Young Elvis eyeing 30-year Aussie first at British Masters<\/a><\/p>\nSmith managed to give Ripper GC some hope with a 3 and 2 win over Branden Grace, but it proved to be only consolation as Stinger GC locked away the decisive two points. <\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I don\u2019t really think about [the LIV Adelaide defeat],\u201d Oosthuizen said. \u201cObviously it feels good now, but we knew we had to play well against them. Me and Charl started slow, and then really picked up the pace and started playing some good golf. Branden played well, as well. He ran up against Cam being Cam, playing very well, and then I didn\u2019t see much of Dean\u2019s scoring, but I would always think between the two of them, there would be a lot of birdies between him and Lucas. Just chuffed that the boys pulled through and we can see where we can go now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Phil Mickelson\u2019s HyFlyers grabbed the spotlight by sending Sergio Garcia\u2019s Fireballs GC packing in what many viewed as the upset of the round. Captain Mickelson was forced into extra holes against David Puig, eventually prevailing on the 19th despite being 32 years older than his Spanish rival.<\/p>\n
The win, however, was ultimately academic\u2014Mickelson\u2019s teammates had already sealed the deal. Cameron Tringale extended his excellent record in LIV singles play to 6-0 by downing Abraham Ancer 3 and 1. Andy Ogletree and Brendan Steele then edged Sergio Garcia and Josele Ballester 1 up in foursomes to lock up the clean sweep of 3-0.<\/p>\n
Top seeds, Jon Rahm\u2019s Legion XIII, were given a scare by Cleeks GC after captain Rahm chose them as quarterfinal opponents. Rahm\u2019s gamble backfired when Adrian Meronk edged him 2 and 1, capitalising on a late stumble from the world No. 1 seed, who three-putted from inside 12 feet on the 17th.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels really nice,\u201d Meronk said. \u201cI knew it\u2019s going to be a hard match. We were going back and forth. It was very enjoyable, and I really enjoyed it. I\u2019m glad I got that point.\u201d<\/p>\n
Legion XIII grabbed a point through young duo Tom McKibbin and Caleb Surratt, who beat Martin Kaymer and Frederik Kjettrup 2 and 1 meaning Tyrrell Hatton had to beat Richard Bland for Legion to advacne. In extra holes, Bland missed a short par putt to send Legion through.<\/p>\n
Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s Crushers made short work of Majesticks GC. The captain set the tone with a 4 and 2 win over England veteran Lee Westwood while Paul Casey and Charles Howell III thumped Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson 5 and 4. Only Sam Horsfield salvaged a point for the Majesticks, beating Anirban Lahiri 2 and 1.<\/p>\n
Over in a marquee battle, Smash GC toppled the star-studded 4Aces. Dustin Johnson got the better of Brooks Koepka, 1vup, but Smash rallied through Graeme McDowell and Jason Kokrak\u2019s defeat of Thomas Pieters and Harold Varner III, before Talor Gooch delivered the clincher against Patrick Reed.<\/p>\n
Torque GC, fresh off their team win in Indianapolis, kept rolling by eliminating RangeGoats GC. Joaquin Niemann overcame Bubba Watson 2 and 1, while Carlos Ortiz and Sebastian Munoz edged Peter Uihlein and Matthew Wolff 2 and 1. Ben Campbell\u2019s singles win over Mito Pereira was not enough to keep the RangeGoats alive. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[PHOTO: LIV Golf] Ripper GC\u2019s defence of their LIV Golf Team Championship crown ended early during the finale…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-88672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}