Jon Rahm

Jon Rahm clinched the LIV Golf season points title for a third straight year despite finishing tied for 41st at LIV Golf New York, where Joaquin Niemann claimed a three-shot victory for his ninth win in the last three years.

Joaquin Niemann leads throughout to win the LIV Golf New York event while Jon Rahm secures his third straight season title.

<p>️Updates from the third round at Royal Birkdale<br>️<a href="https://www.theopen.com/leaderboard">Official leaderboard</a> | <a href="mailto:scott.murray.casual@theguardian.com">Mail Scott</a> with your thoughts</p><p><strong>It’s the same old story for Rory McIlroy:</strong> he just can’t keep any momentum going this week. He follows that chip-in eagle on 9 with bogey at 11. Back to -1, and a second Claret Jug continues to hover out of reach. At least he’s got one. Jon Rahm has a strangely underwhelming record at the Open: a couple of high finishes in 2019 and 2023 without ever really looking likely to win. And it’s threatening to happen again. He carves his opening drive over the bushes to the right and out of bounds, and starts with a double-bogey six. His fume is internal, but it is real, registering eight-and-a-half out of ten on Bryson DeChambeau’s patented R&amp;A-o-meter™.</p><p><strong>Ryan Fox speaks to Sky.</strong> “The game plan was to be aggressive … I hit driver a lot