Tiger Woods stated his Jupiter Hyperlinks workforce’s win over fellow co-owner Rory McIlroy’s Boston Frequent facet delivered “what we envisioned” in Tomorrow’s Golf League (TGL).
Jupiter Hyperlinks triumphed in additional time, successful a nearest-the-pin decider after the groups had completed stage at 3-3 within the fledgling indoor league’s best match up to now.
Adam Scott holed a 31-foot birdie putt to win the 14th gap for Boston and stage the match, however Tom Kim and Kevin Kisner gained their nearest-the-pin shootouts to clinch victory for Jupiter Hyperlinks.
Kim, who had earlier holed three stress putts to halve holes, got here near holing his shot on the additional gap.
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Scott and Kisner have been underneath stress once they took half in a closest-to-the-pin recreation to determine the result of the entire match!
Woods, who incurred a penalty stroke as he took too lengthy over an eight-foot birdie putt to halve the tenth gap in opposition to McIlroy, was delighted with what the match produced.
“It is so different to normal golf. It was definitely different than when we first played,” he stated.
“This is what we had envisioned for TGL, to have an experience like this, and I think we delivered.”
“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.”
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Woods ran out of time when lining up his putt, inflicting the shot clock to go off!
McIlroy, who was joined by US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and Australian Adam Scott, stated it was “amazing” to play in opposition to Woods underneath recent circumstances.
“I’ve shared the course with him many times, and I’ve been in a couple of final groups with him, and he has just as much intensity out there tonight as he does when he’s trying to win a major championship or trying to finish,” he stated.
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McIlroy jokes that Woods’ ‘eyes are going’ after Boston Frequent misplaced their opening TGL match in opposition to Jupiter Hyperlinks
“It’s amazing to go up and to compete against one of your heroes.
“That is competitors, on the finish of the day, and we’re all attempting to beat one another as finest we will.
“He stepped up and delivered like he usually does. It was a great match all night, back and forth, and exactly what the league needed.”
“It’s been really cool to hear that a younger demographic, it’s sort of resonated with them.
“One of many visions after we began was to attempt to have interaction that youthful demographic and provides them a bite-sized model of golf that they might get into and perceive, and hopefully we have executed that.”
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What’s subsequent?
McIlroy’s Boston Frequent Golf subsequent face Los Angeles Golf Membership, who thrashed Woods’ Jupiter Hyperlinks GC 12-1 of their opening TGL match, with that stay from 12am on Wednesday Feb 5 on Sky Sports activities Golf.
Jupiter Hyperlinks GC return to motion on February 18 (12am UK time, February 19) in opposition to New York Golf Membership, who’ve misplaced each their first two matches, with the 2025 and 2026 seasons solely stay on Sky Sports activities Golf. Get Sky Sports activities or stream the PGA Tour, majors and extra with no contract on NOW.
