If there weren’t sufficient upsets within the first two rounds of the NCAA Event to get your coronary heart price up, there may very well be some drama within the best-of-three finals of TGL’s SoFi Cup, which begins Monday evening.
In final week’s semifinals, No. 4 seed Jupiter Hyperlinks GC defeated No. 1 seed Boston Widespread Golf 9-5, eliminating reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy from the playoffs.
Second-seeded Los Angeles Golf Membership rallied from a 4-1 deficit via seven holes to defeat defending SoFi Cup champion Atlanta Drive Golf Membership 6-4 within the first semifinal match.
“I believe this reveals the standard of us as a workforce and the standard of golfers we’ve on our workforce,” LA Golf Membership star Justin Rose stated. “And simply belief that over time, the massive quantity idea goes to work in your favor. I believe it’s important to assume that method and it’s important to belief your workforce and it’s important to belief golf.”
Jupiter GC had a really poor file of their first TGL season in 2025, incomes simply two factors with one win and 4 losses, however injured star Tiger Woods began calling them the “Dangerous Information Bears.”
“Look what we did final 12 months,” Woods stated final week. “OK, I headed a bunker shot and nearly killed a lady within the stands. It hit the flag. I violated the shot clock on a 4-foot shot. One thing a bit of bizarre occurred.”
“It belongs to the Dangerous Information Bears. However now the Dangerous Information Bears can play.”
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Beginning lineup for the primary recreation
2nd seed Los Angeles Golf Membership
Justin Rose
tommy fleetwood
sahis segara
4th seed Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership
Max Homa
tom kim
kevin kissner
LA Golf Membership (Colin Morikawa, Rose, Segala) defeated Jupiter Hyperlinks (Akshay Bhatia, Homa, Kisner) 8-4 in a daily season recreation on January twentieth.
LA Golf Membership took a 4-1 lead with a triple, however Jupiter Hyperlinks got here again to shut the hole to 5-4 heading into the 14th gap. Jupiter threw a hammer on the teeing floor to double the factors, and Morikawa sank a 17-foot birdie putt for a 7-4 benefit.
On this match, Rose confronted Homa in singles and held the second shot from No. 10 (Sterling) from 227 yards, turning into the one Albatross in TGL historical past.
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Justin Rose lifts spirits after defeating Albatross
Justin Rose buried his second shot on the par-5, aiming for an albatross in Los Angeles.
Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership dominated the singles competitors this season, scoring a league-high 16 factors. They’re probably the greatest placing groups within the TGL with a 72.7% success price on makes an attempt inside 10 toes.
LA Golf Membership had a great triple efficiency, profitable 18 holes and incomes 20 factors. LA had rather more distance off the tee, averaging 317.9 yards.
course
1st place: Temple (Par 4, 473 yards)
2nd place: Caverns (par 5, 569 yards)
No.3: Set in Stone (Par 3, 166 yards)
No. 4: The Jup Life (Par 5, yardage to be decided)
No. 5: Fallen Pine (Par 3, 164 yards)
No. 6: Route on the Line (Par 4, 377 yards)
No. 7: On the Rocks (Par 3, 108 yards)
No. 8: Stinger (par 4, 416 yards)
No. 9: Showtime (par 5, yardage to be decided)
No. 10: Sterling (Par 5, 535 yards)
No.11: Alpine (Par 4, 535 yards)
No.12: Cenote (par 3, 264 yards)
No. 13: Minimize the Sails (Par 4, 337 yards)
No.14: Cliffhanger (Par 3, 151 yards)
No.15: Stone & Steeple (Par 5, 537 yards)
course notes
No. 7 (On the Rocks): The par 3 performed within the triple portion of the primary recreation of the ultimate might be Kim’s favourite. He turned the second ace in TGL historical past to spin his tee shot previous the flag and into the cup in a regular-season win towards The Bay Golf Membership on March 3.
In final week’s win over Boston Widespread, Kim hit his tee shot to 2 toes, 3 inches for birdie and prolonged Jupiter Hyperlinks’ result in 7-3.
Homa and Rose are scheduled to tee off at No. 7 on Monday evening.
No.8 (Stinger): Named after Jupiter Hyperlinks “Coach” Tiger Woods’ well-known screaming low drive, the course requires golfers to hit drives underneath 50 toes to beat the pure rock formations that span the driving space.
All through the SoFi Cup semifinals, Stinger Corridor had probably the most drives into the penalty space with six, together with one by Theegala.
Kim and Fleetwood are scheduled to tee off at No. 8 on Monday evening. In keeping with TGL, Fleetwood had two of the three Stinger drives this season with the bottom apex, together with a 318.3-yard drive that was simply 9.1 toes off the bottom.
“The best shot for me is to hit it low and go far in a way,” Fleetwood stated final week. “I take pleasure in training that shot. I’ve hit it many instances on the golf course, within the sense of a bullet driver, and clearly the launch angle shouldn’t be -1 diploma.”
No. 12 (cenote): The longest par 3 on the course, the cenote has a backstop that golfers can select to make use of to get their tee shot nearer to the outlet.
Jupiter Golf Hyperlinks dominated the competitors at No. 12 with a 5-0-1 file. LA Golf Membership hasn’t had an excellent file with a 1-4-1 file.
Kisner and Segala are scheduled to tee off at No. 12 on Monday evening. Kisner defeated Seagala in singles within the closing match between the groups after Seagala’s tee shot fell into the penalty space.
No.14 (Cliffhanger): The par 3 is one in all three holes that LA Golf Membership has dominated this season. LA went 2-0-0 with No. 6 (Route on the Line), 3-0-0 with No. 13 (Minimize the Sail) and 3-0-1 with No. 14.
LA Golf Membership hit the inexperienced all 9 instances it performed these holes this season.
Justin Rose made his longest putt of the season (15 toes, 10 inches) on No. 13.
SoFi Cup Closing Schedule
Match 1: Monday, 9pm ET (ESPN2 and ESPN+)
Match 2: Tuesday, 7pm ET (ESPN and ESPN+)
Match 3: Tuesday 9pm ET* (ESPN and ESPN+)
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