Rahm finished 8th at LIV Golf in Las Vegas after failing again in the final round

Second tournament LIV Golf for Jon Rahm and second top-10 for the Basque player, but with a clear bitter taste because the current champion of August Masters failed in the final stage when he was in full contention for victory, both last week Mayakoba (Mexico) like this saturday Las Vegas.

The American Dustin Johnsonanother former world number 1 and winner of two Grand Slams like Rahm, he has already achieved his third millionaire title Saudi Super Leaguethat the organization decided that the tournament will be held from Thursday to Saturday in order not to keep up with superbowl on Sunday, the final of NFL which will also be held in Las Vegas.

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Thanks to his excellent second round (63), Rahm started the third and final day just two strokes behind the co-leaders, Johnson and his compatriot Bryson DeChambeaubut the Spaniard did not find the sharpest version of his game and signed a card of 71 strokes for a total of 202 (-8), sharing 8th place four behind Dustin Johnson (69), champion with a total 198 (- 12) .

Rahm made two birdies (holes 3 and 10), but made three bogeys, one on hole 15 was especially inconvenient as it put him two strokes off the lead occupied by Johnson and Peter Uihlein (68), ultimately second classed with Talor Gooch (67), the overall winner of the 2023 LIV Golf season. Jon also closed his lap with another mistake that dropped him from 5th to 8th in the final position.

The Basque was 3rd last week in Mayakoba, but won as team captain. Legion XII which he shares Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt and Kieran Vincenta success in which the four shared another 3 million dollars, 2.8 million euros.

Before Rahm, DJ was another highly popular signing in the Saudi Super League due to his status as a former world number 1 and winner of two majors, the 2016 US Open and the 2020 Augusta Mastersscene of his 24th and final title on the American circuit of PGAnow also banned for him.

Johnson was the overall winner in LIV Golf’s debut season, in 2022, when he debuted his record on the new circuit when he won Boston. In 2023 he won Tulsaso that Las Vegas makes up its third title in the controversial Saudi Super League, which distributes 25 million dollars (23.2 million euros) in each tournament, 3.7 million euros reserved for the individual champion.

Unlike Rahm, Dustin Johnson shined on the final holes of the Las Vegas Country Club. The American complicated his options by making three bogeys in the five middle holes (6, 9, 11), but he reacted with three final birdies (13, 15, 17) that allowed him to avoid the playoff tiebreaker with Uihlein and Gooch.

The other three Spaniards present in the Saudi Super League, which currently has 54 golfers, finished further in the classification, David Puig (15th), Sergio Garcia (26th) and Eugenio Chacarra (30º). The Chilean Joaquin Niemannwho beat García on Sunday in Mayakoba in a playoff via tiebreaker, shot 74 on Saturday and also finished in 30th position.

LIV Golf of Las Vegas

Final classification

Par 70
198 Dustin Johnson (USA) 67-62-69
199 Peter Uihlein (USA) 66-65-68
Talor Gooch (USA) 66-66-67
​200 Matthew Wolff (USA) 65-66-69
201 Jason Kokrak (USA) 65-67-69
Paul Casey (Eng) 63-70-68
​ Graeme McDowell (Irl. N.) 66-70-65
202 Jon Rahm (ESP) 68-63-71
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​205 David Puig (ESP/15º) 67-67-71
207 Sergio García (ESP/26th) 69-68-70
​208 Eugenio Chacarra (ESP/30º) 68-69-71
Joaquín Niemann (Chl) 68-66-74