Joaquín Niemann

Joaquín Niemann Zenteno was born on November 7, 1998, in Santiago, Chile. He plays on the LIV Golf League as captain of Torque GC. Before turning professional he reached world amateur number one, holding that position for 44 weeks between May 2017 and April 2018, winning the 2017 Mark H. McCormack Medal and the 2018 Latin America Amateur Championship.

Niemann made his professional debut in 2018 and won his first PGA Tour title in September 2019 at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, becoming the first Chilean to win on the PGA Tour and the youngest international winner on tour since 1923. He added a second PGA Tour title in 2022 at the Genesis Invitational before joining LIV Golf that same year. On LIV he became the most decorated individual player in the league's short history, accumulating eight wins: Mayakoba and Jeddah in 2024, five events in 2025 (Adelaide, Singapore, Mexico City, Virginia, and the UK stop), and LIV Golf Korea in May 2026. His five victories in 2025 earned him the 2025 LIV Golf MVP award.

Niemann is regarded as one of professional golf's elite ball-strikers. His swing features pronounced side bend and generates surplus club-head speed he deploys selectively, a quality Jon Rahm noted when he observed that Niemann "has got a couple of extra miles on the swing whenever he needs to." The 2025 season also saw him add consistency with the putter to his established ball-striking credentials, a combination that proved near-unbeatable on LIV.

At the major championship level, Niemann's best result remains a tied eighth at the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, where a final-round 68 lifted him into the top ten. That finish secured his entry into the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink. He also holds an exemption for the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills through his standing in the 2025 LIV Golf individual rankings. He did not qualify for the 2026 Masters.

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