Brooks Koepka defends title at LIV Golf Jeddah as Talor Gooch lands $18m jackpot
Brooks Koepka defended his title at the LIV Golf Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Sunday and Talor Gooch pocketed $18 million for winning the season-long individual title.
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Brooks Koepka wins tourney; Talor Gooch wins LIV points title - ESPN
KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia — Brooks Koepka held it together at the end for a 2-under 68 and defended his title at LIV Golf-Jeddah with a birdie on the second playoff hole to beat Talor Gooch on a day when both had reason to celebrate.
Marc Leishman leads after 1st round of LIV Golf Jeddah
JEDDAH: Australian Marc Leishman, of team Ripper GC, leads the field by a single shot after the first round of LIV Golf Jeddah, presented by ROSHN, thanks to a bogey-free, five-under-par round of 65 in challenging, windy conditions at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club on Friday. His closest challengers at the top of the leaderboard are Dustin Johnson (of 4Aces GC), Harold Varner III (RangeGoats GC), and Brooks Koepka (Smash GC), all on four-under. Among the season’s leading points scorers, the top two, Cameron Smith (Ripper GC) and Talor Gooch (RangeGoats GC), carded even-par opening rounds of 70, while third-place Bryson DeChambeau (Crushers GC) hit a one-under par 69, keeping all three firmly in contention for the individual players’ championship. In the team standings, Crushers GC, who sit second in the season rankings, and Ripper GC (seventh) lead the field in Jeddah on six-under par, one shot ahead of season-points leaders 4Aces GC and sixth-place Fireballs GC. “It was pretty tough,” Leishman said of his round and the conditions on the course. “A fair bit of wind, and it was nice to be finding the middle of the face.
LIV golfers criticize 'almost obsolete' OWGR after ruling - ESPN
Cameron Smith called the Official World Golf Ranking system «almost obsolete» after its governing body voted unanimously not to award world-ranking points to golfers for their finishes in LIV Golf League tournaments.
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LIV Golf fails in latest bid for world ranking points
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Bryson DeChambeau plans to chase down Cameron Smith and Talor Gooch with glory at LIV Golf Jeddah
JEDDAH: In-form Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau is relishing a chance to capture another title at the upcoming regular-season finale at LIV Golf Jeddah presented by ROSHN.