Rory McIlroy was back in action for the first time since winning his first green jacket at the Masters to claim the final leg of the career Grand Slam. He teamed with Shane Lowry last year to win the Zurich Classic and returned to defend his title in the only two-man team competition on tour.

It was close on the back nine between Novak and Griffin, Jake Knapp-Frankie Capan III and Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard but Griffin made a 35-foot birdie putt off the back fringe of the par-3 17th hole,