The third LIV Golf season is well into the second half, with only three of the 14 events to play after LIV Golf United Kingdom.
While the season-closing Team Championship will determine which of the 13 teams is crowned champion, there is also an individual table, with $18m on offer to the winner.
Last year, Talor Gooch finished top of the standings to claim the prize after an incredible season that included three individual wins. While he’s not in the running to repeat that this year, with 40 points on offer for each event winner, there are still five players in with a realistic chance.
Joaquin Niemann
Joaquin Niemann is leading the individual standings
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The Torque GC captain put a marker down early for his intentions in the 2024 season after he won the opener LIV Golf Mayakoba despite at one point being hit with a two-shot penalty. That victory, where he defeated Sergio Garcia in a thrilling playoff as the sun went down, set him on his way and two events later he had another win, this time in Jeddah.
Further impressive performances have followed, including six top-10s, to leave him out in front by over 40 points on 165.40.
Jon Rahm
Jon Rahm’s consistency has placed him in contention for glory
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The Spaniard became arguably the highest-profile signing in LIV Golf’s history when he joined in December given the news came off the back of an incredible season that had included spells as World No.1 and victory at The Masters.
Rahm has perhaps not quite shown his best form on the circuit so far in a more subdued season, but before the UK event, he had still racked up top-10 finishes in every event had had completed.
A maiden LIV Golf title is surely just around the corner, and if he can achieve it this season, he could yet follow in the footsteps of Gooch and 2022 winner Dustin Johnson by overtaking Niemann for the title.
Sergio Garcia
Sergio Garcia claimed his maiden LIV Golf win at Valderrama
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Rahm’s compatriot – who also won The Masters, in 2017 – is breathing down his neck in the standings after by far his best season with the circuit.
Following the disappointment of his playoff defeat to Niemann in the opening event of the season, the Fireballs GC captain came close to victory again in Miami…
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