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Sunday 23 August 2026LIV GolfYear in Review
Sasso wins LIV Golf Indianapolis
The Club at Chatham Hills, Westfield, Indiana · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 August 2026 · Michael La Sasso’s win no. 1 on the LIV Golf · purse $10,100,000 individual; $30,000,000 team USD · became the season finale (and decided the team title) after the Michigan Team Championship was cancelled
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/19°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 32 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/18°C · wind 10 km/h NNW, gusts 22 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/19°C · wind 23 km/h WNW, gusts 46 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/15°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jon Rahm ESP · 263closed with 63 but a bogey after missing an 11-foot par putt let La Sasso draw level; La Sasso won with an up-and-down birdie at the 18th La Sasso wins LIV Golf Indianapolis; HyFlyers GC finishes runner-up (LIV Golf)
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Same week
LIV Golf event
LIV Golf Indianapolis
The Club at Chatham Hills, The Club at Chatham Hills, Westfield, Indiana
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Michael La Sasso
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
LIV Golf
23 August 2026
I'm completely speechless,
LIV Golf
23 August 2026
I knew coming into this week that something special might happen,
LIV Golf
23 August 2026
Michael made a great up-and-down on 18 to win. He earned it,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael La Sasso | 71 · 60 · 66 · 65 | 262 | −18 |
| 2 | Jon Rahm | 67 · 67 · 66 · 63 | 263 | −17 |
| T3 | Bryson DeChambeau | 65 · 68 · 67 · 64 | 264 | −16 |
| T3 | Sergio Garcia | 64 · 69 · 66 · 65 | 264 | −16 |
| T5 | Richard T. Lee | 63 · 66 · 73 · 63 | 265 | −15 |
| T5 | Scott Vincent | 66 · 68 · 66 · 65 | 265 | −15 |
| T5 | Laurie Canter | 62 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 265 | −15 |
| 8 | Dean Burmester | 64 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 266 | −14 |
| 9 | Richard Bland | 66 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 267 | −13 |
| T10 | Marc Leishman | 66 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Thomas Detry | 66 · 64 · 68 · 70 | 268 | −12 |
The golfer
USA; turned pro 2026; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 1900 that week (OWGR rank entering the week (rankBefore 1900 -> rankAfter 288), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet