4 Takeaways From Jon Rahm's Win at LIV Golf Hong Kong

For the first time since September 2024, Jon Rahm is back in the winner’s circle.

Rahm pulled away from the field with a 6-under on Sunday at LIV Hong Kong to finish 23-under par. He started the day tied with Thomas Detry (20-under) and Harold Varner III (18-under).

Here are our takeaways:

It’s frankly astonishing that Rahm did not win last year. He had 12 top-10 finishes and seven top-fives in his 13 starts last year, including four seconds. He started this year with back-to-back seconds, as well.

Rahm’s results this year were especially impressive, and he would have won at LIV Adelaide if it weren't for Anthony Kim’s memorable final round. His worst score this season was 20-under in Australia, and he turned his second 23-under tally into a win this week.

Rahm’s worst round this season was 1-under in the final round in Adelaide. His next worst is 4-under par. He’s likely to be contending down the stretch at every LIV event this year.

The team race was tight entering the final round, with Smash GC leading the way at 44-under par. 4Aces stepped up, though.

Dustin Johnson (5-under), Kim (4-under), Thomas Pieters (4-under) and Detry (3-under) all delivered quality rounds for a 16-under tally that put them atop the team leaderboard for the tournament at 56-under, six strokes ahead of Smash GC.

While all four Smash GC golfers were under par, Jason Kokrak and Varner were both just 1-under, which opened the door for Johnson’s team.

DeChambeau finished third in Adelaide, but his T17 and T24 starts in Riyadh and Hong Kong have him seventh in the individual standings.

The two-time major champion is no stranger to this, though. Last year, he started with a T6, T18, T20 and T10 in the first four events, but he followed that with a