Dustin Johnson shot a 67 Friday at Bolingbrook Golf Club and is tied for the lead after the first round. Photo courtesy of Joy Sarver

For the moment, at least, there’s some suspense on who will emerge as the individual champion on the LIV Golf Tour.

With five wins in the first 11 tournaments Chile’s Joaquin Niemann would seem a shoo-in for the season-long honor with just this week’s LIV/Chicago event at Bolingbrook Golf Club and next week’s event in Indianapolis remaining.

Niemann had a big lead on second-place Jon Rahm, the defending champion, entering the Bolingbrook stop, but Niemann showed his vulnerability in a big way in Friday’s first round.

Playing with Rahm, Niemann made a triple-bogey 7 on the eighth hole and stumbled in with a 3-over-par 74. So Niemann goes into Saturday’s

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