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Match Preview: The Bay Golf Club vs. Los Angeles Golf Club
February 06, 2026
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The first half of the regular season is in the books, and it’s time for teams to make their move as TGL presented by SoFi action returns to SoFi Center with some new faces in the mix.

We’ve got a West Coast showdown up next, with The Bay Golf Club taking on Los Angeles Golf Club at 7 p.m. ET Monday on ESPN2.

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Both teams enter the matchup on the wrong side of the playoff bubble, with Los Angeles (1-1-0) fifth in the SoFi Cup Standings and The Bay Golf Club in sixth at 0-2-0. Only the top four teams advance to the postseason, but there’s still plenty of time to shake things up ahead of the Semifinals on March 17.

LINEUPS

The Bay Golf Club: Luke Clanton, Neal Shipley, Min Woo Lee

Los Angeles Golf Club: Tony Finau, Tommy Fleetwood, Sahith Theegala

PLAYING ORDER REVEAL

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

TRIPLES

SINGLES

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Forever Young: The Bay GC certainly has youth on its side Monday, bringing a lineup with an average age of 24.6. Alternate players Luke Clanton and Neal Shipley are set to make their TGL debuts alongside teammate Min Woo Lee. Both players have seen TGL matches from the stands and earned their stripes in the college ranks.

Clanton, 22, is a former No. 1-ranked amateur who won the Ben Hogan Award as the top collegiate player in 2024-25 out of Florida State. Shipley, 25, became an overnight star while finishing as the low amateur at the 2024 Masters, a feat the Ohio State product repeated later that year at the U.S. Open.

Tony Two Times: With Justin Rose recovering from a whirlwind week and victory at Torrey Pines, Tony Finau is back in the lineup as an alternate for Los Angeles.

The six-time PGA TOUR winner made his TGL debut last year and helped score an epic comeback win, earning two Singles points with a birdie at No. 13 as LAGC erased a 4-0 deficit through 11 holes to prevail in overtime vs. New York. That’s a tough act to follow, but Finau sure seemed right at home at SoFi Center.

Back to BAY-sics: The Bay GC is going to have to step it up in two key statistical categories in order to get its first win of the season. It's currently last in TGL in fairways hit (55%) and greens in regulation (56.7%) after leading the league in both categories a year ago.

That’ll be especially important Monday as Los Angeles has been keeping it clean, ranked second in fairways hit (75%) and first in greens in regulation (76.7%). The Bay simply hasn’t put enough points on the board this season, and it needs to keep it in play to start creating some more birdie looks.

SINGLES MATCHUPS

Luke Clanton vs. Tony Finau: Singles begins at the par 5 Quick Draw, listed at 671 yards but reachable in two from the island fairway. Clanton hits it a mile off the tee and should like the look of it. Finau is familiar with No. 13, Flex, a 496-yard par 4 where he took his first-ever TGL swing and piped one down the middle last season.

Neal Shipley vs. Tommy Fleetwood: Scott Van Pelt, eat your heart out. We’ll see some tremendous lettuce on display in the second pairing, with the all-hair matchup kicking off at Cut the Sails – a par 4 where Shipley’s slight distance advantage could come in handy. Fleetwood’s precision with his irons gives him the edge at the 14th, On The Rocks, a short par 3.

Min Woo Lee vs. Sahith Theegala: These two should be evenly-matched at the par 3 Cenote to start. The final hole, Bonnie Link, is a difficult par 5 where Lee has the distance advantage. But both players need to be mindful with plenty of trouble in play off the tee.

THE COURSE

It’s bombs away to get things started at the first, Alpine, a par 4 that sees massive rollout on proper tee shots into the speed slot. They’ll need the big sticks again at the par 5 second, Sterling, before a more nuanced approach at the par 3 The Last Toll.

The par 3 fifth, Set in Stone, is playing just 110 yards this week (shortest hole in TGL history) and could be a potential Hammer hole if Shipley or Fleetwood sticks it close with a wedge.

Stinger is playing as the eighth hole Monday and gave players fits earlier this season, with the overhanging rock demanding an extremely low-trajectory shot or a big, looping draw around the rocks.

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Triples concludes at Los Angeles’ Team Hole, Showtime. They’ve picked up two points in two matches at the 588-yard par 5, where Rose hit a 291-yard 3-wood to 18 feet for a conceded eagle in LAGC’s last match against Jupiter.

This Singles rotation has variety for days – they'll begin with three completely different looks on a lengthy par 5 (Quick Draw), a driveable par 4 (Cut the Sails) and a par 3 where driver is an option off the tee (Cenote).

The final three holes are pressure-packed with a decision to make off the tee at the par 4 Flex and a short par 3 in On the Rocks. Bonnie Link is a brute of a final hole that could see some serious drama in a close match.

HOLE SPOTLIGHT

No. 4, Bay Breaker, 579 yards

The Bay’s Team Hole has plenty of room to the left, but water lines the entire right side of the fairway. The second shot isn’t exactly comforting either, requiring a carry over water into an island green from a potentially-awkward angle depending on the tee shot.

Holding serve here early in the match should be a priority for The Bay. Wyndham Clark missed a 5-foot birdie look their last time out against Boston as TBGC became the first team to lose their Team Hole.

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