{"id":723383,"date":"2026-06-08T16:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/723383\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:39:18","slug":"rd-4-recap-hatton-holds-off-rahm-for-his-first-win-as-a-dad-as-legion-xiii-sweeps-both-trophies-at-liv-golf-andalucia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/723383\/","title":{"rendered":"Rd. 4 recap: Hatton holds off Rahm for his first win as a dad as Legion XIII sweeps both trophies at LIV Golf Andalucia"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOTOGRANDE, Spain \u2013 Tyrrell Hatton\u2019s daughter Althea was born just a couple of weeks ago but whenever she\u2019s old enough to understand, she\u2019ll hear the story of her daddy\u2019s first start as a first-time father.<\/p>\n

She will beam with pride at the storybook finish \u2013 an impressive wire-to-wire win at one of Europe\u2019s most iconic and demanding courses.<\/p>\n

RELATED: FINAL LEADERBOARD<\/a><\/p>\n

Hatton survived a tense final round Sunday at LIV Golf Andaluc\u00eda<\/a>, including a challenge from his Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm, to win the individual title by two shots at Real Club Valderrama. Legion XIII completed the sweep of both trophies by successfully defending the team title by six strokes over 4Aces GC.<\/p>\n

Hatton closed with a 1-under 70 to finish at 11 under, with Rahm taking solo second at 9 under after shooting 67, which tied for the lowest score of the day. Torque GC\u2019s Abraham Ancer was solo third at 8 under, with Fireballs GC Captain Sergio Garcia and teammates David Puig claiming the next two spots.<\/p>\n

The win is Hatton\u2019s second on LIV Golf, and his first on any tour in nearly 18 months. Having taken off last week\u2019s LIV Golf Korea to be with his wife Emily and new child, the 34-year-old Hatton returned to action this week with an additional source of inspiration.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my motivations probably moving forward is when Althea grows up, she will know that I was pretty good at golf sometimes,\u201d Hatton said. \u201cI would love to continue to be able to win tournaments when she\u2019s old enough to remember that happening. Definitely given me a different kind of motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n

If he needed any additional motivation, it came in the form of Rahm, the Spanish star who was seeking his first win at Valderrama. He started the day five shots behind Hatton but quickly closed the gap with a birdie at the second hole and eagle at the par-5 fourth.<\/p>\n

But with all that momentum, Rahm then hit a dry spell, playing the next 10 holes in a birdie-free 1 over before finishing with a couple of birdies, including a near-ace at the 15th hole.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, Rahm discussed the range of emotions \u2013 a celebration for the team win, happiness for his good friend Hatton but disappointment in not adding his own name to the list of Valderrama champions.<\/p>\n

\u201cTyrrell played incredible golf all week,\u201d Rahm said. \u201cHe’s a truly deserving champion. There’s very few people I feel like I’ll be happy for losing to, and he is one of them. The other four have a Spanish passport. It wouldn’t be as enjoyable as this moment is right now because he deserves it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as second places go, finishing second in Spain stings just a little bit more. It’s two years in a row where I’m going on this stretch with a chance and come up a little bit short. So it hurts a little bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even so, it was a well-earned victory for Hatton, who led or co-led after each of the four rounds. He produced several clutch shots, including approaches at holes 9 and 13 to set up two critical birdies during a stretch in which he also suffered a couple of bogeys.<\/p>\n

Hatton then rolled in a 16-foot birdie putt at the par-4 16th and followed with an up-and-down birdie at the par-5 17th to maintain his lead over Rahm.<\/p>\n

\u201cJon said to me before he went out today that he was going to make it stressful for me, and unfortunately, he did in the end,\u201d Hatton said. \u201cYeah, it was a tricky day. I feel like I hit a lot of good shots on the front nine that didn’t really get rewarded. The wind certainly made my life very stressful, and I’m sure every player today felt the same way.<\/p>\n

\u201cVery happy with the back nine in the end, and that finish was great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hatton has now won tournaments on Europe\u2019s most iconic courses \u2013\u00a0St Andrews, Wentworth and Valderrama. Add his victory in the U.S. at Arnold Palmer\u2019s Bay Hill, and his list of notable winning courses gives the Englishman a distinction that few other professional golfers \u2013 if any \u2013 can match.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been very lucky to win at some very special places,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s very hard to win. This one means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tyrrell Hatton waves to the crowd on the 18th green after winning LIV Golf Andalucia. (Photo by Montana Pritchard\/LIV Golf)<\/p>\n

FINAL LEADERBOARDS <\/p>\n

Individual Top 10<\/p>\n

1 (-11) \u2013 Tyrrell Hatton, Legion XIII (67-69-67-70)<\/p>\n

2 (-9) \u2013 Jon Rahm, Legion XIII (73-67-68-67)<\/p>\n

3 (-8) \u2013 Abraham Ancer, Torque (72-69-67-68)<\/p>\n

4 (-7) \u2013 Sergio Garcia, Fireballs (69-70-68-70)<\/p>\n

T5 (-5) \u2013 Dustin Johnson, 4Aces (76-68-64-71); Thomas Detry, 4Aces (68-70-67-74); David Puig, Fireballs (69-71-69-70); Cameron Smith, Ripper (69-70-69-71)<\/p>\n

9 (-4) \u2013 Bubba Watson, RangeGoats (72-70-67-71)<\/p>\n

10 (-3) \u2013 Anirban Lahiri, Crushers (70-72-69-70)<\/p>\n

Team Top 3<\/p>\n

1 (-7) \u2013 Legion XIII (Hatton 67-69-67-70, Rahm 73-67-68-67, McKibbin 73-72-71-70, Surratt 73-71-77-74; Rd. 4 total: -3)<\/p>\n

2 (-1) \u2013 4Aces GC (Detry 68-70-67-74, Johnson 76-68-64-71, Kim 73-68-72-73, Pieters 70-74-70-77; Rd. 4 total: +11)<\/p>\n

3 (+1) \u2013 Torque GC (Ancer 72-69-67-68, Munoz 73-70-72-73, Niemann 72-74-70-71, Ortiz 76-72-66-72; Rd. 4 total: -E)<\/p>\n

Click here for full leaderboard<\/a><\/p>\n

ROUND 4 NOTES<\/p>\n

NIEMANN EARNS OPEN EXEMPTION: Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann will compete in next month\u2019s Open Championship after earning the LIV Golf exemption Sunday.<\/p>\n

The exemption goes to the highest-placed LIV Golf player after this week in the season-long standings who is not otherwise exempt for The Open. Niemann, the winner last week in LIV Golf Korea, maintained his spot in third place in the standings behind Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, who are already exempt.<\/p>\n

Niemann tied for 24th in Andalucia and has 344.66 points. The next closest player not already exempt is Thomas Detry in sixth place at 323.24 points. Detry entered Sunday projected to move into third in points, as he started the day in solo second on the tournament leaderboard. But he shot a final-round 74 to finish tied for fifth.<\/p>\n

Niemann previously earned a LIV Golf exemption for this month\u2019s U.S. Open thanks to his runner-up finish in the 2025 season-long points race.<\/p>\n

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Joaquin Niemann hits a shot on No. 15 during Round 1 of LIV Golf Andalucia 2026. (Photo by Charles Laberge\/LIV Golf) <\/p>\n

10TH WIN FOR LEGION XIII: Jon Rahm\u2019s Legion XIII won their 10th regular-season team title, rallying from eight shots behind 4Aces GC to start the day with a cumulative final-round total of 3 under \u2013\u00a0the only team to shoot under par on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Those 10 wins have come in 35 regular-season starts since the team was created as LIV Golf\u2019s first expansion team prior to the 2024 season. Legion XIII now ties Crushers GC as the winningest team in league history with 10 regular-season titles and one Team Championship.<\/p>\n

Legion XIII finished with a four-day total of 7 under, fueled by individual winner Tyrrell Hatton (11 under) and Rahm (9 under). Although Tom McKibbin (2 over) and Caleb Surratt (11 over) struggled for the week, the two youngsters provided some key moments in the final round.<\/p>\n

McKibbin was 2 over through his first 12 holes Sunday before making three birdies down the stretch.<\/p>\n

\u201cSort of been a frustrating week and couldn’t really get much going, but I knew there was a few chances on the last couple of holes,\u201d McKibbin said. \u201cSo it was sort of nice to take advantage of those and see the rest of the guys making birdies too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Surratt, meanwhile, had a rollercoaster day. He was 2 under on his first five holes, then went bogey-triple bogey-bogey in a three-hole stretch before playing his final 10 holes at even par (with three birdies and three bogeys).<\/p>\n

He credited LIV Golf\u2019s team component as his incentive to stay focused despite his position near the bottom of the individual leaderboard.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn’t my best week,\u201d Surratt said. \u201cI was just trying to fight for some good momentum going into the next event. Yeah, I was fortunate to have three awesome teammates this week that played really, really solid all week. \u2026 I just really didn\u2019t want to let them down as much as I felt like I have been this week. It definitely kept me going.\u201d<\/p>\n

RAHM\u2019S TOP SHOTS: Jon Rahm came close to making a hole-in-one at the 15th hole Sunday, but he considered his best hole of the day his eagle at the par-5 fourth when he followed his 362-yard drive with a second shot from 203 yards that finished 5 feet from the pin.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe drive I hit, then hitting an 8-iron to that green and leaving it to 5 feet \u2013\u00a0that was incredible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rahm has now finished as the runner-up four times in the first nine tournaments this season to go with his two victories, as he extended his lead in the Individual Championship race. Rahm now has eight runner-up finishes to go with his four wins in 35 regular-season LIV Golf starts.<\/p>\n

GARCIA AT VALDERRAMA: Fireballs GC Captain Sergio Garcia shot a 1-under 70 to finish in solo fourth at 7 under. It\u2019s the 18th top-10 finish in 19 career starts at Valderrama for Garcia, who has won on his favorite course four times.<\/p>\n

STROKES GAINED LEADERS: Here are the tournament\u2019s Strokes Gained leaders in various categories:<\/p>\n

Total: Tyrrell Hatton, +3.74Off The Tee: Tom McKibbin, +1.26Off The Tee Par 3: Jon Rahm, +1.11Approach Long: Martin Kaymer, +0.50Approach Medium: Joaquin Niemann, +0.62Approach Short: Jon Rahm, +1.46Around The Green: Tom McKibbin, +0.67Putting: Thomas Detry, +1.69STATS LEADERS <\/p>\n

ROUND 4<\/p>\n

Driving Distance: Lucas Herbert, 326.4-yard avg.<\/p>\n

Longest Drive: Harold Varner III, 368.3 yards (17th hole). Official measured drives taken only on holes 11 and 17.<\/p>\n

Driving Accuracy: Abraham Ancer, Tom McKibbin, 78.57% (11 of 14)<\/p>\n

Greens in Regulation: Abraham Ancer, Sergio Garcia, Dean Burmester, Laurie Canter, 72.22% (13 of 18)<\/p>\n

Scrambling: Ian Poulter (7 of 7), 100%<\/p>\n

Fewest Putts: Marc Leishman, 21<\/p>\n

Bogey-free rounds: Ian Poulter (69)<\/p>\n

CUMULATIVE<\/p>\n

Driving Distance: David Puig, 317.5-yard avg.<\/p>\n

Driving Accuracy: Abraham Ancer, Ben Campbell, 66.07% (37 of 56)<\/p>\n

Greens in Regulation: Sergio Garcia, 66.67% (48 of 72)<\/p>\n

Scrambling: Thomas Detry (30 of 37), 81.08%<\/p>\n

Fewest Putts: Thomas Detry, 99<\/p>\n

Low rounds: Rd. 1 \u2013 Tyrrell Hatton (67), Scott Vincent (67). Rd. 2 \u2013 Talor Gooch (67), Jon Rahm (67), Harold Varner III (67). Rd. 3 \u2013 Dustin Johnson (64). Rd. 4 \u2013 Jon Rahm (67), Charl Schwartzel (67)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOTOGRANDE, Spain \u2013 Tyrrell Hatton\u2019s daughter Althea was born just a couple of weeks ago but whenever she\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-723383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}