In scorching Texas heat and on a challenging course, two local stars lifted the trophies Sunday at LIV Golf Dallas, presented by Aramco.
The Crushers GC team, led by Bryson DeChambeau, captured their third straight tournament with an impressive 11-shot victory, matching the largest margin of victory by a team this season. It was the Crushers’ eighth title of the season and ninth overall, including the 2023 Team Championship.
Houston-area native and 4Aces GC member Patrick Reed captured his first LIV Golf individual title and first pro win in his home state. Reed closed out the tournament with a 18-foot birdie putt on the 18th green, winning a four-man playoff featuring Stinger GC captain Louis Oosthuizen, Iron Heads GC’s Jinichiro Kozuma and Crushers’ Paul Casey.
DeChambeau, results
For DeChambeau, the result was the culmination of a tournament he has heavily promoted in his hometown. His efforts paid off: More than 50,000 spectators attended the event over the three days of golf and live music, with a record attendance of more than 20,000 on Saturday alone, the highest single-day attendance for LIV Golf in the United States.
“Dallas responded in a big way, just as I expected. Our team was fantastic,” said the two-time U.S. Open champion, who closed the final round with a 68 to finish ninth, four points behind, on the individual leaderboard. “I’m so grateful to Dallas and my team for their performance.”
For Reed, the win was a long-awaited one, coming in his 41st regular LIV Golf tournament appearance. Despite seven team wins with the 4Aces, he had yet to capture an individual title. His last win in Texas came as a junior golfer.
“I don’t like to think it took me 41 tournaments to win here,” Reed said. “It felt like too much, but to win for the first time at LIV and to do it in my home state means a lot.”
Reed started the final round with a three-shot lead, which he expanded to five after the first hole, thanks to double bogeys from playing partners Casey and Abraham Ancer. However, five bogeys in a seven-hole stretch on the front nine dropped him back, handing the lead to Legion XIII’s Tyrrell Hatton. Reed bounced back in the second round, hitting nine straight pars to finish with a 75 (+3) and -6 overall. The clinching shot was the par-four 12th hole, where he saved a par by putting in a “data” ball from 450 feet.
“That shot gave me the confidence to keep going,” Reed said. “I eliminated my mistakes and just focused on winning.”
In the four-man playoff, the largest in LIV Golf history, Reed was the only one to get a birdie putt, thanks to a perfect approach from the rough. “I looked at my putter, which belongs to my daughter, and it’s got ‘Windsor-Wells.’ I said, ‘Come on, honey, we’ve got to do this.’ That putt was special,” he said.
The team win was especially meaningful for DeChambeau, sending a strong message to the rest of the league. The Crushers took control of the event from the start, with good starts from DeChambeau and Anirban Lahiri, who each birdied three straight. The depth of the team was crucial, with all four players in the top 11 individually, giving the Crushers a commanding lead in the season points race. Their three-game winning streak matches the streak of Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs GC.
Fireballs GC captain Sergio Garcia earned a coveted exemption to the Open Championship, beating out several competitors, including teammate David Puig. Despite finishing 25th at +3 in Dallas, Garcia is the highest ranked player in the top five in the season points race without an exemption. It will be his 26th Open appearance and 102nd major, at Royal Portrush next month.
“It’s my second time at Royal Portrush, and it’s a great opportunity,” Garcia said. “I haven’t helped myself much in the last three months, but I’m happy with the work I’ve done in the first half of the season.”
LIV Golf Dallas welcomed more than 50,000 spectators over the three days, with Saturday’s Whiskey Myers concert drawing more than 20,000 people, setting a new LIV Golf record in the United States. Tickets were purchased from all 50 states and 17 countries.
Legion XIII captain Jon Rahm failed to finish in the top 10 for the first time in a tournament he completed since joining LIV Golf, finishing with a 73-3, 11th in the rankings. A birdie by DeChambeau on the final hole dropped him one spot.
With his victory, Patrick Reed becomes the 23rd different player to win an Indian title.