There was finally not a lot “present” to The Showdown on Tuesday evening because the PGA Tour pairing of Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy took it to the LIV Golf duo of Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka to win the inaugural occasion in decisive style. Scheffler & McIlroy raced by means of the preliminary four-ball match, eked out the foursomes match and cruised by means of the singles matches to win the two.5 factors essential to reign supreme in Las Vegas.
Scheffler & McIlroy jumped out the gates and by no means appeared again at Shadow Creek Golf Club. Leaning totally on McIlroy within the four-ball match, the PGA Tour group gained the primary two holes due to birdies from the blade of the Northern Irishman. After each groups made pars on the following gap, McIlroy maneuvered the par-5 4th in efficient style to arrange a match-clinching second.
Rolling in his eagle putt from roughly 40 ft, McIlroy turned the tables on DeChambeau, who was in tight with an opportunity to increase the match. When the U.S. Open champion’s putt veered left, the primary match level was had by Scheffler & McIlroy to the tune of three&2.
The foursomes match was a tighter affair as Scheffler missed a birdie bid on the primary gap with McIlroy doing the identical on the second. The PGA Tour group was unable to benefit from their scoring alternatives till Scheffler stuffed a wedge in tight on the third gap. McIlroy was by no means compelled to hit his birdie putt, nonetheless, as Koepka & DeChambeau performed putt-putt on the inexperienced and gifted the result in their opponents.
Staying within the vacation spirit, the 2 sides continued to current presents to at least one one other. After Scheffler missed a 5-foot birdie putt on the fourth gap, failing to safe no less than one other half level as Koepka rolled in a birdie on No. 5 to win his aspect’s first gap of the night and tie the second match. Unfortunately for Koepka & DeChambeau, they wanted three putts once more on the pivotal sixth gap of the match and gave away the complete level in favor of Scheffler & McIlroy.
With two of the attainable 4 factors already obtained, Scheffler & McIlroy have been required to solely tie one of many two singles matches. Scheffler squared off towards Koepka leaving McIlroy and DeChambeau to duke it out in a mini rematch of this summer season’s U.S. Open.
McIlroy’s firepower persevered till the top permitting him to surge previous DeChambeau in a commanding method. Meanwhile, the world No. 1 made simple work of the five-time main champion as Scheffler’s regular nature was an excessive amount of for an up-and-down Koepka to beat and put the ending touches on a dominant evening for the 2 gamers from the PGA Tour.
