LIV Golf Andalucía: Talor Gooch wins particular person title; Legion XIII tops all groups

SAN ROQUE, Spain – On a lovely Sunday at LIV Golf Andalucía, Smash GC’s Talor Gooch narrowly held on to his 36-hole result in earn his fourth particular person LIV Golf title and his first since 2023. Gooch, who gained the league’s Particular person Championship in 2023, has now gained two of the three occasions performed at Valderrama on LIV Golf.

The 33-year-old adopted his Saturday 5-under 66 with a 1-under 70 to carry off a hard-charging again that was headlined by Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm. Rahm shot a 6-under 65, tying him with Ripper GC’s Matt Jones for the low spherical of the day.

Rahm was in a position to have a good time a win, nonetheless. His Legion XIII shot 5 beneath for the week and took the group title, edging Fireballs GC (3 beneath).

Rahm tied Gooch at 7 beneath when Rahm had one gap to play and Gooch had two, together with the par-5 seventeenth. Gooch would make birdie after a superb lag putt from off the inexperienced, and Rahm drove it left into the timber on the 18th. After a punch out and a wedge shot that left him shut to twenty toes, Rahm made a momentum-saving putt on the final gap adopted by an unlimited fist pump to maintain his hopes of the person title alive. Nevertheless, Gooch performed the 18th gap brilliantly, leaving himself a tap-in for par and the win.

Legion XIII was led by incredible rounds from Rahm and Tom McKibbin (5-under 66). Caleb Surratt got here up clutch for Rahm, making birdie on 5 of his final 9 holes after enjoying his first 9 at 4-over par. Surratt completed with a 1-under 70. Teammate Tyrrell Hatton shot even-par 70 to assist his group to the {hardware}.

The win marks the third of the season for Legion XIII, with all three victories coming outdoors the US (Riyadh and Mexico Metropolis).

For the Fireballs, Abraham Ancer completed in third place, taking pictures a 5-under 66 to realize his finest end since LIV Golf Adelaide the place he completed tied for second.

For the third consecutive event, 4Aces GC did not convert a 36-hole lead into their first victory since 2023. The 4Aces completed in a tie for third alongside Smash GC, who had been led by Jason Kokrak’s 2-under 69.

Branden Grace of Stinger GC shot a 2-under 69 to complete tied for fourth, which was an necessary end result for his place within the standings because the 37-year-old tasks to maneuver from forty ninth within the particular person standings to thirty fourth, nicely contained in the Drop Zone.

The third spherical was the simplest spherical of the week with a scoring common of –0.58 after enjoying +0.57 in Spherical 2 and +2.46 in Spherical 1.

TEAM SCORES

LIV Golf’s new scoring format this season now entails all 4 scores now counting in each spherical within the group competitors. Listed here are the scores and last outcomes after Sunday’s Rd. 3 at LIV Golf Andalucía.

1. LEGION XIII -5 (Rahm 65, McKibbin 66, Surratt 70, Hatton 71; Rd. 3 rating: -12)2. FIREBALLS GC -3 (Ancer 66, Ballester 67, Garcia 70, Puig 70; Rd. 3 rating: -11)T3. SMASH GC E (Kokrak 69, Gooch 70, Koepka 71, McDowell 71; Rd. 3 rating: -3)T3. 4ACES GC E (Pieters 69, Varner III 70, Reed 71, Johnson 72; Rd. 3 rating: -2)5. HYFLYERS GC +4 (Tringale 67, Steele 69, Mickelson 71, Ogletree 71; Rd. 3 rating: -6)6. RIPPER GC +8 (Jones 65, Herbert 69, Smith 69, Leishman 70; Rd. 3 rating: -11)7. CRUSHERS GC +10 (Howell III 69, Lahiri 69, Casey 71, DeChambeau 74; Rd. 3 rating: -1)8. CLEEKS GC +12 (Bland 69, Meronk 70, Kaymer 72, Kjettrup 72; Rd. 3 rating: -1)9. TORQUE GC +13 (Muñoz 68, Ortiz 68, Niemann 71, Pereira 71; Rd. 3 rating: -6)10. MAJESTICKS GC +14 (Horsfield 69, Stenson 70, Poulter 71, Westwood 71; Rd. 3 rating: -3)11. STINGER GC +16 (Grace 69, Schwartzel 70, Burmester 73, Oosthuizen 73; Rd. 3 rating: +1)12. IRON HEADS GC +19 (Lee 69, Kozuma 71, Na 72, Jang 79; Rd. 3 rating: +7)13. RANGEGOATS GC +28 (Watson 70, Uihlein 73, Campbell 76, Masaveu 76; Rd. 3 rating: +11)Wild Playing cards: C. Lee 71, Kim 77

This piece is courtesy of Mike McAllister in partnership with LIV Golf.

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