Professional golfer Justin Thomas and Components 1 driver Carlos Sainz have been the primary winners within the Netflix Cup, which had fairly a bit happening on this first-of-a-kind occasion Tuesday at Wynn Golf Membership in Las Vegas.

The duo hoisted the Cup collectively within the postmatch ceremony, with Thomas then ingesting from the Cup. Then Sainz had his flip, and he dropped the trophy, which broke.

Thomas and Sainz defeated the tandem of Tony Finau and Pierre Gasly within the closest-to-pin contest on the ultimate gap after the four-team subject was lower in half following eight holes of match play.

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The competitors certified as foolish at instances, however the spectators lining the course to look at appeared to search out it entertaining.

Various celebrities have been readily available for the occasion, which additionally included controversial matters.

Protesters, apparently representing PETA, got here onto the course to demand that F1, with mother or father firm Liberty Media, to chop ties with the Iditarod dogsled race in Alaska.

Whereas golf was the designated sport, it was removed from any typical spherical.

There have been loads of antics with the golf itself. As an example, on the primary tee, 4 golfers teed off on the identical time after which raced to their golf carts, following the designated “race course” onto the green to get to their balls. Golfers raced to get to the inexperienced and to see who might arrive quickest, find their golf balls after which putt amid the mayhem on the greens.

As a part of the race to get to the greens, golfer Rickie Fowler was driving the cart with F1 driver Lando Norris because the passenger.

The opposite group was Max Homa-Alex Albon. Finau was credited with the competitors’s first birdie.

This competitors was a prelude to the weekend’s Components 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix.

This was Netflix’s first stay airing of a sports activities occasion.