Talor Gooch takes second title in three years at LIV Andalucia

Talor Gooch parlayed a 4-shot pb going into the time astatine LIV Golf Andalucia into a 1-shot tourney title connected Sunday astatine Sotogrande, Spain.

Gooch changeable a 1-under-par 70 with 4 birdies to decorativeness astatine 8-under 206 for the tournament. He was nether par successful each round, with his sizzling 5-under 66 connected Saturday proving to beryllium indispensable successful the win.

The triumph was Gooch's archetypal since helium won astatine this lawsuit 2 years ago, but it was his 2nd successful 3 years astatine the event, and his 4th LIV rubric overall.

This clip around, helium had a peculiar visitant during the triumph celebration.

"Two years agone I didn't person a son, and my lad conscionable came and gave maine a hug connected the green," Gooch said. "It's truthful special. This crippled is not easy, and you don't instrumentality bully play for granted. Just pumped to beryllium backmost and pumped to beryllium backmost connected the podium.

"It was a bully day, and large to headdress it disconnected similar that."

Gooch pocketed a important birdie connected the par-5 No. 17, yet assuring him the pb going into the last hole. He went into the par-4 No. 18 knowing he'd request par for the win, pursuing Jon Rahm's agelong putt to prevention par connected that aforesaid hole.

"I tin lone accidental I made 1 atrocious plaything and that was the tee changeable connected 18," said Rahm, who finished with a 65.

Par for Gooch proved manageable enough, arsenic helium overcame falling into a necktie for the pb with a bogey connected Hole 14 by shooting 2-under play the remainder of the way, with an further birdie connected 15 and past 18.

A merchandise of Spain, Rahm thrilled the partisan location assemblage erstwhile helium forged that necktie astatine 6-under done 14 with a birdie connected the par-4, 370-yard spread and again with his par-save connected 18.

Rahm matched Gooch with a birdie connected 17 but couldn't find a 2nd astatine 18, settling for a 7-under tourney and second-place decorativeness contempt pacing the tract with a 6-under round.

Rahm finished his circular with six birdies and nary bogeys.

"I mean, contiguous was a truly bully round," Rahm said. "Honestly, I astir apt deed it amended than I person successful the past twelvemonth and a half. Started seeing immoderate shots that reminded maine of immoderate different bully weeks, and erstwhile I got it going contiguous and I felt comfy connected the greens, it was amusive to enactment myself successful that situation."

Rahm's Legion XIII teammate Tom McKibbin (66 connected Sunday) helped their squad instrumentality that contention with his 4-under finish, bully for a necktie for 4th among individuals, with Branden Grace (69) of South Africa. Abraham Ancer (66) of Mexico finished 3rd astatine 5-under.

Ancer's time helped Sergio Garcia's (1 under) Fireballs GC squad decorativeness second.

Gooch's Smash GC, captained by Brooks Koepka, finished tied for 3rd with 4Aces GC.