The second LIV Golf Invitational Series event wrapped up on an impressive Saturday night at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club just outside Portland, Oregon. With $20 million won for individual prizes and another $5 million for top teams, Branden Grace, another South African won the title.
Starting the day at 6 under and three strokes behind the pace set by Carlos Ortiz, Grace was near-perfect in the 18th final. Recording 7 under 65 and round of the week, the 34-year-old tennis player. jumped to 36th- pit leader as well as Dustin Johnson on his way to victory.
Despite hitting the lowest individual 54 total and winning a winner’s check for $4 million, Grace was unable to lead her team to the team trophy. Instead, that honor went to the 4 Aces captained by Johnson and accompanied by Pat Perez, Patrick Reed and Talor Gooch. Johnson and Reed both finished third with 9 under 9 and four behind Grace. While Perez dropped down the leaderboard with a final 80 points, Gooch held firm and eventually finished in seventh solo.
For some highlights, Matthew Wolff showed some promise on his LIV Golf debut, signing for rounds 72-71-70 and finishing in a tie in place. eighth. Bryson DeChambeau made the top 10 while Kevin Na, Abraham Ancer and Brooks Koepka all finished in the top 20.
For the second event, LIV Golf and CEO Greg Norman had to be proud of how the product was conceived. With big names like Johnson and Reed vying for ninth place and team rivalry going to one of the final blows, the Portland event is more than likely to make up for the lack of appeal in the league. opening that it was severely lacking.
Group results
|
first |
4 Aces |
Dustin Johnson, Pat Perez, Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch |
-23 |
|
2 |
Stinger |
Branden Grace, Hennie du Plessis, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel |
-16 |
|
3 |
Fire ball |
Carlos Ortiz, Abraham Ancer, Sergio Garcia, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra |
-twelfth |
|
4 |
Torque |
Hideto Tanihara, Jinichiro Kozuma, Yuki Inamori, Ryosuke Kinoshita |
-11 |
|
5 |
Iron head |
Sihwan Kim, Kevin Na, Phachara Khongwatmai, Sadom Kaewkanjana |
-5 |
|
6 |
Smash |
Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka, Richard Bland, Adrian Otaegui |
-3 |
|
7 |
Niblicks |
James Piot, Hudson Swafford, Travis Smyth, Graeme McDowell |
-2 |
|
8 |
Majesticks |
Sam Horsfield, Laurie Canter, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood |
E |
|
9 |
Crusher |
Justin Harding, Bryson DeChambeau, Peter Uihlein, Shaun Norris |
+1 |
|
ten |
Cleeks |
Martin Kaymer, Scott Vincent, Ian Snyman, Turk Petit |
+2 |
|
11 |
Hy Flyers |
Matthew Wolff, Phil Mickelson, Bernd Wiesberger, Itthipat Buranatanyarat |
+5 |
|
twelfth |
Punch |
Wade Ormsby, Matt Jones, Jediah Morgan, Blake Windred |
+7 |
What’s next for LIV Golf
The third event of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series is scheduled for July 29-31 at Trump National Bedminster. With the signing of Paul Casey announced on SaturdayIt will be interesting to see if any other players will be added to the field between now and then.
No longer allowed to compete in the PGA Tour and select DP World Tour events, those who failed to qualify for the 150th Open Championship in St Andrews will not compete for the next four weeks. This is not the case for the likes of Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson as they will be competing at the Old Course in the fourth and final major of the year in two weeks’ time.
