It is the penultimate tournament of the LIV Golf season in Chicago this week and with the team competition to come, this is the final time players can push their way up the individual leaderboard.
Jon Rahm and Joaquin Niemann are the only two players capable of winning the Individual Championship, but there are plenty of other players who will be confident they can tame this week’s test at Bolingbrook and land a big cheque themselves.
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Relaxed DeChambeau can see off rivals
Bolingbrook is a municipal course in the Windy City that is unlikely to cause top golfers many problems and powerhouse Bryson DeChambeau, who finished 6-2-1 in the three Stateside Majors this year, should have few issues in taming it.
He has no pressure going into this week and this layout should prove to be right up his alley.
With six top-10 results on LIV this season, the US Open champion has been a model of consistency.
The big-hitting boffin has fond LIV memories of Illinois, having won this tournament when it was played at Rich Harvest Farms last year, and while market rivals Rahm and Niemann will be concentrating on winning the biggest prize, DeChambeau can fight his way through to come out on top here.
Smith equipped to see job through
It could come down to a putting contest at Bolingbrook with the field likely to tame the modest test and we could see plenty of low scores.
And one player who could emerge from the pack to take the prize is former Open champion Cameron Smith, who has found some excellent form as the LIV Tour’s season closes.
He missed the Open cut at Troon, but he was ninth at Nashville, sixth at Andalucia and eighth last time out at Greenbrier.
The Australian’s second on the UK leg at the JCB Golf & Country Club last month was his third runner-up spot of the season and this looks a good chance for him to finally get over the line.
Oosthuizen finishing the season in fine form
Another Claret Jug winner, Louis Oosthuizen looks to have benefitted from LIV Tour’s more relaxed schedule after a few injury issues and the South African’s recent form has been strong.
He was runner-up in Jeddah in March and Adelaide in April, and has performed particularly well in the last few tournaments.
Oosthuizen was fourth at Valderrama, sixth at the JCB and had a blistering finish at the Greenbrier, where a closing round of 60 earned him a tie for eighth, so he looks likely to be a factor.
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