The second match of TGL’s season season took place on Friday night at the SoFi Center and featured Boston Common Golf and Los Angeles Golf Club and it wound up marking both league and franchise history for one side of the equation.
TGL: Boston Common Golf wins first match ever, takes down L.A. in 7-5 match
Rory McIlroy has finally been on the winning side of a TGL match
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Boston outlasted L.A. and in doing so picked up their first ever match victory as a franchise. It was strange that they went all of last season without any, but they are officially undefeated after their second season debut.
From a roster standpoint the Boston half featured Rory McIlroy and Keegan Bradley with Michael Thorbjornsen in as an alternate. Justin Rose, Collin Morikawa, and Sahith Theegala rounded out the L.A. side.
Here is a recap of the scoring and how it unfolded.
TRIPLES
- Hole 1 (Alpine): Los Angeles wins the hole to go up 1-0
- Hole 2 (Stone & Steeple): Boston threw a Hammer that Los Angeles declined which evened things up at 1-1
- Hole 3 (Fallen Pine): Keegan Bradley missed a putt at the end to give L.A. another win and a 2-1 lead
- Hole 4 (Storrowed): This was Boston’s official Team Hole and delivered a lot of action. Sahith Theegala chipped in from off of the green and L.A. threw a Hammer do double down on it, but Thorbjornsen drained Boston’s putt to tie the hole
- Hole 5 (Set In Stone): A second straight tie to keep things at 2-1 in favor of L.A.
- Hole 6 (Stinger): Thorbjornsen handled the iconic cliff well and this helped Boston pick up another hole to even the match 2-2
- Hole 7 (Cliffhanger): Justin Rose put Collin Morikawa in position to make a birdie to win and retake the lead at 3-2
- Hole 8 (Flex): Boston strategically threw a hammer with Rory McIlroy facing a testy putt to win the whole and it was ultimately accepted and served as a double point when Rory made it which gave Boston a 4-3 advantage
- Hole 9 (Showtime): Los Angeles won the hole to even things up at 4-4 through triples
SINGLES MATCHUPS
- Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose (10 and 13)
- Keegan Bradley and Collin Morikawa (11 and 14)
- Michael Thorbjornsen and Sahith Theegala (12 and 15)
SINGLES RESULTS
- Hole 10 (The Spear): Rory McIlroy defeated Justin Rose to give Boston a 5-4 lead
- Hole 11 (Loot On The Line): Collin Morikawa defeated Keegan Bradley to even things at 5-5
- Hole 12 (Cenote): Michael Thorbjornsen defeated Sahith Theegala to take a 6-5 lead
- Hole 13 (Bluebonnet): McIlroy and Rose tied the hole
- Hole 14 (On The Rocks): Bradley and Morikawa tied the hole
- Hole 15 (Quick Draw): Michael Thorbjornsen defeated Sahith Theegala to take a 7-5 lead and win the match
As this was the first ever win for Boston Common Golf it marked the first TGL victory for one specific individual in Rory McIlroy. This particular match was Rory’s first in TGL since winning the Masters last year, so perhaps accomplishing the Career Grand Slam really did serve as a breakthrough.
TGL is back next Tuesday at 4:00pm CT with The Bay Golf Club taking on Atlanta Drive GC (1-0).
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