8:36 PM ET
Associated Press
DORAL, Fla. -- Phil Mickelson's agelong twelvemonth that led him to being a cardinal fig successful Saudi-funded LIV Golf ended connected Friday erstwhile British Open champion Cameron Smith holed a 7-foot birdie putt connected the last spread to bushed Mickelson and destruct his team.
The LIV Golf Team Championship-Miami astatine Trump National Doral is each lucifer play, with 4 teams moving connected to Saturday's semifinals to look the 4 teams that had earned byes based connected the erstwhile 7 LIV events.
Marc Leishman of the Australian squad "Punch" bushed Matthew Wolff successful a singles match. In the foursomes match, Bernd Wiesberger and Cameron Tringale of the "Hy Flyers" won a point. That near it to the different singles lucifer betwixt Smith and Mickelson.
They traded pars for overmuch of the beforehand 9 -- they started connected the par-3 ninth successful the shotgun commencement -- and it came down to the par-5 eighth. Mickelson missed his 8-foot birdie putt, and Smith made his 7-foot putt for a 1-up victory.
In different quarterfinal, Harold Varner III easy handled four-time large champion Brooks Koepka, 4 and 3, for his "Niblicks" team. But successful this case, Koepka's member saved him. Chase Koepka and Jason Kokrak of "Smash" won the foursomes lucifer for 1 point, aft Peter Uihlein bushed James Piot successful a conflict of U.S. Amateur champions.
Uihlein won the Amateur successful 2010, portion Piot won it successful 2021.
Ian Poulter and his "Majestiks" easy precocious with a expanse of the "Iron Heads" successful which nary of the matches went the distance. The captains played each different successful each quarterfinals, and that meant Poulter faced Kevin Na, winning 4 and 2.
Graeme McDowell and Richard Bland led the "Cleeks" to victory. Joaquin Niemann of "Torque" won his team's lone point, a 5-and-3 singles triumph implicit Shergo Al Kurdi of Jordan, a precocious substitute erstwhile Martin Kaymer couldn't play with an injured wrist.
Laurie Canter made a 25-foot putt for a 1-up triumph implicit Jediah Morgan that sent the "Cleeks" to the adjacent round.
Dustin Johnson and his starring team, "4 Aces," look the Cleeks connected Saturday. The different matches volition beryllium Sergio Garcia's "Fireballs" against Smith and the Punch; Brooks Koepka against Ian Poulter arsenic the Smash look the Majesticks; and Bryson DeChambeau and his Crushers against the South African "Stinger" squad led by Louis Oosthuizen.
The 4 winning teams beforehand to Sunday, which volition beryllium medal play successful which each player's people volition count.
Each subordinate of Friday's losing teams made $250,000. The losers of Saturday's semifinals each get $750,000.
Each subordinate of the winning squad gets $4 million.
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