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Match Preview: Atlanta Drive GC vs. Jupiter Links Golf Club
January 30, 2026
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Atlanta Drive GC, the unbeaten defending champs, take on Jupiter Links Golf Club in a must-win match for the local squad.

Atlanta Drive GC players have exuded confidence every time they step on the grounds at SoFi Center, with good reason. The defending champions are unbeaten in Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi and continue to rack up defining moments and clutch shots on a weekly basis.

Jupiter Links Golf Club is on the opposite end of the SoFi Cup Standings, 0-2-0 so far in 2026 and in need of a spark to change the momentum.

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Rising to the occasion and scoring an upset win over an Atlanta juggernaut would definitely do the trick, with the two teams squaring off at 5 p.m. ET Monday on ESPN.

LINEUPS

Atlanta Drive GC: Chris Gotterup, Lucas Glover, Billy Horschel

Jupiter Links Golf Club: Akshay Bhatia, Max Homa, Kevin Kisner

PLAYING ORDER REVEAL

Here’s the order in which players will tee off for their teams on Monday:

TRIPLES

SINGLES

3 THINGS TO KNOW

Find an Edge: This is essentially a must-win match for Jupiter. Making the postseason from an 0-2-0 hole will be challenging enough and it would take a near-miracle to take a run at the Finals if they fall to Atlanta. But there’s still room for optimism.

Jupiter has out-performed Atlanta in two key categories this season, ranking second in greens in regulation (73.3%) and third in fairways hit (65%). Atlanta is third in greens and fifth in fairways, but leads the league in scrambling. That’s not always easy to sustain. Jupiter can grab the advantage if they continue to keep it in play and wait for the right moments to get aggressive.

Singles Standouts: The defending champs have been average in Triples so far this year, but Gotterup and Horschel are absolute menaces when the format flips to one-on-one.

The Atlanta duo has combined to win six Singles points over two matches, while Jupiter has only won three Singles points overall this season. Jupiter simply needs to lock in and embrace the challenge over the final six holes against what’s been the top Singles team in TGL dating back to Season 1.

Leading Off: The first Singles session is a good one, with two young stars going head-to-head in Gotterup and Bhatia. Both have been among the top performers in Season 2 – Bhatia, 23, hasn’t missed a single fairway or green in two matches, a feat matched only by Los Angeles’ Collin Morikawa.

Gotterup, 26, hasn’t missed a putt inside 10 feet and ranks third in average driver ball speed (184 mph). Let’s see who comes out on top in what should be a fun Singles showdown.

SINGLES MATCHUPS

Chris Gotterup vs. Akshay Bhatia: We couldn’t ask for two better holes in this matchup, beginning at The Spear. Gotterup bombs it off the tee, but he’s not the most accurate with driver. Bhatia makes up for average distance with accuracy. This par 5 has options for both styles. Then it’s on to the par 4 Stinger, which is all about trajectory. A two-hole test.

Lucas Glover vs. Max Homa: Singles continues at No. 11, Bluebonnet. Often playing as a driveable par 4, that won’t be an option Monday playing from the back tees at 467 yards. Glover and Homa conclude at the short par 3, On the Rocks, one of the most familiar holes in the rotation having appeared in every TGL match to date.

Billy Horschel vs. Kevin Kisner: The crafty veterans get after it in the final pairing, starting at the mid-range par 3 Fallen Pine and concluding at the par 5 Sterling. Horschel’s Singles record speaks for itself at 11-2-5, but we’ve seen Kisner work his match-play magic countless times over the years.

THE COURSE

Gotterup and Bhatia have the honors at Cut the Sails, a new par 4 that made its debut last week and sits first in the rotation Monday. Well-placed tee shots get a ton of rollout down the fairway slope, but taking the more aggressive angle over the right side fairway bunker allows players a chance at reaching the green in one.

The first five holes are all new additions for Season 2, with players moving on to the par 5 Stone & Steeple second and par 3 Cenote third.

Fore-O-Fore is – you guessed it – fourth in the rotation. Atlanta’s Team Hole is a 613-yard par 5 on which the defending champs have made two birdies and picked up two points through two matches.

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No. 7, The Last Toll, is back for a third time this season and claimed its first victim last week when Wyndham Clark’s tee shot struck one of the cables connected to the decrepit bridge guarding the green. We’ll see if Gotterup and Bhatia choose a different path off the tee.

Jupiter will look to stay unbeaten on its Team Hole No. 9, The Jup Life, a 512-yard par 5, where Jupiter has made birdie in each of its two matches.

Singles play begins and ends with strong par 5s – the action gets started with Gotterup and Bhatia duking it out at The Spear and concludes with Horschel and Kisner at Sterling.

HOLE SPOTLIGHT

No. 11, Bluebonnet, 467 yards

An OG hole design having appeared in 21 previous matches, Bluebonnet still hits. The par 4 plays as short as 312 yards and as long as 467, and there’s simply no telling what’s gonna happen when players step up to the tee.

We’ve seen seven shots in the penalty area all-time and both its fairway and green are among the harder to hit in the rotation. We’ve also seen plenty of heroics and birdies, including from Homa, who nearly drove the green and hit sand wedge to three feet for a tap-in birdie his last time out.

Homa will take it on again in his Singles matchup with Glover and would love to post another three. But there’s a thin line between daring and disastrous at this TGL staple.

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