Jon Rahm won his second individual crown as Tour LIV overall champion on Sunday, but he wasn't happy. He also wanted to win the Indianapolis tournament, which closed out the championship. A victory that would have been his first of the year. While he successfully defended his title in the points standings, closing with a superb 11-under 60 to edge out his great rival for the title, Chilean Joaqun Niemann, the Basque player turned things around in the subsequent playoff for victory at Indy: a playoff with Sebastin Muoz that the Colombian ended up winning just two days after becoming the first player to shoot a 59 with a double bogey.
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Rahm was close to victory even at the clubhouse, leaving at -22 and two strokes ahead of Muoz. But he birdied the final two holes in regulation for a 65, tying Rahm at Chatham Hills and forcing a playoff that Rahm ultimately lost, just as he had the week before, falling to Dean Burmester.
Muoz beat Rahm in the playoff with a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th. And at that moment, the Barrika native wasn't worthy of the title of individual best of the year. "It's a great moment, but it doesn't feel great to end the year losing two playoffs," Rahm said. "I'm sure in time I'll get over it and really appreciate what I've done this year. To be able to win the season without actually winning a tournament, I know I'll be proud of that."
Rahm snatched the season points title from Joaquin Niemann, whose year is the opposite of Rahm's consistency: the Chilean has won five tournaments, but far from those successes, he barely cracked the top 10 in the remaining events. Niemann finished with a 66 to tie for fourth. "It's hard to swallow," he said. "But in the end, it is what it is. I feel like this is going to inspire me to work harder and try to be in this situation again next year and do it differently." The Chilean and Muoz led Torque GC to the team championship with a record total of 64 under par.
Rahm pocketed a bonus of $18 million (about 15.5 million) for his tour victory, bringing his earnings since joining the LIV tour two years ago to a whopping $64 million. And that's without winning a single tournament this year, but he's always been at the top. Jon ends 2025 with 12 top-10 finishes in the 13 tournaments on the tour. In 2024, he only won one, Chicago, but his consistency also earned him the title.
