LIV Golf LIVE: Leaderboard and Day 1 scores as Carlos Ortiz leads the way after the opening round in Portland

Phil Mickelson gets the crowd cheering as he rolls in his first birdie of the day to cancel out a previous bogey. He’s back to level par.

Following Phil down the 10th, Brooks Koepka comes up well short out of the fairway bunker on 10 but guides his third shot right to the back of the green and leaves himself a gettable nine to 10 footer for par.

Louis Oostuizen completes his first nine holes with a birdie on 11. Three birdies and a bogey so far for the Stingers captain sees him move within one shot of the lead.

He’s also dragged the Stingers into second in the team comp.

Bryson DeChambeau makes birdie!

It’s been a quietly consistent round for the big name America who is playing in his first LIV Golf event this week. Starting on 18 DeChambeau made seven consecutive pars before finally rolling in a putt for three on the par-4 seventh.

Branden Grace makes very good par on the 18th and gets up and down from about 80 yards out for a four to reamin without one shot of the lead.

Hudson Swafford’s up and down round goes on as he follows a birdie on 15 with a bogey on 16.

Almost halfway through the round now and a few of the big names are struggling. Greame McDowell is languishing at (+4) with Ian Poulter and Charl Schwartzel (+3) just ahead of him. Sergio Garcia (+1) and Lee Westwood (+2) are also in the black.

Hideto Tanihara moves into the lead after taking advantage of the par-5 17th to record his third birdie of the day. It’s been a consistent round for the Torque GC captain who is three under thru eight with no drop shots.

His teammate Jinichiro Kozuma is just one shot back and together their scores have given Torque a two shot lead in the team competition.

Torque GC’s Jinichiro Kozuma takes a share of the lead with a three on 13. The Japanese player is having an interesting day so far. Four birdies, two bogeys and two pars thru eight holes.

After a tricky start to his round Branden Grace now looks like he’s picked up where he left off in London. Two bogeys in his opening three holes put him in the black but he’s emulated Brooks Koepka and birdies his last three holes (15, 16, 17) to move to two-under for the day.

Padraig Harrington has revealed how DP World Tour players are pushing for “very strong sanctions” to be handed out to LIV Golf players.

The Irishman, captain for Europe last year in the 19-9 defeat to the Unites States, has also confirmed he will be consulted in discussions over new qualification rules for the Ryder Cup.

And there is pressure from current DP World Tour players to penalise those who have already jumped to the rebel tour in a bid to be rewarded with some resisting snubbing offers as large as £25m to sign up to Greg Norman’s new tour.

That could mean Ryder Cup stalwarts Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer and Graeme McDowell, all fined £100,000 and banned from the upcoming Scottish Open, could have played their last Ryder Cup match.

Peter Uihlein saves par with a 10-foot putt on the third to remain one-under for the round.

I bet Brooks is feeling happier about his choice to join LIV Golf now. Three birdies in a row on five, six and seven sees the American and captain of Smash GC take a share of the lead.

He’s certainly found his range now.

Hudson Swafford gets a highlight real for this beautiful approach at 12. He followed up that birdie with a five on the par-4 13th though and gave the shot straight back.

Dropped shot!

Carlos Ortiz drops back into the pack with a bogey four on the 14th. That dropped shot has also closed the gap in the team competition with the Fireballs GC now only one shot in front.

The Hy Flyers, Torque, Crushers and 4 Aces are all hunting them down.