Jon Rahm gained his first LIV Golf title on Sunday when teammate Tyrrell Hatton missed a 6-foot par putt on No. 18 that might have compelled a playoff at LIV United Kingdom in Rocester, England.
Rahm carded a 4-under-par 67 to complete forward by one stroke at 13-under 271 at JCB Golf and Nation Membership. The Spaniard recorded 5 birdies at Nos. 2, 6, 10, 12 and 13 earlier than making his lone bogey with a three-putt on the par-3, 231-yard No. 17 and shutting out with a par.
The captain of the victorious Legion XIII workforce, Rahm completed one gap forward of England’s Hatton, who was tied at 13 underneath earlier than his putt at No. 18 slid to the precise of the opening.
“Nicely, to begin with, I’ve acquired to provide Tyrrell quite a lot of credit score, too,” Rahm stated. “He is a improbable participant, and also you by no means wish to see it finish like that. I nearly want we’d have gotten it accomplished within the playoff.”
Hatton settled for bogey and a 69 and completed in a three-way tie for second place at 12 underneath with Chile’s Joaquín Niemann (65 on Sunday) and Australia’s Cameron Smith (69).
Hatton misplaced two strokes with a double bogey on the par-4, 485-yard No. 6 sandwiched between two birdies. He carded 5 birdies within the spherical at Nos. 3, 5, 7, 12 and 13.
Niemann put seven birdies towards one bogey, whereas Smith had 5 birdies and three bogeys.
“You understand, it is exhausting as a result of I really feel like I did not do a lot flawed the primary six or seven holes, and I used to be a pair over par,” Smith stated. “Actually simply staying in it. It goes to indicate what you are able to do from not even being within the match to nearly successful it. Yeah, it was good to stay in there, good to hit some good pictures down the stretch with some stress on.”
Rahm, who left the PGA Tour in December when he was the No. 3 golfer on the planet, had not gained a match because the 2023 Masters.
The Spaniard began the day in fourth place after a spherical of 8-under 63 positioned him atop the leaderboard after the primary spherical Friday. He plans to compete for Spain on the Paris Olympics.
Second-round chief Andy Ogletree, who was looking for his first LIV Tour title, slipped to a five-way tie for sixth place at 9 underneath. He carded a 3-over 74 with 4 birdies, one bogey and three double bogeys.
Legion XIII earned its fourth workforce title this season at 26 underneath with Rahm, Hatton, American Caleb Surratt (even) and Zimbabwe’s Kieran Vincent (1 over) contributing scores.
“I stated early on, I attempted to set the tone to the workforce and simply make it clear that the objective is to win, and I am simply glad that we’re getting it accomplished,” Rahm stated.
Smith is captain of all-Australia Ripper GC, which completed second at 23 underneath. Matt Jones (4 underneath), Lucas Herbert (5 underneath) and Wade Ormsby (even) figured within the scoring.
Crushers GC and Smash GC tied for third at 20 underneath.
