Sunday's golf: Jon Rahm wins 1st LIV Golf title; Jhonattan Vegas takes 3M Open

Sunday’s golf: Jon Rahm wins 1st LIV Golf title; Jhonattan Vegas takes 3M Open

Posted by author July 28, 2024 Golf

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Rocester, England — Jon Rahm won LIV Golf UK on Sunday for his first victory on the Saudi-funded tour when Legion XIII teammate Tyrrell Hatton three-putted his final hole for a bogey.

Rahm closed with a 4-under 68 to finish at 13 under at JCB Golf & Country Club, a stroke ahead of Hatton (69), season points leader Joaquin-Niemann (65) and defending champion Cameron-Smith (69).

On the par-4 18th, Hatton hit a 75-foot putt to 5 feet and missed the par try to hand Rahm his first victory since the 2023 Masters. Rahm and Hatton led Legion XIII to the team title.

Rahm is one seven LIV players in the Olympics next week at Le Golf National outside Paris. The 29-year-old Spanish star joined LIV in December. He has fought a foot problem this season.

PGA Tour

Jhonattan Vegas won for the first time in nearly seven years, holing a 3-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a 1-under 70 and a one-shot victory over Max Greyserman in the 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota.

Vegas finished at 17-under 267 at the windy TPC Twin Cities. The 39-year-old from Venezuela won his fourth PGA Tour title and first since his second straight Canadian Open victory in 2017.

Greyserman, a 29-year-old PGA Tour rookie, made a charge with a 63.

Maverick McNealy (70) and Matt Kuchar (71) finished third, two shots back.

PGA Tour Champions

K.J. Choi won the Senior British Open in Carnoustie, Scotland, to become the first South Korean senior major champion, finishing with a 2-under 70 for a two-stroke victory over Richard Green of Australia.

The 54-year-old Choi took a one-shot lead into the final round at Carnoustie and held off Green for his second PGA Tour champions victory. He finished at 10-under 278.

Green shot a 71. England’s Paul Broadhurst (70) was third, three strokes back. He won the 2016 title.