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Reuters
21-02-2025
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Tony Finau joins TGL's Los Angeles GC for one match
February 21 - Tony Finau signed a one-match contract to compete with Los Angeles Golf Club against New York Golf Club, the TGL team announced on Friday. Finau will join Los Angeles GC on Monday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., with Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood unavailable due to "pre-existing commitments." "We were aware that Justin and Tommy would take this week abroad to spend time with family, which created a unique opportunity for us to have Tony join LAGC for this match," said Neal Hubman, co-founder and president of LAGC. "Tony is one of the most well-liked players in the game and has dedicated significant time and energy to make golf more accessible and available to youth, which aligns with LAGC's efforts. We look forward to welcoming him to the LAGC family and helping us secure a playoff berth." Finau, 35, is ranked No. 26 in the world. He owns six career wins on the PGA Tour, most recently the 2023 Mexico Open. Finau will team with Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala on Monday for LAGC (2-0-1). "I've watched many of the TGL matches these past six weeks and I'm looking forward to getting a chance to be a part of it and compete. Team golf is always fun and exciting," Finau said. "Collin, Sahith, Justin and Tommy are great guys that I respect and enjoy being around. "I appreciate Los Angeles Golf Club calling me up for this match. I'm excited to get to SoFi Center. The place looks electric, and I can't wait to see it all first-hand and practice with the team. Monday is going to be a fun night."
Yahoo
17-02-2025
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TGL Week 6: Ludvig Åberg leads The Bay past Justin Thomas, Atlanta Drive after Genesis Invitational win
Ludvig Åberg didn't waste any time after his win at Torrey Pines on Sunday. After taking a jet across the country almost immediately after winning the Genesis Invitational in Southern California, Åberg helped lead The Bay GC to a dominant win over Justin Thomas and Atlanta Drive GC in the second of three TGL matches on Monday. The Bay held on to grab a 6-5 win in their first match of the day on Monday in Florida, part of a special Presidents Day triple-header. That followed Thomas' wild overtime rally that he sealed with a chip-in to beat Los Angeles Golf Club. The Bay jumped to a 3-0 lead almost immediately, thanks in part to a clutch chip-in from Min Woo Lee on the fourth hole. That actually came after a timeout on the green when they forgot to bring a club up. Min Woo Lee already cooking, let's go — TGL (@TGL) February 17, 2025 While Atlanta responded on the fifth, thanks to a 13-footer from Thomas after a hammer was thrown, Lucas Glover missed a perfect opportunity to win the hammer on the next hole and suddenly take the lead. Glover responded on the ninth to close out triples with a chip-in of his own, however, which kept their deficit at one as they entered singles. That chip-in sent Thomas rolling backward on the green in celebration, too. Come for Lucas Glover's chip-in, stay for JT's reaction — TGL (@TGL) February 17, 2025 The Bay finally pulled ahead on the 13th after Clark won via a hammer throw and then Åberg dropped another dart on the par-3 14th. He was just inches away from an ace, which would've been the first in competition. Thomas had a chance to force overtime at the last hole, but Thomas' long putt was just a bit short. That gave The Bay the one shot win. Incredible roll — TGL (@TGL) February 17, 2025 Teeing off in the afternoon out of its usual primetime setting, the first matchup featured the previously undefeated Atlanta Drive GC (1-0) and the Los Angeles Golf Club (2-0). LAGC took an early 1-0 lead on the third hole, with Justin Rose sinking a 14-foot putt. However, the match was tied at 1-1 on the next hole when Justin Thomas threw The Hammer for Atlanta, but LAGC declined. (Each team got three Hammers under new rules, compared to one during previous TGL matches.) Sahith Theegala missed a putt on the fifth hole that would have given LAGC the lead, but the shot lipped out. The two teams remained tied at 2-2 after Holes 6 and 7. A heartbreaker 💔 — TGL (@TGL) February 17, 2025 LAGC won the ninth hole on a Thomas putt from seven feet to take a 3-2 lead. They built that margin to 5-2 when Tommy Fleetwood sank a birdie to win Hole 11. Dialed 🎯 — TGL (@TGL) February 17, 2025 However, Atlanta rallied to make it 5-4 on Hole 13 with a Billy Horschel putt. LAGC held its slight edge until Hole 15 when Thomas chipped in to move the match to overtime. In overtime, it's a closest-to-the-pin challenge in TGL. Fleetwood looked like he gave LAGC the win when he holed in his shot. But Patrick Cantlay finished off Atlanta's rally and got the win, landing his shot to within five feet of the pin. An overtime win for @atlantadrivegc‼️ — TGL (@TGL) February 17, 2025 With the win, Atlanta briefly improved to 2-0 before falling to 2-1 on the season. LAGC took its first loss of the season and fell to 2-1, but it still looks like the TGL favorite ahead of a match next Monday against New York GC, which has yet to win.
Yahoo
17-02-2025
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TGL Week 6: Atlanta Drive GC rallies from 5-2 hole to beat LAGC in overtime
After a one-week break, TGL resumed its season with a Presidents Day triple-header on Monday. Teeing off in the afternoon out of its usual primetime setting, the first matchup featured the undefeated Atlanta Drive GC (1-0) and the Los Angeles Golf Club (2-0). LAGC took an early 1-0 lead on the third hole, with Justin Rose sinking a 14-foot putt. However, the match was tied at 1-1 on the next hole when Justin Thomas threw The Hammer for Atlanta, but LAGC declined. (Each team got three Hammers under new rules, compared to one during previous TGL matches.) Sahith Theegala missed a putt on the fifth hole that would have given LAGC the lead, but the shot lipped out. The two teams remained tied at 2-2 after Holes 6 and 7. A heartbreaker 💔 — TGL (@TGL) February 17, 2025 LAGC won the ninth hole on a Thomas putt from seven feet to take a 3-2 lead. They built that margin to 5-2 when Tommy Fleetwood sank a birdie to win Hole 11. Dialed 🎯 — TGL (@TGL) February 17, 2025 However, Atlanta rallied to make it 5-4 on Hole 13 with a Billy Horschel putt. LAGC held its slight edge until Hole 15 when Thomas chipped in to move the match to overtime. In overtime, it's a closest to the pin challenge in TGL. Fleetwood looked like he gave LAGC the win when he holed in his shot. But Patrick Cantlay finished off Atlanta's rally and got the win, landing his shot to within five feet of the pin. An overtime win for @atlantadrivegc‼️ — TGL (@TGL) February 17, 2025 With the win, Atlanta improved to 2-0 and will try to remain undefeated against The Bay GC in their 4 p.m. ET. LAGC took its first loss and dropped to 2-0-1, but still looks like the TGL favorite ahead of a match next Monday against New York GC (0-2). The Bay Golf Club and Boston Common Golf will wrap up the night in the third matchup of the day. That will feature Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Åberg, who is fresh off his win at the Genesis Invitational in Southern California on Sunday.
Yahoo
17-02-2025
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TGL Week 6: Atlanta Drive GC rallies from 5-2 to beat LAGC, 6-5 in overtime
After a one-week break, TGL resumed its season with a Presidents Day triple-header. Teeing off in the afternoon out of its usual primetime setting, the first matchup featured the undefeated Atlanta Drive GC (1-0) versus Los Angeles Golf Club (2-0). LAGC took an early 1-0 lead on the third hole, with Justin Rose sinking a 14-foot putt. However, the match was tied at 1-1 on the next hole when Justin Thomas threw The Hammer for Atlanta, but LAGC declined. Sahith Theegala missed a putt on the fifth hole that would have given LAGC the lead, but the shot lipped out. The two teams remained tied at 2-2 after Holes 6 and 7. A heartbreaker 💔 — TGL (@TGL) February 17, 2025 LAGC won the ninth hole on a Thomas putt from seven feet to take a 3-2 lead. They built that margin to 5-2 when Tommy Fleetwood sank a birdie to win Hole 11. Dialed 🎯 — TGL (@TGL) February 17, 2025 However, Atlanta rallied to make it 5-4 on Hole 13 with a Billy Horschel putt. LAGC held its slight edge until Hole 15 when Thomas chipped in to move the match to overtime. In overtime, it's a closest to the pin challenge in TGL. Tommy Fleetwood looked like he gave LAGC the win when he holed in his shot. But Patrick Cantlay finished off Atlanta's rally and got the win, landing his shot to within five feet of the pin. An overtime win for @atlantadrivegc‼️ — TGL (@TGL) February 17, 2025 With the win, Atlanta improved to 2-0 and will try to remain undefeated against The Bay GC in their 4 p.m. ET. LAGC took its first loss and dropped to 2-0-1 ahead of a match next Monday versus New York GC (0-2).
Yahoo
05-02-2025
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TGL Week 5: Rory McIlroy can't follow PGA Tour win with TGL victory, falling to Tommy Fleetwood's LAGC
Rory McIlroy, fresh off a victory at Pebble Beach, ran hard into reality on Tuesday night at TGL, as his Boston Common Golf Club fell 6-2 to the dominant Los Angeles Golf Club. It wasn't quite Lakers-Celtics, largely because the Boston Ballfrogs contingent didn't have a Jayson Tatum or a Larry Bird in the bunch. McIlroy, Adam Scott and a mustachioed Keegan Bradley couldn't get anything started against the trio of Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood, as the black-clad LAGC started fast and never let up. College basketball and the TGL are engaged in a battle for airtime on ESPN, and on Tuesday night, Kentucky-Ole Miss took precedence. The SEC lead-in game ran long, slightly delaying the start of the TGL match. That meant the ESPN viewing audience didn't see the players' walkouts, which had the positive effect of making the golf action begin within seconds of the broadcast's start. LAGC, last seen throttling Tiger Woods' Jupiter Links Golf Club in Week 2 by a score of 12-1, jumped out to another hot start on Tuesday night, powered by Morikawa's pinpoint approaches and Fleetwood's hot putter: Fleetwood is taking to TGL nicely. — TGL (@TGL) February 5, 2025 LAGC won the first three holes outright and four of the first five. McIlroy and the Ballfrogs simply couldn't get a putt to drop. The real-world green and fringe have been tricky for players to read properly, and McIlroy, Bradley and Scott all struggled to get tying or winning putts to drop from what should have been makeable distances. Bradley, looking like an old-timey dastardly villain, finally got Boston on the board in the 12th hole of the match, putting his tee shot within two feet of the cup. Rose chased his long tying putt all the way to the edge of the hole, but the ball skirted just past. But McIlroy immediately put his tee shot on the 13th out of bounds, and Fleetwood quickly captured LAGC's sixth point of the night. Bradley took Boston's second and final point of the night on the match's last hole, but by then the match result was beyond doubt. Some uncharacteristic software glitches cropped up during the night. Fleetwood — who, naturally, teed off to Fleetwood Mac tunes — had to re-hit a shot after the simulator didn't properly pick up his shot. And Morikawa managed to defy gravity with one of his shots: Collin Morikawa's ball stays up because gravity works differently on the Alpine hole. — (@GOLF_com) February 5, 2025 On the whole, though, the evening felt more like a real competition — or, at least, like half of one. LAGC took a 5-0 lead into the singles, and seemed dialed in the whole night. Boston Common, meanwhile, was reduced to begging L.A. to throw the hammer for an opportunity to get back in the match, but Morikawa kept it in his pocket and kept Boston at bay. Morikawa seemed more engaged than he had in his previous outing, and Fleetwood was a charismatic addition in his TGL debut. Technical glitches aside, TGL is settling into a groove as reliable, low-stakes weeknight golf entertainment. As winning players begin to enjoy themselves with some more outward displays of emotion, losing players are feeling the sting. The matches still feel a little long, but the product is establishing its niche. Prior to the match, TGL held a moment of silence for Kultida Woods, mother of Tiger, who died earlier Tuesday morning. Tida Woods was in attendance last week for Woods' win over Boston Common, and the broadcast showed her enjoying watching her son at work. TGL will take off next week before returning for a Presidents Day tripleheader: Atlanta Drive GC will play LAGC and The Bay GC, and then The Bay will play Boston Common GC.
