This Sunday, as the culmination of three rounds of competition, Jon Rahm or Joaqun Niemann will pocket $18 million in a single day, about 15.5 million at the current exchange rate.
The Spaniard and the Chilean begin this Friday in Indianapolis this brutal final duel for the No. 1 ranking in LIV Golf, the controversial and multi-million-dollar Saudi Super League that awards this superlative bonus to the season's king.
Rahm, results
Rahm and Niemann will thus reprise the battle they held last year for the No. 1 ranking at the last event, then in Chicago, where the Basque player absolutely triumphed, winning the 4 million reserved for the champion and the aforementioned 18 million bonus, for a total of 22 million, one of the highest sports prizes ever earned in a single day.
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The Chilean leads the standings with 208.43 points, 12.27 more than Rahm (196.16), the only one who can take the crown from him because American Bryson DeChambeau (140.74) is already more than 40 points behind, the total points earned by the winner of each tournament.
Jon narrowed the gap last week in Chicago when Niemann finished 17th and he shared second place with his compatriot Josele Ballester, both beaten in the playoff by South African Dean Burmester.
The combinations to decide the final No. 1 are numerous, but the Chilean will be the king if he wins or finishes second regardless of what Rahm does, who needs to finish at least 7th to have a chance.
LIV Golf 2025
Final round at Indianapolis
Jon Rahm will be No. 1... *
-If he wins and Niemann finishes 3rd or worse
-If he is 2nd and Niemann finishes 5th or worse
-If he is 3rd and Niemann finishes 9th or worse
-If he is 4th and Niemann finishes 14th or worse
-If he is 5th and Niemann finishes 16th or worse
-If he is 6th and Niemann finishes 21st or worse
-If he is 7th and Niemann finishes 25th or worse
Two clear cases:
Niemann will be No. 1...
-If he wins or finishes second
-If Rahm finishes 8th or worse
* These combinations do not count tied positions, which would be subject to other calculations because the points are distributed among the players involved: for example, The two golfers who share second place will each earn 27 points for splitting 54 points (second place's 30 and third place's 24).
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"It's a little easier to do it now that I'm 12 points behind Niemann than before the Chicago tournament, when I was almost 40, but I still feel like I have to win this week in Indianapolis to overcome that point gap," Rahm said in his press conference.
