The winning streak continues for Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs GC, while the victories keep piling up for Torque GC captain Joaquin Niemann.
Fueled by another Sunday charge, the Fireballs won LIV Golf Singapore by three shots for their third consecutive team title this season. It’s the longest win streak for either a team or individual player since 4Aces GC won four-straight team titles during the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series in 2022.
The Fireballs will try to match that at next month’s LIV Golf Miami, April 4-6.
“We’re the only ones who can keep the streak alive,” Garcia said. “Hopefully we’ll keep it going.”
Niemann won for the second time in the last three tournaments, shooting the day’s only bogey-free round, a 6-under 65 to win by five shots. The 26-year-old Chilean moves atop the Individual Champion points standings and will seek to maintain that status for at least the next two months in hopes of earning the LIV Golf exemption into this year’s U.S Open.
“Today was one of those days,” said Niemann, who won by three shots in Adelaide. “Everything went my way.”
Both winning efforts capped off impressive performances at Sentosa Golf Club’s challenging 7,420-yard Serapong course.
The Fireballs won despite an ailing Garcia, last week’s individual winner in Hong Kong, who came down with bronchitis and had a fever of 102.4 on the eve of the tournament. He battled to shoot even par for the week, but his three teammates, led by David Puig’s solo fourth at 10 under, stepped up to rally from an eight-shot deficit to start the final round.
“This week was a tough week because I've been sick all week and haven't been able to help the team as much as I would have liked to,” Garcia said. “To see the performance that my teammates put in to be able to get this win was pretty impressive.”
Puig’s 5-under 66 was supported by Luis Masaveu’s 68 and Abraham Ancer’s 69 as the team shot 10-under on Sunday, tying for the lowest team score of the day.
“Counting four scores, eight strokes seem like a lot, but it can change in two holes,” Ancer said. “We just told ourselves that, and we just needed to take care of business and play our game.”
For the 23-year-old Puig, it’s his eighth overall LIV Golf team victory, more than any other player. He won four times with Niemann’s Torque GC in 2023 and now has won four times with Fireballs GC.
“I love team golf,” Puig said. “I think I'm a good team player. I like to be surrounded by a good group of guys, and I have them here at the Fireballs. I just have a lot of fun, and I never give up, and I just love it.”
