A trio of the 16 LIV Golf gamers within the PGA Championship area posted top-10 outcomes at Quail Hole, however the breakaway league’s main championship drought will lengthen at the least one other month after Jon Rahm’s late implosion in Charlotte on Sunday.
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The latest main triumph by a LIV participant was Brooks Koepka’s win on the PGA Championship two years in the past. The subsequent alternative to snap the drought will come on the U.S. Open.
Here’s a breakdown of how every of the 14 gamers fared at Quail Hole:
BRYSON DECHAMBEAU
After tying for the bottom LIV Golf participant at 3-under 139 by 36 holes, DeChambeau climbed into rivalry by reeling off 5 birdies by his first 15 holes on Saturday. Nonetheless, he went 3 over by the closing “Green Mile” to fall six photographs again coming into the ultimate spherical. DeChambeau drove the ball extremely properly most of Sunday however was unable to capitalize on the greens. Nonetheless, his 1-under 70 was adequate for his second consecutive runner-up on the PGA.
JOAQUIN NIEMANN
Niemann eagled his third to final gap on Friday to make the make the reduce on the quantity, and parlayed that into his finest profession main end. A hole-out eagle on the par-5 seventh was a part of a 3-under 68 on Sunday that vaulted the Chilean into A T8 his first profession top-10 in a serious. Niemann’s earlier finest main end result had been a T16 on the 2023 Masters.
JON RAHM
The working joke that LIV gamers solely compete for 3 days does not apply right here. Rahm hit solely three greens on the entrance 9 Sunday however saved himself in rivalry along with his putter. A pair of birdies to start his again 9 noticed Rahm briefly pull even with chief Scottie Scheffler. He would later rue the lack to put up a birdie on 14 or 15 to use extra strain earlier than Rahm got here undone by going 5 over by the “Green Mile.”
RICHARD BLAND
The 52-year-old Englishman equaled DeChambeau by reaching the weekend at 3 underneath. Bland fell out of rivalry with a third-round 76, however did battle again with a 70 that included an eagle.
TOM MCKIBBIN
LIV’s latest addition reached the weekend at a really respectable 1 underneath. After transferring backward with a 74 on Saturday, McKibbin labored his approach again to 2 over earlier than bogeying his remaining two holes of the event.
TYRRELL HATTON
The fiery Englishman was on the primary web page of the leaderboard earlier than imploding on the 18th gap on Friday, which was his ninth gap of the day. A drive into the water was the beginning of a triple-bogey that included Hatton spitting at his ball whereas uttering some expletives. He went 72-77 over the weekend, together with three consecutive double bogeys to shut out the occasion.
DAVID PUIG
The younger Spaniard made the reduce on the quantity after which posted a really stable 68 to get underneath par at 2 underneath by 54 holes. That momentum evaporated with three bogeys by Puig’s first 5 holes on Sunday, and Puig stumbled residence with a 7-over 78 on Sunday.
SERGIO GARCIA
The Spaniard rebounded from a gap 75 to make the reduce on the quantity. He may need wished he missed the weekend after carding a 79 on Saturday that was three strokes worse than another participant within the area.
FAILED TO MAKE THE CUT
John Catlin: 3-over 145
Patrick Reed: 4-over 146
Dean Burmester: 6-over 148
Cameron Smith: 7-over 149
Martin Kaymer: 8-over 150
Phil Mickelson: 9-over 151
Brooks Koepka: 9-over 151
Dustin Johnson: 12-over 154
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