Justin Rose registered a history at TGL after making the league’s first-ever albatross. The English veteran recorded it during the LAGC match against Jupiter Links.
On Tuesday, January 20, Jupiter Links GC was up against Los Angeles Golf Club in the fifth match of the TGL 2026. Jupiter featured Max Homa, Kevin Kisner and Akshay Bhatia while LAGC had Justin Rose, Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala in action.
Entering the tenth hole, the first singles hole of the day, LAGC was leading by 4-1 over Jupiter Links. Rose’s first shot travelled 333 yards to the fairway, leaving him 225 yards to the pin. The one-time Olympic golf medalist’s second shot went straight as an arrow and landed directly on the green. The ball bounced a couple of times before rolling straight into the hole.
Following the albatross, the atmosphere at the SoFi Center went electric as everyone erupted in a big roar. Justin Rose was first congratulated by his teammates as well as by the members of the rival teams.
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During the post-round interview, Rose reflected on his historic albatross moment.
“I picked up my tee — well, it wasn’t a tee, it was off the fairway,” he said. “But I picked up my other club, my 5-iron, because I just knew. I didn’t know it was going in, but as a player I knew that I executed, and as soon as I saw it take off and stay straight, I’m like, that’s going to be good.
So that’s kind of why I was like, well, I can’t do anything about it now, may as well start walking. I was kind of walking to get my putter. Obviously ended up not needing my putter, which was exciting. That’s the surprise, right? You can hit a great shot, but the outcome is always slightly out of your control.”
How did Justin Rose’s team perform at the TGL match against Jupiter Links GC? Scorecard explored
Here’s a look at the hole-by-hole scorecard of Jupiter Links GC vs LAGC TGL match:
- Hole 1: Tied (Jupiter Links GC 0-0 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 2: Los Angeles GC won (Hammer bonus) (Jupiter Links GC 0-2 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 3: Tied (Jupiter Links GC 0-2 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 4: Tied (Jupiter Links GC 0-2 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 5: Jupiter Links GC won (Jupiter Links GC 1-2 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 6: Los Angeles GC won (Jupiter Links GC 1-3 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 7: Tied (Jupiter Links GC 1-3 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 8: Tied (Jupiter Links GC 1-3 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 9: Los Angeles GC won (Jupiter Links GC 1-4 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 10: Los Angeles GC won (Jupiter Links GC 1-5 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 11: Tied (Jupiter Links GC 1-5 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 12: Jupiter Links GC won (Jupiter Links GC 2-5 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 13: Jupiter Links GC won (Hammer bonus) (Jupiter Links GC 4-5 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 14: Los Angeles GC won (Hammer bonus) (Jupiter Links GC 4-7 Los Angeles GC)
- Hole 15: Los Angeles GC won (Jupiter Links GC 4-8 Los Angeles GC)
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