Bryson DeChambeau Wins LIV Golf Singapore in a Rain-Soaked Playoff as 4Aces GC Go Back to Back

For 72 holes and one extra, LIV Golf Singapore looked like it might belong to someone else. Then a 2-foot putt spun off the left lip, and Bryson DeChambeau had a trophy in the rain.

DeChambeau closed with a 5-under 66 at Sentosa on Sunday, birdied the 18th to get to 14 under, then won on the first playoff hole when wild card Richard T. Lee missed a short par putt. Both players finished regulation at 270. DeChambeau made par on the par-5 18th in the playoff, and Lee made 6. It is DeChambeau's fourth LIV title, his first of the season and his first 72-hole win anywhere since the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.

In the team event, 4Aces GC finished at 27 under to win by five over Ripper GC, their second straight team title.

How the Lead Changed Hands

DeChambeau started the day one shot behind co-leaders Joaquin Niemann and Lee Westwood, and his front nine did most of the work. He made an eagle at the par-4 fifth, the same hole where he had gone tumbling into a bunker on Saturday, then birdied the seventh and eighth to turn in 3 under.

Niemann still had control for a long stretch. The Torque GC captain held a two-shot lead before one of several rain stoppages, but after play resumed he made three bogeys and drifted back to a 70. The defending champion finished alone in fourth at 11 under.

DeChambeau, meanwhile, played the back nine without a bogey. He birdied the par-3 14th, then the par-5 18th, and posted 14 under while the rest of the course decided what to do about it.

Lee's Charge and the Lip-Out

Lee was the only player who answered. The Canadian wild card, who earned a place in the league by winning the LIV Promotions event, birdied four of his final six holes to shoot 66 and match DeChambeau at 270.

The playoff went back to the 18th in pelting rain, and it started badly for DeChambeau. He pulled his tee shot left, took a penalty and had to scramble from beyond the green just to make par. Lee had the opening. With a 2-foot par putt to extend the playoff, Lee hit it firmly and watched it catch the left edge and spin out. Lee said afterward that the adrenaline was pumping and that he simply hit it a touch too hard.

It was a brutal way to lose, and it should not bury the week. Lee finished solo second, the best result by a wild card in LIV history, earned $2.25 million, the biggest check of his career, and was one of only two players in the field who never took a penalty stroke. Lee's season ranking climbed from 26th to seventh.

DeChambeau's Breakthrough

This one meant something to the winner. DeChambeau's previous LIV title came in Korea last May, and he had not won a 72-hole event since Pinehurst. He compared Lee's miss to John Daly's three-putt in a playoff against Tiger Woods at a 2005 WGC event, the kind of reference that tells you he understood exactly how fortunate the ending was. He also said it was a win he would appreciate for the rest of his life.

The underlying numbers back up the result. DeChambeau ranked fourth in the field in strokes gained approach at plus 5.68 and fourth off the tee at plus 3.89 for the week, according to LIV Golf, even with the 72 on Saturday in the middle.

Westwood's Best Week

Westwood did not become the oldest winner in league history, but he came close. The Majesticks GC co-captain closed with a 69 to finish solo third at 12 under, his best LIV finish, in only his second start back from a torn wrist tendon. He was also the only player in the field to gain strokes in all seven categories LIV measures, and he jumped from 54th to 10th in the standings.

Jon Rahm finished fifth at 10 under after a closing 68. He led the field in strokes gained approach at plus 10.54, but ranked 53rd in putting, a split that explains his week. The finish ended a run of five straight events in which Rahm had either won or finished second, including his win in Hong Kong a week earlier.

4Aces Go Back to Back

The team race was never as close as the individual one. 4Aces GC went 11 under on Sunday, the best team round of the day, led by a bogey-free 65 from Thomas Pieters, the joint low round of the final day. Anthony Kim and captain Dustin Johnson each shot 69, and Thomas Detry added a 70.

With every score counting under LIV's 2026 format, that depth was the difference. 4Aces finished at 27 under, five clear of Ripper GC at 22 under and six ahead of Legion XIII at 21 under. Crushers GC, leaders after two rounds, finished sixth at 15 under despite their captain taking the individual title.

The win completes a Hong Kong and Singapore double for 4Aces and gives them back-to-back team titles for the first time since LIV's inaugural 2022 season.

The Takeaway

Singapore delivered a four-way tie on Thursday, a runaway on Friday, a reset on Saturday and a lip-out on Sunday. DeChambeau leaves with his first win of 2026 and second place in the season standings behind Rahm. Lee leaves with proof that a wild card can contend. 4Aces leave as the hottest team in the league.

Look back at Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3, and see the LIV Golf Last Look (opens in a new tab) for the full notes and stats.

Sources: LIV Golf (Last Look), AP, CBS Sports, Fox News, Golf Today, Golf News Net (final leaderboard). More golf coverage on Undrafted.

Photo: Mateo Villalba/LIV Golf.