Chilean golfer Joaquín Niemann faced a tough Friday at LIV Golf Mexico, scoring +2 in the second round at Club de Golf Chapultepec, ending even par overall and tied for 31st. Two double bogeys defined his day, leaving him 10 shots behind leader Jon Rahm. He had started with -2 on Thursday, featuring a viral hole-in-one.
Joaquín Niemann started LIV Golf Mexico strongly on Thursday, carding -2 in the first round highlighted by a hole-in-one on his first shot, which went viral. On Friday at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Naucalpan, the Chilean teed off at the sixth hole and stayed even par through his first six.
Trouble struck with a double bogey on the 12th. A birdie on the 16th offered hope, but a bogey on the 17th left him at +2. He later birdied the 2nd, suffered another double bogey on the 3rd, and birdied the 5th to end a shaky round, dropping from the top 15 to T31.
Overall, Niemann trails leader Jon Rahm by 10 strokes, after Rahm's -4 on Friday. Rahm is followed by Matthew Wolff, Tom McKibbin, and Harold Varner, all at -9 accumulated. Niemann is defending the title he won at this same venue in the 2025 edition.
