Talor Gooch parlayed a 4-shot lead going into the day at LIV Golf Andalucia right into a 1-shot event championship on Sunday at Sotogrande, Spain.
Gooch shot a 1-under-par 70 with 4 birdies to complete at 8-under 206 for the event. He was underneath par in every spherical, together with his scorching 5-under 66 on Saturday proving to be important within the win.
The victory was Gooch’s first since he received at this occasion two years in the past, but it surely was his second in three years on the occasion, and his fourth LIV title general.
This time round, he had a particular customer throughout the victory celebration.
“Two years in the past I did not have a son, and my son simply got here and gave me a hug on the inexperienced,” Gooch mentioned. “It is so particular. This recreation just isn’t simple, and you do not take good golf without any consideration. Simply pumped to be again and pumped to be again on the rostrum.
“It was a very good day, and nice to cap it off like that.”
Gooch pocketed an important birdie on the par-5 No. 17, in the end assuring him the lead going into the ultimate gap. He went into the par-4 No. 18 figuring out he’d want par for the win, following Jon Rahm‘s lengthy putt to avoid wasting par on that very same gap.
“I can solely say I made one unhealthy swing and that was the tee shot on 18,” mentioned Rahm, who completed with a 65.
Par for Gooch proved manageable sufficient, as he overcame falling right into a tie for the lead with a bogey on Gap 14 by taking pictures 2-under golf the remainder of the best way, with an extra birdie on 15 after which 18.
A product of Spain, Rahm thrilled the partisan house crowd when he cast that tie at 6-under via 14 with a birdie on the par-4, 370-yard gap and once more together with his par-save on 18.
Rahm matched Gooch with a birdie on 17 however could not discover a second at 18, settling for a 7-under event and second-place end regardless of pacing the sphere with a 6-under spherical.
Rahm completed his spherical with six birdies and no bogeys.
“I imply, in the present day was a extremely good spherical,” Rahm mentioned. “Truthfully, I most likely hit it higher than I’ve within the final yr and a half. Began seeing some pictures that jogged my memory of another good weeks, and as soon as I bought it going in the present day and I felt snug on the greens, it was enjoyable to place myself in that scenario.”
Rahm’s Legion XIII teammate Tom McKibbin (66 on Sunday) helped their crew take that competitors together with his 4-under end, good for a tie for fourth amongst people, with Branden Grace (69) of South Africa. Abraham Ancer (66) of Mexico completed third at 5-under.
Ancer’s day helped Sergio Garcia‘s (1 underneath) Fireballs GC crew end second.
Gooch’s Smash GC, captained by Brooks Koepka, completed tied for third with 4Aces GC.