Atlanta Drive is the champion of the first edition of the TGL. They have won the series 2-0 against New York and left no room for a comeback. The first season of the league driven by Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods comes to an end with the victory of the team of Billy Horschel, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay and Lucas Glover.
After their victory on Monday in the first match of the title series, Horschel’s team needed to win one of the two matches scheduled for this Tuesday. At the first attempt and without allowing Schauffele and company to pull off a comeback, they won 4-3 in a match that was indeed very exciting. Just like on Monday, New York took the lead on the scoreboard and Atlanta repeated the comeback. A real déjà vu.
Xander, Young, and Fowler were winning 3-0 at the start of the 12th hole with only four holes to go. It seemed everything would be decided in the third match. That’s when Atlanta woke up. Cantlay closed the gap, Thomas tightened the equation on the next hole, and Billy Horschel unleashed the madness on the 14th.
The golfer, a native of Florida, was playing at home since the SoFi Center is located in his home state, and he was seen thoroughly enjoying himself all week, offering a great show. If anyone deserved to close the tournament, it was him. What a way to do it. He had a six-metre putt to put his team ahead for the first time all night, thanks to the hammer card that grants double value to the hole where this option is used. Atlanta activated it and went all in. Horschel took full advantage and sank a very difficult putt, with a lot of break first to one side and at the last moment to the other. It was not easy at all. The celebration says it all. Good old Billy went crazy. It might be the show, it might be the spectacle, but Horschel lives it like no one else and has looked very comfortable in this format.
There was still one hole left, but New York was not even able to force a tie-break in this second match. Atlanta is the champion of the 2025 edition.
With their final victory, the Atlanta team pockets nine million dollars, which means 2.25 million for each team member. Meanwhile, New York takes half, 4.5 million, which amounts to a total of 1.12 for each member.
