GOLFZON Tour Team Los Angeles defeats Team Tulsa in Match 10

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What began as a 12-team playoff competition, the golf simulator with a $150,000 grand prize is now a two-team battle to the finish.

Ten games have now been completed in the GOLFZON Tour – a new league in which regional teams with five players each from selected GOLFZON centers (nine in the US, others in London, Toronto and Mexico) compete in a series of games, with one team receiving the largest payout.

Missed the first round and quarterfinal action? Here’s a quick summary:

Team Orlando defeated Team Louisville in Match 1, and Team Minneapolis defeated Team Chicago in Match 2. Team London defeated Team New York in Match 3, and Team Houston defeated Team Mexico in Match 4 Game 5 featured another international battle, against Team Canada. facing the Orlando team in the first match of the quarterfinals. Team Orlando won the sudden-death playoff to advance to the semi-finals. In Game 6, Team Tulsa defeated Team Houston to become the second team to reach the semifinals, and in Match 7, Team Detroit defeated Team New York. The last team to hold the semi-final spot was Los Angeles, when they defeated Team Minneapolis in the 8th game.

And in the first semifinal game of the tournament, Team Detroit defeated Team Orlando to punch their ticket to the tournament finals.

Format

In this single-elimination bracket play tournament, teams of three players compete head-to-head by connecting their characters together online in a match-play format, with each team’s best two-of-three scores counting for each hole. Female competitors play 85 percent of their male counterparts’ yards.

If, after 18 holes, there is a tie, the match goes into a sudden death playoff where all the scores of the three players are counted. The first team to get the lowest score on the hole wins.

GOLFZON Tour Match 10 Recap: Team Los Angeles vs. The Tulsa team

GOLFZON Tour semifinals are played at an iconic venue: Pebble Beach Golf Links, host of the annual AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on the PGA Tour and site of many US Open tournaments. Teams compete in real time from their regional simulation locations.

Team Los Angeles got on the board first, winning three of the first four holes, but Team Tulsa came back to win the 5th hole to cut the deficit to 2. However, the Los Angeles team won on the 6th hole. LA’s advantage is back in the top 3.

On the par-3 7th, Team Tulsa rolled in a clutch birdie to win the hole and get back to 2 under. The combination of the 8th and 9th holes meant that Team Los Angeles entered the second half of the match with a 2-up advantage.

Team Tulsa won the 10th hole to get back to 1 down, but Team Los Angeles came back with a win on 12 to get back to 2 up. A clutch birdie on the 13th at the Los Angeles Group was a big moment. At that point, LA had a 3-up lead with just five holes to play – not a completely insurmountable deficit for Tulsa, but a tough challenge for a team that still has a lead.

When the teams reached the 16th tee, Tulsa faced a must-win situation to extend the match. They made a strong effort with two birdies, but Team LA matched them, winning 3 and 2.

With the win, Team Los Angeles is now one of only two teams still in the running for the $150,000 grand prize, and will face Team Detroit next in the final round of the GOLFZON Tour.

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Groups

The 12 teams competing in this edition of the GOLFZON Tour are:

East Division

Detroit – Tee Times – FINALLY
London – Golf rooms – REMOVED (Game 3)
Louisville – Tee It Up Golf USA – REMOVED (Game 1)
New York City – Golfzon Social – COMPLETED (Game 7)
Orlando – Golfzon Leadbetter – COMPLETED (Game 9)
Toronto – The game of golf – REMOVED (Game 5)

West Division

Chicago – The green one – COMPLETED (Game 2)
Houston – The Daly Round – COMPLETED (Game 6)
Los Angeles – Golf Envy – FINALLY
Mexico – Mulligan’s Monterrey – REMOVED (Game 4)
Minneapolis – Element Indoor Golf – COMPLETED (Game 8)
Tulsa – BirdieBay – COMPLETED (Game 10)

Follow the action

You can watch the full match on the GOLFZON YouTube page, where new episodes and match recaps are released every week. The final game will be played this week in Orlando.

To learn more about the GOLFZON Tour – and view the progress of the play-by-play brackets – click here.