Dustin Johnson makes eagle to beat Anirban Lahiri and Joaquin Niemann in play-off at LIV Golf Boston

In what has been a week of firsts for LIV Golf, Dustin Johnson secured victory in the series’ first play-off with a stunning eagle putt. Matthew Wolff, who snapped his putter in frustration on Sunday, made the first hole in one the competition’s history — admittedly there have been only four events. Ad The first three events have not really set the pulse racing, with no real drama towards the end of the tournaments.

But in Boston on Sunday, the lead see-sawed during the day and debutants Anirban Lahiri and Joaquin Niemann made birdies on 18 to get to 15-under. GolfWolff breaks putter in frustration, throws it into trees at LIV Golf event in Boston2 HOURS AGO Johnson made a mess of the 18th, but got up and down after being in the trees to make par and get into the three-man play-off. While Johnson made a mess of the 18th in regulation, he played it to perfection on the first play-off hole to claim the win.

In contrast, Niemaann and Lahiri made errors with their second shots. The former was out of the hole, while Lahiri still had a shot at a birdie when Johnson stepped over his eagle putt. It was a long way from the hole and he gave it a run.

It was set to go at least 10 feet past the hole but it hit the back of the cup, jumped in the air and dropped in for a superb win. «It was going a little fast,» Johnson said in one of golf's great understatements. «But it was a good line.

»I felt like I played well all week. I felt I got some unlucky breaks first time round, so I felt it owed me one." LIV’s star new recruit Cameron Smith performed well on his debut, and he missed a putt on his final hole to get himself in the play-off. Smith’s putting kept him above water for the opening two days, and whatever ailed him off the tee