Jon Rahm clinched the LIV Golf season points title for a third straight year on Sunday, despite finishing tied for 41st at LIV Golf New York. The two-time major champion shot 76 in the final round at Trump International, but it was still enough to secure the season crown for the third successive year since he joined the league.
"The last two weeks haven't been the best, have they," Rahm said. "I would say proud of earlier in the season."
"To start off as well as I did with a few second places and not getting the win and then going to Hong Kong and getting it done when I needed to, having a lead and then basically losing it and birdieing four in a row in the last few holes was probably the most proud moment," he said.
"It's been great. It's been a great year. 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," Rahm said. "After last year and not getting the win, having possibly a question mark over the season-long race, to win twice and do it effectively and win it again definitely feels good."
Niemann's record ninth win
Joaquin Niemann won LIV Golf New York by three shots, going wire-to-wire to finish at 16-under 268. It was his ninth victory on the circuit in the last three years, a record, and comes after he also won earlier this season in South Korea.
Harold Varner III stayed with Niemann until the Chilean pulled away late with a birdie on the 13th hole and an eagle on the par-five 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 that I have," 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."
DeChambeau out of contention
Bryson DeChambeau shot 71 to tie for 38th, 23 shots off the lead. He cannot catch Rahm in the season standings with one tournament remaining.
League funding update
The tournament capped a week in which LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil said the league had signed a term sheet with a lead investor that will allow it to move forward without Saudi Arabian funding. O'Neil did not identify the investor or the size of the investment.
