Tiger Woods vs. Rory McIlory TGL Battle Thrills Fans as Jupiter Beat Boston Common

Andrew PetersJanuary 28, 2025

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA - JANUARY 27: Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links Golf Club warms up before their TGL presented by SoFi match against the Boston Common Golf at SoFi Center on January 27, 2025 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/TGL/TGL via Getty Images)

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Another week of the TGL is in the books, and fans got the most exciting battle of the season so far.

Tiger Woods' Jupiter Links Golf Club took down Rory McIlroy and Boston Common Golf 4-3 in a contest that came down to the final hole.

In triples, BCG got the first points of the night when it won Hole 3. Woods and company answered a few holes later on the sixth hole. The remainder of triples was scoreless, however, making it a 1-1 game heading into singles.

McIlroy and Woods squared off on Hole 10, with McIlroy winning the short-game battle. The two also met on the 13th hole, with Woods matching McIlroy's hammer putt.

ESPN @espn
Rory McIlroy drained his <a href="https://twitter.com/TGL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TGL</a> putt and then threw the hammer, making the hole worth two points 😤<br><br>Tiger Woods answered and spiked his golf ball after the putt 🐅 <a href="https://t.co/1zymuUqMJb">pic.twitter.com/1zymuUqMJb</a>

Kevin Kisner and Tom Kim added two more points for Jupiter on the 11th and 12th holes, but Adam Scott tied things up on the 14th hole. Scott's win on Hole 14 led to the first overtime in TGL history.

Sportsnet @Sportsnet
Adam Scott with a clutch putt! 👌 <a href="https://t.co/up9MkDdhX1">pic.twitter.com/up9MkDdhX1</a>

The format for overtime was a best-of-three, closest-to-the-pin battle. Jupiter won the first thanks to a nice shot from Kim before Kisner's shot gave his team the win.

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It's safe to say fans were excited by Woods and McIlroy's battle on Monday.

Shane Bacon @shanebacon
No football + Rory and Tiger + a competitive match + putts actually being holed + TOM KIM = a dream, dream night for TGL

Paolo Uggetti @PaoloUggetti
Would have been fun to get one final rory-tiger matchup in the chip off there, but that was good -- competitiveness + tiger-rory + putts going in + the tom kim-ness of it all = best case scenario

Rob Gallik @CoachGallik
Tiger and Rory should've gone first on OT but besides that, no notes. <br><br>Actually a great week of TGL golf!

Curtis @curt2439
That was peak TGL. Tiger vs Rory, tom Kim hype and a playoff.

G7 Sports @G7SportsTalk
This night of TGL was good. They just need Tiger and Rory going to overtime every week

Jaden @JayLoJL
Tiger vs Rory did not disappoint

Casey Halpern @CaseyHalp
You couldn't script a better night for <a href="https://twitter.com/TGL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TGL</a>. An exciting OT match between Tiger and Rory's clubs. Free golf!

Tim Duffy @TDuffy84
Oh man <a href="https://twitter.com/TGL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TGL</a> did not disappoint first OT Boston vs Jupiter aka Rory vs Tiger did not disappoint. What a match I love the <a href="https://twitter.com/TGL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TGL</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/SoFi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SoFi</a> arena.

Riley Donald @rileydonald7
The TGL is fantastic. Such a good product & fun seeing these guys like Tiger, Rory, Tom Kim, Keegan Bradley play loose like anyone with their buddies.

Jason Sobel @JasonSobelGolf
This has easily been the most entertaining TGL match so far. Turns out, all they need is Tiger, Rory, Tom going nuts, Kiz commentary and a close score. That's the secret formula.

There's still plenty of golf to be played in the TGL this year, but Woods and McIlroy's battle will be hard to top. Woods will be idle next week, while McIlroy's team will face Los Angeles Golf Club.