COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. (AP) — Tyrrell Hatton received the inaugural LIV Golf Nashville occasion Sunday, simply holding off Jon Rahm and two-time U.S. Open champ Bryson DeChambeau for the Englishman’s first victory since January 2021 at Abu Dhabi.
Hatton took a three-stroke lead into the spherical, and shot a 6-under 65 to shine off a six-stroke win at The Grove. Hatton had eight birdies and two bogeys to complete at 19-under 194 attempting to keep away from a leaderboard till the seventeenth inexperienced.
“It was good to play the previous couple of holes and it not be tremendous tight,” mentioned Hatton, who shot a 77 and tied for twenty sixth on the U.S. Open final week. “I assume having not received for 3 and a half years … you marvel should you’ll have the ability to do it in some methods. So I used to be completely happy I used to be in a position to show it to myself.”
This was Hatton’s ninth occasion since becoming a member of LIV Golf, and a tie for fourth had been his finest end. His lone PGA victory was the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational. With captain Rahm capturing a 68, Hatton helped Legion XIII additionally win its third crew title.
Rahm performed his first occasion since an an infection on his left foot saved him out of the U.S. Open after withdrawing from LIV Golf Houston in the course of the second spherical. No one may chase Hatton down on a steamy Tennessee afternoon.
Fellow Englishman Sam Horsfield made his personal late run with 5 birdies over his last 9 holes for a 65 and completed 13 beneath.
DeChambeau (68) and Rahm tied Joaquin Niemann (62) and Lee Westwood (66) at 12 beneath.
Rahm birdied three of his first 4 holes to drag inside two of Hatton. Then the Spaniard hooked his tee shot into the water on the par-4 sixth. He made clear a drone used for TV protection affected his backswing, and he salvaged a double bogey.
DeChambeau hit the pin on the par-3 fifteenth and watched his birdie putt dribble away from the opening. He watched, then fell to the inexperienced and rolled onto his again.
A sudden downpour suspended play with 5 holes left for 22 minutes earlier than the solar popped again out to conclude the ultimate 5 holes.
UP NEXT:
LIV Golf’s subsequent occasion is July 12-14 at Actual Membership Valderrama in Andalucia, Spain.
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