Reaction from the Cardinal Championship Course at Saint John’s Resort in Plymouth on Friday after there were wins for Crushers GC, HyFlyers GC, Legion XIII, Smash GC, Stinger GC and Torque GC in the quarter-finals of LIV Golf’s season-closing Team Championship Michigan.
Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers beat Majesticks GC 2-1, with the captain himself overcoming Lee Westwood 4-and-2 before the tie was wrapped up by the alternate-shot (foursomes) pairing of Paul Casey and Charles Howell III, who beat Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson 5-and-4.
Legion XIII, who dominated the regular season, beat Cleeks Golf Club 2-1 in another match that was also decided on the concluding foursomes after their captain, Jon Rahm, was beaten 2-and-1 by Adrian Meronk.
Tom McKibbin and Caleb Surratt edged Martin Kaymer and Frederik Kjettrup 2-and 1 from being all square with three holes to play.
Phil Mickelson’s HyFlyers swept Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs 3-0 and Joaquin Niemann’s Torque got past Bubba Watson’s RangeGoats 2-1.
The match with the biggest winning margin settled the score between Smash and 4Aces when Graeme McDowell and Jason Kokrak thrashed Thomas Pieters and Harold Varner III 6-and-5.
And finally Stinger GC got past Ripper GC 2-1 after Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen overturned a 2-hole deficit and won six out of eight holes from the 6th to secure a 4-and-3 victory over Marc Leishman and Matt Jones.
The six winners go through to Saturday’s Champions Bracket semi-finals, while the defeated teams will compete for places 7-12 in the Rankings Bracket
US$ 50 million in prize money is up for grabs over the weekend, with the winning team in line for US$ 14 million on Sunday evening.
