ADELAIDE, Australia — Three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele held off a fast-finishing Louis Oosthuizen to win the LIV Golf Adelaide match at The Grange Golf Membership by 1 stroke.
Steele, 41, shot a final-round 68 on Sunday for a 54-hole whole of 18-under 198 to earn his first victory since he received his second Safeway Open in 2017 on the PGA Tour.
Steele had a streak of 5 consecutive birdies early within the spherical earlier than some placing jitters appeared in his again 9 to open the door for a pack of challengers together with Oosthuizen and former Masters winners Charl Schwartzel (64) and Jon Rahm (64).
“I used to be telling myself that I knew there was going to be onerous moments at present whatever the consequence and that I simply wanted to get again in there and begin taking part in with freedom once more,” Steele stated moments after profitable. “And I used to be capable of hit some good photographs after that and write the present.”
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South Africa’s Oosthuizen shot 65 to complete second at 17-under 199. He had drawn inside 1 stroke of Steele late in Sunday’s remaining spherical, just for the American to make some clutch pars within the remaining holes to clinch victory.
Oosthuizen’s compatriot Schwartzel and Rahm had been amongst a bunch of 5 gamers at 16-under 200, with Joaquín Niemann (66), Andy Ogletree (65) and Dean Burmester (67) in a tie for third.
Former world No. 1 Rahm had an eagle and 6 birdies in his 8-under 64 however had left an excessive amount of floor to catch as much as Steele on the ultimate day and win his first title since becoming a member of LIV Golf in December.
Final yr’s winner Talor Gooch shot 70 and completed in a tie for twenty sixth at 10-under.
A few of LIV Golf’s largest names had been additionally off the tempo this week, together with Brooks Koepka (-9), Dustin Johnson (-9), Phil Mickelson (-7) and Sergio Garcia (-6).
Australian group Ripper GC, led by native favourite Cameron Smith, with Marc Leishman, Matt Jones and Lucas Herbert, received the groups format on the second playoff gap in opposition to the South African-based group Stingers GC to the delight of one other giant and boisterous crowd at The Grange course Sunday.
LIV stays within the Asia area subsequent week for the Could 3-5 Singapore occasion on the Sentosa Golf Membership. Then there is a monthlong break earlier than resuming in Houston from June 7-9.
