Five wins, four continents: Niemann becomes a global star in 2025

With his victory at LIV Golf UK by JCB, the Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann has won LIV Golf tournaments on four different continents in 2025 and now has professional wins in five different continents in his career.

Both achievements put Niemann in rare company in terms of golf’s professional touring pros.

Niemann’s win Sunday is his first career win in Europe, and his fifth LIV Golf victory this year to go with earlier wins in the continents of Australia (Adelaide), Asia (Hong Kong), and North America (Mexico City and Virginia).

He becomes the first player to win LIV Golf tournaments on four continents and five different countries. The fact that he did so in the same calendar year makes it even more impressive.

Although there are no official records or specific supporting data, a recent thread on X (formerly known as Twitter) suggested that the last two men’s golfers believed to have won high-caliber pro tournaments on four different continents in the same year are Gary Player (1974) and Tiger Woods (2000).

Player’s wins involved two wins in North America (including the Masters), the South African Masters (twice), two wins in Europe, and the Australian Open.

Woods won 12 events during his epic 2000 season, with nine wins in North America (including the U.S. Open and PGA Championships), one win in Europe (The Open), one win in Asia, and one win in South America (partnering with David Duval to win the WGC-World Cup in Argentina).

With his fifth win this season, Niemann has a commanding lead in the season-long LIV Golf Individual Championship race and can wrap up the title next week in Chicago.

“Anywhere that I go, if I play my best game, I know I can win,” Niemann said. “That’s the only thing kind of matters for me, to find that A-game more often.”

Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm is his closest pursuer in points. “He’s undoubtedly a top-10 player in the world right now,” Rahm said of Niemann.

As for his career wins on five continents, Niemann’s total includes his nine victories in his home country on the Chilean Tour in South America.

He’s the third LIV Golf player to achieve career success on five different continents, joining Majesticks GCCo-Captains Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter (see chart below).

Niemann has never won in Africa, but he’ll have a chance to add a sixth continental victory next year with the recent announcement that LIV Golf will play in South Africa in 2026 next March.