{"id":707960,"date":"2026-06-01T14:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/707960\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:32:20","slug":"joaquin-niemann-birdies-first-playoff-hole-against-talor-gooch-to-win-liv-golf-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/707960\/","title":{"rendered":"Joaquin Niemann birdies first playoff hole against Talor Gooch to win LIV Golf Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUSAN, South Korea \u2014 Joaquin Niemann closed with a 3-under 67 and made birdie on the first playoff hole against Talor Gooch to win LIV Golf Korea, the first title of the year for Niemann and his league-leading eighth career victory.<\/p>\n<p>Gooch also shot 67 in a bid for his first LIV victory since Spain a year ago. Gooch and Niemann finished at 12-under 268 at Asiad Country Club in Busan, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Bryson DeChambeau, who already has<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/news\/news\/emotional-bryson-dechambeau-takes-down-jon-rahm-in-liv-south-africa-playoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> two wins this year,<\/a> shot 65 and missed the playoff by one shot. Dustin Johnson (66) was another shot behind.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Rahm, a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/pga-tour\/news\/pga-championship-2026-prize-money-full-payout-from-record-20-5-million-purse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">runner-up at the PGA Championship<\/a> two weeks ago, tied for 16th. It was his first finish outside the top 10 at LIV Golf in nearly a year.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Jon Rahm says he doesn\u2019t regret LIV move, tries to not focus on future\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/pga-of-america\/news\/jon-rahm-says-he-doesnt-regret-liv-move-tries-to-not-focus-on-future\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"2026 PGA Championship - Preview Day Two\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780324340_75_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jon Rahm on Tuesday pushed back against the narrative that his defection to LIV Golf at the end of 2023 was a possible way to end golf\u2019s civil war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUSAN, South Korea \u2014 Joaquin Niemann closed with a 3-under 67 and made birdie on the first playoff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-707960","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\/707960","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=707960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}