Jon Rahm gained his first LIV Golfing identify on Sunday when teammate Tyrrell Hatton neglected a 6-foot par putt on No. 18 that will have compelled a playoff at LIV United Kingdom in Rocester, England.
Rahm carded a 4-under-par 67 to complete forward through one stroke at 13-under 271 at JCB Golfing and Nation Membership. The Spaniard recorded 5 birdies at Nos. 2, 6, 10, 12 and 13 earlier than making his lone bogey with a three-putt on the par-3, 231-yard No. 17 and shutting out with a par.
The captain of the victorious Legion XIII group, Rahm completed one hollow forward of England’s Hatton, who used to be tied at 13 beneath earlier than his putt at No. 18 slid to the appropriate of the outlet.
“Neatly, initially, I have were given to present Tyrrell a large number of credit score, too,” Rahm stated. “He is an implausible participant, and also you by no means wish to see it finish like that. I virtually want we might have were given it carried out within the playoff.”
Hatton settled for bogey and a 69 and completed in a three-way tie for 2nd position at 12 beneath with Chile’s Joaquin Niemann (65 on Sunday) and Australia’s Cameron Smith (69).
Hatton misplaced two strokes with a double bogey on the par-4, 485-yard No. 6 sandwiched between two birdies. He carded 5 birdies within the around at Nos. 3, 5, 7, 12 and 13.
Niemann put seven birdies towards one bogey, whilst Smith had 5 birdies and 3 bogeys.
“You realize, it is onerous as a result of I believe like I did not do a lot mistaken the primary six or seven holes, and I used to be a pair over par,” Smith stated. “Actually simply staying in it. It is going to turn what you’ll be able to do from now not even being within the match to just about profitable it. Yeah, it used to be excellent to stay in there, excellent to hit some excellent pictures down the stretch with some power on.”
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Rahm, who left the PGA Excursion in December when he used to be the No. 3 golfer on this planet, had now not gained a match because the 2023 Masters.
The Spaniard began the day in fourth position after a around of 8-under 63 positioned him atop the leaderboard after the primary around on Friday. He plans to compete for Spain on the Paris Olympics.
2d-round chief Andy Ogletree, who used to be searching for his first LIV Excursion identify, slipped to a five-way tie for 6th position at 9 beneath. He carded a 3-over 74 with 4 birdies, one bogey and 3 double bogeys.
Legion XIII captured its fourth group identify this season at 26 beneath with Rahm, Hatton, American Caleb Surratt (even) and Zimbabwe’s Kieran Vincent (1 over) contributing ratings.
“… I stated early on, I attempted to set the tone to the group and simply make it transparent that the purpose is to win, and I am simply satisfied that we are getting it carried out,” Rahm stated.
Smith is captain of all-Australia Ripper GC, which completed 2nd at 23 beneath. Matt Jones (4 beneath), Lucas Herbert (5 beneath) and Wade Ormsby (even) figured within the scoring.
Crushers GC and Ruin GC tied for 3rd at 20 beneath.
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