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.
Johnson and Brendan Steele each shot a 63.
Matt Wolff led the six players with LIV who went to college in Oklahoma. Wolff, who starred at Oklahoma State, shot a 66. Talor Gooch, another former Oklahoma State player coming off two straight LIV Golf titles in Australia and Singapore, shot a 68….