2022 LIV Golf in Boston leaderboard: Dustin Johnson wins after dramatic eagle putt on first playoff hole

Dustin Johnson received essentially the most dramatic LIV Golf League occasion thus far with a banked-in 30-foot eagle putt on the first hole of a three-man playoff on Sunday. The victory at LIV Boston is D.J.’s first in the LIV Golf League, and it helped his workforce, the Four Aces, to a 3rd consecutive workforce win.

Johnson shot 65 on Sunday to get into the playoff with Anirban Lahiri and Joaquin Niemann, each of whom have been making their LIV Golf debuts. However, a gradual end on the second 9 stored the two-time main champion from successful his first LIV occasion in regulation. He made par at his final 5 holes — together with the comparatively straightforward par-5 18th — when birdie at any of them would have received the event after 54 holes.

The par on the 54th hole was really a little bit of a revelation. Nearly stymied by a tree on the closing hole, Johnson was capable of punch one out and rise up and down to complete at 15 below, which bought him into the playoff. Lee Westwood, who completed on the par-4 third hole, made bogey to overlook the playoff by one. Cam Smith, making his much-anticipated LIV debut, additionally missed the playoff by a single stroke after firing 63 on Sunday.

D.J. made essentially the most of a coast into the playoff, although, to assert the $4 million first prize. After reaching that very same par-5 18th hole in two strokes, he poured in what can safely be referred to as the very best putt in LIV Golf historical past for an eagle three and the win over Lahiri (who was already in tight for birdie) and Niemann.

“Yeah it was going a little fast, but it was a good line,” Johnson mentioned after almost breaking the cup. “I felt like I played really well all week, I felt like I got some unlucky breaks here the first time around. It owed me one, and I got it.”

Johnson’s 65 was a part of a pleasant Sunday comeback for the Four Aces, who ran down the Iron Heads and held off each the Crushers and Majesticks en path to their third win in 4 tournaments. The foursome of Johnson, Talor Gooch, Pat Perez and Patrick Reed will cut up the $3 million first-place winnings, simply as they did at each LIV Bedminister and LIV Portland.

Here’s a have a look at the complete workforce outcomes on Sunday.

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What’s subsequent for LIV Golf

The inaugural LIV Golf season is now formally midway over as the brand new tour begins to look towards its season-ending championship in Miami on the finish of October. Between now and the $50 million workforce finale in Miami, LIV will journey to Chicago (Sept. 16-18), Bangkok (Oct. 7-9) and Jeddah (Oct. 14-16). 

The season-long race to crown a person champion is beginning to warmth up as effectively. With $18 million to be distributed to the winner, $8 million to the runner up and $4 million to whomever finishes third, this can be one thing to maintain a watch on in the weeks main as much as LIV Jeddah, which is the place the person competitors will finish (Miami is strictly a workforce competitors).

Johnson now leads that particular person season-long race — he was second coming into this week — and is the simple favourite to gather the $18 million on the finish of one other three occasions. He ought to have some competitors between gamers like Branden Grace, Carlos Ortiz and his teammate Reed, however D.J. has improved his place in each LIV occasion and appears to be getting stronger as this inaugural season wears on.