American Talor Gooch clung on to attain a three-stroke victory on Sunday at LIV Golf’s maiden cease in Australia as Chase Koepka sparked wild scenes with a hole-in-one to culminate the insurgent tour’s most profitable occasion to this point.
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Gooch, who has received as soon as on the PGA Tour, at the RSM Classic final yr, hit back-to-back 62s to open up an enormous 10-stroke lead heading into the ultimate spherical at The Grange Golf Club in Adelaide.
But he practically blew it with bogeys at seven and eight adopted by a double bogey on 10, lowering his result in simply two from India’s Anirban Lahiri.
He held his nerve to birdie the eleventh and thirteenth, claiming not solely the title however a whopping $4 million at the 54-hole, no-cut match, the third cease on the circuit’s 14-event schedule.
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Lahiri got here second forward of 4 gamers tied for third 4 pictures adrift, together with Patrick Reed and British Open champion Cameron Smith.
Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson, joint runners as much as Spain’s Jon Rahm at the Masters this month, ended seven pictures off the tempo.
75 000 followers watched LIV Golf occasion in Australia
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Chase Koepka wrote his title into the historical past books with an ace at the so-called “watering hole” – the rowdy par-three twelfth – celebrating with animated chest bumps as the gang erupted and rained beer down on him.
In a rustic starved of high quality golf, it was a sell-out, with some 75 000 individuals watching the motion over three days.
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Large crowds adopted Smith, specifically, whereas bars, pumping music and even a tattoo parlour saved the crowds amused.
Adelaide is locked in to host a LIV occasion for at least one other 4 years, with gamers this week voicing assist for an additional one in Australia subsequent yr.
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