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Joaquin Niemann defeated Sergio Garcia in a play-off that took place in near darkness as LIV Golf’s season-opener ended in drama at Mayakoba.

The Chilean birdied the 18th on the fourth hole of the sudden-death play-off to edge out Garcia and claim victory.

He had previously missed a putt to win in regulation, with both players posting pars three times in a row on the final hole at El Camaleon Golf Club before Niemann finished in style.

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Niemann had opened the tournament with a sublime 59, the second sub-60 round in LIV history after Bryson DeChambeau’s miraculous 58 at Greenbrier last year.

Meanwhile, debutant Jon Rahm was bemused by a bogey bogey finish that cost him a play-off place, but his new Legion XIII team comfortably won the team event.

Here’s the full prize money breakdown from LIV Golf’s season-opener at Mayakoba…

LIV Golf Mayakoba prize money in full

Winner. Joaquin Niemann: $4,000,000

2. Sergio Garcia: $2,250,000

T3. Jon Rahm, Dean Burmester: $1,250,000

T5. Koepka, Charles Howell III, Dustin Johnson: $700,000

T8. Tyrrell Hatton, Louis Oosthuizen, Cameron Smith: $457,500

T11. Paul Casey, Richard Bland: 370,000

T13. Sebastian Munoz, Caleb Surratt, Laurie Canter: $320,000

16. Talor Gooch: $285,000

T17. Sam Horsfield, Patrick Reed, Kevin Na, Cameron Tringale: $255,000

T21. Anirban Lahiri, Brendan Steele, Lucas Herbert, Bubba Watson: $215,000

T25. Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Jones, Marc Leishman: $190,000

T28. Matthew Wolff, Abraham Ancer, Martin Kaymer, Ian Poulter: $172,500

T32. Kalle Samooja, Eugenio Chacarra, Lee Westwood, Jason Kokrak: $153,250

T36. Hudson Swafford, Henrik Stenson: $144,000

T38. David Puig, Scott Vincent, Jinichiro Kozuma, Kieran Vincent, Charl Schwartzel: $135,200

T43. Thomas Pieters, Graeme McDowell, Adrian Meronk, Carlos Ortiz, Mito Pereira: $125,800

48. Danny Lee: $120,000

49. Branden Grace: $60,000

50. Andy Ogletree: $60,000

T51. Phil Mickelson, Pat Perez, Peter Uihlein: $53,333.33

54. Harold Varner III: $50,000

LIV Golf Mayakoba Team prize money

1. Legion XIII (Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt, Kieran Vincent): $3,000,000

2. Crushers GC (Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Anirban Lahiri, Charles Howell III): $1,500,000

3. Torque GC (Joaquin Niemann, Carlos Ortiz, Sebastian Munoz, Mito Pereira): $500,000

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