By Samuel Blatchford
BOLINGBROOK, IL – The final two LIV golf events are here. LIV Golf Chicago opens up this weekend as the final individual event of the 2024 season. There is a lot on the line: Jon Rahm and Joaquin Niemann are the players to watch to see who will take home the individual title.
The Course
Bolingbrook Golf Club in Bolingbrook, IL was designed by Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest, the course opened in 2002 and is ranked by GolfPass as the No. 1 public course in Illinois (2024)
Par 70 | 7,076 yards
Elevated tees, rolling fairways and seven lakes are scattered throughout the layout
The signature hole is the par-3, 165-yard island green 6th, with rough behind the green for shots that may be slightly long
The par-5 14th is the longest hole on the course at 600 yards, which usually plays with a prevailing wind
The par-4 15th is expected to be drivable at 342 yards
Tees, fairways and greens are Bent/Poa, with Kentucky Bluegrass in the first cut and rough
Projected green speed is 11.5
Rahm vs Neimann
Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm and Torque GC
Captain Joaquin Niemann are the only players
mathematically eligible to win the 2024 Individual
Championship, with Rahm currently leading
Niemann by 195.17 points to 192.20 points, a
difference of 2.97 points.
Niemann had been the points leader since his win
in Jeddah until Rahm passed him after Greenbrier.
“He’s been playing great lately, so he’s probably
going to keep doing the same,” Niemann said of
Rahm. “I’ve got to try to bring my ‘A’ game.”
Said Rahm: “I’m probably going to need to win.
He’s going to be up there. I’m going to need
another good week.”