Joaquin Niemann Wins LIV Golf Virginia With a Bogey-Free 63 as Crushers GC Go Back to Back

Two storms, six players tied at 13 under and a two-hour wait with six holes to play. Joaquin Niemann treated all of it like a warm-up.

The Torque GC captain came out of Sunday's second weather delay and birdied the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th in a row, closing out a bogey-free 8-under 63 to win LIV Golf Virginia at 15-under 198, one shot clear of Anirban Lahiri and Graeme McDowell at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. It was Niemann's fourth win of the 2025 season, all of them inside the league's first eight events, and the sixth LIV title of his career, more than any other player in league history. In the team race, Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers GC finished at 36 under to hold off 4Aces GC by two and win the team trophy for the second straight event.

A Final Round in Pieces

The weather never let Sunday settle. LIV had already moved the shotgun start up to 8:05 a.m. ET to dodge forecast storms, and it still was not enough. A heavy downpour stopped play for roughly 40 minutes in the middle of the round, and then a severe thunderstorm just after noon halted everything again for close to two hours, with six holes still to play.

When the horn sounded the second time, the leaderboard was a mess of names. Six players sat tied at 13 under with only a handful of holes left, and anyone who could find two or three birdies coming home was going to win the golf tournament.

Four in a Row

Niemann found four. He started the day four shots behind Lahiri at 7 under, and after the restart he ran the table from the 14th through the 17th to leave the pack behind. Eight birdies, no bogeys and a 63 on a soft, stop-and-start day is about as clean as final-round golf gets.

The Chilean said afterward that he knew exactly what he needed to do and went out chasing birdies, and that the whole thing was a lot of fun. He also credited watching Carlos Alcaraz's comeback at the French Open during the delay with helping him lock in. The win is his first in the United States this season, following earlier titles at LIV Golf Adelaide, LIV Golf Singapore and LIV Golf Mexico City. All six of his career LIV wins have come in his last 21 regular-season starts.

So Close for Lahiri and McDowell

Lahiri began the day with a two-shot lead and the best chance of his LIV career to finally lift an individual trophy. It slipped away in stages. He was 1 over through his first four holes, then fought back with three birdies in his next four. The costliest blow came at the 203-yard par-3 ninth, where he shanked his tee shot into the trees and made bogey. He signed for a 68, his fifth runner-up finish in LIV Golf, and admitted the on-and-off rhythm of the two breaks made the day a grind. He said he had believed he was going to win right up until the final putt.

McDowell came even closer to forcing extra holes. The Smash GC veteran shot a 5-under 66, birdied the 17th to reach 14 under and then rolled a 21-foot birdie try at the last that missed by about a foot. Afterward he was generous about the man who beat him, calling Niemann a top-10 player in the world, maybe top five.

Behind them, DeChambeau (65), Thomas Pieters (63) and Phil Mickelson (65) were among those finishing at 13 under, tied for fourth. Mickelson produced the shot of the day at the 17th, holing a chip from the bunker for birdie that DeChambeau rated among the greatest shots he has ever seen. Jon Rahm (68) and Friday co-leader Martin Kaymer (70) tied for eighth, which is Kaymer's best finish in LIV Golf.

Crushers Go Back to Back

The team title came down to depth, and the Crushers had it. DeChambeau's 65 led the way, and Paul Casey, Charles Howell III and Lahiri each shot 68 for a 15-under day and a 36-under total. 4Aces GC charged with a 21-under final round, powered by Pieters' 63, to finish second at 34 under. Smash GC, one shot back to start the day, faded to third at 31 under after McDowell's 66, Talor Gooch's 67, Brooks Koepka's 69 and Jason Kokrak's 71.

The win follows the Crushers' sweep at LIV Golf Korea last month and gives the team eight titles, the most of any team in league history. DeChambeau admitted he had not realized the number was that high and pointed to a roster that has stayed together as the reason. Torque GC finished fourth at 25 under, with RangeGoats GC fifth at 24 under and Legion XIII sixth at 21 under.

Low Rounds and a Record

Ben Campbell, back from a wrist injury that kept him out of Korea, shot a 9-under 62 that included seven straight birdies from the 13th through the 18th and on into the first, a single-round LIV Golf record. Lee Westwood matched that 62 to tie his own LIV career low, and Jinichiro Kozuma and Brendan Steele each posted 64.

Next Stop, Oakmont

Fourteen LIV players head to the U.S. Open at Oakmont next week, DeChambeau as defending champion and Niemann as the hottest player in the league. The LIV schedule picks back up at LIV Golf Dallas from June 27 to 29.

Read how the week built in our Round 1 recap and Round 2 recap, and see the full final-round breakdown in the LIV Golf recap (opens in a new tab).

Sources: LIV Golf (final round recap), The Washington Times, Khaleej Times, Golf Digest Middle East. More golf coverage on Undrafted.

Photo: LIV Golf.