Tiger Woods' Jupiter Links Golf Club emerged victorious in a dramatic overtime finish against Boston Common Golf Club in the fourth TGL match. The match was held at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on Tuesday, January 27.
Tiger Woods, Kevin Kisner and Tom Kim played for Jupiter Links GC while Max Homa rested. Meanwhile, Boston Common GC which made its TGL debut on the day, consisted of Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott and Keegan Bradley. Hideki Matsuyama was rested for the match.
The match began with the Triples format and the first two holes were tied. Boston Common won their first point on the third hole. Jupiter Links tied the scores by winning the sixth hole. The Triples format concluded with a score of 1-1.
In the first hole of the Singles format, Rory McIlroy trumped Tiger Woods and pushed the score to 2-1. However, Kevin Kisner and Tom Kim won two consecutive holes for Jupiter Links, narrowing the gap to 2-3. Adam Scott tied the score 3-3 and the teams were tied after 15 holes.
As a result, the best-of-three closest-to-the-pin was held in which Tiger Woods' team won the first two holes, thereby winning the match.
Here's a hole-by-hole score of the fourth TGL match:
Triples Format (Holes 1–9)
- Hole 1: JUP 0 - 0 BOS
- Hole 2: JUP 0 - 0 BOS
- Hole 3: JUP 0 - 1 BOS
- Hole 4: JUP 0 - 0 BOS
- Hole 5: JUP 0 - 0 BOS
- Hole 6: JUP 1 - 0 BOS
- Hole 7: JUP 0 - 0 BOS
- Hole 8: JUP 0 - 0 BOS
- Hole 9: JUP 0 - 0 BOS
Singles Format (Holes 10–15)
- Hole 10: JUP (Tiger Woods) 0 - 1 BOS (Rory McIlroy)
- Hole 11: JUP (Kevin Kisner) 1 - 0 BOS (Adam Scott)
- Hole 12: JUP (Tom Kim) 1 - 0 BOS (Keegan Bradley)
- Hole 13: JUP (Tiger Woods) 0 - 0 BOS (Rory McIlroy)
- Hole 14: JUP (Kevin Kisner) 0 - 1 BOS (Adam Scott)
- Hole 15: JUP (Tom Kim) 0 - 0 BOS (Keegan Bradley)
Overtime
- Kevin Kisner (JUP): 14 ft 2 in (Closest to Pin) vs Adam Scott (BOS): 21 ft 2 in
- Tom Kim (JUP): 10 ft 4 in (Closest to Pin) vs Keegan Bradley (BOS): 26 ft 6 in
Final Score
- Jupiter Links Golf Club (JUP): 4 points
- Boston Common Golf Club (BOS): 3 points
Tiger Woods after his second TGL match: "It was definitely different than when we first played"
Tiger Woods' Jupiter Links Golf Club won their first TGL match, having lost their opening match against Los Angeles Golf Club 12-1. Talking about the match, Woods said (via ASAP Sports):
"Well, it was definitely different than when we first played. Lesson was learned the hard way. We came in here more prepared."
Praising his team member Tom Kim, Woods said:
"TK was unbelievable coming in here. We did some good work the other day, and today it couldn't have been a more pleasurable display of golf, banter. Everyone in the audience was engaged. Hopefully all the viewership were engaged. We as players loved it."
Meanwhile, Woods' team member, Kevin Kisner, who had a disappointing first TGL match said that the experience from the first game helped as it allowed him to see areas of failure and to improve on them.