American Bryson DeChambeu of Crushers GC remained the leader of the sixth round of the LIV Golf Tour held at the Chapultepec Club in Mexico City, while Jon Rahm dropped two spots to fourth after Saturday's second round.
Ripper GC's Cameron Smith was second, while Chilean Niemann moved up to third.
DeChambeu finished with a 66, which, combined with Friday's 63, gave him a 129 for first place. The American had an eagle, six birdies, and three bogeys on Saturday.
Smith shot a 66 for a total of 130. His afternoon included an eagle, five birdies, and two bogeys.
Niemann, who arrived in Mexico as the season leader, had his best performance of the tournament so far, closing with a 64, 132 strokes total, after achieving an eagle, six birdies, and a bogey.
Rahm, second on Friday, dropped to fourth with a 69, for a 133 stroke total.
David Puig finished 23rd at 140; Luis Masaveu finished 34th at 143; and Sergio García finished 51st at 148.
After Mexico, the LIV circuit will continue in South Korea from May 2-4. It will then continue to Washington, Dallas, Andalusia, the United Kingdom, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Michigan.
Jon Rahm Rodríguez, born November 10, 1994[1] in Barrika, Spain, is a Spanish professional golfer. He was ranked world number one in the amateur category and was the highest-ranked amateur at the 2016 US Open. On July 19, 2020, he became world number one.
In 2024, he joined the LIV Golf Tour, making him the highest-paid athlete in the world.
Jon Rahm plays golf for the Arizona State Sun Devils, winning 11 college tournaments[2]. He is a two-time recipient of the Ben Hogan Award[3]. He remained the world's number one amateur for 60 weeks and received the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2015. He won the Eisenhower Trophy with Spain in 2014. He was the top amateur at the 2016 US Open, finishing 23rd with a score of +7 over par. [4]
After the US Open, Jon Rahm turned professional, which invalidated his qualification for the 2016 British Open. In his first tournament as a professional, the Quicken loans National, he led, alone or tied, for the first two rounds, and ultimately finished third, four shots behind winner Billy Hurley III. This performance allowed him to qualify for the British Open again, as the Quicken loans National was one of the qualifying tournaments. He finished 2nd at the RBC Canadian Open, securing special temporary PGA Tour membership for the remainder of the season. He also earned enough points as a non-member to earn a PGA Tour card for the 2017 season. On January 29, 2017, he won the Farmers Insurance Open with a 60-foot eagle putt on the final hole. A few weeks later, he announced that he would also play on the PGA European Tour.[5] In March, he played his first World Golf Championships, the WGC-Mexico Championship, where he finished 3rd, and then the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, a match-play tournament in which he finished 2nd, defeated in the final by world number 1, American Dustin Johnson. He won his second title of the year, and first on the European Tour, at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, with a 6-stroke lead over the runners-up.
