GOLFZON Tour’s Crew Tulsa defeats Crew Houston in Match 6

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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 services (9 are within the U.S., the others are from London, Toronto and Mexico) compete towards one another in a sequence of matches, with one workforce incomes the grand-prize payout.

Crew Orlando defeated Crew Louisville in Match 1, whereas Crew Minneapolis defeated Crew Chicago in Match 2. Crew London fell to Crew New York in Match 3, and Crew Houston defeated Crew Mexico in Match 4. Match 5 featured one other worldwide battle, pitting Crew Canada towards Crew Orlando within the first match of the quarterfinals. Crew Orlando received in a sudden-death playoff to launch themselves into the semifinal spherical.

And in Match 6, Crew Tulsa confronted Crew Houston within the event’s second match with a spot within the semifinals on the road.

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 perfect three participant scores for every workforce relying on every gap. Feminine opponents play 85 % 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 depend. The primary workforce to attain decrease than the opposite on a gap wins.

GOLFZON Tour Match 6 Recap: Crew Tulsa vs. Crew Houston

On this GOLFZON Tour quarterfinal matchup, Crew Tulsa and Crew Houston performed one another at a bucket-list venue: the Kiawah Resort’s Ocean course. The groups competed towards one another in actual time from their regional simulator areas.

Crew Tulsa was certainly one of 4 groups that earned a bye within the first spherical of match-play throughout the qualifying stage, whereas Crew Houston already had a head-to-head win on the resume after defeating Crew Mexico in Match 4.

It was Crew Tulsa that acquired off to a quick begin, although, profitable the primary three holes to go 3 up. When Crew Houston lastly acquired one again on the fifth gap, Crew Tulsa answered proper again once more with a win on the sixth.

Crew Houston wasn’t about to go down that simple. With wins on the seventh and ninth holes, Crew Houston lower Crew Tulsa’s result in 1 up on the match’s midway level.

However Crew Tulsa’s wins on the twelfth and thirteenth holes introduced them again to three up with 5 holes remaining — a tricky deficit to beat. Crew Houston tried to rally with a win on the fifteenth gap, however when Crew Houston’s birdie putts did not drop on 16, Crew Tulsa sealed the cope with a win to finish the match with a 3 and a pair of victory.

Which means Crew Tulsa is certainly one of six groups nonetheless within the operating for the grand prize of $150,000, and can face the winner of Crew Minneapolis and Crew LA’s match subsequent in GOLFZON Tour’s semifinal spherical.

The Groups

The 12 groups competing on this version of GOLFZON Tour are:

East Division

Detroit – Tee Occasions
London – The Golf Rooms – ELIMINATED (Match 3)
Louisville – Tee It Up Golf USA – ELIMINATED (Match 1)
New York Metropolis – Golfzon Social
Orlando – Golfzon Leadbetter
Toronto – Golfplay – ELIMINATED (Match 5)

West Division

Chicago – The Inexperienced – ELIMINATED (Match 2)
Houston – The Daly Spherical – ELIMINATED (Match 6)
Los Angeles – Golf Envy
Mexico – Mulligan’s Monterrey – ELIMINATED (Match 4)
Minneapolis – Ingredient Indoor Golf
Tulsa – BirdieBay

Observe the motion

You may watch the matches of their entirety on GOLFZON’s YouTube web page, the place new episodes and match recaps can be launched weekly. The tour is at the moment within the midst of single-elimination quarterfinal rounds, so you may comply with alongside every week to see which workforce finally ends up making it to the finale on Jan. twenty third in Orlando.

To be taught extra about GOLFZON Tour — and comply with the match-play bracket progress — click on right here.