Cameron Smith and Lucas Herbert delivered clutch putts late within the spherical to steer Australia-based Ripper GC to victory within the LIV Golf League Group Championship.
Ripper GC got here in as third seeds after a formidable season that included an emotional victory in entrance of their residence followers in Adelaide, profitable LIV Golf’s first-ever crew playoff, together with crew victory in Singapore and three different podium outcomes.
A topsy-turvy ultimate spherical noticed all 4 championship contenders tightly bunched, with all scores counting for each crew, earlier than the Ripper GC crew of Smith, Herbert, Matt Jones and Marc Leishman mixed to assert a three-stroke victory.
The Australian quartet completed on 11 below within the ultimate day, beating 4Aces GC (eight below), Iron Heads GC (eight below) and Legion XIII (six below) – with out captain Jon Rahm resulting from sickness – to the title at Maridoe Golf Membership.
“At no point today did I feel like we were under the pump or had to do anything,” Smith stated. “I think there was a genuine feeling within the team that these guys are going to do the best.”
How Ripper GC received crew title
Herbert regarded as if he may need value his crew with a double bogey and a bogey on two of the par-fives, though responded with 4 birdies over his final 5 holes – together with from 12 toes on the final to shut a final-round 69.
Smith made a 12-foot birdie on the seventeenth and made par on his ultimate gap to shut a four-under 68, whereas Jones birdied two of his final three holes to hitch Leishman in posting a two-under 70.
4Aces have been nonetheless in competition till Patrick Reed missed a six-foot birdie putt on the 18th gap and Dustin Johnson squandered a birdie alternative on the seventeenth, with Johnson then driving into the water on the 18th to successfully finish their possibilities.
Iron Heads supplied the most important shock, having completed final within the common season. It knocked out the Smash GC crew led by Brooks Koepka and the defending champions Crushers GC led by Bryon DeChambeau, earlier than ending the Group Championship in tied-second.
Rahm could not play due to the flu and was changed by John Catlin, who carded a two-under 70. Tyrrell Hatton had a 68 however did not get a lot assist from the remainder of the crew, as Caleb Surratt and Kieran Vincent carded rounds of 71 and 73 respectively.
Each Rahm and Hatton are actually scheduled to function on the DP World Tour on the acconia Open de Espana in Madrid, with protection stay from Thursday on Sky Sports activities Golf.
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