Joaquin Niemann celebrated after winning Singapore’s Liv Golf Club on Sunday.
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Joaquin Niemann felt. Why doesn’t he? He has won two of four Liv golf games this season and six in the past 16 months. His latest news came on Sunday at Sentosa Golf Club and Singapore’s Liv Golf Course when he beat 65 with 65, 17-shots and won five wins in runner-up Brooks Koepka.
He has high confidence, right? Correct.
“More confident,” Neman said on Sunday. “I feel like it’s just proud of the work I’ve done. I feel like you’ve built up your confidence through preparation, I’m excited, I’ve had two weeks [before my next start]. The next two weeks will prepare me for what is about to happen. Leaf Miami will be a great challenge. I bet the course will be in good shape and very tough. This is one of the longest and most difficult courses we have taken in the year.
“So, yes, it’s a great challenge and then we’ve had the first major in a year. I’m really looking forward to the next two weeks and I have to be prepared and do my best so that I can build confidence in these two weeks.”
Two weeks later in Liv Miami, it was the Masters. Niemann will get his sixth start there and isn’t in the top 10 yet, but he’s been a stylish sleeper option for the past few years.
He has never ended in Augusta’s 40th year, the second consecutive year he received a rare special invitation, but he hasn’t hit everything there yet. While most LIV players are struggling to get into the four majors of golf, and while some of them will soon change, Neiman has invited his luxury goods.
While he is one of the most talented players on a professional golf course and deserves an invitation, the fact that he won the 2018 Latin American amateur championship – an Augusta National event, the Augusta National campaign – certainly did not hurt his case.
Ironically, Neiman still doesn’t have a major top ten. Although that didn’t stop a certain six-time minority champion from making a bold claim ahead of Niemann’s latest win.
“My major didn’t have a good grade; it has been bothering me,” Neman said. “…I know I’m going to win a major. I know that’s going to happen. Maybe not in the Masters for three weeks, maybe. I don’t know. I just know that it’s going to happen. What I’m worried about is how I’m going to improve and how I feel in these tough situations because the earlier I learn from these situations, the more I feel I’m ready.
