TGL: Tiger Woods defeated on debut as Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose help Los Angeles Golf Club to dominant win | Golf news
Tiger Woods’ TGL debut ended in heavy defeat as Jupiter Links Golf Club was defeated 12-1 by Los Angeles Golf Club in the season opener.
The former world No. 1 lined up alongside Max Homme and Kevin Kisner for their first match in the technology-infused golf league, founded by Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TMRW Sports company, in which PGA Tour stars battle it out in teams and use a hybrid of virtual and real-world gameplay. life.
Woods emerged from the tunnel to Survivor’s ‘Eye of the Tiger’ at the SoFi Center but saw his side quickly fall 5-0 after just four holes in the 15-hole event, which uses alternative shots – or threes – for the first nine-hole session before switching to singles.
Their only point of the game came with back-to-back points in the sixth as Los Angeles Golf Club finished the session with an 8-1 advantage, with Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose and Sahith Theegala adding three holes in singles to increase their winning margin in once. – foreign competition.
The win moves Los Angeles GC to two points and tied with The Bay Golf Club – which defeated New York Golf Club 9-2 in last week’s inaugural match – atop the SoFi Cup standings all season, with Woods’ Jupiter Links joint-bottom of the six-team league .
Tiger fights in TGL opener
Woods promptly dropped ‘The Hammer’, which gives the team a chance to put their opponents under pressure by doubling the value of the hole, although both teams first claimed a share of the spoils with par.
A chaotic par-five second saw Homa and Woods go into the water, allowing Jupiter Links to win the hole with a bogey despite Theegala also finding the hazard, while Rose rolled in a 10-foot birdie at the par-three next to win by two point with ‘Hammer’.
Jupiter Links grabbed two more points with ‘The Hammer’ at the fourth after Kisner found the penalty box and Woods couldn’t convert his seven-foot putt to split the hole, but holed an eight-footer at the next to avoid falling further behind.
Theegala sent his tee shot into the hazard at the sixth, with the hole conceded after Morikawa missed their putt for par, but Rose birdied the eighth and Los Angeles won the ninth with ‘The Hammer’ to go 8 up -1 in singles.
Rose and Woods bogeyed the 10th hole and a par was enough for Morikawa to beat Kisner at the 11th, before Woods hit his tee shot into the hazard at the 13th and took two shots from the bunker en route to losing the hole.
Woods and the players were left in stitches by Kisner’s comical sand shot at the 14th, which hit the flag and flew to the other side of the green, with Morikawa winning that hole and Theegala claiming the last after Homa conceded.
What’s next?
The next TGL fixture sees New York Golf Club back in action on January 22 against Atlanta Drive GC (kick-off 12pm UK time), before Jupiter Links GC play Rory McIlroy’s Boston Common Golf on January 27 (kick-off 11.30pm) .
Next match Los Angeles GC vs Boston Common Golf on Wednesday February 5th (2am start), with each match seasons 2025 and 2026 exclusively live on Sky Sports Golf. Stream the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, majors and more with NOW.
