An Byeong-hun Finishes 11th at LIV Golf UK

An Byeong-hun narrowly missed his second top-10 finish of the LIV Golf season.

Playing the final fourth round of the LIV Golf UK (total purse of 30 million dollars) at the JCB Golf and Country Club (par 72) in Rocester, England on the 26th (local time), An shot an even-par 72 with one birdie and one bogey.

Finishing with a total score of 11-under 277, An wrapped up the tournament in 11th place.

An, who moved to LIV Golf this year, recorded his best finish so far with a tie for 9th at the season opener in Saudi Arabia in February.

In this tournament, starting with a tie for 5th on the first day and staying within the top 10 through the third round, he raised hopes for his second top-10 finish, but missed out by a single stroke.

Following a tie for 11th at the Andalucia event in Spain last month, he once again missed the top 10 by a narrow margin.

An, who was tied for 7th through the third round of this tournament, started his round on the 2nd hole, birdied the 6th hole (par 5), but failed to lower his score further as he only managed a bogey on the 15th hole (par 4) without any additional birdies.

The championship went to Lucas Herbert of Australia, who recorded a total of 30-under 258.

Herbert, who has been competing on LIV Golf since 2024, claimed his second victory of the year following his win at the Virginia tournament in May.

Herbert kept up his momentum by tying for 6th—his career-best finish in a major championship—at The Open Championship last week, and winning this week by setting a new record for the lowest score in a single LIV Golf tournament.

Herbert surged to the lead on the first day of the tournament by firing an 11-under, and secured a wire-to-wire victory in the final round as the sole leader by carding 10 birdies without a single bogey.

In the team competition, Ripper GC, led by Herbert, claimed the top spot with a combined total of 52-under.

The individual winner's prize money is 4 million dollars (approximately 5.85 billion won), and with 3 million dollars awarded to the winning team in the team event, Herbert takes home 750,000 dollars, which is a quarter of the share.

Including the 550,883 dollars in prize money from his tie for 6th at The Open Championship last week, Herbert earned 5.30883 million dollars—7.75 billion Korean won—over the span of two weeks.

Tyrrell Hatton of England finished 6 strokes back in 2nd place (24-under 264), while Bryson DeChambeau of the United States took 3rd place (21-under 267).

Song Young-han finished tied for 31st (2-under 286), Kim Min-kyu tied for 47th (4-over 292), and Moon Do-yeob tied for 53rd (8-over 296).

Iron Heads GC—comprising An Byeong-hun, Song Young-han, Kim Min-kyu, and Moon Do-yeob—managed a combined total of 1-under, finishing 11th in the team competition.

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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