Crushers Conquer Korea: DeChambeau Delivers Double Delight
Captain clinches comeback win as Crushers GC sweep team and individual titles at LIV Golf Korea
Seoul, Korea - Bryson DeChambeau's roar echoed across the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea as he drained a 48-foot birdie putt at the 17th—and with it, the tension of weeks past seemed to vanish. The Crushers GC captain, twice denied after holding 36-hole leads earlier this season, finally got the job done. A final-round 66 sealed the individual title at LIV Golf Korea presented by Coupang Play, and with teammate Charles Howell III charging hard, the Crushers completed a commanding team victory as well.
“I feel like I’ve been playing great, just hadn’t crossed the finish line,” DeChambeau said. “This one means a lot.”
Indeed, it did not come easy. Howell pushed DeChambeau to the edge with a sensational 9-under 63, tying his captain with just three holes to play. But a bogey on 16 halted Howell’s charge, and DeChambeau’s dramatic birdie on 17 delivered the decisive blow.
With that, the Crushers stormed to a 20-under team round—12 shots better than any other squad on the day—and claimed a nine-shot win over Smash GC. “Charles and Bryson won this for us,” said Paul Casey with a smile. “Our job was to not mess it up.”
The result marked DeChambeau’s third individual LIV title and the Crushers’ first team win of the season. It was also a comeback story for Howell, back in form after a stress fracture kept him sidelined for months in 2023. His solo second was his best showing since his victory in Mayakoba that year.
Elsewhere, Talor Gooch’s 66 led Smash’s challenge, while Thomas Pieters of 4Aces lit up the early holes but faded late. Meanwhile, Casey and Anirban Lahiri quietly delivered on Sunday to support the Crushers’ charge. Lahiri, rebounding from a disastrous 79 on Saturday, battled to a 72 and summed it up simply: “I really wanted to get on that podium for the team.”
With all four scores counting in LIV Golf’s new team format, the Crushers thrived under pressure, proving depth and resilience count just as much as star power.
For DeChambeau, the victory may finally be the turning point he’s been chasing since Augusta. “The future’s bright,” he said. “I’m just excited to be part of this story.”
And on a wind-swept Sunday in Incheon, that story added a triumphant Korean chapter.