The last chapter of the rivalry between the cities of Boston and Los Angeles was written in the fifth game of the TGL of the season Tuesday evening in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. It was the latter who turned out to be victorious at the Sofi Center while the Los Angeles team from Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood took him to Boston Common Golf up to 6 to 2.
The victory represents the second of the Los Angeles season and pushes them at the top of the season’s ranking. Meanwhile, Boston Common of Rory McILroy is the first team to accumulate two statements in the loss column and seriously may miss the playoffs. All this, while perhaps their second best player, Hideki Matsuyama, has not yet played while Keegan Bradley and Adam Scott played for the second consecutive week.
Los Angeles took a hot start with a punctual iron shot from Morikawa. It has become obvious that it would be a common theme of the double major champion when his approach game has set up many Birdie opportunities for his side. The English conceded sufficiently during the triple game of the match to order an advance of 5 to 0 after the initial session.
With only six holes to play, the match was essentially finished when the simple rolled and even more, since Los Angeles refused to launch the hammer and was in possession all night. Bradley almost buried his TEE shot on the 12th par-3 for the night shot and put Boston’s first point on the painting against Rose, but he was too little too late.
Here are three points to remember from the fifth match of the League
Additive statistical package
With enough matches under the belt, TGL was able to deploy statistics of the season on specific holes, including the longest records, a percentage of green and percentage of team victory. Combine these figures with the launch angle and the ball speed numbers that are produced by the players, and this is an excellent addition to the visualization experience.
Technology is always a problem
The first two holes of the match included two technical difficulties. A recurring problem was the ball that settles in a place on the simulator which is simply not possible on or around the green of the Arena (this also happened last week on the surface of putting). The second came when Fleetwood struck a shot in the simulator, but he did not read it correctly, so he was forced to take another swing. For a league built and supported by this technology, these folds must be rejected.
First look at a tight turnaround
The PGA Tour really increased last week with the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with the six TGL competitors playing on the California coast. Making the trip from Cross-Country to Palm Beach Gardens, the six players remained engaged in the competition, although perhaps with a little less PEP in their steps. The eruption of the match has certainly not helped, but it is something to keep an eye for the next five weeks.
