Jon Rahm mathematically secured his third consecutive season-long Individual Championship at LIV Golf New York. The Legion XIII captain became the first player in league history to claim the crowns in 2024, 2025 and 2026, and he completed the three-peat with one regular-season tournament still to be played.
Bedminster did not produce Jon’s best tournament, but it confirmed the value of everything he had achieved throughout the year. A season-long race is not decided by a single week, and the considerable advantage Rahm had built through his victories, runner-up finishes and sustained consistency allowed him to secure the main objective even while searching for his usual level.
Jon opened LIV Golf New York with a one-over 72, leaving him tied for 24th. He improved with an even-par 71 on Friday and reached the halfway point on +1 and tied for 27th. At that stage, he remained seven shots ahead of Bryson DeChambeau, the only player who still retained a mathematical chance of catching him in the standings.
Rahm posted a two-over 73 on Saturday to move to +3 and a share of 32nd place. The final round was his most difficult of the week, with a five-over 76 leaving him on +8 and tied for 41st. His four scores were 72, 71, 73 and 76 on a Trump National Golf Club Bedminster course that severely punished mistakes throughout the event.
Rahm had deliberately avoided focusing on the calculations during the previous rounds. It was only before Sunday’s play that he asked his agent and caddie what needed to happen for him to clinch the championship. Their answer underlined the strength of his position: DeChambeau required a major climb up the leaderboard while Jon would also have needed to lose considerably more ground.
At the end of Sunday, Rahm had 944.54 points, compared with 726.20 for DeChambeau. The gap stood at 218.34 points, while victory in the final regular-season event was worth a maximum of 200. His third consecutive title was therefore mathematically secure before Indianapolis.
The 2026 crown had been built long before New York. Jon won in Hong Kong and Mexico City, added four runner-up finishes and placed inside the top ten in eight of his first nine starts of the season. That combination of victories and remarkable consistency created an advantage none of his pursuers could overcome.
The achievement becomes even more significant when placed alongside his first three LIV Golf seasons. In 2024, he secured the title by winning in Chicago. In 2025, he came from behind in the final regular-season event in Indianapolis with a second-place finish. In 2026, he did not need to wait until the finale, wrapping up the championship with an event to spare.
Across his first two campaigns, Rahm finished outside the top ten only once in 25 completed tournaments. After the final round in New York, DeChambeau highlighted how difficult Jon’s extraordinary consistency since joining the league has been to describe — and even harder to match.
“It’s been a great year… it’s been something to be proud of,” Rahm said after securing the championship. Jon acknowledged the slightly bittersweet feeling created by his performance at Bedminster, while also recognising the exceptional standard he had produced earlier in the campaign and the advantage he had earned.
Joaquín Niemann won LIV Golf New York on -16, while Legion XIII finished tied for second in the team competition alongside Torque GC. Jon left Bedminster with a modest tournament result on the scorecard but with the season’s biggest prize already secured: LIV Golf Individual Champion for the third time in his three seasons in the league.