Cantlay – Schauffele wins Zurich Classic

Cantlay-Schauffele occupied the top of the table from round 1, finished round 3 with -29 points and a five-stroke advantage. In the fourth match, the American duo went to -31 thanks to the eagle on hole 7.

Cantlay – Schauffele eagle last 7 laps Zurich Classic

But they lost two points to two bogeys in the next three holes, and thanks to birdie on hole 11 to keep the score at -30. At this time, Sam Burns – Billy Horschel is the biggest threat. This pair is one hole ahead, hitting -28 after holding par on the 12th.

However, Burns – Horschel lost the opportunity to close in on the opponent’s side after Burns hit a water hazard on hole 16 and only kept par. After that, the Burns team bogey the 17th hole par3 because Horschel missed the green, Burns chip lacked power, then Horschel also lacked power and Burns finished close to the hole. He and Horschel kept par on the 18th hole and finished -27.

“We played well in the first half of the field, were delicious with six holes left, but we couldn’t catch up with the opponent. It felt bad,” Horschel said at the end of the game.

As for Cantlay – Schauffele, from holes 12 to 17, all par, bogey the last hole to -29. Despite the late-round negligence, they still set a new final score record during the Zurich Classic transition to team stroke play, from 2017, after 79 years of individual stroke play. The old mark at -27 was recorded by Kevin Kisner – Scott Brown five years ago.

Zurich Classic 2022 takes place on TPC Lousiana par72, has a prize fund of 8.3 million USD, fourball matches for rounds 1 and 3, foursomes for rounds 2 and 4.

This year, Cantlay – Schauffele also raised the fourball ceiling to 59 strokes (round 1) and a three-round aggregate score (-29), while Jason Day – Jason Scrivener hit 65 strokes to set the foursome ceiling.

In fourball, each player hits his own ball and only takes the member’s best hole score to combine the round results. As for foursome, the two members share a ball. If one player tees off on the odd-numbered hole, the other tees off on the even-numbered hole. They take turns making shots until the ball enters the hole, thereby deciding the round.

In the prize fund of $8.3 million, the Cantlay team took home $ 2,398 million. The Burns team that finished second shared $949,400. Third place (-24) with a bonus of 641,175 USD belongs to Doc Redman – Sam Ryder.

On the PGA Tour ahead of Zurich Classic 2022, Cantlay, 30, has won six titles and is the defending FedEx Cup champion, while Schauffele is two years younger and two Cups less. This week, Cantlay is fifth in the world, seven places above Schauffele.

Quoc Huy