New York Golf Membership suffered their second consecutive defeat after they misplaced 4-0 to debutants, Atlanta Drive Golf Membership on Tuesday evening. Atlanta Drive GC’s lineup consisted of former FedExCup champions Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, and Billy Horschel. This was their first match within the new tech-infused crew league.
Questions are actually being raised about New York GC following one other loss. Rickie Fowler, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Cameron Younger began in Tuesday evening’s defeat whereas Justin Thomas ran the present on his TGL debut to steer Atlanta to a snug victory of their season opener.
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Atlanta Drive GC made simple work of New York GC, securing a complete victory after profitable the primary two singles holes. This was a dangerous defeat for New York GC who entered the match with excessive hopes of bouncing again after defeat to Bay Golf Membership however as a substitute set an undesirable document as they turned the primary crew to not rating at the least some extent in a TGL match.
Thomas Stars to Pile Extra Distress on New York GC
Justin Thomas doubled his facet’s lead within the sixth gap after he knocked Patrick Cantlay’s strategy to 6 ft and Billy Horschel held the putt. Cantlay had earlier missed a chance to win the fifth for his facet after failing to transform a 15-foot putt. However, Atlanta Drive led 2-0 heading into the singles with the rest of the holes tied within the triple session.
Cantlay couldn’t convert a 15-foot putt to win the fifth however noticed his facet double their lead on the sixth when Thomas hit his strategy to 6 ft and Horschel holed the putt, with the rest of the holes tied within the triples session to go away Atlanta Drive 2-0 up heading into singles.
Cameron Younger, who changed the injured Xander Schauffele within the line-up, didn’t stand up and all the way down to match the birdie of Thomas on the tenth. To make issues worse, Matt Fitzpatrick conceded the eleventh towards Horschel after discovering water together with his second after which hitting his subsequent two pictures into bunkers.
Fowler Admits New York GC Wants To Play Higher
Atlanta Drive’s win over New York GC earned them two factors, transferring them joint-top of the SoFi Cup standings. Nevertheless, New York GC at the moment languish within the backside of the six-team league after a second straight loss. They now face a troublesome problem to qualify for the season-ending playoffs.
Talking after the match, Rickie Fowler admitted that two consecutive losses had been regarding. “We’ve simply bought to discover a approach to play higher than the opposite crew,” he mentioned. “We’ve gotten outplayed each occasions. I don’t assume we performed very poorly, aside from our first gap.
“We bought off to a tough begin, however aside from that, there’s no blame right here. I missed the inexperienced with a chip. Yeah, we dug ourselves a small gap, however I felt like we performed fairly effectively from there. However the large factor is we’ve got to discover a approach to gap some putts,” the 38-year outdated concluded
His teammate, Cameron Younger echoed his sentiments: “I believe the sport was actually enjoyable,” the American mentioned. “Clearly not the consequence that we needed, however I really feel prefer it was the most effective golf I’ve seen compares to the opposite two matches and ours tonight. It was a blast, and I believe we’ll do higher subsequent time.”
New York GC subsequent play on February 18 towards Jupiter Hyperlinks. Followers and neutrals will probably be watching to see if they will bounce again and do higher than they did within the earlier two matches.
