Joaquin Niemann Player Profile And What's In The Bag

Article Updated in February 2025

Chile's Joaquin Niemann shot a final round of 65 to claim the LIV Golf Adelaide title, finishing on 13-under par to win by three shots as Sergio Garcia's Fireballs team claimed victory in the team event.

Niemann trailed by three shots at the start of the day's play at The Grange Golf Club, coming out on top after prevailing in a battle with Abraham Ancer to win his third LIV Golf title. 

While many LIV events continue to struggle to capture the public’s imagination, this one saw around 100,000 fans paying to get in over the course of the tournament.

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

Niemann said: "I'm starting to feel the chills now because I didn't want to get out of the game rhythm because you never know what could happen, but now I feel that relief and it feels awesome."

Niemann started the day on six-under par but had pulled himself into contention by the time he reached the turn, picking up four shots to put pressure on Ancer, who had been flawless after birdies at the first two holes to take the lead.

Another birdie at the 12th by Niemann, his fifth of the round, saw him draw level with Ancer, who responded with a birdie of his own to go back in front.

But Ancer failed to get up and down from a bunker at the par-three 14th to drop his first shot of the day.

And while Ancer got it back at the 16th, he missed his first fairway of the day on the 17th, going on to drop out of the lead with another bogey.

Niemann held his nerve to birdie the last, and Ancer’s chances ended when he dropped another at the last to slip into a share for second with Carlos Ortiz.

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. His victory in Adelaide is his third with LIV.

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.

Key Stats

Driving Distance - 304.7 Yards

Driving Accuracy - 57.14%

Greens in Regulation - 77.78%

Birdies Per Round - 4.83

Putts Per Round - 29.16

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