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Updated · BBC.com · Aug 9

Joaquin Niemann Wins LIV New York by 3 Shots as Jon Rahm Clinches Third Straight Title

Updated

Updated · BBC.com · Aug 9

Joaquin Niemann Wins LIV New York by 3 Shots as Jon Rahm Clinches Third Straight Title

Q: How did Jon Rahm secure a massive season championship title despite a disastrous final-round collapse in New Jersey?

Jon Rahm won the LIV Golf season championship because he had built such a large points cushion before New York that his poor finish did not matter. Rahm entered Bedminster with a commanding lead over Bryson DeChambeau in the season-long standings. Even after shooting a closing 5-over 76 and finishing tied for 41st, he still stayed mathematically out of reach with one regular-season event left. DeChambeau, the only player who could catch him, finished too far back to make up enough ground, leaving Rahm with an unassailable lead of roughly 219 points. That margin was the product of Rahm’s consistency across the season. He won twice, in Hong Kong and Mexico City, and added four runner-up finishes, giving him one of the strongest year-long records in LIV Golf. Reports also noted that he opened the season with elite form, including multiple second-place finishes before converting in Hong Kong. So while his New York performance was a collapse in isolation, the title was effectively secured by months of high finishes beforehand. Rahm himself acknowledged that the last two weeks had been poor, but said he was most proud of his earlier-season play, which is what ultimately delivered his third straight LIV individual championship.

3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Aug 9

Joaquin Niemann closed with a two-under 69 at Trump National Bedminster to finish 16-under, leading wire-to-wire and beating Harold Varner III by three shots.
The victory was Niemann's second of 2026 and ninth overall on LIV Golf—four more than any other player—with Lee Westwood and Scott Vincent tied for third at nine-under.
Jon Rahm still wrapped up the season title despite a final-round 76 and a tie for 41st, because his 219-point lead over Bryson DeChambeau cannot be caught with one individual event left.
Rahm, 31, has two wins and four runner-up finishes in 12 events this season after taking last year's crown without a victory; the individual schedule ends in Indianapolis in two weeks before the team championship in Michigan on Aug. 27-30.