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National Post
3 days ago
- Sport
- National Post
Rahm secures LIV Golf points title, falls in playoff to Munoz in Indianapolis
WESTFIELD, Ind. — Jon Rahm successfully defended his LIV Golf season points title Sunday without winning an event all year, closing with an 11-under 60 before losing in a playoff to Sebastian Munoz on the first extra hole in the Indianapolis event. Article content Munoz won two days after becoming the first player to shoot 59 with a double bogey. The Colombian player — with Rahm hitting balls on driving range — birdied the final two holes in regulation for a 65 to match Rahm at 22 under at The Club at Chatham Hills. Article content Article content Rahm also lost on the first extra hole last week outside of Chicago, falling to Dean Burmester in a three-way playoff that included Josele Ballester. On Sunday, Munoz beat the Spanish star with a birdie on the par-4 18th in the playoff. Article content Rahm took the season points title from Joaquin Niemann, a five-time winner this season. Niemann shot a 66 to tie for fourth at 17 under, his first top-10 finish of the year that he didn't win. Article content Munoz and Niemann led Torque GC to the team event championship with a record 64-under total. The broke the LIV mark of 53 under. Article content Ian Poulter birdied four of his last five holes for a 67 to tie for 17th and avoid relegation from the tour. Majesticks teammate Henrik Stenson was relegated, missing a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole that would have kept him on the tour and left Poulter out. Article content
BBC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Rahm wins LIV Golf individual title for second year
LIV Golf Indianapolis - final 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)Full leaderboard Jon Rahm has been crowned as the LIV Golf individual champion for the second consecutive year, despite losing in a play-off to Sebastian Munoz in Spaniard shot an 11-under 60 to finish at 22 under alongside Colombia's Munoz, who made headlines when he fired a 59 in Friday's first made a birdie on the first extra hole on Sunday, while Rahm was only able to make a par. However, the result was good enough for Rahm to beat Chile's Joaquin Niemann - who finished in a tie for fourth on 17 under at the Club at Chatham Hills - to the season-long award, as he did in 2024, and top prize of $18m (£13.3m).There was also good news for two of Rahm's former European Ryder Cup team-mates, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter, who both avoided being relegated and dumped by LIV for 2026. Westwood birdied four of his first five holes to finish in a tie for 17th on 12 under along with fellow Englishman Poulter, who birdied four of his last five holes to push his Majesticks co-captain Henrik Stenson into the relegation zone. Rahm's success has been founded on consistency. The 30-year-old failed to win a single event all year as Niemann took titles in Adelaide, Singapore, Mexico City, Virginia and the Spanish superstar was inside the top 10 in all but one of his 13 appearances on the Saudi-backed Tour. And he was the standout player on Sunday as he charged up the leaderboard, with six birdies in his first 10 holes and an eagle on the par-five 13th. A bogey at the 14th proved little more than a slight setback as Rahm, who is expected to receive a captain's pick for September's Ryder Cup, knocked in four consecutive birdies to cap a superb Torque won the Indy team title, its first triumph since 2023, but Rahm's Legion XIII holds the top seeding for next week's LIV Team Championship in Michigan.
Scotsman
19-07-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Former winner Henrik Stenson hits out over 'inconsistent' pace-of-play monitoring in The Open
Bryson DeChambeau also unhappy about being put on clock in third round at Royal Portrush Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Henrik Stenson, the 2016 winner, described pace-of-play monitoring as 'inconsistent' in the 153rd Open after showing a glimpse of his old form at Royal Portrush. The Swede spent longer than normal in the recording area after signing for a two-under-par 69 and revealed that it had been down to a slow-play warning he was given along with his compatriot, Sebastian Soderberg. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'It was just I spoke to Mark [Litton], who was one of the head rules officials,' said Stenson, who had got himself on the leaderboard after getting to five under for the day before dropping three shots in his last five holes. 'We got a warning on the tenth green that we were three minutes out, so five minutes over the allotted time frame. Henrik Stenson has been reunited with his old caddie Fanny Sunesson for The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club |'I joked with the other guys for after the first two days, first round took about an hour over the allotted time. Second round was four to five minutes over. I said, we just have to wait until halfway through Saturday or Sunday and someone is going to come up to you and say that you're two minutes over and they're going to start pushing you on. That's exactly what happened. 'On ten today, sure enough, the first rules official came up and said that we were a couple minutes over and we had to try to close that gap. We tried really hard in the group, but then 14 took a bit of extra time. We both made bogey there. 'Then they started putting us on the clock on 15. When you're almost done, it's not really going to make a huge difference. So it was more I wanted to vent that with him. I think if you can play an hour over time scheduled in one day then, all of a sudden, two minutes is of huge importance the next day, it feels a bit inconsistent to me.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Due to the later rounds on Thursday taking six hours to complete, the final few groups, which included Scottish pair Cameron Adam and Daniel Young, finished in near darkness. 'You just don't want to play on the clock,' added Stenson, who plays for Majesticks these days on the LIV Golf League. 'I certainly don't feel like I'm a slow player these days. I's like you can take 30 seconds on one shot, 40 on another one and you might take 52 on another one and you're still kind of averaging it out, but, if you're on the clock, you're going to get noted if you take 52 on one. 'I don't think it matters how quick you are as a player, you don't want to be on the clock because, especially out here, if you miss one in the wrong place, you want to go up and check and this and that, and that clocks starts ticking. I'd prefer not to play on the clock. Yeah, we're having some discussions on that.' Bryson DeChambeau walks away after being given a slow-play warning by rules official Kevin Feeney on the 17th at Royal Portrush |Bryson DeChambeau, who showed his battling qualities by recovering from an opening 78 to make it to the weekend, was also put on the clock in the third round, in his case at the 17th. 'Yeah, he timed me after I striped the drive down there, which was unfortunate' said the two-time US Open champion, who'd just got up and down from a 'difficult spot' at the treacherous par-3 16th. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Understand we were struggling with pace the whole day. I was moving my butt as fast as I could. Greens were really tricky. I was trying to read them right. Yeah, we just kept losing time.' DeChambeau, who has talked in the past about how he likes to get to his ball as quickly as possible but then likes to be as thorough as possible over the shot, was asked if he had a solution to the slow-play issue. 'It's very simple. It's not difficult at all,' he insisted. 'You eventually time everybody for their whole entire round. Nobody wants to do it because people are too scared to get exposed, which I am an advocate for. I'd love to be timed, and I have no problem with that.
Daily Mail
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE LIV Golf star Sam Horsfield explains why the R&A made a 'mistake' in disqualifying him from Open Qualifying - as he lifts the lid on how he and his team-mates are giving back to junior golfers
LIV Golf star Sam Horsfield has explained his 'disappointment' over how he was singled out by some online last weekend for withdrawing from Open Championship Final Qualifying. The 28-year-old Majesticks star teed it up at West Lancashire Golf Club in a bid to gain a spot on the entries list at Royal Portrush next week. However, the Manchester-born star was forced to end his round prematurely after playing only nine holes, with Horsfield taking to social media to explain that he had felt 'dizzy' on the course. He was not alone either, with several other players leaving mid-way through their rounds. Horsfield, who was seven-over par at the time he chose to retire, was subsequently disqualified by the R&A. But speaking to Mail Sport, the 28-year-old said the R&A were wrong to disqualify him and clarified what actually happened on the course. 'The R&A made an initial mistake disqualifying me and a number of other players in the four qualifiers. 'I was an NR (no return) and this is very typical in a qualifier,' Horsfield told this masthead. 'It happens and has happened for years.' After the Qualifying event, Horsfield took to Instagram to shed some light on his disqualification, having copped backlash online and on social media. The 28-year-old, who signed for the Majesticks during LIV's inaugural season in 2022, explained that he had been woken up in the middle of the night by a fire alarm in his hotel room and had subsequently slept through his early-morning alarm. He then added that he had been feeling unwell on the course and decided to withdraw from the event, while criticising those online who had lambasted him over the move. 'At 1am the fire alarm went off and we had to go stand outside for an hour or so,' Horsfield wrote on his Instagram story, overlaying his comments on a post on X from NUCLR Golf. 'I eventually got back to sleep around 5:30am for a 6am alarm, which I slept through but fortunately my caddy woke me up. 'I felt completely dizzy and out of it all day. Horsfield added: 'Don't listen to the propaganda out there against LIV players by some of these pages. Hope this clears things up.' Delving deeper into the criticism he has recieved from those online, Horsfield told Mail Sport that the ongoing bashing of LIV players is getting stale. 'It's disappointing that as a LIV player you get singled out by certain publications when I was one of circa 20 players doing the same thing,' he explained. 'I think if you look at the number of fans that came out in force to watch me and a my Majesticks team-mates at the various Q sites across the UK, the fans can see beyond the noise. 'The UK fans are the best in the world and can't wait to see them all turn out in force at the Open and LIV UK later this month.' He added that events this weekend had given him more motivation to push for a spot at the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Horsfield explained how rewarding the scheme has been for both himself and the kids involved It comes as he and his Majesticks team-mates, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Henrick Stenson, are endeavouring to help get more young people into golf, using their Little Sticks initiative. Among several other projects the group are working on, their Little Sticks programme is aiming to unlock the potential of young golfers around the world, with the community impact programme seeing the players impart key skills on younger players in primary and secondary schools. Little Sticks was first launched back in 2023, and since then, the Majesticks' inspiring initiative has been a huge success. The programme has been launched in schools in the UK and one in the US. Schools receive Little Sticks golf training and educational resources, with the programme focusing on helping to develop key life skills for children in primary and secondary schools. 'Little Sticks has been so incredibly rewarding for the kids,' Horsfield said. 'You see them playing all the games and they don't even know (in the moment) the life skills they are learning, but they are! Resilience and teamwork in abundance!' And it appears the children love the new curriculum with survey results showing that 95 per cent of kids delivered positive results on their ability to learn new skills, 88 per cent were positively impacted in relation to their confidence, and 83 per cent said the sessions had a huge boost on their teamwork and resilience skills. 'These are skills that will last them a lifetime,' Horsfield added on the key takeaways from the event. 'Not just in golf but whatever life has in store for them. 'That's what I love about Little Sticks, we're not trying to find the next Majesticks player, but more importantly (through the game of golf) installing life skills these children will have in abundance for their futures.'
Fox Sports
15-02-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Bryson DeChambeau's 400-yard drive highlights Round 2 of LIV Golf Adelaide
ADELAIDE, South Australia – Sam Horsfield wasn't sure of the last time his Majesticks GC produced a top-3 podium finish. Told that it was LIV Golf Boston in 2022, he replied, "Yeah, my memory doesn't go back that far." Since then, 33 LIV Golf tournaments have been played, but now the Majesticks are one round away from ending their record drought – and possibly sweeping both trophies. They enter the final round of LIV Golf Adelaide with a one-shot advantage on the team leaderboard, while Horsfield has a share of the individual lead with Torque GC's Carlos Ortiz and Fireballs GC's Abraham Ancer. That trio is three strokes ahead of the rest of the field, while Torque Captain Joaquin Niemann and Legion XIII Jon Rahm lurk in solo 4th and 5th, respectively. Sunday could be the biggest day in Majesticks history, with both Horsfield and Henrik Stenson (tied for sixth) in contention. Stenson, a team co-captain along with fellow European stars Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, has the team's only trophy of any kind, winning individual honors in his LIV Golf debut in 2022 at Bedminster. "I call them crafty veterans," said Horsfield, the team's youngest player. "They've been around the block a few times, and they know how to get it done. I think they're really, really excited. I can feel my phone vibrating in my back pocket, so I'm sure it's them in a group chat." They'll have to conquer The Grange course that has proved quite formidable this week, especially with swirling winds that created plenty of challenges. The stroke average for the field Saturday was more than a half-stroke over par (72.611) and played nearly a stroke higher than the opening round. The Majesticks were the only team in which all four players shot rounds under par Saturday, with Horsfield shooting a 3-under 69, Poulter and Westwood shooting 2-under 70s, and Stenson contributing a 1-under 71. Their cumulative 8 under total was four strokes better than any other team, and left them one stroke ahead of Rahm's Legion XIII, the winners last week in Riyadh, and Sergio Garcia's Fireballs GC. The UK-centric lineup believes the new LIV Golf format in which all scores count for every round is beneficial to them. Playing in tricky conditions also should favor a team with three veteran players who possess more than 80 career professional wins. "Looking back at some of the previous years, I think we've been one of the more consistent teams, but we haven't really had those low rounds getting in there," Stenson said. "Especially with the conditions being as they are, being tough, then if we can just keep on grinding away and playing solid tee to green, then we should give ourselves some good chances." The 28-year-old Horsfield is seeking his first LIV Golf individual win and the fourth since turning pro in 2017. The solo leader after an opening 66, he bogeyed his first hole Saturday and was 1-over for his round at the turn but steadied the ship on the back nine and finished with two birdies to grab a share of the lead at 9 under. "It was a real tough test," Horsfield said. "I was really proud of the way that I hung in there and fought." His playing partners for the final round experienced LIV Golf success last season, with Ancer winning in Hong Kong and Ortiz in Houston. Ancer also knows what it's like to win in Australia, having claimed the Australian Open in 2018. His 5-under 67 was the lowest score on Saturday. "I love this kind of golf," Ancer said. "I've always loved playing in Australia. Seeing the conditions like this is exciting. It's tough, but it's really good for me." Ortiz had three birdies in a four-hole stretch midway through his round en route to shooting 68. He's picked his battles in the tricky conditions and has also escaped trouble better than anybody else. On Saturday, he was a perfect 7 of 7 in scrambling. "You really have to be respectful of the golf course, almost play a little bit defensive, and I think I've done a good job of that," Ortiz said. "I feel like I've taken my medicine when I've been out of play. I've honestly quite played conservative off the tee and into the greens, and I think that's paid off." DECHAMBEAU'S 400-YARD DRIVE: It won't go down as the longest drive of the day because it wasn't one of the two statistical driving average holes, but Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau did drive the green at the 409-yard par-4 15th. Unfortunately, he three-putted for par en route to a 1-over 73 that left him at 3 under, six shots off the lead. TEAM SCORES LIV Golf's new scoring format made its debut in last week's season opener in Riyadh, with all four scores now counting in every round in the team competition. Here are the results and scores for each team after Friday's second round of LIV Golf Adelaide. 1. MAJESTICKS GC -10 (Horsfield 69, Poulter 70, Westwood 70, Stenson 71; Rd. 2 score: -8) T2. FIREBALLS GC -9 (Ancer 67, Puig 70, Garcia 74, Masaveu 74; Rd. 2 score: -3) T2. LEGION XIII -9 (Hatton 72, McKibbin 71, Rahm 69, Surratt 73; Rd. 2 score: -3) 4. CRUSHERS GC -5 (Lahiri 70, Casey 71, DeChambeau 73, Howell III 74; Rd. 2 score: E) 5. TORQUE GC -3 (Ortiz 68, Niemann 71, Muñoz 74, Pereira 79; Rd. 2 score: +5) 6. STINGER GC -2 (Burmester 71, Grace 72, Schwartzel 73, Oosthuizen 75; Rd. 2 score: +3) 7. RIPPER GC -1 (Herbert 70, Leishman 70, Jones 71, Smith 73; Rd. 2 score: -4) 8. 4ACES GC E (Varner III 71, Pieters 72, Reed 73, Johnson 78; Rd. 2 score: +6) 9. HYFLYERS GC +2 (Steele 70, Tringale 71, Mickelson 74, Ogletree 75; Rd. 2 score: +2) 10. IRON HEADS GC +4 (Ormsby 71, Jang 72, Na 72, Lee 74; Rd. 2 score: +1) 11. SMASH GC +8 (Koepka 71, Kokrak 73, Gooch 74, McDowell 75; Rd. 2 score: +5) 12. RANGEGOATS GC +11 (Campbell 70, Uihlein 72, Watson 72, Wolff 80; Rd. 2 score: +6) 13. CLEEKS GC +18 (Bland 73, Meronk 75, Kjettrup 75, Kaymer 79; Rd. 2 score: +14) Wild Cards: Lee 76, Kim 77 This piece is courtesy of Mike McAllister in partnership with LIV Golf . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account , and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! recommended Get more from LIV Golf Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more in this topic
