the very first time for its tournament LIV Golf Andalucia. The event is being hosted in Valderrama, Spain. The prize pool for the competition is a whopping $20 million for the player event with $4 million going to the winner. A $5 million prize pool is set aside for team participation.

This is a home event for Sergio Garcia. He will undoubtedly be the crowd’s favorite player, along with his Fireballs GC team. However, one other team is also getting some attention for their incredible game: Ripper GC. And now their captain, Cameron Smith gives insight into their preparations. Let’s see what they are.

Effective strategy for Ripper GC

Team Ripper GC is the only LIV team with an all-Australian side. The team consists of Matt Jones, Marc Leishman, Jediah Morgan and their captain Cameron Smith. They are having an incredible time on the field right now. After Round 1, they are now in second place. Smith recently discussed the pre-event procedure the team used. LIV Golf shared a snippet of his interview on its Twitter account.

In it, Smith stated that he is not a motivational speaker but he let his team take a month off. He is sure that they all worked out their games. This will help them achieve more substantial growth in the second half of the year. “We didn’t really get off to the greatest start of the season. Hopefully, a big second half of the year for Team Ripper,” said Smith.

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With so many exciting updates coming from the field, let’s take a look at the leaderboard after Round 1.

Valderrama leaderboard after Round 1

The course is exceeding players’ expectations in terms of challenges. Sergio Garcia previously said as much. In the first round, there were double bogeys and triple bogeys but no eagles. On the individual leaderboard following the first day of competition, Dustin Johnson is tied for the first spot with Jason Kokrak. Anirban Lahiri is at third, while Smith is presently ranked tied fourth. He recorded four bogeys and six birdies.

Bryson DeChambeau‘s team, the Crushers GC, is in first place on the team rankings. All compliments to Anirban Lahiri, Paul Casey and Charles Howel III.

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