Rahm and DeChambeau Tied at 19 Under as liv golf leaderboard Sets Up Adelaide Classic Final
Jon Rahm holed an electrifying eagle on the 18th to force a share of the lead with Bryson DeChambeau at 19 under after Round 3, setting up a high-stakes Sunday finish in Adelaide. A charging Rahm and a red-hot DeChambeau will headline the final pairing, with Anthony Kim close behind and Legion XIII in control of the team race.
Night-and-day swings produce a shootout atop the liv golf leaderboard
DeChambeau produced a near-flawless 8-under 64 in Round 3, carding eight birdies in a blistering nine-hole stretch from Nos. 6-14 to vault into contention. He carried a lead into the closing holes, but a bogey at the par-4 17th trimmed his advantage and left the door open for a dramatic finish.
Rahm’s round was the reverse of DeChambeau’s early trajectory. The Spaniard stumbled with consecutive bogeys to open, his first back-to-back dropped shots since a summer event in 2025, but answered emphatically down the stretch. Birdies on Nos. 14-16 set the stage for a jaw-dropping hole-out eagle on 18 that tied him with DeChambeau at 19 under. Rahm’s 6-under 66 carried momentum and the kind of late lunge that promises fireworks in the final pairing on Sunday (ET).
Anthony Kim kept pace with a steady 4-under 68 to sit solo third at 14 under, five shots adrift of the co-leaders. Kim will join Rahm and DeChambeau in the final group as he searches for a breakthrough top-10 in this circuit.
Chasers and team dynamics loom large ahead of Sunday
The leaderboard remains crowded behind the leaders. Three players — Cameron Smith, Peter Uihlein and Lucas Herbert — are tied for fourth at 13 under after strong third rounds. Smith’s 8-under 64 featured a short-game clinic that kept his team’s hopes alive, while Uihlein and Herbert also posted low rounds to remain within striking distance.
Not everyone who started well could sustain it: Ben Campbell, who shared the third-round final group with DeChambeau and Rahm, slipped to an even-par 72 and tumbled down the leaderboard, now seven shots off the pace in a tie for seventh. That juxtaposition of late surges and fadeouts has left the event wide open.
On the team front, Legion XIII surged to a five-stroke lead over their nearest challengers. Tyrrell Hatton’s 6-under 66, Caleb Surratt’s 8-under 64 and Tom McKibbin’s 3-under 69 combined to give Legion XIII a sizable cushion heading into the final day. Ripper GC, buoyed by Smith and Herbert’s day, remains in hunt but will need low scoring across the board to reel in the leaders.
Course setup produced a mix of scoring lines in Round 3. The overall scoring average was similar to Round 2 at roughly 2. 9 under par, with Holes 2, 5, 16 and 17 playing slightly over par. A tee move on the par-4 eighth transformed it from one of the toughest holes earlier in the weekend to one of the easier scoring opportunities in Round 3, while the par-5 10th remained the easiest hole on the card.
With two of the circuit’s biggest names level at the top, and a dangerous third-place contender waiting in the wings, Sunday’s final round promises to be one of the most compelling finishes of the season. Expect aggressive lines, risk-reward decisions and a charged atmosphere when the leaders tee off Sunday (ET).
