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08/09 16:38 CDT Joaquin Niemann wins on LIV Golf for 9th time and Jon Rahm
claims another season title
Joaquin Niemann wins on LIV Golf for 9th time and Jon Rahm claims another
season title
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) --- Joaquin Niemann closed with a 2-under 69 Sunday for a
three-shot victory in LIV Golf New York, extending his record with his ninth
career victory in the last three years.
Jon Rahm shot 76 and tied for 41st, but that still was enough to clinch the
season points title for the third straight time since the two-time major
champion joined LIV Golf.
Niemann, who won earlier this year in South Korea, went wire-to-wire at Trump
International. He finished at 16-under 268. Harold Varner III caught Niemann
until the Chilean pulled away late with a birdie on the 13th and an eagle on
the par-5 15th. Varner shot 70 to finish second.
"I feel like the more they push me, the better golfer I'm going to become from
every experience than I experience," Niemann said. "To be able to hit the shots
that I did and make the putts that I did coming down the stretch, I put credit
on myself."
Bryson DeChambeau shot 71 and tied for 38th, 23 shots out of the lead. He
cannot catch Rahm with one tournament remaining.
"It's been a great year," Rahm said. "Again, a little sour taste in my mouth
because of how badly I played this week. But it's been something to be proud
of."
It capped a week in which LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil said it has signed a term
sheet with a lead investor that will allow the league to go forward without
Saudi Arabia funding. O'Neil did not identify the investor or the size of the
investment.
LIV Golf next plays in Indiana in two weeks.
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