A Military Tribute At The Greenbrier
Golf Asia|October 2019
Chile's rising star Niemann wins first PGA tour event by six shots
A Military Tribute At The Greenbrier

Joaquin Niemann fired a closing round of 64 on Sunday to capture The Greenbrier by six strokes and become the first Chilean to win on the US PGA Tour. The 20-year-old Niemann roared home with three straight birdies on his final three holes, capping it off with a 25-foot bomb on 18 at the Old White TPC course in Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. He is the youngest non-American winner on the Tour since 1923 and the first third round leader to hold on and claim this event.

Niemann was overcome with emotion while being interviewed by a television reporter as he walked off the green at 18 and realized the magnitude of his victory.

This story is from the October 2019 edition of Golf Asia.

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