Boston Common Golf continues its dominance in the second TGL season, securing the highest win so far and leading the standings. McIlroy and Thorbjornsen shine, while The Bay struggles with jetlag and penalties.
On Monday evening at the SoFi Center, Boston Common Golf impressively demonstrated their title ambitions. In Match 6 of the second TGL season, Rory McIlroy’s team swept The Bay Golf Club 9-1. With this commanding victory, Boston remains unbeaten (2-0-0) and climbs to first place in the SoFi Cup Standings, tying with defending champions Atlanta Drive GC. For The Bay Golf Club, the loss marks a poor start to the season with a record of 0-2-0.
Even Start Turns to Disaster
The match began closely, tied 1-1 after two holes. However, it soon became defined by two factors: Boston’s long drives and The Bay’s penalties. The Bay lost a total of four points to Boston after the team found penalty areas on holes 1, 5, 12, and 13.
Particularly bitter was losing the \”team hole\” on the 9th, as The Bay became the first team this TGL season to lose its own team hole when Wyndham Clark missed a birdie putt from just about 1.5 meters.
McIlroy and Thorbjornsen in Top Form at TGL
Boston Common Golf was full of highlights. Rory McIlroy broke several distance records off the tee. On hole 10, he drove the ball 327 meters, surpassing the previous hole record by nearly 15 meters. He also set a personal best of 326.5 meters on hole 4. McIlroy especially praised his young teammate: \”Michael has been a fantastic addition to the team and has really, really easily adapted to this golf style.\”
Michael Thorbjornsen once again showed nerves of steel on the greens. He improved his singles record to 3-0-1 with crucial moments: an eagle putt from 3 meters on hole 4 to halve the hole, a birdie on hole 12 to secure the point, and an eagle putt from nearly 5 meters on hole 15 to close out the match. Thorbjornsen said calmly, \”I’m just having a lot of fun. I don’t really think about whether a hole is worth two points (…). I just try to have fun and play good golf out here.\”
Frustration and Fatigue for The Bay
The Bay Golf Club faced a frustrating evening. Shane Lowry, clearly struggling with the effects of travel, offered insight into his condition: \”I’m pretty tired (…) I spent 17 hours on a plane in the past 24 hours.\”
Lowry summarized the team’s mood: \”It wasn’t great, was it? Yeah, we just didn’t play very well. We got behind early (…) it felt like for most of the evening we were in a bad position for some reason