American Talor Gooch beat Sergio Garcia in a playoff to assert victory in a weather-affected LIV Golf Invitational in Singapore on Sunday and safe a second $4 million winner’s pay cheque in as many LIV tour appearances.
The American, who additionally received the LIV Golf occasion in Adelaide final week, went into the ultimate spherical tied with Garcia, with Brooks Koepka one stroke behind them in solo third.
Undaunted by the standard of his two pursuers, who’ve 5 majors between them, Gooch started with two birdies to take an early lead, however was pegged again over the course of the ultimate spherical.
Koepka misplaced some floor on the again 9 and ultimately settled for third, however Gooch and Garcia remained neck-and-neck till the tip and each birdied on the ultimate gap to ship it into the tiebreak.
After a day of pulsating drama on the Sentosa Golf Club, the playoff was maybe barely anti-climactic, lasting just one additional gap as Gooch calmly rolled in a brief birdie putt to develop into the primary golfer to win back-to-back LIV titles.
Gooch was additionally a part of a workforce victory for RangeGoats, captained by Bubba Watson and in addition that includes Harold Varner III and Thomas Pieters, who completed three pictures forward of the Garcia-led Fireballs to take dwelling the $3 million first prize.
“This is as good as it gets, plain and simple,” Gooch stated.
“We played so well this week, I can’t wait to spray my teammates with champagne. We helped push each other, we all bring something different to the table. Hopefully this kicks off our season.”