Talor Gooch took a four-shot lead at Liv Golf Andalucia on Sunday to enter the one-shot event championship at Spain Sotogrande.
Gooch shot a 1-under par 70 with 4 birdies to complete at 8-under 206 within the event. He was beneath par in every spherical. The new 5-under 66 on Saturday proved important to victory.
Gooch was the primary to win since successful the occasion two years in the past, however his second in three years on the occasion and his fourth general LIV title.
This time he had a particular customer in the course of the victory celebration.
“Two years in the past, I did not have a son. He got here and hugged me within the inexperienced,” Gooch mentioned. “It’s totally particular. This recreation is not simple and you do not take good golf without any consideration. You are simply pumped up to return and return to the rostrum.
“It was a very good day and it was nice to shut it that approach.”
Gooch pocketed a significant birdie on par 5 No. 17, and ultimately assured him a lead into the ultimate gap. He entered par 4 No. 18 understanding he wanted a par for the win, following John Rahm’s lengthy putt to save lots of par in the identical gap.
“I can say I had one dangerous swing, and it was a tee shot of 18,” mentioned Rahm, who completed with 65.
Gooch’s Parr proved to be simple to handle as he managed to beat his fall to the lead tie with a hole-14 bogey by filming the remaining 2-under golf.
Spanish product Rahm excited the crowds of partisan homes when he constructed that tie at 14 beneath with birdies in a par-4, 370-yard gap and once more with a par save of 18.
Rahm matched Gooch with birdie at 17, however settled on the second event and second place end at 18, pacing the sphere in six beneath rounds.
Rahm completed the spherical with six birdies and no bogeys.
“I imply, right this moment was a extremely good spherical,” Rahm mentioned. “To be trustworthy, I hit it greater than half of final yr, and I began to see pictures that remind me of different good weeks.
Rahm’s Legion XIII teammate Tom McKibbin (Sunday 66) helped the staff compete that along with his 4-under end. Mexico’s Abraham Ansser (66) completed third with a 5-under.
Reply Day helped Sergio Garcia (1 beneath) Fireballs GC staff end second.
Captained by Brooks Koepka, Gooch’s Smash GC was tied to 3rd place within the 4th-dan GC.
