{"id":390182,"date":"2026-01-05T19:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/390182\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:39:13","slug":"tgl-match-3-preview-drive-seek-second-win-in-star-studded-match-vs-the-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/390182\/","title":{"rendered":"TGL Match 3 Preview: Drive seek second win in star-studded match vs. The Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second season of TGL rolls on with a matchup of epic proportions.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta Drive GC, the defending SoFi Cup champions who are already 1-0 this season, are back in action against The Bay Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>It marks the season debut for The Bay, while Atlanta won its opener thanks to Billy Horschel nailing a thrilling final-hole eagle putt (the second-longest in TGL history) against New York Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta and The Bay had a rocking back-and-forth match up in the first season of TGL and The Bay would love nothing more than to extract a little revenge after getting bumped from the TGL playoffs by Atlanta last season.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know:<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta Drive GC: Billy Horschel, Chris Gotterup, Patrick Cantlay (sitting: Lucas Glover, Justin Thomas) <\/p>\n<p>The Bay Golf Club: Shane Lowry, Ludvig Aberg, Wyndham Clark (sitting: Min Woo Lee)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Atlanta and The Bay met twice in Season 1. The Bay handed Atlanta its only regular-season defeat, winning 6-5, but Atlanta got revenge in the playoffs, winning 9-3 en route to the SoFi Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Bay couldn\u2019t have had a better start to Season 1 and it&#8217;s hoping for more in now. In its opener last season, The Bay hit the fairway, green and made the first birdie in TGL history before racing to a 9-2 win against New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 For Atlanta, Chris Gotterup returns as a fill-in with Justin Thomas and Lucas Glover still out with injury. Cantlay makes his season debut.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Watch for Atlanta&#8217;s success to continue to come via the hammer. In Season 1, the team led TGL with points from hammers, while four of its six points in Match 1 against New York came from hammer throws.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Shane Lowry had four top-10s on the PGA Tour in 2025 with two of them runner-up results. Ludvig Aberg had six top-10s including a win at The Genesis Invitational, a signature event, while both Lowry and Aberg were part of the winning European Ryder Cup team.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Bay was a tidy ball-striking squad last season, sitting first in driving accuracy and greens in regulation, and second in driving distance.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta Drive GC (1-0-0) vs. The Bay Golf Club (0-0-0) \u2013 Tuesday, Jan. 6<\/p>\n<p>Match begins: 5 p.m. ET on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+<\/p>\n<p>All matches will be played at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., with the capacity for 1,500 fans in seating that\u2019s wrapped around the playing area \u2014 creating a \u2018greenside\u2019 experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Triples \u2013 nine holes \u2013 three players per team competing in an alternate-shot format.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Singles \u2013 six holes \u2013 one-on-one, head-to-head competition for the entire hole. Each player from each team plays a total of two full holes during the session.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Overtime \u2013 if the match is tied after 15 holes, the teams will play a best-of-three, closest-to-the-pin competition to decide the winner, with the hole location and orientation of the green remaining unchanged from the final\/15th hole of the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The shot distance in OT will be between 25-50 yards and decided pre-match by the match official. All players will play from the same spot. The ball must finish on the putting surface to be eligible.<\/p>\n<p>For each match, teams can be awarded up to two points towards their regular-season total based on the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Win in regulation = 2 points<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Win in overtime = 2 points<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Loss in overtime = 1 point<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Loss in regulation = 0 points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second season of TGL rolls on with a matchup of epic proportions. 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