Byeong-Hun An Breaks Into Top 5 at LIV Golf for the First Time... Niemann Takes Victory
2-under, 5th Place at LIV Golf New York Final Round
Second Top 10 Finish of the Season After Riyadh T9
Niemann Claims Second Win of the Season; Younghan Song 9th, Taehoon Lee 11th
An Byeonghun finished in the top 5.
On August 10 (Korean time), at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster (par 71) in Bedminster, New Jersey, USA, he carded five birdies and three bogeys in the fourth round of LIV Golf New York (total prize money of 30 million dollars). Shooting a 2-under-par 69, An recorded a total of 7-under-par 277, taking 5th place. This marks his second top-10 finish of the season, following his tied 9th place in Riyadh last February. As a member of the Korean Golf Club, An joined LIV Golf this year and has competed in 11 tournaments.
An Byeonghun achieved his personal best by finishing 5th at LIV Golf New York. Photo by Yonhap News
View original imageJoaquin Niemann (Chile) shot two strokes under par to clinch a three-stroke victory (16-under-par 268). This is his second win of the season since LIV Golf Korea in May, his ninth career win, and the winner’s prize is 4 million dollars (approximately 5.6 billion won). Harold Varner III finished second (13-under-par 271), while Lee Westwood (England) and Scott Vincent (Zimbabwe) shared third place (9-under-par 275).
Song Younghan, also a member of the Korean Golf Club, carded two birdies and one bogey to tie for ninth at 4-under-par 280. This is his first top-10 finish of the year. Korean-Canadian Lee Taehun tied for 11th (3-under-par 281), and New Zealand-Korean Danny Lee finished in 14th place (2-under-par 282).
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Meanwhile, Bryson DeChambeau (USA) tied for 38th (7-over-par 291), Jon Rahm (Spain) tied for 41st (8-over-par 292), Moon Doyeob tied for 45th (10-over-par 294), Kim Minkyu finished 47th (11-over-par 295), and Korean-American Anser Kim finished 51st (16-over-par 300).
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