Justin Thomas surprised Rory McIlroy and your complete SoFi Centre with one of many luckiest bounces ever as his Atlanta Drive gained their TGL semi-final towards Min Woo Lee and The Bay Golf Membership.
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On a par 5 dubbed ‘The Serpent’, Thomas’ second shot into the inexperienced appeared headed for the out of bounds because it sailed throughout the simulator display screen, solely to obtain the lifeline a depraved bounce again into play.
Australian Lee might be heard repeatedly calling out “assist us out right here” because the ball sailed in the direction of the out of bounds space, however upon receiving the reprieve Thomas turned to The Bay’s Shane Lowry and rubbed it in by saying “good issues occur to good folks, Shane”.
Commentator Matt Barrie labelled it “a bounce for the ages”, whereas Gamers champion Rory McIlroy was on the printed and was in disbelief as he referred to as it “the luckiest bounce I’ve ever seen”.
Atlanta led 4-2 on the time, and Thomas went onto birdie the outlet to higher Lowry’s par in what was a vital second of their path to a convincing 9-3 victory towards the second seed.
Atlanta will now face New York Golf Membership in a best-of-three remaining subsequent week after they upset league leaders Los Angeles Golf Membership within the first semi-final on Tuesday morning Australian time.
The inaugural champions will share US$9 million in prize cash, whereas the runners-up will break up half that quantity amongst them.
Of their common season encounter, New York failed to attain a degree towards Atlanta, however Thomas expects issues to be a bit nearer this time.
“They’re clearly beginning to play nicely on the proper time,” he stated
“As you’ll be able to see from our match tonight and all of the matches, it appears to be completely totally different every night time and what we’re getting in, and the group we get in.
“Clearly I like our crew and I like our probabilities. I’m excited. It’s going to be quite a lot of enjoyable.”
Lee was drafted into The Bay’s line-up lower than 24 hours earlier than the match as teammate Wyndham Clark withdrew from damage, and the Australian relished the chance to bounce again from a disappointing weekend at The Gamers Championship.
The 26-year-old was in a share of the lead on the midway mark earlier than falling away, and regardless of not getting the specified outcome, Lee confirmed his 190mph ball velocity with driver, and was dialled-in together with his approaches on the inexperienced.
He was the one member of The Bay crew to win a gap throughout singles and he has been one of many hits of TGL debut season together with his cheeky character coming via the microphones, and his unimaginable abilities showcased by a number of chip-ins.
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