Group Tulsa defeated Group Houston to maneuver on to the semifinal spherical of GOLFZON Tour.
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What started as a 12-team, simulator-golf match-play competitors for a $150,000 grand prize is now a six-team battle to the end.
The primary six matches have been accomplished on the GOLFZON Tour — a brand new league by which regional groups of 5 gamers every from 12 chosen GOLFZON host amenities (9 are within the U.S., the others are from London, Toronto and Mexico) compete in opposition to one another in a sequence of matches, with one group incomes the grand-prize payout.
Group Orlando defeated Group Louisville in Match 1, whereas Group Minneapolis defeated Group Chicago in Match 2. Group London fell to Group New York in Match 3, and Group Houston defeated Group Mexico in Match 4. Match 5 featured one other worldwide battle, pitting Group Canada in opposition to Group Orlando within the first match of the quarterfinals. Group Orlando gained in a sudden-death playoff to launch themselves into the semifinal spherical.
And in Match 6, Group Tulsa confronted Group Houston within the event’s second match with a spot within the semifinals on the road.
On this simulator golf league, on a regular basis gamers are competing for $150,000
The Format
Single-elimination bracket play is at the moment in progress. Groups of three compete head-to-head by linking their simulators collectively over the Web in a match-play format, with two of the most effective three participant scores for every group relying on every gap. Feminine rivals play 85 p.c of the yardage of their male counterparts.
If, after 18 holes, there’s a tie, the match goes right into a sudden-death playoff the place all three gamers’ scores rely. The primary group to attain decrease than the opposite on a gap wins.
GOLFZON Tour Match 6 Recap: Group Tulsa vs. Group Houston
On this GOLFZON Tour quarterfinal matchup, Group Tulsa and Group Houston performed one another at a bucket-list venue: the Kiawah Resort’s Ocean course. The groups competed in opposition to one another in actual time from their regional simulator areas.
Group Tulsa was one among 4 groups that earned a bye within the first spherical of match-play through the qualifying stage, whereas Group Houston already had a head-to-head win on the resume after defeating Group Mexico in Match 4.
It was Group Tulsa that received off to a quick begin, although, profitable the primary three holes to go 3 up. When Group Houston lastly received one again on the fifth gap, Group Tulsa answered proper again once more with a win on the sixth.
Group Houston wasn’t about to go down that simple. With wins on the seventh and ninth holes, Group Houston reduce Group Tulsa’s result in 1 up on the match’s midway level.
However Group Tulsa’s wins on the twelfth and thirteenth holes introduced them again to three up with 5 holes remaining — a tricky deficit to beat. Group Houston tried to rally with a win on the fifteenth gap, however when Group Houston’s birdie putts did not drop on 16, Group Tulsa sealed the take care of a win to finish the match with a 3 and a pair of victory.
