The first slow-play penalty in LIV Golf was handed out Saturday in Spain.
Richard Bland was assessed a one-stroke penalty during the second round of LIV Golf Andalucia at Valderrama after he took 84 seconds to play his tee shot on the par-3 15th hole. Seven holes earlier, Bland and his playing competitors, Sergio Garcia and Dean Burmester, were given a warning that they were out of position. A rules official began timing the group on No. 13.
Bland’s bogey on No. 15 was changed to a double bogey after the penalty. Garcia and Burmester avoided penalty.