DORAL, Fla. — Graeme McDowell holed an 18-foot birdie putt on the third further gap to win a foursomes match and ship the Cleeks to a shock victory over Cameron Smith’s Ripper workforce Friday within the quarterfinals of the LIV Golf workforce championship.
Smith needed to go 19 holes in a singles match in opposition to Martin Kaymer, whereas Richard Bland of Cleeks simply dealt with Marc Leishman to arrange the decisive level in foursomes.
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In different matches, Brooks Koepka wanted solely 14 holes to beat Phil Mickelson at Trump Doral, just for Mickelson’s HyFlyers workforce to beat Smash. Cameron Tringale gained his singles match, whereas James Piot and Brendan Steele beat Chase Koepka and Matthew Wolff.
Louis Oosthuizen and his Stinger workforce routed the Iron Heads led by Kevin Na, whereas the Mexican duo of Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz took down former Ryder Cup stalwarts Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood in foursomes. That was the decisive match in Fireballs advancing over the Majesticks.
The highest 4 seeds had a bye after which might select their semifinals opponent for Saturday. Defending champion 4 Aces captain Dustin Johnson picked Mickelson’s HyFlyers. Bryson DeChambeau and his Crush will play the Cleeks.
Within the different semifinals, Torque will face Stinger and the Vary Goats will play Fireballs.