The Open: How profitable Jon Rahm, all 18 LIV Golf gamers had been

There have been 18 LIV Golf gamers at the Open Championship, one of many largest teams of contributors within the 4 majors this 12 months.

They’d over 10 p.c of the sector at Royal Troon this previous weekend. The Saudi-backed league noticed Bryson DeChambeau change into its second main champion on the U.S. Open after Brooks Koepka was the primary on the 2023 PGA Championship.

Eleven of the 18 made the lower and performed all 4 days, together with previous main winners Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Jon Rahm and Koepka.

Let’s take a look at how every of the 18 gamers completed on the last main championship.

Jon Rahm

Jon Rahm completed the very best among the many LIV Golf gamers, tying for seventh place. He made a surge up the leaderboard on Sunday as he carded a 3-under 68, however was not constant sufficient to earn that third main title.

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He went 73-70-72-68 within the 4 rounds of play. It was his greatest end in a serious this season. The Spaniard withdrew from competitors forward of the U.S. Open due to a toe an infection. He missed the lower on the PGA Championship and was T45 at Augusta Nationwide.

Rahm was the one LIV Golf participant to complete beneath par for the week.

John Catlin

The second-highest finisher at Royal Troon was John Catlin, who recorded a T16. He shot an even-par 71 within the last spherical to complete at 2-over general.

By way of 4 rounds of play, Catlin went 76-70-69-71.

Dean Burmester

Subsequent was Dean Burmester, the firey South African participant who certified for this 12 months’s Open by successful the Joburg Open final November. After two rounds of play, he was in competition, however a disastrous Spherical 3 took him out of it— the 35-year-old rounded out the occasion with an even-par 71 on Sunday to complete T19.

Burmester went 71-69-76-71 via 4 rounds. He additionally performed within the PGA Championship and U.S. Open earlier this 12 months, as he was one of many few LIV golfers to take part in many of the majors. Burmester posted his greatest end at Valhalla with a T12; at Pinehurst No. 2, he was solo 69th.

Laurie Canter

The fourth LIV Golf participant to make the weekend was Laurie Canter. He completed at 5-over within the match as he went 71-74-70-74 all through the 4 days of play.

Dustin Johnson

Dustin Johnson has not had the perfect main championship season in 2024. He performed in all 4 majors however solely made the lower twice. Johnson’s greatest end got here this week at Royal Troon after he shot a 4-over 75 on Sunday, to see him end at 6-over general and tied for thirty first.

He missed the lower at Augusta Nationwide and the U.S. Open. The 2020 Masters champ was T43 on the PGA Championship.

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Brooks Koepka

The sixth LIV golfer to make the weekend was Brooks Koepka, who’s normally at his strongest in main championships. Nevertheless, it was a fairly lackluster 12 months for the five-time main winner.

At Royal Troon, Koepka was T43 as he was 8 over within the match. By way of 4 rounds of play, he went 70-73-78-71 as he carded a fair par on Sunday to leap up 19 spots on the leaderboard.

Koepka additionally performed and made the lower in all 4 majors. Nevertheless, his greatest finishes got here on the PGA Championship and U.S. Open, the place he was T26. On the Masters, Koepka was T45.

Adrian Meronk

Adrian Meronk is likely one of the newer LIV Golf gamers after he joined the Saudi-backed league final 12 months when he obtained left off the Ryder Cup workforce.

At Royal Troon, he completed the match at 9-over, which put him at T50, which marked the one time he performed the weekend within the 4 majors this 12 months. He went 73-72-73-75 on the week.

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Joaquin Niemann

At the start of the 12 months, Joaquin Niemann was one of many hottest golfers on the planet. Nevertheless, he cooled off some since his historic sub-60 spherical. At The Open, the Chilean golfer completed at 10-over and T58. On Sunday, he fell 18 locations down the leaderboard when he recorded a 5-over 76.

Nieman was even-par after two days of play and proper within the hunt, however going 76-76 on the weekend took him proper out of it. The one main he didn’t play in was the U.S. Open as he did not qualify. Niemann’s greatest main end got here at Augusta Nationwide with a T29. On the PGA Championship, he was T39; this week, he was T58.

Abraham Ancer

Becoming a member of Niemann at T58 is Abraham Ancer. He went 73-75-70-76 on the week. This week marked the one main for the Mexican golfer this 12 months.

Phil Mickelson

Mickelson was one other LIV Golf participant who participated in all 4 majors this 12 months. He completed at 11-over at Royal Troon, in the direction of the underside of the leaderboard. On Sunday, he posted a 5-over 76 as he performed alongside fellow left-handed golfer Robert MacIntyre.

All through the week, Mickelson went 73-74-72-76. It was the second time he performed the weekend at a serious in 2024, lacking the lower at Valhalla and Pinehurst. He completed T43 at The Masters and T60 this week at The Open.

Andy Ogletree

Andy Ogletree was the ultimate LIV Golf participant to make the weekend at The Open. He was one spot away from ending useless final among the many 80 gamers who made the lower. Ogletree was 19-over within the match after he went 75-72-79-77.

Listed below are the listing of LIV Golf gamers who missed the lower on the Open:

— Henrik Stenson: 8-over
— Tyrrell Hatton: 8-over
— Louis Oosthuizen: 8-over
— Sam Horsfield: 8-over
— Bryson DeChambeau: 9-over
— Cameron Smith: 12-over
— David Puig: 13-over

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