Tommy Fleetwood claimed bragging rights over Ryder Cup teammate Shane Lowry after serving to Los Angeles Golf Membership to a comeback victory over The Bay of their top-of-the-table TGL conflict.
Fleetwood, Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala got here again from three down after eight holes to assert a formidable 5-3 victory over Lowry, Wyndham Clark and Min Woo Lee on the SoFI Middle in Florida.
Los Angeles used The Hammer – doubling the worth of a gap if accepted – to safe the ninth and closing gap of the triples format, earlier than combating again within the singles to finish The Bay’s 100 per cent begin to the TGL season.
The end result sees Los Angeles finish the common season prime of the SoFi Cup standings on 9 factors from their 5 matches, whereas The Bay dropped to second place heading into the season-ending play-offs later this month.
How Los Angeles claimed comeback victory
After a scrappy opening gap was halved in bogeys, Lowry drained an 18-foot putt on the par-five second to match the birdie putt conceded for Los Angeles.
Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood will each be a part of the play-offs, with their groups holding the highest two spots within the SoFi standings
Fleetwood didn’t convert birdie putts from inside eight ft over every of the subsequent two holes, the place Lee made each of his efforts to win each holes and provides The Bay an early benefit.
The league leaders prolonged their lead when Clark threatened a hole-in-one albatross on the par-four sixth, the place they threw The Hammer – doubling the worth of the opening – and noticed it declined by Los Angeles.
Clark hit his tee shot on the par-five ninth out of bounds, which allowed Los Angeles GC to get a gap again when Theegala discovered the green and threw The Hammer, chopping The Bay’s result in two heading into the singles.
An aggressive use of The Hammer by The Bay backfired through the first gap of singles, as Lee sprayed his second shot into the water and allowed Los Angeles to assert the 2 factors to stage the match.
Theegala chipped in from off the inexperienced to grab the par-three twelfth with a birdie and transfer Los Angeles forward for the primary time, as Clark missed his putt to stage the opening, whereas Fleetwood chipped in from off the inexperienced to scramble a dramatic birdie on the par-four subsequent.
Lowry was unable to take advantage of The Hammer on the par-three 14th, failing to transform his birdie attempt from round 12 ft, whereas Theegala bought up and down from the greenside bunker on the par-five fifteenth to wrap up victory and lengthen the successful margin with a closing birdie.
Los Angeles are but to seek out out who their opponents will likely be within the post-season
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