Staff Europe wins Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Youngsters’s
CLEARWATER, Fla. — World Golf Corridor of Famer Bernhard Langer and vice captain Søren Kjeldsen led the way in which with 12 factors every in afternoon singles matches Sunday as Staff Europe rolled to victory within the Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Youngsters’s.
Staff Europe’s decisive victory
The Europeans additionally received 10.5 factors from Corridor of Famer Colin Montgomerie on Sunday afternoon within the PGA TOUR Champions occasion at Feather Sound Nation Membership, and their 230 factors gave them a decisive victory over Staff Worldwide (213.5) and Staff USA (204.5).
Morning singles session
The morning singles session noticed Staff Europe make its largest transfer, as Alex Cejka and Thomas Bjørn led the way in which with 12.5 factors every, and group captain Darren Clarke contributed 11.5, with Montgomerie scoring 10.5.
Quotes from Clarke
“This week all of us received along with all of us, the gamers, the wives, the caddies and the whole lot, and our manner in Europe is, once we get right into a group, there’s no egos, there’s no nothing,” Clarke mentioned. “I do know we’ve received two Corridor of Famers in our group and on our group, however no one’s greater than anyone else, and all of us pull for one another and play for one another.”
Staff Europe’s Lead and Victory
Staff Europe held a 4.5-point lead over the opposite two groups Thursday night, and after Friday was simply 1.5 factors forward of USA and three factors forward of the Internationals. Their play Sunday morning put them in comfy place heading into the afternoon, and so they had wrapped up the victory with a birdie from Kjeldsen, within the second-to-last group, on the eighth gap.
Trying Forward – 2023
In 2023, Staff USA gained the inaugural match, which got here right down to the ultimate gap.
Quotes from Langer
“Trying up and down this group of men up right here, it’s unbelievable,” Langer mentioned. “A few of you don’t know what occurred to us this week, however Alex (Cejka) has a nasty again and struggled by way of it. We have been 7-under or one thing this morning by way of eight holes with a nasty again. Unimaginable. You then look down the road, everyone’s finished greater than they need to have.”
Match Format
Three factors are awarded for every gap within the nine-hole rounds, that includes modified alternate shot (Scottish Sixsomes) and higher ball format the primary two days. Following a Saturday pro-am, the match was determined by 12 nine-hole singles rounds Sunday, with half of the match’s factors accounted for on the ultimate day.
Jason Caron – High scorer from Staff USA
Staff USA’s Jason Caron earned probably the most factors all through the match, with 60.5. Caron is a PGA Head Golf Skilled from Oyster Bay, New York who final performed usually on the PGA TOUR greater than 20 years in the past and has skilled a profession revival on the PGA TOUR Champions circuit the final two years.
Quotes from Caron
“I want this week wouldn’t finish,” Caron mentioned. “To be trustworthy, it’s been a lot enjoyable to be a part of such an amazing occasion and such an amazing group. What can I take away? I assume for me personally it will be like, hear, I can play with all these guys out right here. So I’ll really feel assured going into subsequent 12 months that that’s taking place. I’d like to be a part of a group occasion like this one once more. It actually was superior.”
About Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Youngsters’s
Every of the three groups within the Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Youngsters’s is made up of six gamers, together with a taking part in captain, in addition to two non-playing vice captains who could substitute in case of damage or sickness.
