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The LIV Golf New York event wrapped up at Bedminster in New Jersey on Sunday with Joaquin Niemann winning the tournament in a canter and Jon Rahm securing a third consecutive season-long championship title despite his career-worst result in the league.
Niemann was greeted by President Donald Trump at his Trump National course after a two-under-par 69 capped a wire-to-wire victory by three shots over Harold Varner.
“Yeah, it was really special to have Mr. President come in and see us,” Niemann said. “He loves golf. It just shows how much it matters for him to be out here, especially how busy he is.”
Bedminster was Niemann’s ninth LIV victory since joining the league in fall 2022.
“It’s fun,” Niemann said, who has now amassed more than $81 million in LIV career prize money. “For me it’s good motivation to win. I love winning. I love to come here and work my ass and try to have the best chance possible to win.
“I definitely like the feeling. It’s not going to last forever; it’s probably going to go away in a couple hours. But I just love the pressure, love being in those moments, having a long week out here playing golf and leading the tournament since the beginning is pretty special.”
After a bogey at the first in Bedminster, Niemann made five straight pars before a birdie at the seventh. The Chilean made another five pars until he caught a hot stretch featuring a 58-foot birdie putt he made at the par-4 13th and an eagle at the par-5 15th courtesy of a stunning second shot from 260 yards that settled 26 feet from the hole. A bogey at the 17th was followed by a par on 18 for a two-under 69. At 16 under, Niemann left Varner (70) in second at 13 under. Lee Westwood (72) and Scott Vincent (66) tied for third at nine under.
Rahm signed for a five-over 76 and tied for 41st but bagged enough points to secure the season-long points title for the third straight year. His $6 million individual championship was built by victories earlier in the season in Hong Kong and Mexico City. Rahm had enough points to allow for LIV career-worst results in his past two starts, including a T-23 at the U.K. event two weeks ago.
“I think I’ve been close to a three-peat, but this might be the first one,” Rahm said.
Rahm, the 2021 U.S. Open winner and 2023 Masters champion, has won the season-long gong in each of his three campaigns since leaving the PGA Tour. He iced the 2024 season with two late tournament victories, but 2025 was a controversial title. He didn’t win a single event, yet his consistently high finishes were enough to beat Niemann to the individual honors.
“It feels different this year,” Rahm said. “Last year in my mind at least, even though it was a point system, it was a question mark with having not won, and it didn’t feel the same. So this year to play as good as I did early on and have such a big lead that I can even enjoy not playing good this week and next week, it feels really good. The first one [2024, was] more impressive because the first one I had to finish it off and almost won the last three to get it done.
“It’s weird because in golf, it’s something that it’s odd to have still one more tournament before things are done. Most season-long races, you have to wait until the last event because the last event counts so much.”
Rahm was referring to the fact his result on Sunday had cemented the title before LIV Golf’s final individual tournament next week in Indianapolis. Recent reports suggest LIV Golf’s Team Championship in Michigan will not go ahead as planned for Aug. 20-23. Next up in 2 weeks is LIV’s 2nd trip to Westfield, Indiana at Chatham Hills Golf Club!
