Feb 17th, 2025 Article
NIEMANN WINS INDIVIDUAL TITLE AT LIV GOLF ADELAIDE
Joaquin Niemann began Sunday's final round of LIV Golf Adelaide three strokes off the lead. That left him with a fairly straightforward objective.
Joaquin Niemann began Sunday's final round of LIV Golf Adelaide three strokes off the lead. That left him with a fairly straightforward objective.
Smash GC Captain Brooks Koepka extended his LIV Golf record by winning LIV Golf Greenbrier for his fifth individual title. For the third time, he won via playoff. But his victory Sunday at The Old White course was a bit more special, given the opponent.
August 16-18, 2024 The Old White at The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Three rounds/54 holes of stroke play 54 players – 13 teams of four players each, and two wild cards $25 million USD, $20 million individual, $5 million team $4 million USD (individual) $3 million USD (team) Shotgun Start for Rds. 1-2 at 1:15 p.m. ET; Rd. 3 at 1:05 p.m. ET
Robert Coles won his maiden Legends Tour title by beating the home favourite in Scotland to take victory in the Tour's flagship event, the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship. The Englishman carded a final round of 71 (-1) to win by a single shot on four-under-par, as Aberdonian Paul Lawrie – who led by four into the final round – had a finish to forget at Trump International Golf Links.
After two flawless days at LIV Golf Hong Kong, Abraham Ancer’s final round turned into a tough, challenging Sunday afternoon in the rain. But with the individual title on the line in a three-man playoff, the Fireballs GC star produced the kind of ball-striking worthy of a champion.
Smash GC’s dominant team performance in Saturday’s final round of LIV Golf Las Vegas allowed captain Brooks Koepka to celebrate his fifth trophy of any kind since joining LIV Golf, while teammate Talor Gooch became the first player to win trophies with three different teams.
It was the American’s second Aramco Team Series title following her win at Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande last year. The 24-year-old underlined her liking for the innovative format that combines team and individual play by leading from start to finish at Centurion Club.
In his 11-year professional career, Harold Varner III has won individual trophies in Australia and Saudi Arabia. He also celebrated a LIV Golf League team trophy earlier this year in Singapore. But the 32-year-old resident of North Carolina had never won on American soil until Sunday, when he captured the LIV Golf DC trophy with a final-round 4-under 68 for a one-stroke victory.
Twenty-year-old Ruoning Yin earned her first LPGA Tour victory at the DIO Implant LA Open after posting a one-under 70 round that was full of ups and downs.
Nick Bachem won the 2023 Jonsson Workwear Open by four strokes after a final round of 64 in Johannesburg. The German headed a crowded leaderboard for much of the final day before pulling clear as his rivals faltered on the back nine.
Seeking his first professional win in nearly eight years, Danny Lee had a makeable birdie attempt on the second hole of Sunday’s playoff at LIV Golf Tucson. When he missed the putt, he muttered to himself, “What have you done, you idiot.”
Former Sunshine Tour and Asian Tour member Keith Horne has secured a full exemption on the Legends Tour for the 2023 season after clinching the Legends Tour Qualifying School title at Gloria Golf Resort in Turkey.