Joaquin Niemann Player Profile And What's In The Bag

Article Updated in March 2025

Joaquin Niemann continued his astonishing run of form by winning LIV’s Singapore tournament at Sentosa Golf Club by five shots after a final round of 65. It was his fourth victory on the breakaway circuit, behind only Brooks Koepka, who has five victories to his name.

He has already received an invitation to play in The Masters next month and is now looking good to get into the field for this year’s US Open too.

The Chilean began the day tied for the lead with Dustin Johnson but birdied the first and picked up five more birdies. Niemann, who finished second to Jon Rahm in the LIV Golf League last year, won the $4m first prize and moves top of the standings.

• Player Profile
• Key Stats
• What's In The Bag

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He said: "Today was one of those days, everything went my way. I hit it amazing. I was feeling a little bit more anxious when I woke up, with DJ playing the way he's playing for this week.

"Yeah, I was a little bit nervous. You're always nervous before a round about what's going to happen. It's a game where everything could happen at any time, and starting the way I started playing, it really kind of freed me up a little bit for the rest of the round, starting with a birdie on the first hole, and then being able to birdie the third and the fourth. Yeah, I felt like because of the start that I had, I was able to be really, really free for the whole round."

The 26-year-old has now won six times in the past 16 months with LIV wins in Mexico and Saudi last year and in Adelaide and Singapore this season to go with his 2023 Australian Open success and 2024 Saudi International title.

He seems certain to claim a spot in the US Open, which goes to the top-placed player, inside the top three of the standings, who isn't already qualified by May 19.

"I have it on my mind," he said, before revealing that he is keen to impress in the Majors. In 22 Major starts, he has a best finish of T16th, and he's hoping to change that this year. "I know that I've been playing great out here, and if I look back into my stats, I haven't had a great result in the majors. It's something that kind of bothers me all the time.”

Niemann's bogey-free round of six-under moved him to 17-under-par, with last year's winner Koepka second after a 65 of his own. Johnson was tied with Niemann after 36-holes but dropped down the leaderboard after a two-over-par 73, which included four bogeys in seven holes.

Player Profile

Niemann was born in Santiago on November 7, 1998.

He was the world’s number one ranked golfer for 44 weeks, from May 2017 to April 2018, when he turned professional.

He won the 2018 Latin America Amateur Championship, gaining him a place in the field for The Masters the same year.

He turned professional before the 2018 Texas Open, where he finished sixth in his pro debut. He earned Special Temporary Member Status on the PGA Tour for the rest of 2018 with a T6 finish at the Memorial, his third top-ten in only five starts. He earned a PGA Tour card for 2018-19 after a fourth top-10 finish in eight tournaments.

In September 2019, Niemann won The Greenbrier for his first PGA Tour victory. He became the first PGA Tour winner from Chile, and the youngest international PGA Tour winner since 1923.

In December 2019, he played on the International team at the Presidents Cup but was on the losing side as the USA won 16-14.

In January 2021, Niemann shot a final round 64 at the Tournament of Champions but lost in a playoff to Harris English. The following week he finished tied second at the Sony Open. He also lost in a playoff at the Rocket Mortgage.

In February 2022, Niemann won the Genesis Invitational and in August announced that he was joining LIV Golf. He won the Australian Open at the end of 2023.

He received invitations to play in The Masters and US PGA but failed to make it to the US Open. He missed out on qualifying in Jupiter, Florida. He finished a shot out of a playoff at The Bear’s Club, where PGA Tour veterans Matt Kuchar and Daniel Berger were among the group that played their way in. It was the first US Open Niemann missed since 2019 and the first major he had missed in four years. He also qualified for The Open.

On 4 February 2024, Niemann shot a 12-under-par 59 in the first round of the LIV Golf Mayakoba in Mexico. He won the event in a playoff with Sergio Garcia for his first individual LIV Golf title. Later in the year he also won LIV Golf Jeddah.

He began 2025 by winning LIV Adelaide. His victory in Singapore is his fourth with LIV.

He will tee it up at Augusta in 2025 after once again receiving an invitation to play in The Masters.

In 124 PGA Tour starts, he made 96 cuts, winning twice, finishing second three times, third twice and in the top five on 13 occasions along with 22 top 10s.

He averages 314.2 yards from the tee, finds 64.29% of fairways and hits 76.85% of greens in regulation. He averages 28.62 putts per round and 5.08 birdies. When missing the green he gets up and down 72% of the time.

Key Stats

Driving Distance - 314.2 Yards

Driving Accuracy - 64.29%

Greens in Regulation - 76.85%

Birdies Per Round - 5.08

Putts Per Round - 28.62

What's In Joaquin Niemann’s Golf Bag

Driver:  PING G430 LST

3-Wood: PING G430 MAX Fairway

7-Wood: PING G425 MAX Fairway

Hybrid: PING G430 (26 Degrees)

Irons: PING Blueprint S Irons (5-PW)

Wedges: PING S159 Wedges 

Putter: PING PLD Anser Putter

Ball: Titleist Pro V1