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Kyle Porter previews Jupiter Links' matchup against Atlanta Drive in the final regular season match on Tuesday at SoFi Center.
Jupiter Links Golf Club takes on Atlanta Drive Golf Club in the 15th and last match of the inaugural season ahead of two rounds of playoff action.
For Atlanta Drive, they have already clinched a playoff spot, while Jupiter Links were eliminated from postseason play after New York's 10-6 win over Boston Common Golf on Monday night.
Woods’ team is looking to finish the season on a high with just its second win when it takes on a new-look Atlanta Drive at 7 p.m. on Tuesday on ESPN.
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Jupiter Links Golf Club vs. Atlanta Drive GC
Unique Drive
The most interesting portion of this matchup is the new player Atlanta Drive has put in the lineup in Nick Dunlap. Following a clinching of a playoff spot last week, Patrick Cantlay and Justin Thomas will take the week off in favor of Dunlap, who is pulling a Tony Finau and signing a one-day contract with Atlanta Drive.
Finau did the same thing last week for Los Angeles Golf Club and thrived. It remains to be seen whether Dunlap will, as well. Atlanta Drive cannot rise higher than the No. 2 seed or fall lower than the No. 3 seed, so they will play in that Semifinal matchup no matter what.
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Jupiter Out of Contention
Xander Schauffele's return was ill-timed for Jupiter as they watched the two-time major winner help New York to the win it needed on Monday to wrap up the final postseason spot.
It means Boston Common Golf and Jupiter Links will be on the outside looking in when the Semifinals begin on March 17.
Hammer time
These two teams rank at the top of the league in terms of Hammers thrown. JLGC is first with 12, and Atlanta Drive is tied for second with nine. It’s unclear whether this strategy has been good for JLGC, though, as they have a -4 point differential on Hammers.
Either way, we can be nearly assured that both teams will empty the tank when it comes to the Hammer on Tuesday evening.
Porter’s Picks
Dunlap is in a difficult position as a debutant. And on top of that, teammate Lucas Glover has only played one match thus far at SoFi Center. J.T. and Cantlay have been stars, and it’s understandable why they’re sitting, but it puts this Atlanta Drive team in a tricky spot.
I’m going with JLGC to get its second victory of the season.
As for individual matchups, this is how I see them playing out.
Tom Kim vs Billy Horschel: Nobody has won more Singles points this season than Billy Horschel. I’ll take him over Tom Kim in the most enthusiastic Singles match that has ever been played.
Tiger Woods vs Lucas Glover: Two elite ball-strikers here, and I think Woods downs Glover, who was really impressive in his first TGL outing on Presidents Day.
Max Homa vs Nick Dunlap: This one is interesting. Homa has experience on Dunlap, but Max has not had many big moments yet in SoFi Center. I’ll take the youngster in this matchup, but I think JLGC wraps it up before it gets to Singles.
Kyle Porter wrote close to 3 million words about golf over 12 years for CBS Sports and covered 47 majors and five Ryder Cups in the process. He has written three books – Normal Sport 1, 2 and 3 – and built a newsletter of 15,000 golf fans at normalsport.com.
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