TGL Tripleheader The Bay vs BOS

With both teams bringing out the big guns for this primetime match, an early Hammer before the tee shots led to a 2-0 Boston Common lead, with who else but Hideki delivering the birdie putt in his first club contact at SoFi to get the point. But, leave it to the Bay to fire right back, picking up a point just on hole 3. After a wayward fade and a long chip by the Frogs, the Bay used this opportunity to throw the Hammer, the added pressure potentially leading to Keegan’s missed putt. The Bay used that extra oomph to make theirs and take a 1 point lead going into the 6th hole. Steady play from both sides kept it close, and a hard lineup of holes led to conservative golf from both sides, keeping the drives dicey and the putts long. “Scoring might open up more in singles”, I somehow correctly thought to myself. The action didn’t stop yet, as a near eagle from Wyndham leads to a tap in birdie that Ludvig matched with ease, tying the hole again.

The teams entered singles with The Bay up 3-2, with neither team playing at their best, but scrappy teamwork and some miraculous hole outs keeping the match at an elite level. After a few ties leveling out the energy, it came back fast and unexpectedly with Keegan holing out for eagle in his first singles hole. Shane Lowry had a chance to tie with a chip in of his own, and while it could not have come much closer without dropping, drop it didn’t, leaving the match tied 3-3 with 5 holes to play. Instead of Common continuing to pile it on, Ludvig took advantage of Rory finding a bunker and sunk his birdie putt, countering Rory’s sandy par to snag another point for The Bay. Hideki’s good shot on the par 3 Craic On, holding the green about 20 yards right, didn’t compare to Wyndham’s 6 foot dart, and when Bay dropped the Hammer, Common still didn’t back down. Hideki left the ball not even an inch for bird, but Wyndham couldn’t get his putt down, both teams settling for a par. The new Hammer rules showed just how high the stakes can become as Lowry’s duffed chip into a bunker turned into a Hammer denial for his team after a Common throw, leaving the match tied 4-4 with two holes to play. With momentum in their favor, Rory hit a beautiful shot pin high and about 5 feet on the 135 yard par 3, but leave it to Ludvig to hit one almost directly next to Rory. Rory’s hammer drop after his make didn’t dissuade Ludvig for a second, both teams dropping birdies and heading to the last hole tied. Wyndham and Hideki battled it across the long and winding par 5 Quick Draw. Hideki’s putt was long but in front of him, although the break and slope is much more treacherous than it seems on TV. He missed by a couple of inches, leaving Wyndham with a chance to bring it all home for The Bay. From 10 feet, he was money, netting The Bay their second win of the day and capping off an unbelievable day of golf here in West Palm.