Branden Grace Opens With 61 for a 2-shot Lead at LIV Golf Tulsa

Branden Grace of Stinger GC putts on the 16th green during Day One of the LIV Golf Invitational - Tucson at in Tucson, Ariz., on March 17, 2023. Christian Petersen/Getty Images

BROKEN ARROW, Okla.—Branden Grace couldn’t miss with his irons or his putter Friday on his way to a 9–under 61 to build a two-shot lead after one round of LIV Golf Tulsa.

Grace finished with three straight birdies at Cedar Ridge, a course in the Tulsa suburbs that last hosted the LPGA Tour in 2008. He needed them to hold off Dustin Johnson, who showed signs of shaking off some rust by finishing with five straight birdies.