Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas edged Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose in the first-historically speaking Payne’s Valley Cup, played at Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri to stamp the kickoff of Woods’ first-since forever open course plan.
Woods and Thomas joined in a Ryder Cup-style coordinate against a couple of previous world No. 1s from Europe, with the match separated into three areas. The initial six-gap section, won by McIlroy and Rose, was played utilizing best-ball design. Nos. 7-12 highlighted substitute shot and saw the Americans strike back to tie the match at one point each, setting up a singles’ confrontation over the last leg.
Woods went head to head against Rose in a singles coordinate, while Thomas conflicted with McIlroy. Those two focuses were additionally split, with Rose beating Woods, 1 up, and Thomas beating McIlroy, 2 up. The two matches finished on the beautiful 123-yard, standard 3 nineteenth gap at Payne’s Valley, and with the match tied 2-2 Woods and Thomas got the success by prudence of a nearest to-the-pin sudden death round after Thomas hit his last shot inside 9 feet.
“Anytime that we can get together and have a fun time, it’s awesome and for a great cause,” Thomas said.
The match included a blend of shot-production, exchange and refuse talk, with every one of the four players mic’d up for the whole round and prepared to decompress following a difficult U.S. Open. The 18-opening cause show, which raised assets for the Stewart Family Foundation, is relied upon to be Woods’ just serious appearance until he guards his Zozo Championship title at Sherwood Country Club in late October.
Be that as it may, Woods wore the cap of both contender and course planner Tuesday, demonstrating a couple of his finished friends around a beautiful format in the Ozarks which has been a venture for him since he declared plan plans for the course, a praise to Payne Stewart, in mid 2017.
“I’m just so proud of everyone that came together to make all this possible,” Woods said. “To have everyone here, it’s awfully special for me.”
