Doral’s LIV tourney goes to a playoff
Sunday at Trump National Doral began with Sergio Garcia leading the individual portion of LIV Golf Miami by two shots and ended with five players jumping in and out of the lead over the event’s last 10 holes.
Eventually, it came down to Garcia and Zimbabwe-born Dean Burmester, who plays under South Africa’s flag. The two entered a playoff at 11-under-par 205 after three rounds.
As far as the team competition, the winner was Legion XIII (Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt,
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Kieran Vincent). Legion opened the day three shots up on Rangecoats GC, built it to five, then needed Rahm to sink a long birdie putt on the par-4 No. 2 to avoid the first LIV Golf team playoff.
Garcia, 44, tied Burmester at 12-under with a long, slithering downhill putt on the par-4 17th hole that brought a roar from the gallery. Up at the par-4, 468-yard 18th hole, Burmester heard the roar just after his tee shot put him in trouble and he eventually left his par putt well short. Burmester’s bogey pushed
Garcia back in front by one shot headed for the par-4, 468-yard 18th hole.
Garcia responded with a bogey after a short par putt that he didn’t like as soon as he struck it.
Garcia quickly got to 10-under but after seven holes found himself joined by Burmester at 10-under with Hatton getting hot. A Garcia birdie gave him back the lead at 11-under but Hatton kept a run of birdies going on the par-3 No. 9 to tie at 11-under. Meanwhile, Wolff eagled the par-5 No. 8 to jump in the middle of the leaderboard mix at 11-under.