“We’re such good friends” – Matt Jones dubs Ripper GC’s first ever LIV Golf win as ‘special’, lauds all Aussie teammates
After Ripper GC won their first LIV Golf event, Matt Jones has lauded all his teammates and praised the performance of the captain Cameron Smith. The all-Aussie member team defeated Crushers GC by a margin of 11 strokes at the Trump National Golf Club on Sunday.
In a recent Instagram video shared by LIV Golf, Jones, who was standing on the winner's podium, dubbed their first win as special and shared that they all are very good friends. He said:
"It's amazing, I mean, you got Cam [Smith] as a captain, who, he just performs every day, that, we come out here and play. It kind of annoys us all because he counts every week and we want to count and not him having have him count. So... but... so it's awesome.
"When you have him as a captain, you have these guys, we're such good friends that it makes this win even more special."
Marc Leishman, another team member of Ripper GC, in an in-ground interview, emphasized waiting quite long for the first win. He added that they will look forward to ending in the top four at the end of this season. He said:
"Yeah it's been a long time coming. Ever since first event, we've obviously wanted to do this and finally get the chance today. So, we'll so enjoy this one and hopefully we can keep the good work up and try and get into that top four at the end of the year."
How did Matt Jones and his Ripper GC teammates perform at LIV Golf Bedminster?
All thanks to Smith's heroics at the Trump National Golf Club, Ripper GC lifted their first team title. Meanwhile, his teammates performed equally well at the event, with Marc Leishman finishing on T7 after scoring an aggregate score of 2 under 211.
Matt Jones shot an aggregate score of 4 over 217 to finish on the T30 rank on the leaderboard. Jediah Morgan, meanwhile, shot 3 over 216 to finish on T27 at LIV Golf Bedminster.
Here are the top 30 on the final leaderboard of the 11th league event:
- 1 - Cameron Smith
- 2 - Anirban Lahiri
- T3 - Patrick Reed
- T3 - Dean Burmester
- T3 Abraham Ancer
- 6 - Branden Grace
- T7 - Joaquin Niemann
- T7 - Marc Leishman
- T9 - Charles Howell III
- T9 - Phil Mickelson
- T11 - Richard Bland
- T11 - Graeme McDowell
- T11 - Kevin Na
- T11 - Dustin Johnson
- T11 - Brendan Steele
- T11 - Carlos Ortiz
- T11 - Talor Gooch
- T18 - Bryson DeChambeau
- T18 - Charl Schwartzel
- T18 - Jason Kokrak
- T18 - Cameron Tringale
- T18 - Harold Varner III
- T18 - Bubba Watson
- T18 - Mito Pereira
- T25 - James Piot
- T25 - Thomas Pieters
- T27 - Bernd Wiesberger
- T27 - Jediah Morgan
- T27 - David Puig
- T30 - Matt Jones
- T30 - Sergio Garcia
- T30 - Paul Casey
Cameron Smith earned a massive $4 million prize money for his win at LIV Golf Bedminster. His team, Ripper GC, also earned a $3 million prize money for the top finish.