Chilean Niemann defeats Spaniards Garcia and Rama in Mayakoba | Relief
Chilean Joaquin Niemann won this Sunday at the Mexican tournament Mayakoba at LIV Golf after four playoff holes Sergio Garcia, secondas well as Spaniard Jon Rahm, who shared third place with South African Dean Burmester.
Niemann and Garcia fought in four playoff holes, the last with almost no sunlight in the El Camaleon field on the Riviera Maya in Mexico. In the third and final round in Mayakoba Niemann finished with 70 hits and Garcia had 66 hits, so after three days of activity both had a total of 201 hits.which forced a tie at four holes and the South American won.
Augusta Masters champion Jon Rahm survived controversial debut at LIVtrack funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, with a final round of 70 strokes in Mexico to reach 203 and take third place with Burmester after his good performance on day two.
Niemann, who remained in first place all three days of Mayakoba, scored $4 million for winning the competition that opens the third campaign.; Garcia received $2.25 billion and Ram received $1.5 billion.
In addition, the Spaniards also Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra and David Puig finished thirty-second and thirty-eighth respectively. In the Legion XIII team standings, Rama was the leader, the Crushers were second, and Torque Nieman, Muñoz, Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz and Chile’s Mito Pereira were third.
Final classification of the Mayakoba tournament
.1. Joaquin Niemann (CHI) 59+72+70=201
.2. Sergio Garcia (Spain) 65+70+66=201
.3. Jon Rahm (Spain) 66+67+70=203
“=” Dean Burmester (ZAF) 67+66+70=203
.5. Dustin Johnson (USA) 67+71+67=205
“=” Charles Howell III (USA) 68+69+68=205
“=” Brooks Koepka (USA) 69+68+68=205
.8. Tyrrell Hutton (England) 72+70+64=206
“=” Louis Oosthuizen (ZAF) 70+69+67=206
“=” Cameron Smith (Australia) 69 70 67 206
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32. Eugenio Lopez (Spain) 73+70+71=214
38. David Puig (Spain) 72+73+71=216.