Golf’s QBE Shootout Opening Round Leaders

NAPLES, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 11: Bubba Watson of the United States and Lexi Thompson of the United States celebrate their birdie on the 14th green during the second round of the QBE Shootout at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, on December 11, 2021. Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images

The team of fellow Aussies Marc Leishman and Jason Day took the first-round lead at the QBE Shootout at Tiburon Golf Course in Naples, Fla., with a score of 56, 16-under, in the scramble format for the Friday. The event began on Dec. 10th with a total purse of 3.6 million.

Leishman/Day were one shot shy of tying the event record low making 12 birdies, and two eagles, without any bogeys. The eagles came from Leishman twice holing out without putting, on the par-5 6th, and the par-4 10th holes.