Tranlate this title Bedminster, Niemann dominates: ninth LIV win in spanish

Joaquín Niemann closed out the 2026 LIV Golf New York with a wire-to-wire victory, the ninth of his league career and his second this season, extending his all-time record. The Chilean Torque GC player finished 16 points clear (64-65-70-69), resisting late pressure from Harold Varner III to close by three shots. Varner finished second at 13 points clear (69-67-65-70). Scott Vincent and Lee Westwood finished 9 points clear, tied for third. Byeong Hun An finished fifth at 7 points clear; Thomas Pieters, Tom McKibbin, and Paul Casey finished 6 points clear.

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In the team standings, the Crushers GC won their 11th regular-season title in their history, another all-time league record. Bryson DeChambeau’s team finished six points clear, two shots ahead of Legion XIII and Torque GC. On Sunday, the Crushers posted a team deficit of one, with Paul Casey scoring a solid 68. The team held firm until the end on a challenging Bedminster course. With one day remaining in the regular season, Jon Rahm has mathematically won the 2026 LIV Golf League Individual Championship, his third in a row after those in 2024 and 2025. The Legion XIII captain finished the tournament in a disappointing T41 after a final 76, but the lead he had built up in the previous weeks proved irreparable. Niemann handled Sunday with composure, appreciating the pressure of the final round and emphasizing how difficult moments help him grow as a player. Rahm, despite the downturn, expressed satisfaction with the season overall, recalling his strong early-season results and his victory in Hong Kong, while admitting a bitter aftertaste for his performance in Bedminster. On the Crushers side, DeChambeau and his teammates reiterated the added value of the team format and the group’s ability to perform on a variety of courses.

From August 6 to 9, 2026, LIV Golf returns to the United States for the second time this season, following its stop in Virginia, and lands once again at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. This is the league’s third event on this course (following the 2022 and 2023 editions), making the course the eighth to host at least three tournaments on the circuit. After ten events in ten different countries, the LIV caravan returns to the New York region with its now-established format: four rounds, 72 holes of stroke play, 57 players divided into 13 teams of four, plus five wild cards.

The individual standings leader, Jon Rahm (Legion XIII), is approaching his third consecutive Individual Championship. However, his lead over Bryson DeChambeau has shrunk by more than 100 points after the LIV Golf United Kingdom. The Spaniard is coming off a T23 in the UK, his first result outside the top 20 in 35 regular-season events he’s completed: a warning sign, but also a boost to get going again. On the other side of the team standings, the Australians from Ripper GC are in great form. Lucas Herbert just posted a record-breaking 30-under-par performance to win in the UK, his second wire-to-wire performance in the last four outings. The team clinched the team title in the UK and is looking to repeat their feat at Bedminster 2023, when they won their first team trophy. With their third win of the season, the Rippers have closed the gap on the 4Aces GC leaders to less than three points. Cameron Smith, captain and individual winner at Bedminster three years ago (with the largest winning margin in league history: 12-under and seven shots over Anirban Lahiri), returns to the course that gave him his last individual LIV victory. Alongside him are Marc Leishman (T7 in 2023) and reserve Travis Smyth (replacing the injured Elvis Smylie); Herbert, on the other hand, is making his debut here. Smith is confident of consistency. Tyrrell Hatton (Legion XIII) also arrives fired up: first in Andalusia and second in the UK in his last two starts. In total, 33 of the 57 players present this week have already played the 2023 tournament at Bedminster.