Joaquin Niemann gained his second LIV Golf title in three begins in Jeddah as he beat Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel by 4 pictures.
Niemann completed off with a four-under 66 to document his third win in three months, beginning with the Australian Open victory in December that allowed him to re-join the European Tour and ultimately put him on the trail towards getting invited to The Masters.
The 25-year-old began his third season on the Saudi-funded league by opening with a 59 at Mayakoba and profitable in a play-off over Sergio Garcia. Now he soars to the highest of the factors listing with one other win forward of subsequent week’s LIV occasion in Hong Kong.
“We’ve got another week to come. I told myself I can win these three weeks I’m playing. So next week and see what happens,” mentioned Niemann.
Nobody obtained nearer than two pictures of Niemann within the last spherical at Royal Greens. Oosthuizen was the final challenger till a bogey on the sixteenth gap. He shot 67, whereas Schwartzel had a 68.
Niemann additionally took a dig on the world rating in his interview with LIV’s broadcast workforce. He was requested if he was one of many main favourites to win a serious this yr.
“How is that possible? I’m like 100 in the world,” Niemann mentioned with a smile.
Niemann is No. 72 within the Official World Golf Rating however in a vote forged by the organisations that run the majors, they selected to not award LIV rating factors due to the small discipline (54 gamers) that features as a closed store with no qualifying.
Anthony Kim, who had gone 12 years with out aggressive golf till signing a take care of LIV Golf this week, had a 74 and completed his week in final place, 33 pictures out of the lead. He made two birdies on Sunday, giving him 4 birdies for the week.
Kim’s deal permits him to play the remainder of LIV’s occasions this yr with out being hooked up to a workforce.
Niemann completed at 17-under 193 and earned $4m, giving him $8,162,000 in three LIV occasions this yr.
The Masters gave Niemann an invite based mostly on his Australian Open victory, together with two different top-five performances in European tour occasions.
The Australian Open win will get him into the British Open and his efficiency is prone to earn him a spot within the PGA Championship.
He must qualify for the US Open, until he had been to win the Masters. The Chilean is getting loads of consideration together with his two victories this yr.
“I’m more than happy about the way I’m playing,” Niemann mentioned. “I just want to keep on the same path. I’m pretty proud of the way I played all week.”
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