Jon Rahm looks to close out the 2024 LIV Golf title in Chicago as he takes the lead into Sunday’s Day 3
Jon Rahm and Joaquin Niemann came to Chicago as the only players with a chance to clinch the LIV Golf individual title and Rahm rose to the top of the leaderboard at Bolingbrook Golf Club in suburban Chicago on Saturday with a six-under-par 64. Rahm leads Niemann by nearly three points in the standings, 195.17-192.20, with Niemann three shots back in a tie for fourth after an uneven 68 on Day 2. In the team competition, Cleeks GC and Crushers GC enter Sunday tied for the lead at 10-under-par, four shots better than Fireballs GC.
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Adrian Meronk led Cleeks to an 11-under-par day with a 65, while Kalle Samooja carded a 66 and Richard Bland came in with a 68. Crushers GC fell back to the pack with a one-under-par aggregate. Captain Bryson DeChambeau and Charles Howell III posted 69s and Paul Casey had a 71.
On the individual side, Sergio Garcia trails Rahm by one shot after a one-under 65 on Saturday while first-round leader Brooks Koepka struggled to a three-over-par 73 and fell to third place at five-under-par. Niemann, Ian Poulter and Meronk share fourth place.
The final individual competion of the season in Chicago will lock in the 24 players guaranteed to return for 2025 as well as nine who will be relegated out of LIV Golf. Most prominent on that list entering the Chicago event is two-time major champion Bubba Watson who needs to finish at least 15th to have any chance of moving up to 48th place.
The standings are split into the Lock Zone (the top 24), the Open Zone (players in 25th through 48th who could be traded or released by their team) and the Drop Zone (49th and below).
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