Golf May 30, 2026

LIV Golf South Africa: Bryson DeChambeau beats Jon Rahm in play-off for second-straight title

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LIV Golf South Africa: Bryson DeChambeau beats Jon Rahm in play-off for second-straight title

Bryson DeChambeau secured a second LIV Golf title in as many weeks as he beat Jon Rahm in a play-off to emerge victorious in South Africa.

Both DeChambeau and ​Rahm finished on 26 under par ‌over 72 holes, but the American claimed his fifth career LIV ​title on the first extra hole with a birdie.

A tearful DeChambeau revealed afterwards he had faced challenges ​off the course this week, without ⁠elaborating further.

"A lot had happened ⁠in my life in the last week, I am so grateful for ‌my team and everybody supporting me," he said.

"Golf is a fickle game, you work so hard at ‌it your whole life and then you realise golf is just golf."

DeChambeau is the third player with at least five LIV wins, joining Joaquin Niemann (seven) and Brooks Koepka (five), who is now back on the PGA Tour.

Returning to the par-five 18th, DeChambeau pulled his drive into the mud and muck left of the fairway on the rain-soaked course.

He was given free relief and eventually allowed to place the golf ball. Keeping his feet stable, he ripped his next onto the green to 12 feet.

Rahm, from the fairway, went into a bunker, blasted out to just beyond 12 feet and misread his birdie putt. That gave DeChambeau two putts for the win, and he left the eagle putt inches short.

DeChambeau's quartet, the Crushers, which also includes Paul Casey, Charles Howell III and Anirban ⁠Lahiri, won the team event as ​they beat South Africa's Southern Guards ​by a single shot with 76 under-par.

Officials ​on Sunday announced the event in South Africa ⁠would be staged again in 2027, though with revised dates of April 22-25.

"South Africa was unbelievable, ⁠it has to be the ​best LIV Golf event we have ever had," ​DeChambeau said of the tournament's debut on the LIV calendar.

More than 100,000 spectators were expected over the four days in ‌Johannesburg.

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