BOLINGBROOK, In poor health. — 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 quick birdie putts on the again 9 that saved Joaquin 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 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 initially of the season, was the one participant who may have challenged Rahm for the season title. He opened with two early birdies however by no means may 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’m actually pleased,” mentioned Rahm, who mentioned he was nervous on the follow vary. “To go bogey-free on the weekend, it’s fairly spectacular. I’m very happy with the putt on the seventeenth, which made 18 so much simpler.”
Crushers gained the staff title and can go to the staff 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, transferring him into the highest 24 that assures him a spot within the LIV Golf League subsequent yr. Kalle Samooja performed his method into the highest 48, which means he avoids relegation. However then he bogeyed two of the final three holes and should undergo a qualifying occasion to get again in.
