Smash GC finishes runner-up at HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong

Smash GC had its best showing yet of the 2026 season, finishing runner-up (-52) at HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong. Harold Varner III also had his best performance of the season by placing fourth (-18), and Graeme McDowell made the 14th hole-in-one in league history. 

G-Mac recorded the ace with a 7-iron at the 181-yard fifth in Friday’s second round. He said that’s his 15th career hole-in-one. 

“They're all kind of becoming a bit of a blur over the years,” McDowell said. “It's been about 30 years of them. They're all fun. They're all special. Nice to do it with a card in your pocket in a tournament. I think that's probably half-a-dozen maybe in tournament play.”

Here are the other team members' individual results: 

McDowell: T8 (-14)

Captain Talor Gooch: T18 (-11)

Jason Kokrak: T31 (-9)

In the season-long individual standings, Varner III is 13th with 62.70 points, McDowell is 18th (44.86 points), Gooch is 19th (42 points), and Kokrak is 30th (30.01 points).

Smash GC is fifth in the team standings with 26.50 points.

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Up Next: Aramco LIV Golf Singapore from March 12-15 at Sentosa Golf Club, the second event of a three-week tripleheader.