Bryson DeChambeau Wins LIV Golf South Africa in Playoff Over Rahm

Bryson DeChambeau is on a heater that nobody in professional golf can match right now.

DeChambeau won LIV Golf South Africa at The Club at Steyn City, beating Jon Rahm in a playoff to claim his fifth career LIV Golf title and his second consecutive victory after winning in Singapore two weeks ago.

The Playoff

Both players finished regulation at 26-under 258, but they got there very differently. Bryson was steady all week — rounds of 63-65-64-66 — while Rahm fired a lights-out 63 in the final round to storm from behind and force the playoff.

On the playoff hole — the par-5 18th — DeChambeau reached the green in two and two-putted for birdie. Rahm found a greenside bunker with his second shot and couldn’t get up and down. Simple as that.

$4 million richer.

The Leaderboard

Pos	Player	Score	Money
1	Bryson DeChambeau	-26	$4,000,000
P2	Jon Rahm	-26	$2,250,000
T3	Thomas Detry	-23	$1,100,000
T3	Branden Grace	-23	$1,100,000
T3	Abraham Ancer	-23	$1,100,000
T6	Dean Burmester	-22	$650,000
T6	David Puig	-22	$650,000

The scoring was absurd. 26-under to win, and you needed 23-under just to crack the top 3. The South African event drew record crowds, with sold-out weekend rounds and even a South African government minister getting calls for last-minute ticket requests.

Crushers Win Team Event

DeChambeau’s Crushers won the team competition at 76-under, edging the Southern Guards — the all-South African team led by Louis Oosthuizen — by a single shot. The Crushers split a $3 million team prize.

The Bigger Picture

Five LIV titles. Two straight wins. DeChambeau is the most dominant player on the LIV Golf circuit, and it’s not particularly close. He earned 24 OWGR points for this win, and with LIV Golf’s expanded 72-hole format this season, the quality of competition keeps improving.

Rahm shooting 63 in the final round to force a playoff? That’s not a weak field. That’s a former world No. 1 bringing everything he has and still coming up short.

LIV Golf heads to Mexico City next for its sixth event of the season.

What It Means for the Masters

Here’s where it gets interesting. The Masters is three weeks away, and DeChambeau is playing the best golf of his life. His 2020 U.S. Open win at Winged Foot proved he can handle major pressure. If he brings this form to Augusta, he’s going to be a serious threat.

Between DeChambeau’s run on LIV and Fitzpatrick’s Valspar win on the PGA Tour, the Masters is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in years.