The Boston team continues its dominance in the second TGL season, securing the highest win so far and leading the standings. McIlroy and Thorbjornsen shine as The Bay struggles with jetlag and penalties.
On Monday evening, Boston Common Golf impressively demonstrated its title ambitions at the SoFi Center. In Match 6 of the second TGL season, Rory McIlroy’s team swept The Bay Golf Club off the course with a 9-1 victory. With this commanding win, Boston climbs undefeated (2-0-0) to the top of the \”SoFi Cup Standings,\” matching the defending champion Atlanta Drive GC. For The Bay Golf Club, the defeat marks a disappointing start to the season with a 0-2-0 record.
Close Start Turns Into Disaster
At first, the duel seemed tight, with the score tied 1-1 after two holes. From that point, the match was defined by two factors: Boston’s long drives and penalties for The Bay. The Bay lost four points to Boston after finding the penalty area on holes 1, 5, 12, and 13.
Especially painful was losing the \”Team Hole\” on hole 9. The Bay became the first team this TGL season to lose their 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 delivered highlight after highlight. 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 new personal best with 326.5 meters on hole 4. McIlroy praised his young teammate: \”Michael was a fantastic addition to the team and adapted to this style of golf really, really easily.\”
Michael Thorbjornsen once again showed nerve on the greens. He improved his singles record to 3-0-1, delivering key moments: eagle on hole 4 to halve the hole, birdie on hole 12 to secure a point, and finishing the match with an eagle putt from just under 5 meters on hole 15. Thorbjornsen commented calmly: \”I’m just having a lot of fun. I’m not really thinking about whether a hole is worth two points (…) I just try to enjoy playing good golf out here.\”
Frustration and Fatigue at The Bay
It was a night to forget for The Bay Golf Club. Shane Lowry, visibly struggling with his travel aftereffects, did not make excuses but gave insight into his condition: \”I’m pretty tired (…) I was on a plane for 17 hours in the last 24 hours.\”
Lowry summed up the team’s mood: \”It wasn’t great, right? Yeah, we just didn’t play very well. We fell behind early (…) For some reason, most of the night it felt