Golf Joaquin Niemann can’t beat an uncompromising Jon Rahm and takes second place in LIV Golf 2024

It couldn’t be the title of Joaquín Niemann at LIV Golf. The Talagantino (-8) fought from behind with the Spaniard Jon Rahm, but his power and composure to succeed in the important stages of the circuit ended up giving him the crown (-11). Likewise, the Chilean receives a big check.

Niemann’s start to the third round of LIV Golf in Chicago was explosive. Determined to reduce the three-shot gap his opponent had taken from him on Saturday, he began his performance at the Bolingbrook Club in devastating fashion: two birds on holes 1 and 3 .

This promising start has increased the illusion, especially because he has reduced the gap that separated him from equalizing the Iberian to just one shot. However, as in the previous round, Rahm curbed the possibility of getting excited by responding with a one-under-par shot, also at the third flag, to put it back to two clubs. .

Both began to study each other in the following seasons. Niemann, solid, made three pairs in a row (4, 5 and 6). On the other hand, Rahm followed him in the first two, but in the sixth he made it clear again that he was not going to give up the lead easily with another bird .

The panorama, which had started in a favorable way, has once again acquired the dynamics of pessimism seeing that obtaining the title was moving away, especially after the formidable bird from the European to the 10th hole to stretch everything to four shots .

From then on, Joaco was fighting against the tide knowing that his best chance of winning the trophy had vanished on Saturday. And although he reduced with a shot under par on flags 11 and 15, the player from the Old Continent did not collide and remained firm, achieving everything without error, with another success on 17 included, thus becoming the champion of the circuit with an unassailable -11. .

This way, Former PGA Tour number one Jon Rahm eventually won the title, the millionaire sum of $18 million, and the champion ring in addition to the $4 million for the Chicago trophy . On the other hand, Niemann finished second in the points table and ended up with $8 million in North American money and nearly two more for his second place finish on the last date. .

Added to Niemann’s discomfort, Pereira Myth He also couldn’t improve on his poor performance in Illinois. The national team had finished in T40 after Saturday’s stage and continued in the same vein on Sunday. And even though hole three birds consecutive (13, 14, 15) to reach +1 and move up to 22nd place, the series of errors ended up condemning him.

As he was about to tee off on hole 1, the worst thing happened: He made a quadruple bogey and lost everything he had won, sinking to T41. To make matters worse, he made a double bogey at the fourth flag and dropped to T49, straight down the board. . Finally, as a last glimmer of reaction, The Pirque-born player shot under par in the sixth round and finished with +5, placing himself in box 47. .

Along with the above, Pereira’s poor performance ended up hurting the team. GC Couple The team composed of the aforementioned Chilean duo, to which were added the Mexican Carlos Ortiz and the Colombian Sebastián Muñoz, was sometimes in second position in the general classification for the teams a situation that earned them a significant prize. However, They lost ground to squads RangeGoats GC, Majesticks GC, Fireballs GC, Legion XIII and Crushers GC, a cast that ended up taking home the maximum amount of money. .