Rahm off to a winning start on LIV circuit
Jon Rahm’s new Legion XIII team made a winning start in the opening event of the 2024 LIV Golf season.
Despite being formed less than 48 hours before the new campaign got underway in Mayakoba, Mexico, Masters champion Rahm joined forces with Legion XIII team-mates Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt and Kieran Vincent to claim a four-shot win. Chile’s Joaquin Niemann beat Sergio Garcia at the fourth extra hole in a play-off to land his first individual triumph on the circuit.
On a day when all four scores counted, Hatton led the way with a best-ofthe-day seven-under-par 64, Surratt birdied his last five holes for a 67, Vincent added a 69 and Rahm had to settle for a 70 after a disappointing finish.
“It's very nice on a day in which in any normal tournament I probably would have been upset at my finish to actually have something to celebrate,” said Rahm. “That is one of the big reasons why I decided to transition.”
Meanwhile, Wyndham Clark landed a third PGA Tour title triumph in less than nine months after the AT&T Pebble Beach Proam was reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather.
Hopes of playing the final round yesterday following its cancellation on Sunday were dashed due to ongoing strong winds.
Afterwards Clark confirmed that he had turned down the chance to join LIV Golf. “I ultimately declined going to LIV because I felt like I still have a lot of things left in the tank on the PGA Tour and I wanted to chase records, I wanted to chase world ranking,” he said. “Ultimately, I chose my legacy over LIV.”