PLYMOUTH, Mich. – Saturday’s Semifinals at the LIV Golf Michigan Team Championship proved to be another dramatic day of match play. After multiple matches came down to the end, it was Legion XIII, Crushers GC and Stinger GC moving on to Sunday’s stroke-play final.
Coming into the Semifinals, HyFlyers GC looked to be the underdog poised to make a run to the title, but they were narrowly defeated by No. 1 seed Legion XIII. Captain Jon Rahm set the tone by beating HyFlyers GC Captain Phil Mickelson, 3&1. Cameron Tringale improved to 7-0 in singles match play on LIV Golf by defeating Tyrrell Hatton, who has fallen to 2-1 in singles over the past two seasons. The young pairing of Tom McKibbin and Caleb Surratt came through for Legion XIII for the second straight day, beating Brendan Steele and Andy Ogletree, 3&1.
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Crushers GC and Smash GC had been in a decent match all through, with Crushers GC finally popping out on high. Captain Bryson DeChambeau selected to play Talor Gooch somewhat than Smash GC Captain Brooks Koepka. After the alternatives had been made on Friday, Koepa stated, “I don’t know what [DeChambeau] was afraid of.”
The choice paid off as DeChambeau beat Gooch 1 up with each gamers taking part in extraordinarily nicely.
“He is a grinder and a fighter, and I do know he is a battler,” DeChambeau stated about Gooch after the match. “Hat’s off to Gooch for his play. It is powerful to play in opposition to him. He is an excellent wedger, an excellent putter. I used to be scared all day for positive.”
Koepka defeated Anirban Lahiri, 1 up. With the match tied 1-1, it got here right down to the foursomes, with the Crushers’ new foursome duo of Charles Howell III and Paul Casey profitable 2 up over Jason Kokrak and Graeme McDowell.
Stinger GC, the bottom seed (seventh) to get into the finals, had the gang roaring and defeated Torque GC. Mito Pereira put the stress on Branden Grace early by making birdies on three of his first 4 holes and finally beat him 4&2. Dean Burmester, who led the sector in birdies on Friday, continued his sturdy play by holding off LIV Golf’s all-time wins chief Joaquin Niemann, 2 up.
“I used to be clearly 4-up with seven or eight holes to go, and I knew I needed to nonetheless hit good pictures,” Burmester stated. “He is a category participant, and he proved it. He made 5 birdies in six holes there, and I clearly did not. Received us all right down to the final gap.”
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The dynamic duo of Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel took care of enterprise in opposition to the sturdy pairing of Sebastian Munoz and Carlos Ortiz, 2&1. Oosthuizen and Schwartzel have an extended historical past of being paired collectively in match play, relationship again to the 2013 Presidents Cup.
Within the comfort matches, Ripper GC defeated RangeGoats GC (2-1), 4Aces GC defeated Majesticks GC (3-0) and Fireballs GC defeated Cleeks Golf Membership (2-1).
In Sunday’s closing spherical, all twelve gamers from Legion XIII, Crushers GC and Stinger GC will go off the primary tee, with all 4 scores counting to see who will likely be topped as 2025 LIV Golf Workforce Champions.
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TEAM SCORES
LIV Golf’s new scoring format this season now includes all 4 scores now counting in each spherical within the crew competitors. Listed below are the scores and closing outcomes after Saturday’s semifinal spherical at LIV Golf Michigan.
This piece is courtesy of Mike McAllister in partnership with LIV Golf.
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