Xander Schauffele, Rickie Fowler and Cameron Younger of New York Golf Membership are launched towards Los Angeles Golf Membership through the TGL semifinal match at SoFi Middle on March 17, 2025, in Palm Seashore Gardens, Florida. Xander Schauffele scored two factors throughout singles play and fourth-seeded New York Golf Membership pulled away for a 6-4 upset victory over top-seeded Los Angeles Golf Membership within the first match of the TGL playoffs on Monday night time in Palm Seashore Gardens, Fla.
New York superior to subsequent week’s best-of-three championship collection, the place it should face the winner between The Bay Golf Membership and Atlanta Drive GC.
After an evenly performed first seven holes, New York received the eighth gap when Schauffele knocked in a birdie putt from 4 toes arrange by Cameron Younger’s method. He proceeded to defeat LAGC’s Collin Morikawa on the par-5 tenth and the par-4 thirteenth, whereas Rickie Fowler beat Tommy Fleetwood of England for an additional New York level on the par-4 eleventh.
In each of the singles holes that Schauffele received, he “threw the hammer” mid-hole trying to double the purpose worth of the outlet — the latter when he hit his method on the thirteenth 30 toes nearer to the pin than Morikawa did. In each instances, LAGC declined the hammer and conceded a single level.
New York was the final staff to squeak into the league’s inaugural playoff area.
“I believe you have a look at how we began out, you already know, it was a poor begin,” Schauffele mentioned. “I used to be watching from dwelling (as a consequence of damage). The boys began rallying. (England’s Matt Fitzgerald) was with us at present … I believe we’re all fairly completely satisfied. We thought it was doable, however we knew it was gonna be a protracted street. We’re undoubtedly completely satisfied to be right here.”
Fleetwood had an opportunity to win the 14th gap towards Fowler and hold LAGC alive, however his 5-footer to win lipped out.
It was LAGC’s first time dropping in regulation all yr. Its solely lack of the common season got here in additional time.
“I believe we performed actually properly and we had our probabilities,” LAGC’s Sahith Theegala mentioned, “however only one or two putts that very simply may have gone in simply lipped out for us, and that was sort of the deciding issue.”
–Discipline Stage Media
