Jon Rahm claimed his second successive LIV Golf particular person championship regardless of dropping in a playoff within the Indianapolis occasion, having earlier shot a career-best 60, and never profitable a event all 12 months.
The Spaniard pipped Joaquin Niemann, who completed the week tied fourth, for the season-long title for the second successive 12 months regardless of the Chilean participant having received 5 occasions on the Saudi-backed tour in 2025.
Rahm couldn’t declare his first event win in 12 months, nonetheless, after struggling a second playoff defeat in as many weeks, this time to Colombia’s Sebastian Munoz.
After Rahm’s final-round 11-under 60 at Chatham Hills had given him Sunday’s clubhouse lead, Munoz – who on Friday had develop into the primary participant to attain 59 with a double bogey – birdied the ultimate two holes for a 65 to tie Rahm’s 22-under event rating.
Munoz then received the playoff on the primary further gap, the par-four 18th, due to a six-foot birdie putt.
And Rahm admitted: “It is an excellent second, however it simply does not really feel nice to complete the 12 months dropping two playoffs.
“I’m sure over time I’ll get over that, and I’ll really appreciate what I’ve done this year. To be able to win the season without actually winning a tournament, I know I’ll be proud of that.”
Niemann completed 5 photographs again after a final-round 66.
“It’s kind of hard to swallow,” he mentioned about dropping out on the season-long title by lower than three factors within the LIV standings.
“But at the end of the day, I think it is what it is. I feel like it’s going to put something inside me to kind of work harder and try to be in this situation again next year and make it different.”
Munoz and Niemann led Torque GC to the staff occasion championship with a file 64-under whole.
“I got a little lucky that he didn’t hit as close to me, and I finished it quick,” Munoz mentioned. “First time I’ve ever beaten him, so really proud of that and happy that I got to go home with the trophy.”
The LIV Golf League season concludes with the Group Championship in Michigan from Friday.
Stenson relegated as Poulter surges to security
Former Open champion Henrik Stenson, in the meantime, was relegated after falling into the drop zone of LIV Golf’s standings.
Stenson, who forfeited the Ryder Cup captaincy in 2023 after becoming a member of the Saudi-backed breakaway competitors, completed tied twenty second.
However a late birdie surge by Ian Poulter ensured the English participant’s survival at Stenson’s expense, and the Swede will now need to undergo qualifying to earn his place on subsequent 12 months’s tour.
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