Uihlein takes another step to claiming The International Series Rankings title
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - 2024 RangeGoats GC member Peter Uihlein took another step towards securing The International Series Rankings today after finishing in a share of the halfway lead for the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers at Riyadh Golf Club.
He is in front with fellow LIV Golf stars Cam Smith from Australia and Chilean Joaquin Niemann, as well as fellow American Logan McAllister.
Uihlein won the International Series Qatar last week to take over at the top of the rankings for the first time this year and is clearly still on point, shooting a 6-under 65 today to move to 11-under. Uihlein, also a winner at the International Series England in August, uncharacteristically dropped his only two shows on two of the par 5s, normally bread-and-butter holes for the big hitter. But he chipped in for a birdie on No. 16 to catch the leaders.
“Proud of the way I handled those situations, and yeah, I feel good,” Uihlein, 35, said. "Obviously, there's so many points available and there's two more days. Anything can happen. Just going to kind of keep trying to do what I'm doing, what I've been doing and hopefully it keeps going.”
A thousand points will go to the winner this week, meaning the rankings race is wide open. The winner will earn a place on the LIV Golf League next year.
“It would be awesome [to win the rankings]," Uihlein said. "It's a goal to try to win The International Series Rankings. It would be nice to accomplish that goal. I feel like I played pretty solid most of the events out here. I had a couple hiccups but for the most part been pretty solid. It would be nice to finish it off, for sure.”
LIV Golf reserve player John Catlin, who wrapped up the Asian Tour Order of Merit title last week in Qatar, is in second place on the rankings and has given himself an outside chance of overtaking Uihlein. He shot 2-under 69 in Round 2 and rallied after looking like missing the cut at one point.
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