The primary match of a best-of-three sequence for the first-ever TGL championship came about on Monday evening as Atlanta Drive Golf Membership and New York Golf Membership went head-to-head for the SoFi Cup.
Atlanta Drive GC entered the playoffs because the No. 3 seed, beating The Bay Golf Membership to earn a spot within the championship. New York GC was the No. 4 seed and upset top-seeded Los Angeles GC within the semifinals.
Justin Thomas, Billy Horschel and Patrick Cantlay have been energetic for Atlanta, whereas Lucas Glover didn’t play. For New York, Cameron Young, Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele have been in motion. Matt Fitzpatrick was inactive.
Atlanta beat New York, 6-5, in a match that got here right down to the ultimate gap.
Listed below are the perfect moments from Monday’s match.
Younger and Thomas kickoff first-ever championship match
First tee pictures of TGL finals. pic.twitter.com/FA9pclBvGL
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New York’s Younger and Atlanta’s Thomas obtained the motion began on Gap 1 with 330-yard and 338-yard drives, respectively. The outlet led to a tie.
Cantlay, Schauffele hit back-to-back close to hole-in-ones
Absolute dart. 🎯 pic.twitter.com/WhE37ZpRZ3
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…and Schauffele solutions, let’s gooo. pic.twitter.com/coBHlew8lH
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Simply when it regarded like Cantlay put Atlanta able to increase its early lead with a close to hole-in-one on Gap 3, Schauffele stepped to the tee and adopted up with a formidable shot to provide New York an opportunity to tie. Cantlay’s shot landed two ft away from the outlet, whereas Schauffele’s shot landed simply over three ft away.
Fowler practically sinks lengthy chip shot
Rickie making these difficult pictures look straightforward. pic.twitter.com/F5BU0Zb789
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Fowler was near placing the strain on Atlanta within the final gap of triples. Fowler practically hit a 50-foot chip shot on New York’s third shot on Gap 9, which might have left Atlanta needing to sink a 28-foot putt to depart the match tied at 2-2. Sadly for New York, Fowler’s shot was three ft to the left of the outlet and Atlanta capitalized by getting the tie.
New York GC takes two-point lead
🔨 technique 101. pic.twitter.com/VWVLnWV8A2
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Thomas’s missed third shot on Gap 10 gave New York the opening it wanted to take a late lead. Following the miss, New York threw the hammer — doubling the worth of the outlet — earlier than Younger sank a nine-foot putt to provide New York a 4-2 lead.
Horschel hits clutch shot
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Billy Horschel fired up after match-tying putt for Atlanta Drive GC
Billy Horschel will get fired up after sinking a match-tying putt on Gap 11 for Atlanta Drive GC on the TGL Finals.
New York’s lead didn’t final lengthy, because the staff discovered itself in an identical scenario in Gap 11 as Atlanta was in on Gap 10. After a missed putt by Fowler on his third shot, Atlanta threw the hammer and Horschel drilled a close to 12-foot putt to tie the match at 4-4.
NYGC retakes lead
Cam grabs the lead for NY. pic.twitter.com/s0DVTBX9nU
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New York continued to point out its capacity to capitalize on Atlanta’s errors on Gap 13. After a missed seven-foot putt by Thomas on his fourth shot, Younger hit a three-foot putt to provide New York a 5-4 lead.
Cantlay seals the win for Atlanta
All of it got here right down to the ultimate gap: ATL wins Finals Match 1. pic.twitter.com/f5DxKwfa8B
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The final gap of the match got here right down to a pair of near-identical six-foot putts for Cantlay and Schauffele. Cantlay sank his putt, whereas Schauffele narrowly missed his shot, giving Atlanta a 6-5 win.
