Danny Willett suffered a final-hole meltdown as Max Homa retained the Fortinet Championship in California.
Homa chipped in on the final gap earlier than Willett three-putted from shut vary to complete a shot behind his taking part in companion.
The Englishman birdied the primary and fourth, and when he hung his strategy on the eighth up over the flag and watched it trundle again inside three ft, a 3rd acquire was assured.
He gave that shot again instantly to take some shine off a powerful outward 9, however a 16-foot putt on the tenth curled in and he holed from the same distance from the perimeter of the 14th inexperienced for one more birdie.
Homa bounced again from two bogeys within the first 4 holes with three consecutive birdies across the flip, topped by a 30-foot putt on the eleventh.
The American got here up brief with a bunker shot on the final however rattled his chip in off the flag to complete 16-under par, placing stress on Willett’s brief birdie putt – and amazingly the latter twice lipped out from inside 5 ft for a three-putt bogey, condemning him to a runner-up end.
Willett may solely snort at his nightmare end as he shook arms with Homa, who admitted: “The final three minutes had been sort of a blur.”
Homa is a part of the American group for subsequent week’s President’s Cup and mentioned: “I’ve had just a few guys inform me that if the LIV guys hadn’t left I wouldn’t have made the President’s Cup group, so I had just a little little bit of a chip on my shoulder this week.”
In the meantime, Open champion Cameron Smith has received his first LIV Golf trophy and $4million (£3.5million) in prize cash in simply his second begin within the competitors.
The Australian, who left the PGA Tour for the controversial Saudi-backed match after turning into No.2 on the planet – the highest-ranked participant to hitch – closed with a three-under 69 for a three-shot victory on the Chicago Invitational.