On Monday night, Rory McIlroy’s Boston Common Golf obliterated Shane Lowry’s The Bay Golf Club 9-1 in one of the biggest TGL blowouts yet. In a remarkable reversal of last year’s fortunes, when The Bay were one TGL’s best teams and Boston one of its worst, the Ballfrogs pitched a shutout until the penultimate hole of the night, dropping Lowry’s seafoam squad to 0-2 on the season.
Both McIlroy and Lowry were in their team’s respective lineups despite playing in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday, nearly 8,000 miles east of the SoFi Center. McIlroy looked fresh, smoking his longest TGL drive so far, a 358-yard missile on the 10th hole, while Lowry looked dead on his feet. Asked what the difference was after the match, McIlroy took a dig at his buddy.
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“What’s the secret to overcoming jet lag than Shane wasn’t able to?” McIlroy was asked.
“He doesn’t have his own plane,” he replied with a smirk.
Heavy is the head that wears golf’s crown, but there are major perks too, especially when it comes to air travel. Often, McIlory allows Lowry to hitch a ride in exchange for “a few bottles of wine,” but with the friends turning into TGL foes for a night, they opted to travel separately on Sunday. Given the outcome, we bet that next time Lowry will come prepared with plenty of vino in hand.
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
