Tale of the tape: Niemann vs. Rahm for the Individual Championship

Aug 13, 2025 - 6:00 PMWritten by: Mike McAllister

WESTFIELD, Ind. – A comparative look at Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann and Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm, who will battle at this week’s LIV Golf Indianapolis for the league’s season-long Individual Championship.

QUICK BIOS

Joaquin Niemann
Age: 26
Birthdate: Nov. 7, 1998
Birthplace: Santiago, Chile
Turned pro: 2018
Professional wins: 20

Jon Rahm
Age: 30
Birthdate: Nov. 10, 1994
Birthplace: Barrica, Biscay, Spain
Turned pro: 2016
Professional wins: 22

LIV GOLF

Niemann		Rahm
Torque GC captain	Team	Legion XIII captain
41	Career starts (regular season)	25
7	Tournament wins	2
13	Podiums (1, 2 or 3)	9
15	Top 10s	23
34	Points finishes (top 24)	24
4	Team wins	8
7th (2022), 21st (2023), 2nd (2024)	Individual Championship results	1st (2024)
68.5	Career stroke avg.	67.9
2.55 under par	Avg. round to par	3.15 under par
2304	Total holes played	1314

2025 SEASON RESULTS

Niemann	Tournament	Rahm
T33	Riyadh	T2
1	Adelaide	6
T12	Hong Kong	T6
1	Singapore	T5
T33	Miami	T9
1	Mexico City	4
T20	Korea	T7
1	Virginia	T8
T23	Dallas	T11
T23	Andalucia	2
1	UK	T5
T17	Chicago	T2

2025 STATISTICS

Niemann (rank)		Rahm (rank)
58.53% (T23)	Fairway hit %	59.33% (19)
328.8 yds (1)	Driving dist. avg.	319.9 yds (7)
440 yards	Longest drive	396 yards
72.99% (2)	Greens in Reg. %	73.92% (1)
61.71% (14)	Scrambling %	64.50% (5)
1.60 (T24)	Putting avg.	1.60 (T24)
176 (1)	Birdies	171 (2)

2025 STROKES GAINED

Niemann		Rahm
+1.00	Off the tee driving	+1.05
+0.09	Off the tee par 3	+0.15
+0.18	Approach long	+0.10
+0.08	Approach medium	+0.12
+0.22	Approach short	+0.19
+0.19	Around the green	+0.47
+0.18	On the green	+0.28
+1.95	Total	+2.37

2025 SCORING

Niemann		Rahm
69.0	Stroke Avg.	68.6
3 under	Par 3	2 over
37 under	Par 4	42 under
45 under	Par 5	60 under

HEAD TO HEAD

Niemann and Rahm will play in the same group in Rd. 1 at LIV Golf Indianapolis. It will be the 17th time they’ve been in the same LIV Golf group. The results of the previous 16 times:

2024 MAYAKOBA
Rd. 3 – Niemann 70, Rahm 70

2024 JEDDAH
Rd. 1 – Rahm 62, Niemann 63

2024 ADELAIDE
Rd. 2 – Niemann 67, Rahm 69

2024 SINGAPORE
Rd. 1 – Niemann 67, Rahm 69

2024 GREENBRIER
Rd. 1 – Rahm 64, Niemann 67

2024 CHICAGO
Rd. 1 – Niemann 68, Rahm 69
Rd. 2 – Rahm 64, Niemann 68

2025 RIYADH
Rd. 1 – Niemann 67, Rahm 67

2025 ADELAIDE
Rd. 3 – Niemann 65, Rahm 70

2025 HONG KONG
Rd. 1 – Niemann 67, Rahm 69

2025 MIAMI
Rd. 1 – Rahm 73, Niemann 78

2025 KOREA
Rd. 1 – Niemann 68, Rahm 72

2025 VIRGINIA
Rd. 1 – Niemann 67, Rahm 67
Rd. 2 – Niemann 68, Rahm 68
Rd. 3 – Niemann 63, Rahm 68

2025 CHICAGO
Rd. 1 – Rahm 68, Niemann 74

STROKE AVERAGES
Niemann 67.94, Rahm 68.06

DYE COURSE HISTORY

LIV Golf Indianapolis will be played at The Club at Chatham Hills, the first Pete Dye-designed course to host a LIV Golf tournament. Niemann’s and Rahm’s pro career history on Dye-designed courses:

NIEMANN
35 total rounds
Strokes Gained avg. +1.12
Notable finishes
T5 Harbour Town (2020)
T5 TPC River Highlands (2019)
T22 TPC Sawgrass (2022)

RAHM
56 total rounds
Strokes Gained avg. +1.14
Notable finishes
1st (twice) PGA West (2018, 2023)
1st (team) TPC Louisiana (2019)
T8 Kiawah Island (2021)