Bryson DeChambeau wins LIV Golf Singapore event, surviving bunker fall and agonizing playoff

Bryson DeChambeau bounced backmost from an embarrassing infinitesimal successful the soil trap and a tense playoff spread to triumph LIV Singapore connected Sunday – the 4th rubric successful the Saudi-backed bid of his career.

DeChambeau suffered the mistake successful the 3rd round. He was connected spread No. 5 erstwhile helium deed his shot from the rough, tripped and fell into the bunker each with elephantine insects flying astir him. Unfortunately, his changeable landed successful a abstracted bunker connected the different broadside of the course.

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Bryson DeChambeau reacts connected the 18th greenish aft the last circular of Aramco LIV Golf Singapore connected Sunday, March 15, 2026 successful Sentosa, Singapore. (Mateo Villalba/LIV Golf via AP)

He managed to grounds a bogey astatine the spread connected his mode to a 3rd circular 72.

DeChambeau bounced backmost successful the 4th round, shooting a 66 and narrowly defeating Richard T. Lee successful a playoff for the win. Lee missed a two-foot putt connected his 5th changeable that would person sent the tourney into a 2nd playoff round.

It’s the archetypal rubric for DeChambeau this season. He past won astatine LIV Golf Korea successful May, defeating Charles Howell III by 2 strokes. He besides has wins astatine LIV Golf Chicago and LIV Golf Greenbrier. It’s besides his archetypal triumph successful a 72-hole tourney since helium won the U.S. Open astatine Pinehurst No. 2 successful 2024.

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Captain Bryson DeChambeau of Crushers GC reacts aft his spot onto the 4th greenish during the last circular of Aramco LIV Golf Singapore connected Sunday, March 15, 2026 successful Sentosa, Singapore.  (Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via AP)

Lee was attempting to beryllium the archetypal chaotic paper golfer, 1 who is not affiliated with a team, to triumph the singles competition. But his putt went near and spun astir the cup.

"It was a abbreviated putt and I wanted to conscionable deed it hard, and I deed it a small excessively hard," Lee said. "I deliberation the adrenaline was pumping a small bit."

DeChambeau said it reminded him of John Daly narrowly missing retired connected defeating Tiger Woods astatine the World Golf Championships playoff successful 2005.

"To really spot that hap successful beforehand of you, for you to beryllium the affirmative receiving broadside of it, it’s conscionable a weird feeling," DeChambeau said. "But it's a triumph and thing I’ll admit for the remainder of my life. Even if I mislaid today, I was inactive looking beauteous bully astatine my game. I was excited the mode I was striking it coming successful the past mates days."

First spot idiosyncratic champion, Captain Bryson DeChambeau of Crushers GC, holds the trophy during the trophy ceremonial aft the last circular of Aramco LIV Golf Singapore connected Sunday, March 15, 2026 successful Sentosa, Singapore.  (Mateo Villalba/LIV Golf via AP)

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DeChambeau is 2nd successful the LIV Golf standings down Jon Rahm.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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