Aug 24, 2025; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Jon Rahm of Legion XIII performs his shot from the fifth tee through the finals of the LIV Golf Michigan Workforce Championship at The Cardinal at Saint John’s Resort. Necessary Credit score: Aaron Doster-Imagn Pictures Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton every birdied the second gap of a novel playoff on the LIV Golf Workforce Championship and lifted the trophy for Legion XIII on Sunday on the finish of an extended week in Plymouth, Mich.
Rahm’s Legion XIII and Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC every completed 18 holes of stroke play 20 underneath par at The Cardinal at Saint John’s, necessitating the playoff. Every staff despatched two gamers into sudden demise — Rahm and Hatton for Legion XIII, DeChambeau and England’s Paul Casey for Crushers.
On the primary replaying of the par-4 18th gap, Hatton birdied for Legion XIII and DeChambeau did the identical for Crushers as every staff completed a mixed 1 underneath par. They headed again to the 18th tee, however Legion XIII made certain the playoff would not final for much longer.
Rahm and Hatton, the star gamers from Spain and England, respectively, caught their method pictures shut and made their birdies. Each DeChambeau and Casey settled for par, handing the win to the thirteenth and latest LIV Golf franchise.
“It is all the time arduous to place into phrases,” Rahm stated. “Neither Tyrrell or I had been having a fantastic day immediately, and even throughout the entire week, I do not suppose we performed our greatest. However the younger guys type of had been a beacon of power enjoying good and on the market immediately as properly. They carried us all the best way to the top.”
Rahm ditched the PGA Tour for LIV Golf on an enormous contract earlier than the 2024 season, and Hatton adopted to affix Rahm’s staff. Rahm gained the person title final 12 months however couldn’t compete within the staff championship on account of sickness.
This 12 months, Rahm repeated as the person champion and adopted that by guiding Legion XIII to their first staff title. They gained $14 million that shall be break up among the many franchise and the person gamers — Rahm, Hatton, Caleb Surratt and Northern Eire’s Tom McKibbin.
“The golf course was there to type of get, and everybody performed very nice, which was cool,” McKibbin stated.
It was neither Rahm nor Hatton however Surratt who posted the most effective rating of the day for Legion XIII. He shot a 6-under-par 64, whereas McKibbin and Rham had 65s and Hatton a 66.
“I feel in direction of the top of the week, you simply really feel a way of urgency to exit and take it,” stated Surratt, 21. “These had been type of my phrases immediately, and I used to be undoubtedly happy with this Sunday.”
DeChambeau was making an attempt to hold Crushers to their second title in three years. He fired a bogey-free, 8-under 62 Sunday, the most effective spherical of any participant within the championship bracket. Casey and India’s Anirban Lahiri posted 65s and Charles Howell III a 68.
Three groups superior to the event’s championship bracket through match play Friday and Saturday. The third staff was the all-South African Stinger GC, captained by Louis Oosthuizen. They completed eight pictures again of Legion XIII and Crushers, as Dean Burmester posted a 5-under 65, Charl Schwartzel a 66, Branden Grace a 67 and Oosthuizen a 70.
Smash GC, captained by Brooks Koepka, went 18 underneath on Sunday to take fourth place within the second-tier rankings bracket towards HyFlyers (fifth) and Torque (sixth). Dustin Johnson piloted 4Aces GC to seventh forward of Fireballs (eighth) and Ripper (ninth). Rounding out the underside three had been RangeGoats, Majesticks and Cleeks.
The event concluded LIV Golf’s fourth season, and the league is planning to be again for a fifth with a 14-event schedule that is been partially launched.
–Subject Degree Media
