Here's what the South African foursome earned at LIV Golf Andalucia
LIV Golf was back in action this week, opting to play in Europe again the week before The Open Championship. Image: X @stingergc_
LIV Golf was back in action this week, opting to play in Europe again the week before the British Open.
The league was in Spain, at venerable Valderrama for the third straight year, playing in LIV Golf Andalucia.
Sergio Garcia was the defending champion, winning last year at one of the courses he loves most in the world.
This year, another Spaniard, Jon Rahm, had a chance to win but came up just short, one shot behind Talor Gooch, who hadn't won in two years.
Gooch shot eight-under total for the three days to take home $4 million from the $20 million purse. Rahm walked away with $2.25 million. Abraham Ancer was third ($1.5 million).
Joaquin Niemann still leads the season's individual standings, although he tied for 23rd in Spain. Rahm is second and Bryson DeChambeau is third.
On the team side, Rahm's Legion XIII squad won at Valderrama. They lead the season's team standings over DeChambeau's Crushers team. Garcia's Fireballs are third.
Several of the league's top players will now head to Northern Ireland for the British Open at Royal Portrush.
The next LIV Golf event is at JCB Golf & Country Club in England from 25-27 July.
Meanwhile, from a South African point of view it was a somewhat forgettable LIV Golf Andalucia event for the all-South African Stinger GC foursome.
Branden Grace finished in a tie for fourth place on 4-under par and earned $833 333 (R14.9 million).
Charl Schwartzel was next best in a tie for 30th on 3-over par which was good enough for a $167 500 (R3 million) pay day.
Louis Oosthuizen struggled to a tie for 45th place finish on 6-over par which saw him bank $124 333 (R2.2 million), while Dean Burmester finished 51st in the 56-player field on 11-over par and took home $60 000 (R1.07 million).
In the team competition, Stinger GC finished 11th out of 13 teams on a cumulative score of 16-over par. Finish Name Score Earnings 1 Talor Gooch -8 $4,000,000 2 Jon Rahm -7 $2,250,000 3 Abraham Ancer -5 $1,500,000 T4 Matt Jones -4 $833,333 T4 Tom McKibbin -4 $833,333 T4 Branden Grace -4 $833,333 T7 Cameron Tringale -2 $522,500 T7 Cameron Smith -2 $522,500 T7 Dustin Johnson -2 $522,500 T10 Sebastian Muñoz -1 $361,000 T10 Jason Kokrak -1 $361,000 T10 Sergio Garcia -1 $361,000 T10 Jinichiro Kozuma -1 $361,000 T10 Patrick Reed -1 $361,000 T15 Sam Horsfield E $278,750 T15 Richard Bland E $278,750 T15 Brendan Steele E $278,750 T15 Adrian Meronk E $278,750 T19 Charles Howell III 1 $235,000 T19 Thomas Pieters 1 $235,000 T19 Danny Lee 1 $235,000 T19 David Puig 1 $235,000 T23 Josele Ballester 2 $190,714 T23 Anirban Lahiri 2 $190,714 T23 Bubba Watson 2 $190,714 T23 Harold Varner III 2 $190,714 T23 Joaquin Niemann 2 $190,714 T23 Phil Mickelson 2 $190,714 T23 Tyrrell Hatton 2 $190,714 T30 Charl Schwartzel 3 $167,500 T30 Bryson DeChambeau 3 $167,500 T32 Lucas Herbert 4 $146,000 T32 Caleb Surratt 4 $146,000 T32 Ian Poulter 4 $146,000 T32 Chieh-Po Lee 4 $146,000 T32 Paul Casey 4 $146,000 T32 Brooks Koepka 4 $146,000 T32 Andy Ogletree 4 $146,000 T32 Lee Westwood 4 $146,000 T32 Martin Kaymer 4 $146,000 T41 Graeme McDowell 5 $129,750 T41 Mito Pereira 5 $129,750 T41 Kevin Na 5 $129,750 T41 Peter Uihlein 5 $129,750 T45 Henrik Stenson 6 $124,333 T45 Louis Oosthuizen 6 $124,333 T45 Ben Campbell 6 $124,333 48 Carlos Ortiz 7 $120,000 49 Frederik Kjettrup 8 $60,000 50 Marc Leishman 10 $60,000 51 Dean Burmester 11 $60,000 52 Anthony Kim 13 $50,000 53 Yubin Jang 14 $50,000 54 Luis Masaveu 15 $50,000
Legion XIII, consisting of Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt and Tom McKibbin claimed the team crown and will split the $3 million team bounty. Finish Team Score Money 1 Legion XIII -5 $3,000,000 2 Fireballs GC -3 $1,500,000 T3 Smash GC E $250,000 T3 4Aces E $250,000
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