Jon Rahm, right, celebrates winning last year’s LIV/Chicago golf tournament as second-place finisher Joaquin Niemann stands nearby. Courtesy of Joy Sarver

In 2022 — the first season for the LIV Golf League — the dominant player, by far, was Dustin Johnson. Every year since the race for that top honor has gotten tighter and the winner has changed.

In 2023 it was Talor Gooch. Last year it was Spain’s Jon Rahm. And now — going into Friday’s start of LIV/Chicago at the Bolingbrook Golf Club — it figures to be Chile’s Joaquin Niemann. He’s won five tournaments this year including the last one, in the United Kingdom two weeks ago.

“I don’t know if that’s momentum or not,” Niemann said after returning to Bolingbrook. “I feel like I’ve just got to keep doing what I’ve been doing.”

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