The New York team played the London team in the third game of the GOLFZON Tour.
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What started as a 12-team match-play simulator-golf competition for a $150,000 grand prize is now a nine-team battle to the finish.
Matches 1, 2 and 3 have been completed on the GOLFZON Tour – a new league in which regional teams of five players each from 12 selected GOLFZON host facilities (nine are in the US, the other three are from London, Toronto and Mexico) compete against each other. another in a series of games where one team won the grand prize.
Team Orlando defeated Team Louisville in Game 1, while Team Minneapolis defeated Team Chicago in Game 2. (You can read full match recaps here.)
In this simulator golf league, daily players compete for $150,000
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Single-elimination bracket play is now underway. Female competitors play 85 percent of the court of their male counterparts. Teams of three compete head-to-head by connecting their simulators together online in a match format, with two of the three best player scores for each team counting on each hole.
If, after 18 holes, there is a tie, the match goes into a sudden death playoff where all three players’ scores count. The first team to score less than the other on a hole wins.
GOLFZON Tournament Match 3 Recap: New York vs. London
In this international GOLFZON Tour match, Team New York and Team London battled it out chameleona longtime PGA Tour host course that recently served as a host venue for LIV. Teams competed against each other in real time from their regional simulator locations.
The New York team started strong, winning the first two holes to take an early 2 up lead. But then a back-and-forth battle ensued, with Team London winning the 4th hole, Team New York winning the 5th, and Team London going one round, winning the 6th hole, the 7th- and the 8th to take the lead in the match for the first time, going 1 through 8. However, a victory by the New York team on the 9th hole, turned the match all square on the turn.
In the back nine, it was Team New York’s turn to score a run. With wins at Nos. 10, 11 and 12, Team New York regained control of the match, moving up to 3 over with six holes remaining.
Team London fought back with a win on the 13th hole to cut the deficit to 2, but Team New York’s lead proved too much to overcome. A win at No. 15 put New York back to 3 up, and when Team London failed to win the 16th hole to extend the match, it was over, with Team New York winning the match 3 and 2.
That means Team New York is one of nine teams still in contention for the $150,000 grand prize and will face Team Detroit in the quarterfinal round of the GOLFZON Tour.
