Joaquin Niemann Net Worth: How Rich is the Chilean Golfer?

Joaquin Niemann is a Chilean professional golfer who has won two PGA Tour titles. He currently competes in the LIV Golf League. As of 2023, Joaquin Niemann net worth is estimated to be around $14 million.

Career Highlights

Best known for: Winning twice on the PGA Tour.

Accomplishments: 

• 2018 Latin America Amateur Championship winner
• Genesis Invitational 2022 winner

Popularity: Over 199K followers on Instagram 

Career Earnings: $14,571,000 (data from PGA Tour)(stats as of February 2023)

Who is Joaquin Niemann?

Joaquin Niemann is a professional golfer from Chile. He turned professional in 2018 and won his first PGA Tour title, A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier in September 2019. After winning the first PGA Tour, he became the youngest international PGA Tour winner and the first PGA Tour winner from Chile.

Joaquin was born in Santiago, Chile, on November 7, 1998. He was born to Jorge and Pamela. Niemann grew up with his brother Lukas. Niemann was two years old when he received plastic clubs from his dad. As he grew up, he was recruited by coach, Steve Bradley for the University of South Florida. 

Joaquin Niemann Net Worth & Career

 

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Joaquin Niemann had an outstanding amateur career where he ranked at the top in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for the consecutive 44 weeks. He had earlier planned to play at the University of South Florida. However, he couldn’t study at the University due to his TOEFL scores.

Niemann gained entry into the 2018 U. S. Open and the 2018 Open Championship after the conclusion of the summer’s championship season. Likewise, he won the 2017 Mark H. McCormack medal for ranking at the top in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Then, in 2018, he won the Latin American Amateur Championship.

Joaquin eventually gained entry into the 2018 Masters Tournament after winning the 2018 Latin America Amateur. After turning professional in 2018, he won the 2018 Valero Texas Open where he finished sixth. Following that, he gained Special Temporary Member Status and competed for the rest of 2018 on the PGA Tour.

Niemann gained a PGA Tour card for the 2018-19 season after finishing fourth top 10 in 8 tournaments. He got his first PGA Tour to win at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier in September 2019. After that, he competed on the international team at the 2019 Presidents Cup in December 2019. He eventually helped the U. S. team toward victory with a score of 16-14.

Joaquin continued his excellent form at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, where he shot a final round 64. Then, he competed in Harris English in a playoff. After a week, he played at the Sony Open in Hawaii and finished T2. In July 2021, he made his first bogey of the week on the first playoff hole at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Niemann then competed at the Genesis Invitational in February 2022, finishing at 19 under par. He announced joining LIV Golf in August 2022. Joaquinn has recently been featured on the highly-anticipated Netflix docuseries, Full Swing. He was featured as a supporting cast on the series Episode 7, Golf is Hard.

In the Netflix series, Joaquinn said he won everything in Chile and won everything in the States when he was 10 to 15. It was an awesome moment for him. He was featured as a supporting cast along with Murli Theegala and Antonia Pereira. While the main characters of the episodes were Sahith Theegala and Mito Pereira.

Joaquin Niemann’s Girlfriend & Personal Life

Joaquin Niemann is currently dating his longtime girlfriend, Christina Hellema Puga. His lady love is also from Chile and is a graduate of Colegio The International School in La Serena. Hellema is passionate about architecture and interested in photography and art. Noaquin and his girlfriend are often seen traveling together to golf tournaments.

Though, the pair has kept quite a low profile off the course. The couple was captured together at Augusta National and St Andrews. Hellema was also present to support Niemann at the 2022 Genesis Invitational. Likewise, Niemann was captured with his partner at the welcome party ahead of the LIV Golf Invitational in September 2022.

Joaquin Niemann Net Worth

Joaquin Niemann has earned an estimated net worth of $14 million as of 2023. He has accumulated total career earnings of $16,406,584 from his professional golf career. Joaquin received an official payout of $1,076,060 in the 2022 season.