There are just two tournaments remaining in the race for the individual prizes in the LIV Golf season.
Joaquin Niemann will be looking to seal top spot in Chicago this week, after winning his fifth get-together of the year last time out at the JCB Golf & Country Club.
The Chilean was joint second behind Jon Rahm at Bolingbrook Golf Club 12 months ago, but there are plenty of others among the 54-player field with their eyes on making a big impression as the campaign draws to a close.
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LIV Golf Chicago Tips
- Tyrrell Hatton to win @ 8/1
- Talor Gooch to win and each-way @ 14/1
- Tom McKibbin to win and each-way @ 33/1
Hatton will want to go out with a bang
Tyrrell Hatton will be disappointed to have earned just three top-10 finishes in this year’s LIV Golf schedule, but this looks a good opportunity for him to get back to winning ways.
Hitting greens in regulation is the key to success at this week’s course and that is something at which the Englishman excels in, standing fifth in that particular statistic in this year’s events.
He was fourth at Bolingbrook last year even though he started with a disappointing 73.
Two subsequent rounds of 65 displayed his true talents and after fourth spot at the US Open and a decent Open Championship when he came 16th after fading in the final round, he could be geared to get back into the winner’s circle.
Gooch ending the campaign in fine fettle
Talor Gooch is one LIV player who probably doesn’t want the season to end as he has found his form after a disappointing start to the campaign.
He is eighth in terms of greens in regulation this year and looks to have benefited from not being involved in the Majors, turning his season around with a third spot in South Korea in May.
Gooch went on to win at Valderrama for a second time, beating home favourite Rahm in the process and was fourth at the latest UK gathering, so his confidence is high and he will fancy his chances.
McKibbin ready to make his mark
Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin is another player who has discovered some form in the closing weeks of the campaign.
After a few disappointing weeks, he bounced back with fifth spot in Dallas and then fourth at Valderrama when he recovered well from an opening round of 74.
Missing the Open cut at home venue Royal Portrush was a disappointment, but he recovered to finish 11th at the JCB and as the seventh-best player in the greens-in-regulation charts on LIV, there is potential for him to claim his first title on the Saudi-backed circuit.
LIV Golf Chicago Tips
- Tyrrell Hatton to win @ 8/1
- Talor Gooch to win and each-way @ 14/1
- Tom McKibbin to win and each-way @ 33/1
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