CARROLLTON, Texas — Danny Lee took management of a back-and-forth match towards U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau by holing a hard-breaking birdie putt on the sixteenth gap to guide his Iron Heads previous DeChambeau’s defending champion Crushers within the LIV Golf Staff Championship on Saturday.
Iron Heads joined Legion XIII, Ripper and 4Aces in Sunday’s stroke-play finals.
“Like I’ve mentioned all week, in match play something can occur,” mentioned Iron Heads captain Kevin Na, who teamed with Jinichiro Kozuma in alternate shot to beat Anirban Lahiri and Charles Howell III 3 and 1.
Lee closed out his 2-up win over DeChambeau with an eagle on the par-5 18th at Maridoe Golf Membership.
“In addition to Danny has been taking part in and the momentum he is been on and the boldness he is received with the putter proper now, I needed to place him in singles once more,” Na mentioned.
Legion XIII captain Jon Rahm, who gained the LIV particular person title final week, didn’t play due to extreme flu signs. His substitute, John Catlin, misplaced in 20 holes to Cameron Tringale, however Tyrell Hatton beat Andy Ogletree 5 and 4, and Caleb Surratt and Kieran Vincent teamed in alternate shot to beat Phil Mickelson and Brendan Steele, 4 and three, and get rid of Mickelson’s HyFlyers.
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“We exchanged a number of messages in all probability 10 minutes in the past,” Hatton mentioned of Rahm after his match. “He feels like he is doing slightly bit higher, which is sweet to listen to.”
Within the finals, the scores from all 4 gamers on every group will rely towards the general rating.
Dustin Johnson beat Dean Burmester of Stinger 1 up and Patrick Reed beat Branden Grace 1 up for 4Aces, which gained the inaugural LIV group title two years in the past.
The Johnson-led 4Aces had been tenth within the 13-team league coming into the week.
“Yeah, this yr we struggled slightly bit, however I really feel like everyone is taking part in nicely now,” Johnson mentioned. “Clearly, we have got a variety of confidence going into tomorrow, and something can occur.”
Marc Leishman and Lucas Herbert gained their matches to guide Ripper, the all-Australian group captained by Cameron Smith, previous Fireball.
