There was a day of drama at LIV Golf Indianapolis, the final regular event of the season.
At The Club at Chatham Hills tournament, Sebastian Munoz beat Jon Rahm in a playoff for his maiden LIV Golf title.
However, there was jubilation for the Spaniard, too, after his performance ensured he beat Joaquin Niemann to the season-long Individual Championship for the second successive year.
While the exploits of Munoz and Rahm grabbed most of the attention, at the wrong end of the standings, there was a battle to finish the event out of the dreaded Drop Zone.
Two notable players who escaped relegation by finishing T17 were Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, but some other big names didn’t quite do enough to save their LIV Golf careers.
There are a couple of potential routes back via the Asian Tour’s International Series and LIV Golf Promotion event, but for those in the Drop Zone, their careers on the circuit appear in serious jeopardy.
Here are the details of the players who finished 49th and lower.
Henrik Stenson (49th)
Henrik Stenson missed out on safety to Majesticks GC teammate Ian Poulter
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Poulter and Westwood’s Majesticks GC co-captain finished in the Drop Zone by an agonizing 0.38 points, where any finish of 20th or above would have been enough in Indianapolis. Instead, the Swede placed T22 to wrap up a largely disappointing individual season.
The 2016 Open champion’s best finish came with the T12 at the second event of the season in Adelaide, but his only other top-20 placing came in Korea to ensure he missed out on safety by the narrowest of margins.
Andy Ogletree (50th)
Andy Ogletree’s LIV Golf career is doomed for a second time
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The Hy Flyers GC player was one of the original intake of LIV Golfers before leaving the circuit, only to return two years ago after finishing top of the Asian Tour’s International Series Order of Merit.
However, the 2019 US Amateur champion has had a disappointing season with the high spot coming with a T18 at LIV Golf United Kingdom.
Like Stenson, 20th or better would have been enough this week, but he could only manage T22 to seal his fate.
Mito Pereira (51st)
Mito Pereira had a bittersweet afternoon at LIV Golf Indianapolis
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it was a bittersweet week…
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