{"id":524163,"date":"2026-03-09T08:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/524163\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T08:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:12:09","slug":"jon-rahm-wins-liv-golf-hong-kong-as-4aces-claim-team-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/524163\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm wins LIV Golf Hong Kong as 4Aces claim team title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/jon-rahm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jon Rahm<\/a> ended a 539-day wait for an individual title with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/news\/jon-rahm-wins-hsbc-liv-golf-hong-kong-4aces-gc-top-team-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">victory<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/schedule\/hong-kong-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LIV Golf Hong Kong<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/dustin-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Dustin Johnson\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/4aces-gc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">4Aces GC<\/a> captured the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/4aces-gc\/news\/4aces-gc-2026-liv-golf-hong-kong-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">team title<\/a> at Hong Kong Golf Club yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Rahm closed with a 6-under 64 to finish at 23-under, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/leaderboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">securing<\/a> a three-shot win after starting the final round tied for the lead with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/thomas-detry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Thomas Detry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/harold-varner-iii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Harold Varner III<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[See more: <a href=\"https:\/\/macaonews.org\/life\/sports\/liv-golf-hong-kong-2026-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LIV Golf Hong Kong 2026 preview: Players to watch at Fanling<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/legion-xiii\/news\/jon-rahm-legion-xiii-2026-liv-golf-hong-kong-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Legion XIII<\/a> captain, who finished runner-up in the first two LIV events of the 2026 season, said the win felt like a relief after a stretch of 26 worldwide starts without a victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery relieving,\u201d Rahm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/legion-xiii\/news\/jon-rahm-legion-xiii-2026-liv-golf-hong-kong-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>. \u201cThis one just feels like a big weight off my shoulder.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Detry finished second at 20-under, while fellow 4Aces player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/thomas-pieters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Thomas Pieters<\/a> took third at 19-under. Varner finished fourth at 18-under, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/matthew-wolff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Matthew Wolff<\/a> completing the top five at 17-under.<\/p>\n<p>Rahm seized control on the back nine after a key birdie on the 14th hole, stretching his lead as Pieters dropped a shot shortly after. The Spaniard eventually reached the 18th tee with a comfortable advantage to seal the victory.<\/p>\n<p>The win marks Rahm\u2019s first individual LIV title since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/news\/liv-golf-chicago-rahm-wins-tournament-season-long-championship-crushers-secure-top-seed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2024 Chicago season finale<\/a>. He has now won four regular-season LIV events and two season-long individual championships.<\/p>\n<p>In the team competition, 4Aces GC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/4aces-gc\/news\/4aces-gc-2026-liv-golf-hong-kong-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">posted<\/a> a combined 16-under final round to finish at 58-under, six strokes ahead of Smash GC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2-4aces-LIV-Golf-Hong-Kong-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"Jon Rahm wins LIV Golf Hong Kong as 4Aces claim team title\" class=\"wp-image-103563\"  \/>Team Champions, (from left) Anthony Kim, Thomas Detry, Captain Dustin Johnson and Thomas Pieters of 4Aces GC pose for a photo with the trophy after the final round of HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong \u2013 Photo by Montana Pritchard\/LIV Golf<\/p>\n<p>Johnson led the team with a 65, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/anthony-kim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Anthony Kim<\/a> and Pieters shot 66, and Detry added a 67.<\/p>\n<p>[See more: <a href=\"https:\/\/macaonews.org\/life\/sports\/ittf-world-cup-macao-2026-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ITTF World Cup Macao 2026 tickets go on sale March 6 as Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin headline tournament<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo finally get a win after a few years without having one, very proud of the guys,\u201d Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/4aces-gc\/news\/4aces-gc-2026-liv-golf-hong-kong-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The victory is the first team title for the 4Aces since <a href=\"https:\/\/thegolfnewsnet.com\/ryan_ballengee\/2023\/07\/09\/2023-liv-golf-london-final-results-prize-money-payout-leaderboard-and-how-much-each-golfer-won-129742\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">London<\/a> in June 2023, ending a 974-day drought for the once-dominant LIV squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm ended a 539-day wait for an individual title with victory at LIV Golf Hong Kong, while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-524163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}