Atlanta Drive beats New York Golf Club on last hole to take TGL Finals Series opener
PALM BEACH GARDENS — Atlanta Drive GC is one win away from the inaugural SoFi Cup and a $9 million-dollar grand prize.
Atlanta defeated New York 6-5 on Monday night in the first match of the best-of-three TGL Finals Series at the SoFi Center.
Patrick Cantlay secured the winning point against Xander Schauffele on the final singles hole after Schauffele's tying putt lipped out of the cup.
Atlanta and New York will square off once again on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the second match of the TGL Finals Series. A third match will be played at 9 p.m. if necessary.
Tied at 2-2 after nine holes of triples, New York and Atlanta traded successful Hammer throws on the first two holes of singles.
Atlanta's Billy Horschel provided one of the night's most dramatic moments on the latter, burying an 11-foot putt after a Hammer throw then letting out a roar and fist pump toward a rowdy pro-New York crowd.
New York's Cam Young outscrambled Justin Thomas on hole No. 13 to restore New York's 5-4 advantage but Atlanta recovered on No. 14 with a tremendous tee shot by Billy Horschel. New York declined Atlanta's Hammer throw to send it to the final hole.
Hole-by-hole results
Triples
- No. 1: Hole tied
- No. 2: Atlanta wins (1-0)
- No. 3: Hole tied (1-0)
- No. 4: Atlanta wins (2-0)
- No. 5: New York wins (2-1, ATL)
- No. 6: New York wins (2-2)
- No. 7: Hole tied (2-2)
- No. 8: Hole tied (2-2)
- No. 9: Hole tied (2-2)
Singles
- No. 10: Cam Young def. Justin Thomas* (NY, 4-2)
- No. 11: Billy Horschel def. Richie Fowler* (4-4)
- No. 12: Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay tied (4-4)
- No. 13: Cam Young def. Justin Thomas (5-4 NY)
- No. 14: Billy Horschel def. Rickie Fowler (5-5)
- No. 15: Patrick Cantlay def. Xander Schauffele (6-5, ATL)
*Hammer point multiplier
TGL payouts
- First place: $9 million
- Second place: $4.5 million
- Third place: $2.25 million [Los Angeles GC]
- Fourth place: $2 million [The Bay GC]
- Fifth place: $1.75 million [Jupiter Links}
- Sixth place: $1.5 million [Boston Common]
TGL delayed
The first hole of TGL's Finals Series Match 1 was delayed by more than 20 minutes as ESPN concluded its coverage of the Women's NCAA Tournament game between North Carolina and West Virginia.
TGL teed off at 9:25 p.m. ET.
TGL finals schedule
- Match 2: Tuesday, 7 p.m.
- Match 3: Tuesday, 9 p.m. (if necessary)
TGL teams, players
Atlanta Drive GC
- Justin Thomas
- Billy Horschel
- Patrick Cantlay
- Lucas Glover
Boston Common
- Rory McIlroy
- Adam Scott
- Keegan Bradley
- Hideki Matsuyama
Los Angeles GC
- Collin Morikawa
- Justin Rose
- Sahith Theegala
- Tommy Fleetwood
Jupiter Links GC
- Tiger Woods
- Tom Kim
- Kevin Kisner
- Max Homa
New York Golf Club
- Rickie Fowler
- Xander Schauffele
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Cameron Young
The Bay GC
- Ludvig Aberg
- Shane Lowry
- Min Woo Lee
- Wyndham Clark
Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at ejwallace@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: TGL tonight: Atlanta Drive beats New York Golf Club on final singles hole
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