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Joaquín Niemann was born on the 7th of November 1998 in Santiago, Chile.

His father gave him plastic clubs at the age of 2 growing up in Santiago, Chile and learned the game while practicing on the range at Club de Polo y Equitacion San Cristobal.

Joaquín was the number one ranked amateur golfer from May 2017 to April 2018.

As an amateur he won the 2013 Campeonato Sudamericano Pre Juvenil, 2013 Campeonato Abierto de Golf de Temuco, 2015 Junior Orange Bowl Championship, 2015 Abierto Las Brisas de Santo Domingo, 2015 IMG Academy Junior World Championships (Boys 15–17), 2015 Campeonato Juvenil de Chile, 2015 Canadian International Junior Challenge, 2015 Abierto Sport Francés, 2016 Campeonato Sudamericano Juvenil, 2016 Junior Golf World Cup, 2016 IMG Academy Junior World Championships (Boys 15–17), 2016 Campeonato Juvenil de Chile, 2016 Abierto Prince of Wales Country Club, 2016 Abierto Sport Francés, 2017 Abierto Las Araucarias, 2017 TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook, 2017 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, 2017 Campeonato Internacional de Aficionados - Mexico ant the 2018 Latin America Amateur Championship.

He earned the PGA TOUR card at age 19 in just his eighth TOUR start as a professional. When he turned professional in 2018, forfeited exemptions into the US Open and Open Championship that year.

He turned pro in 2018.

Joaquín’s first PGA tour win was the 2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier and his second was the 2022 Genesis Invitational.

He won the 2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier with a total score of 259 (-21). Runner up was Tom Hoge 6 shots behind.

He won the 2022 Genesis Invitational with a total score of 265 (-19). Runners up were Collin Morikawa and Cameron Young 2 shots behind.

At the 2022 Genesis invitation he set a new 54 hole tournament record at 19 under par.

Joaquín Niemann joined LIV Golf in 2022 where ee was named as the captain of the Torque GC team.