Rahm Wins Liv Golf Individual Title For Second Year

LIV Golf Indianapolis - last round

-22 S Munoz (Col), J Rahm (Spa); -20 D Johnson (US)

Selected others: -17 J Niemann (Chi); -13 B DeChambeau, C Smith (Aus); -12 S Garcia (Spa), L Westwood (Eng), I Poulter (Eng); -11 H Stenson (Swe)

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Jon Rahm has been crowned arsenic nan LIV Golf individual champion for nan 2nd consecutive year, contempt losing successful a play-off to Sebastian Munoz successful Indiana.

The Spaniard changeable an 11-under 60 to decorativeness astatine 22 nether alongside Colombia's Munoz, who made headlines erstwhile he fired a 59 successful Friday's first round.

Munoz made a birdie connected nan first other spread connected Sunday, while Rahm was only capable to make a par.

However, nan consequence was bully capable for Rahm to hit Chile's Joaquin Niemann - who vanished successful a necktie for 4th connected 17 nether astatine nan Club astatine Chatham Hills - to nan season-long award, arsenic he did successful 2024, and apical prize of $18m (£13.3m).

There was besides bully news for 2 of Rahm's erstwhile European Ryder Cup team-mates, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter, who some avoided being relegated and dumped by LIV for 2026.

Westwood birdied 4 of his first 5 holes to decorativeness successful a necktie for 17th connected 12 nether on pinch chap Englishman Poulter, who birdied 4 of his past 5 holes to push his Majesticks co-captain Henrik Stenson into nan relegation zone.

Rahm's occurrence has been founded connected consistency.

The 30-year-old grounded to triumph a azygous arena each twelvemonth arsenic Niemann took titles successful Adelaide, Singapore, Mexico City, Virginia and Britain.

However, nan Spanish superstar was wrong nan apical 10 successful each but 1 of his 13 appearances connected nan Saudi-backed Tour.

And he was nan standout subordinate connected Sunday arsenic he charged up nan leaderboard, pinch six birdies successful his first 10 holes and an eagle connected nan par-five 13th.

A bogey astatine nan 14th proved small much than a flimsy setback arsenic Rahm, who is expected to person a captain's prime for September's Ryder Cup, knocked successful 4 consecutive birdies to headdress a superb round.

Niemann's Torque won nan Indy squad title, its first triumph since 2023, but Rahm's Legion XIII holds nan apical seeding for adjacent week's LIV Team Championship successful Michigan.