By Matt Smith
It took long into the sunset but we finally got our seventh and final individual winner of the inaugural LIV Golf season at Royal Greens in Jeddah, as Brooks Koepka defeated his Smash teammate Peter Uihlein on the third playoff hole underneath the floodlights on the 18th to claim top spot and $4 million.
But, more importantly to him, the 1-2 finish secured fifth spot in the seedings ahead of the $50 million Team Championship in Miami at Trump National Doral from October 28-30.
Here is a breakdown of where we are ahead of the big finale — and what it all means.
Earnings from LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah
INDIVIDUAL
Win: Brooks Koepka, -12, $4,000,000
P-2: Peter Uihlein, -12, $2,125,000
T-3: Joaquin Niemann, -11, $1,275,000
T-3: Sergio Garcia -11, $1,275,000
T-5: Matthew Wolff, -10, $816,666.67
T-5: Dustin Johnson, -10,$816,666.67
T-5: Paul Casey, -10, $816,666.67
T-8: Bernd Wiesberger, -9, $602,500
T-8: Charl Schwartzel, -9, $602,500
T-10: Anirban Lahiri, -8, $550,000
T-10: Abraham Ancer, -8, $550,000
T-12: Talor Gooch, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Jediah Morgan, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Chase Koepka, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Lee Westwood, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Graeme McDowell, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Patrick Reed, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Carlos Ortiz, -7, $289,714.28
T-19: Charles Howell III, -6, $210,000
T-19: Sihwan Kim, -6, $210,000
T-21: Bryson DeChambeau, -5, $172,500
T-21: Cameron Smith, -5, $172,500
T-21: Jason Kokrak, -5, $172,500
T-21: James Piot, -5, $172,500
T-25: Phachara Khongwatmai, -4, $164,000
T-25: Richard Bland, -4, $164,000
T-25: Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra, -4, $164,000
T-28: Branden Grace, -3, $156,000
T-28: Sam Horsfield, -3, $156,000
T-28: Laurie Canter, -3, $156,000
T-28: Louis Oosthuizen, -3, $156,000
T-28: Ian Poulter, -3, $156,000
T-33: Harold Varner III, -2, $149,000
T-33: Hideto Tanihara, -2, $149,000
T-35: Marc Leishman, -1, $144,000
T-35: Wade Ormsby , -1, $144,000
T-35: Phil Mickelson, -1, $144,000
T-38: Henrik Stenson, +1, $138,000
T-38: Sadom Kaewkanjana, +1, $138,000
T-38: Turk Pettit, +1, $138,000
T-41: Hudson Swafford, +2, $131,000
T-41: Cameron Tringale, +2, $131,000
T-41: Scott Vincent , +2, $131,000
T-41: Shaun Norris, +2, $131,000
45: Matt Jones, +3, $126,000
46: Pat Perez, +6, $124,000
WD: Martin Kaymer
WD: Kevin Na
TEAM
Win: Smash (Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka Peter Uihlein, Jason Kokrak), $3,000,000
2: Fireballs (Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra), $1,500,000
T-3: Crushers (Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Anirban Lahiri, Charles Howell III), $250,000
T-3: 4 Aces (Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch, Pat Perez), $250,000
Final Individual Championship standings
(Top 10, including victories and countback)
1: Dustin Johnson, 135 points
2: Branden Grace, 79 points
3: Peter Uihlein, 79 points
4: Patrick Reed, 79 points
5: Charl Schwartzel, 66 points
6: Matthew Wolff, 66 points
7: Joaquin Niemann, 66 points
8: Brooks Koepka, 62 points
9: Sergio Garcia, 62 points
10: Cameron Smith, 57 points
JEDDAH STATS
Fairways hit – Laurie Canter, Matthew Wolff 79% (11 of 14 fairways)
Driving distance – Dustin Johnson, 338.2-yard average
Greens in regulation – Richard Bland, Joaquin Niemann, 89% (16 of 18 greens)
Fewest putts -– Branden Grace, 25
Lowest round -– Joaquin Niemann, Bernd Wiesberger, 65
Most birdies – Joaquin Niemann, 8
HOLE STATS
Easiest hole – 569-yard par-5 4th, which played to a stroke average of 4.413.
Hardest hole – 211-yard par-3 3rd, which played to a stroke average of 3.261, and the 470-yard par-4 6th, which played to a stroke average of 4.261.
Course stroke average: Rd. 1 (68.458). Rd. 2 (67.851). Rd. 3 (69.239). Par is 70.
LIV Golf’s 4 Aces — Talor Gooch, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed and Pat Perez. LIV Golf
SEEDS, BYES SET FOR MIAMI
The 12 seeds for the Miami Team Championship on Oct. 28-30 at Trump National Golf Club Doral were finalised on Sunday.
The top four teams in points receive day-one byes and will select their opponents on day two.
1. 4 Aces GC, 152 points
2. Crushers GC, 96 points
3. Fireballs GC, 93 points
4. Stinger GC, 72 points
Teams finishing 5th through 8th will select, in order of finish, their opponents for day one.
5. Smash GC, 62 points
6. Majesticks GC, 61 points
7. Torque GC, 38 points
8. Hy Flyers GC, 37 points
9. Iron Heads GC, 32 points
10. Cleeks GC, 21 points
11. Punch GC, 16 points
12. Niblicks GC, 13 points
Here is an in-depth look at the finale in Miami
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