Joaquin Niemann closed in 5-under 66 after which took down Rikuya Hoshino in a playoff with a clutch eagle to win the ISPS Handa Australian Open on Sunday in Sydney.

The victory marks the 25-year-old Niemann’s first worldwide title since he joined LIV Golf two summers in the past. The Chilean star owned two PGA Tour wins and 7 Chilean Tour victories previous to Sunday’s triumph at The Australian Golf Club. He now’s the primary South American winner of the Stonehaven Cup.

Niemann additionally turns into the second present LIV member to win on the DP World Tour in as many weeks, following Dean Burmester, the winner of final week’s Joburg Open.

While 54-hole chief Min Woo Lee, who was attempting to finish the Aussie double after capturing the Australian PGA final week, backed up with a 1-over 72, Niemann carded 5 of his six birdies on the again 9 to succeed in 14 underneath with Japan’s Hoshino, who closed with 70. In the playoff, Niemann drained a 7-foot eagle putt on the second additional gap to shut out Hoshino as rain was beginning to fall.

“It was a nice day,” Niemann instructed reporters. “These last two playoff holes showed how I have been playing the last few weeks here in Australia. My putting hasn’t been the best, but I’ve been working hard on it, and it was nice to make that last putt. I always practice those 3-, 4-, 5-feet ones and know that one of those will be to win a tournament.”

South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai edged Aussie Minjee Lee by a shot to efficiently defend her girls’s title.