Josh Richards' Team Claims PGA Tour Creator Classic Title After Philadelphia Cricket Club Playoff

HELLO ALL

Welcome to our coverage of the second Creator Classic match of the year - the Creator Classic at Philly Cricket, as content creators and stars tackle the venue for the Truist Championship, Philadelphia Cricket Club. The likes of Kyle Lowry, Claire Hogle and Paige Spiranac are all involved, with the action getting underway at 4.05pm ET.

WHAT'S THE FORMAT?

The Creator Classic at Philly Cricket will see four teams of three, each featuring one YouTube creator and two golf creators, battle it out on holes 10-17, and there'll be an alternate-shot, gross-score format.

The top two teams then head tothe par-4 18th for a hole-by-hole playoff to determine the winner.

NEW CREATOR CLASSIC CHAMPION GUARANTEED

This is the second Creator Classic of the year after Grant Horvat won the match at TPC Sawgrass before The Players Championship. He's not involved today, with an entirely new line-up.

It's actually the third Creator Classic overall, as the inaugural edition took place before the 2024 Tour Championship at East Lake. That one was won by Luke Kwon, but he's not in the field either, meaning we're guaranteed a new champion.

CREATOR CLASSIC TEE TIMES

4.05pm ET Kyle Lowry, Claire Hogel/Josh Kelley, Marques Brownlee, Sean Walsh, Sabrina Andolpho

4.17pm ET Josh Richards, Brad Dalke, Erik Anders Lange/Tyler Toney, Matt Scharff, Paige Spiranac

AND WE'RE OFF!

Here we go then! The weather is beautiful as the first teams get started with partly cloudy skies but plenty of sunshine.

Sabrina Andolpho is first to tee off for Team Brownlee. She finds the fairway with aplomb. Next up is Claire Hogle for Team Lowry (that's Kyle, not Shane). She's found some trees to the right of the fairway...

THE FOUR TEAMS

A reminder of the four teams -

Team Toney - Tyler Toney, Matt Scharff, Paige Spiranac

Team Richards - Josh Richards, Brad Dalke, Erik Anders Lang

Team Brownlee - Marques Brownlee, Sean Walsh, Sabrina Andolpho

Team Lowry - Kyle Lowry, Josh Kelley, Claire Hogle

EXCELLENT FROM WALSH

Josh Kelley is next for Team Lowry, but he's not happy with that as it goes left. Next it's Sean Walsh for Team Brownlee, who is calmness personified as he shows his opponent how it's done, with a pin-high pearler that leaves his team in with a great chance of winning the hole.

HOGLE HELPS OUT

Kyle Lowry, hoping to recover a poor situation for his team, only moves his ball a few yards, with his despairing body language saying it all. Next it's Claire Hogle to see if she can help her team out. Not bad as she finds the green, but there could be a three-shot swing on the first hole here...

FINAL TEAMS GO OFF

Erik Anders Lang is next at the 10th tee for Team Richards, and that's on the fairway perfectly. Next it's the two-handicap Matt Scharff for Team Toney. Oh dear, that's gone way left...

TEAM BROWNLEE ON FIRE!

Kelley now for Team Lowry to avoid an early double bogey, and his putt not only misses, but leaves some work to do. Soon after, Marques Brownlee knocks his putt in for birdie. What a start for Team Brownlee!

PROBLEMS AT THE 10TH

Josh Kelley's next off the tee at the 11th for Team Lowry, and he bombs it left.

Further back on the 10th, Team Toney hit problems as Tyler finds the rough from a deep bunker, and now it's Paige Spiranac to try and recover the issue - and it's not bad, landing right of the green.

Now Dalke's up at the 10th for Team Richards, and there are no issues there as he finds the green.

ERRATIC STUFF FOR THE TEAMS

It's back to the 11th tee for Team Toney as they go out of bounds. While for Team Richards, further on, captain Josh goes right over the top of the flagstick.

Next on the 12th - sort of, Team Brownlee's Sabrina Andolpho faces an approach from the wrong fairway.

From Spiranac's resultant tee shot for Team Toney, she makes no mistake with an impressive drive, while Sabrina finds the correct green with a beauty!

Anders Lang at the 11th chips onto - and then off the green, which does little to help Team Brownlee's cause. At least they're joing leaders with team Richards at even par.

LEADERBOARD UPDATE

So far, mixed bag is putting it mildly, and just a few holes in the leaderboard reads:
+1 Brownlee, Walsh, Andolpho

+2 Lowry, Kelley, Hogle

+3 Richards, Dalke, Anders Lang

+4 Toney, Scharff, Spiranac

STEADY FROM TEAM TONEY

Tyler Toney has a long birdie putt at the 12th. It misses right but Team Toney should make par and recover somewhat after a triple bogey at the 11th (their second hole). Spiranac completes the formalities and they stay at two-over in second behind Team Brownlee.

PAIN FOR TEAM RICHARDS

Now it's Team Richards' turn for a triple bogey at the 12th. They go to an alarming six-over after just three holes. They're five behind Team Brownlee.

TEAM BROWNLEE IN CONTROL

At the par-3 14th, Team Brownlee's Sean Walsh threatens a hole in one before the ball goes a little beyond.

It's the team captain for birdie and to extend the lead, but he leaves it short from just a few feet. Still, they're three clear and in control heading to the par-5 15th. Team Lowry are second on +4, level with Team Toney. Team Richards are two back of them.

BACK AT THE 13TH...

At the 13th, Team Toney's Spiranac's approach needs a solid contact, and she gets it. That's just a few feet short of the hole. Beautifully judged. Now it's Richards' Dalke with a delicate chip that finds the green. Both teams have work to do to catch the leaders, Team Brownlee. Both teams make a bogey though to move further off the pace.

TIDYING UP AT THE 14TH AND 15TH

At the par-3 14th, Tyler Toney is likely longing for an ace to get his team back into this. Instead, it finds a bunker right. Next It's Team Richards' Dalke, and that's very decent, finding the back of the green before spinning back to leave a birdie chance.

At the par-5 15th, Team Brownlee's Walsh with the team's third is pin high with his excellent attempt. Three clear, Team Brownlee must already fancy their chances of making it to the final hole and the chance to win. Brownlee then narrowly misses the birdie chance but that'll be par.

Next's it's Team Toney's Spiranac. It wasn't easy but she does well, even if the contact wasn't the greatest. It's right of the hole and leaves a chance of par. Scharff then misses the chance left, but Toney finishes it off for bogey.

At the 15th, Team Lowry's birdie putt comes up short. It's Hogle to make par, and it misses left.

LUCKY BREAK FOR TEAM BROWNLEE

Paige Spiranac at the 15th with a beautiful drive to set Team Toney on its way. Then, at the 16th, Sabrina Andolpho's shot lands in a creek - before skipping out! You know it's your day when those kinds of breaks go your way - and for Team Brownlee, it's all going their way. Matt Scharff next for Team Toney. It finds the rough to the right.

At the 16th, Kelley for Team Lowry from a bunker trickles his shot left of the hole. It's OK. Now Sean Walsh for Team Brownlee with a chip onto the green. That leaves a good look for par. Brownlee then narrowly misses the chance and it's a bogey. Not a bad outcome given the team's lead. They're four ahead on two-over.

TEAM BROWNLEE MARCHES ON

A perfect tee shot from Sean Walsh for Team Brownlee at the 17th. Barring a disaster, they're heading to the final hole playoff. Team Lowry is also looking good, but it's nip and tuck with Team Toney at six-over. Lowry's tee shot finds the rough.

Spiranac for Team Toney then finds a bunker in front of the green at the 16th. That's one of the first errors she's made all day. Could it be pivotal, as they are T2 with Team Lowry with one to play after this? Matt Scharff then digs it out of the bunker for Team Lowry, but it heads towards the back of the green. Eventually they settle for a double bogey and move down to third at the worst possible moment.

Back with Team Toney and Tyler's bogey putt comes up short. Paige finishes it off for double-bogey. The trouble is they're now at the foot of the leaderboard at eight-over.

PLAYOFF FOR TEAM BROWNLEE

Team Brownlee's Sean Walsh putts from off the 17th green, and gets it to within inches. That'll see them into the playoffs, even with a bogey-bogey finish.

BRILLIANT FROM TYLER TONEY

Just when it looked as though Team Richards had stolen second spot after a scratchy round, Tyler Toney comes up trumps for his team with a brilliant chip in birdie from a brutal lie! That's one any of the elite players taking part in the Truist Championship would be proud of! Now Dalke pops a great putt in for Team Richards to save par and they're tied heading into the final hole!

With Team Lowry having finished, it's down to Team Toney and Team Richards to not have a final-hole disaster and try to grab that last playoff spot.

ONTO THE 17TH

After Tyler Toney's moment of magic at the 16th, his tee shot at the 17th goes way right, somewhat encapsulating the erratic nature of this Creator Classic - the sublime to the ridiculous in minutes.

Dalke then delivers, finding the fairway for Team Richards. After an awful start, the team is playing the 17th off the back of three straight pars!

IT'S A THREE-WAY CHIP-OFF!

With a chip onto the green, Matt Scharff for Team Toney misses the hole by some distance, and Anders Lang produces a similar shot - at least in his case it leaves Dalke a better chance than Team Richards' opponents.

Tyler then misses right for Team Toney, and it's Dalke to send Team Richards into a playoff. It misses right too, leaving it a foot away.

That sets the stage of Paige for Team Toney. She's needs to make this from about four feet. It threatens to miss before circling the cup and dropping in for bogey. Then Team Richards completes its bogey and we have a three-way nearest the hole chip-off with Team Lowry back from the dead! Who will join Team Brownlee in the playoff?

THE CHIP OFF...

Josh Kelley's first up for Team Lowry. His chip onto the 17th green gets above the ridge, but sits a good 20 feet short of the hole.

Next is Brad Dalke for Team Richards. That's closer. Much closer, stopping a couple of feet shy.

It's all down to Paige Spiranac for Team Toney. It's a tall order - and it's decent, but runs a bit too far and Team Richards will head to the 18th to face Team Brownlee in the playoff!

TEAM BROWNLEE VS TEAM RICHARDS FOR THE TITLE!

From the 18th tee box at the start of the sudden-death playoff, Sabrina Andolpho for Team Brownlee is first to go and leaves it right of the fairway. Brad Dalke for Team Richards is next, and he misses the fairway right.

Walsh is next for Team Brownlee, saying: "Let's give the people what they want." With a fairway wood he perhaps doesn't quite do that, finding the rough right of the green. Now it's Anders Lang for Team Richards. 154 yards to the pin, Oh, no! That's in a similar area and it's anyone's contest.

TEAM RICHARDS WINS THE CREATOR CLASSIC!

Marques Brownlee tries to chip over the bunker, and only finds it, before Josh Richards finds the green from a bunker to give Team Richards the advantage. That gets even more pronounces moment later when Andolpho makes a hash of the bunker shot to leave the ball way beyond the green.

Team Brownlee's Sean Walsh to save the day? It'll take something special from here. His chip stops 15 or so feet beyond the green, leaving Team Richards two putts to win it. Brad Dalke has the first chance for par. It finishes a couple of feet short. It's missable...

Brownlee then to leave any hope for his team. It's right and that'll be a triple bogey at best. Now Andolpho to finish for Team Brownlee. It lips out! That'll be a quadruple bogey.

Anders Lang then rolls the bogey putt in to give Team Richards the win!