| -13 C Smith (Australia); -ten P Uihlein (USA), D Johnson (USA); -8 S Garcia (Spa), J Neimann (Chi) |
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Open champion Cameron Smith won his first LIV Golf event in his second start in the Saudi-backed series.
The Aussie beat Dustin Johnson and Peter Uihlein by three strokes at the event in Chicago on Sunday.
The win saw Smith pick up a top prize of $4m (£3.5m).
“I think I probably had to prove to myself and other people that I’m still a great player, you know I’m still here to win golf tournaments,” Smith said.
The 29-year-old shot a three-under par 69 in the final round of the 54-hole event – finishing with back-to-back birdies – to reach 13 under, having started the day two strokes ahead of his playing partner Johnson. , the 2020 Masters champion.
“Proud of how I hung on today. Didn’t really have my best material the first eight or nine holes, but I got through and got some good putts. It was good “, he added.
Black-smith, highest ranked player to join LIV Golf to datefinished fourth on his debut two weeks ago in Boston.
He was one of 12 major champions in Chicago’s 48-man squad.
Johnson’s consolation was helping fellow 4 Aces Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch and Pat Perez win the tag team competition and split the $3 million first-place prize for the fourth straight event.
