Rahm wins LIV Golf individual title for second year

Final round of LIV Golf Indianapolis

-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)

Despite losing to Sebastian Munoz in an Indiana play-off, Jon Rahm has won the title of LIV Golf individual champion for the second year in a row.

The Spaniard finished at 22 under with an 11-under-par 60 on Friday, while Munoz, who made headlines with a 59 in the first round, shot a 59.

On Sunday’s opening extra hole, Munoz birdied, while Rahm was only able to par on the par.

However, Rahm was able to claim the season-long award and top prize of $ 18 million (£13.3 million) over Chile’s Joaquin Niemann, who finished in a tie for fourth on 17 under at the Club at Chatham Hills.

Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter, two of Rahm’s former European Ryder Cup teammates, managed to avoid being relegated and dumped by LIV for 2026, so there was good news as well.

Rahm’s success is based on consistency.

The 30-year-old struggled to win any titles all year as he won titles in Australia, Singapore, Mexico City, Virginia, and the United Kingdom.

However, the Spanish superstar made just one of his 13 appearances on the Saudi-backed Tour in the top 10.

And he was the standout player on Sunday as he climbed the leaderboard with six birdies and an eagle on the par-five 13th hole.

To cap a fantastic round, Rahm, who is expected to receive a captain’s pick for September’s Ryder Cup, knocked in four consecutive birdies before the 14th, which turned out to be a slight setback.