TGL provided golf fans with action all day, as the new league hosted a Presidents’ Day triple header on Monday afternoon.
The day kicked off with a match between Atlanta Drive Golf Club and Los Angeles Golf Club at 1 p.m. ET. Justin Thomas, Billy Horschel and Patrick Cantlay were active for Atlanta, while Lucas Glover sat out. For Los Angeles, Sahith Theegala, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose were the active players. Collin Morikawa was inactive. Atlanta pulled off a comeback victory in overtime, beating Los Angeles 6-5.
In the second match, Atlanta competed against The Bay Golf Club at 4 p.m ET. Glover took the place of Horschel. On the other side, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Åberg and Min Woo Lee played. Shane Lowry was inactive. The Bay held off Atlanta, beating them 6-5.
For the last match of the night, The Bay went head-to-head with Boston Common Golf at 7 p.m. ET. Lowry was active for The Bay, while Lee was on the sideline. Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama and Keegan Bradley played for Boston. Tyrrell Hatton did not participate in the match. The Bay beat Boston 5-4 to remain undefeated.
Here’s a look at the best moments from Monday’s TGL tripleheader.
Atlanta Drive GC vs. Los Angeles GC
Theegala goes from one bunker to the next
Serena Williams had a hard time watching Los Angeles’ performance on Hole 4. The team hit into the bunker on its second shot, then hit into the other bunker on the next shot.
Atlanta threw the hammer after Theegala’s second bunker shot, in an attempt to make the hole worth two points, but Los Angeles wasn’t willing to gamble, opting to decline and just give Atlanta a point.
Billy Ho cuts the lead to one point
Small putt, big win pic.twitter.com/Ns0zXEvRk1
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Down 5-2, and on a must-win hole, Atlanta threw the hammer ahead of Hole 13 to make it worth two points. Clearly that was the right call, as Horschel played the hole perfectly to cut Los Angeles GC’s lead to one point.
Fleetwood keeps LAGC up one
Massive!! pic.twitter.com/EwEePtfYT3
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Following a late comeback, Patrick Cantlay tried to keep the momentum going for Atlanta, hitting a near hole-in-one on Hole 14. But Fleetwood kept his team in front by sinking a 17-foot putt to tie the hole.
Thomas sends the match to overtime
Off the green ➡️ Overtime pic.twitter.com/w1ocg7VRJT
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Just when it seemed as if the match couldn’t get any better, Thomas came up big for Atlanta. With the game on the line, Thomas needed to sink a difficult 20-footer from the rough to tie the match at 5-5 and send it to overtime — and that’s exactly what he did.
Atlanta Drive GC vs. The Bay GC
Lucas Glover’s debut
Lucas Glover makes his TGL debut pic.twitter.com/5WoQhznQv9
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Glover made his TGL debut in Atlanta’s second match of the tripleheader on Monday afternoon. Glover had big shoes to fill after watching his team pull off an impressive comeback win over Los Angeles in the first match. Glover played well in his first TGL appearance, hitting an impressive chip-in on Hole 9 to give his team a point.
Min Woo Lee feeling it in his debut
Min Woo Lee already cooking, let’s go pic.twitter.com/CwijzYJwW6
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Lee also made his TGL debut in the Atlanta vs. The Bay match. Despite having seen the facility for the first time just hours before the match, Lee seemed right at home, sinking a 22-foot putt on Hole 4.
Thomas cuts the lead to one
Hammer delivers pic.twitter.com/Mz1MCwbD45
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After allowing The Bay GC to take a 3-0 lead, Atlanta threw the hammer ahead of a 13-foot putt by Thomas to make Hole 5 worth two points. Thomas drilled the putt to cut The Bay’s lead to one point.
Thomas almost sends back-to-back matches to OT
Incredible roll pic.twitter.com/DL8rYtR5Vg
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Thomas was on a roll on Monday afternoon. Just an hour after sending Atlanta’s match vs. Los Angeles to overtime — and pulling off the comeback win — Thomas was just inches away from doing it again vs. The Bay.
The Bay GC vs. Boston Common Golf
Matsuyama comes up big in TGL debut
Boston put the pressure on Matsuyama in the first shot of his TGL debut. After positioning itself to win Hole 1, Boston Common threw the hammer to make the hole worth two points ahead of the third shot. Matsuyama proved he has ice in his veins, hitting the eight-foot putt for a 2-0 Boston lead.
McIlroy tosses putter
McIlroy had to let out some frustration after he missed a putt for birdie on Hole 6. If he would have hit the 35-foot putt, McIlroy would have put his team in a position to tie the match.
Bradley sinks a 75-foot chip in
Bradley stayed hot after hitting a hole-in-one at the Torrey Pines Invitational just a day before. With his team down one point on Hole 10, Bradley nailed a 75-foot chip in to tie the match at 3-3.
