Anirban Lahiri shot a 7-under 65 and Bryson DeChambeau delivered the theatrics on the again 9 of the Blue Monster to guide the Crushers to a two-shot victory over the RangeGoats within the LIV Golf group championship Sunday at Trump Doral.
The scores from all 4 gamers on each group counted within the ultimate occasion of LIV Golf’s second season, and the Crushers have been in management for nearly the entire again 9, and led by 4 pictures as the ultimate group reached the 18th gap.
DeChambeau made just one par on the again 9 and shot 67. Charles Howell III had a 72 and Paul Casey had a 73.
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Bubba Watson birdied the 18th for a 67 to guide the RangeGoats. Talor Gooch, who gained the person factors title this season, and Thomas Pieters every had 70. Harold Varner III shot 72.
The RangeGoats have been nonetheless solely two behind till Gooch put his tee shot on the 18th into the water, making bogey and leaving the Crushers in a strong place. DeChambeau made his most outstanding birdie on the reachable sixteenth, which he hit lengthy and left close to the second inexperienced. He hit a excessive wedge over a concession space to about 18 toes and made the putt.
Lahiri performed bogey-free for the low spherical among the many 4 groups taking part in for the title.
“I used to be actually pumped up,” Lahiri mentioned. “I had a few Sundays the place I let myself down. I wasn’t going to let the group down in the present day.” The defending champion 4 Aces by no means had an opportunity, with Dustin Johnson closing with a 75 and just one participant — Peter Uihlein with a 69 — breaking 70. They completed final among the many 4 groups. Torque completed third.
The Crushers gained $14 million from the $50 million purse. Of that payoff, 60% goes to the group and the gamers divide the remaining — $1.4 million per participant.
The opposite eight groups, all crushed throughout quarterfinals and semifinals of match play, competed in two separate tiers to find out their ultimate putting.