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Slow week in Mexico for LIV Golf? Anything but.
Headlines surrounded whether the tour would continue: this week, next week, until the end of the year? Everything was up in the air. Reports were that Saudi Arabia’s PIF said that it will not fund the league after shifting priorities. Then LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil sent an email to players saying that reports were false and that “our season continues exactly as planned.”
Where there’s smoke there’s fire. Usually.
At any rate, the league soldered on in Mexico City where the 57 players and 13 teams competed at Chapultepec Golf Club playing for the $30 million purse. At the end of the week, LIV’s two biggest stars both made headlines on Sunday—Bryson DeChambeau because he withdrew because of an injured wrist and Jon Rahm for shooting a bogey-free 64 to run away with his fourth LIV title. He shot 21-under-par total to take home the $4 million top prize. His Legion XIII, with Tyrrell Hatton, Tom McKibbin and Caleb Surratt, will split $3 million for winning the team portion. David Puig was second place, six shots back and Josele Ballester was third.
This was the second year in Mexico City and fourth overall in Mexico with the league visiting its sixth country in its first six events. The last event was nearly a month ago in South Africa as they took a break with the Masters last week. DeChambeau had won the last two events.
Up next is LIV Golf Virginia in two weeks at Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, D.C.
Payday in Mexico City
INDIVIDUAL
WIN: Jon Rahm, -21, $4 million
2: David Puig, -15, $2.25 million
3: Josele Ballester, -14, $1.5 million
4: Scott Vincent, -12, $1 million
T-5: Branden Grace, -11, $615,000
T-5: Thomas Detry, -11, $615,000
T-5: Tyrrell Hatton, -11, $615,000
T-5: Tom McKibbin, -11, $615,000
T-5: Matthew Wolff, -11, $615,000
T-10: Cameron Tringale, -10, $397,500
T-10: Marc Leishman, -10, $397,500
T-12: Louis Oosthuizen, -9, $340,000
T-12: Harold Varner III, -9, $340,000
T-12: Luis Masaveu, -9, $340,000
T-15: Dean Burmester, -8, $292,500
T-15: Richard T. Lee, -8, $292,500
T-17: Dustin Johnson, -7, $260,000
T-17: Carlos Ortiz, -7, $260,000
T-17: Victor Perez, -7, $260,000
T-20: Charles Howell III, -6, $235,000
T-20: Joaquin Niemann, -6, $235,000
T-22: Minkyu Kim, -5, $210,000
T-22: Yosuke Asaji, -5, $210,000
T-22: Abraham Ancer, -5, $210,000
T-25: Ian Poulter, -4, $182,500
T-25: Byeong Hun An, -4, $182,500
T-25: Martin Kaymer, -4, $182,500
T-25: Sebastian Munoz, -4, $182,500
T-25: Brendan Steele, -4, $182,500
T-25: Laurie Canter, -4, $182,500
31: Bubba Watson, -3, $165,000
T-32: Sam Horsfield, -2, $155,000
T-32: Caleb Surratt, -2, $155,000
T-32: Peter Uihlein, -2, $155,000
T-35: Lee Westwood, -1, $145,000
T-35: Paul Casey, -1, $145,000
T-35: Elvis Smylie, -1, $145,000
38: Adrian Meronk, E, $140,000
T-39: Sergio Garcia, +2, $133,750
T-39: Charl Schwartzel, +2, $133,750
T-39: Younghan Song, +2, $133,750
T-39: Cameron Smith, +2, $133,750
T-43: Talor Gooch, +3, $128,500
T-43: Anthony Kim, +3, $128,500
45: Richard Bland, +4, $127,000
T-46: Thomas Pieters, +5, $75,333
T-46: Anirban Lahiri, +5, $75,333
T-46: Lucas Herbert, +5, $75,333
T-49: Travis Smyth, +6, $50,000
T-49: Jason Kokrak, +6, $50,000
T-49: Miguel Tabuena, +6, $50,000
T-52: Danny Lee, +7, $50,000
T-52: Graeme McDowell, +7, $50,000
54: Bjorn Hellgren, +8, $50,000
55: Michael LaSasso, +9, $50,000
56: Ben Campbell, +11, $50,000
57: Luis Carrera, +3 (final round only), $50,000
WD: Bryson DeChambeau (before final round)
TEAM
WIN: Legion XIII, -45, $3 million
2: Fireballs, -36, $1.5 million
3: Souther Guards, -26, $900,000
4: Torque, -22, $700,000
5: HyFlyers, -17, $650,000
6: Majesticks, -11, $600,000
7: 4Aces, -10, $550,000
8: Cleeks, -7. $500,000
9: RangeGoats, -5, $450,000
10: Ripper, -4, $400,000
11: Korean GC, E, $300,000
12: Crushers, +1, $250,000
13: Smash, +7, $200,000
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