BOLINGBROOK, Ailing. — Jon Rahm ended his first yr within the LIV Golf League by closing with a 4-under 66 to win the ultimate particular person occasion Sunday and the season factors title with its $18 million bonus.
Rahm missed a pair of brief birdie putts on the again 9 that saved Joaquín Niemann and Sergio Garcia within the combine. However then he holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the seventeenth gap that gave him a three-shot lead going to the final at Bolingbrook Golf Course.
Rahm gained for the second time within the Saudi-funded league, including to his title in England final month. In between these wins, he misplaced in a playoff to Brooks Koepka.
Niemann, a two-time winner at the beginning of the season, was the one participant who might have challenged Rahm for the season title. He opened with two early birdies however by no means might get forward, closing inside two pictures after a birdie on the fifteenth and an enormous par save on the sixteenth.
Niemann shot 66, whereas Garcia shot 68. They tied for second.
“I needed to do a great present and get it over the road. I am actually blissful,” stated Rahm, who stated he was nervous on the observe vary. “To go bogey-free on the weekend, it is fairly spectacular. I am very pleased with the putt on the seventeenth, which made 18 loads simpler.”
Crushers gained the crew title and can go to the crew championship within the Dallas space subsequent week that closes out the third season.
Rahm, who completed at 11-under 199, gained $4 million from the match and $18 million for capturing the season race. He was the largest title to affix the Saudi-backed league final December and was within the prime 10 at each LIV occasion he accomplished. Rahm needed to withdraw from the Houston occasion with a toe an infection, which additionally knocked him out of the U.S. Open.
Lucas Herbert shot 68 and tied for sixth, shifting him into the highest 24 that assures him a spot within the LIV Golf League subsequent yr. Kalle Samooja at one level performed his method into the highest 48, that means he would keep away from relegation. However he bogeyed two of the final three holes to fall into the drop zone and should undergo a qualifying occasion to get again in.
