{"id":314240,"date":"2026-08-05T11:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314240\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:48:10","slug":"individual-championship-scenarios-going-into-liv-golf-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314240\/","title":{"rendered":"Individual Championship scenarios going into LIV Golf New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">Legion XIII Captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/jon-rahm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-fg-medium underline\">Jon Rahm<\/a> enters this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/schedule\/new-york-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-fg-medium underline\">LIV Golf New York<\/a> with a chance to wrap up his third consecutive season-long Individual Championship. The only player who can catch him is his closest pursuer, Crushers GC Captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/bryson-dechambeau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-fg-medium underline\">Bryson DeChambeau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">Rahm will tee off Thursday at Trump National Bedminster with 938.44 points, putting him 219.04 points ahead of DeChambeau, who has 719.40 points. In third place is fast-charging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/players\/lucas-herbert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-fg-medium underline\">Lucas Herbert<\/a>, who has 531.23 points after winning two of the last four LIV Golf tournaments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/standings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-fg-medium underline\">Full standings<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/watch\/where-to-watch?cp_landing_source=www.livgolf&amp;utm_source=direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-fg-medium underline\">Where to Watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">With two regular-season tournaments remaining and 200 points for a tournament win, the maximum number of available points is 400 for any player who wins in New York and in Indianapolis later this month. That leaves DeChambeau with a chance, while Herbert\u2019s best case is finishing second, since he\u2019s currently 407.21 points behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">Rahm will wrap up the title at Bedminster if he stays more than 200 points ahead of DeChambeau once the final leaderboard is determined. DeChambeau must outscore Rahm by 19.04 points this week to stay in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Scenarios for Rahm to clinch in New York<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 1st, he is champion regardless of how DeChambeau finishes<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 2nd, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 3rd or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 3rd, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 4th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 4th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 5th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 5th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 4th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 6th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 4th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 7th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 5th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 8th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 5th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 9th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 5th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 10th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 5th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 11th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 6th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 12th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 6th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 13th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 6th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 14th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 6th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 15th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 7th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 16th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 7th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 17th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 7th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 18th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 7th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 19th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 7th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 20th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 7th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 21st, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 7th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes 22nd, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 7th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes between 23rd and 38th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 8th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes between 39th and 47th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 9th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes between 48th and 53rd, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 10th or worse<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If Rahm finishes between 54th and 57th, he is champion if DeChambeau finishes 11th or worse<\/p>\n<p>Scenarios for Bryson DeChambeau to stay in the race after New York<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If DeChambeau wins, Rahm cannot clinch, with the title race going to the regular season finale<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If DeChambeau finishes 2nd Rahm must win to clinch. If Rahm finishes 3rd or worse, the title race remains alive<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If DeChambeau finishes 3rd Rahm must finish 1st or 2nd to clinch. If Rahm finishes 4th or worse, the title race remains alive<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If DeChambeau finishes 4th Rahm clinches by finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th or 6th. If Rahm finishes 7th or worse, the title race remains alive<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If DeChambeau finishes 5th Rahm clinches by finishing 10th or better, excluding 5th. If Rahm finishes 11th or worse, the title race remains alive<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If DeChambeau finishes 6th Rahm clinches by finishing 14th or better, excluding 6th. If Rahm finishes 15th or worse, the title race remains alive<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If DeChambeau finishes 7th Rahm clinches by finishing 22nd or better, excluding 7th. If Rahm finishes 23rd or worse, the title race remains alive<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If DeChambeau finishes 8th Rahm clinches by finishing 38th or better, excluding 8th. If Rahm finishes 39th or worse, the title race remains alive<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If DeChambeau finishes 9th Rahm clinches by finishing 47th or better, excluding 9th. If Rahm finishes 48th or worse, the title race remains alive<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If DeChambeau finishes 10th Rahm clinches by finishing 53rd or better, excluding 10th. If Rahm finishes 54th or worse, the title race remains alive<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">\u2022 If DeChambeau finishes 11th or worse Rahm clinches regardless of where he finishes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm enters this week\u2019s LIV Golf New York with a chance to wrap up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-314240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}