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Red-hot Chilean golfer Joaquin Niemann captured a third LIV Golf event in six starts this new season with victory in the inaugural LIV Golf Mexico City … and wasn’t his mum proud. Niemann, 26 overhauled double Major winning Bryson DeChambeau who had led the opening two days, posting seven birdies in a closing six-under 65 to comfortably win by three shots at 16-under on the Club de Golf Chapultepec course in the Mexican capital. And of huge delight to Niemann was not only securing entry ...

Rory McIlroy has missed matching fellow Grand Slam champion Gene Sarazen in joining the American in winning a first event since last fortnight’s Masters triumph. Had McIlroy and fellow Irishman Shane Lowry successfully defended their Zurich Classic title it would have meant McIlroy joining Sarazan as the only player in the games history to win in their very next event after capturing the Grand Slam. Sarazen did that in 1935 by winning the Massachusetts Open in his very next start after completing ...

Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau is arguably golf’s biggest hitter. Ripper GC Captain Cameron Smith is arguably the sport’s best putter. On Sunday at LIV Golf Mexico City, they’ll face off for the first time in the final group of a LIV Golf final round. DeChambeau, thanks to a birdie at the par-3 18th Saturday, grabbed a one-shot lead over Smith. Both shot matching 5-under 66s while playing together during Saturday’s second round, a precursor to what promises to be a dramatic and ...

Defending champs Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry have work to do if they are to retain their Zurich Classic trophy later today in New Orleans. The all-Irish pairing were tied for the lead at 22-under at the end of their round but when the curtains were drawn on day three the reigning Masters champion and his 2019 Open Champion winning partner were five shots back of the American duo of Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak who combined to produce a ‘better ball’ 61 and seize a three-shot lead at ...

In his first outing since the Masters and Bryson DeChambeau was in sizzling form on day one of the inaugural LIV Golf Mexico City on the host at Club de Golf Chapultepec course in the Mexican capital The Crushers GC Captain birdied his closing hole, the 396-yard par-4 first, by driving the green and two-putting from 35 feet, providing the finishing touch on an 8-under 63 that leaves him one stroke ahead of two other captains, Legion XIII’s Jon Rahm and Ripper GC’s Cameron Smith. The Crushers ...

Second-Round Notes – Friday, April 25, 2025 Defending champs Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry have work to do heading into golf’s traditional ‘Moving Day’ at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans. The all-Ireland team are in a nine-way tie for 16th at 11-under and six shots adrift of the rookie pair of Americans Isaiah Salinda and Kevin Vero who added a 69 to their sizzling opening 58 on the host TPC Louisana course. Also on 11-under is the pairing of Scot Bob MacIntyre and Belgium’s ...

The all-Ireland Zurich Classic defending duo of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry kick-started their defencnce of the title with two eagles on route to a four-ball best ball eight-under 64 at TPC Louisana. The effort has the duo just inside the top-20 among the field of 80 two-man teams and 1o shots adrift of the leading duo of the Americans Isaiah Salida and Kevin Velo. McIlroy and Lowry were each dressed in all black and with McIlroy clearly delighted to be introduced to the crowd as the Masters Champion. “I ...