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Good luck finding two sports towns more passionate than Boston and Detroit.
These cities live and die with their teams. They aren’t shy about it. And that regional pride will be on the line at 8 p.m. ET Monday, when Boston Common Golf takes on Motor City Golf Club at SoFi Center.
This is the first WTGL match for Boston and it will be facing a dangerous MCGC squad coming off an 8-3 statement win over Los Angeles Golf Club, as the action heats up in the first season of the league.
How to Watch: Boston Common Golf vs. Motor City Golf Club
LINEUPS
Boston Common Golf: Megan Khang, Chizzy Iwai, Lottie Woad
Motor City Golf Club: Lexi Thompson, Jeeno Thitikul, Albane Valenzuela
Here’s the order in which players will tee off for their teams on Monday:
Triples
Singles
3 THINGS TO KNOW
Youth Movement: Monday’s matchup includes some of the brightest rising talent in golf, with a host of young stars. Boston is especially rich in this department - its lineup has an average age of 24.6 years. World No. 7, 22-year-old Lottie Woad, has already proved she can thrive under the brightest lights having won the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur and the 2025 KPMG Irish Open. Khang, the veteran of the group, has no shortage of team experience having already played in four Solheim Cups for Team USA.
Hammer it Home: The point can’t be stressed enough - Hammer strategy is key in WTGL. Choosing when to throw it - and deciding whether or not to accept opponents’ Hammer plays - can make or break a team’s chances. We saw it in the first-ever WTGL match, when Los Angeles took a 2-0 lead thanks to a well-timed Hammer throw at the third and never looked back in a 3-1 victory over New York Golf Club. Figuring out the strategy angle will be crucial in the early-going as teams get comfortable making their way around SoFi Center.
Motown Muscle: Thompson and Thitikul are back in the MCGC lineup for the second consecutive match, establishing an elite top of the order. Thompson is a seven-time Solheim Cup participant for Team USA and one of the biggest names in the sport as an 11-time LPGA winner. Thitikul followed a 2025 Rolex Player of the Year campaign with four more LPGA wins in 2026. There’s no doubt Valenzuela is in good company as she prepares to tee it up for the first time at SoFi Center - Thompson and Thitikul showed out in their 8-3 win over Los Angeles to start the season.
SINGLES MATCHUPS
Megan Khang vs. Lexi Thompson: Khang and Thompson will have a solid birdie opportunity right out of the gate at No. 10, Caverns, a claustrophobia-inducing par 5 set inside a cave with some rather tight spots to navigate. Then it’s on to a new hole, Slippery Slope, a par 4 featuring a fairway that appears generous before pinching in dramatically.
Chizzy Iwai vs. Jeeno Thitikul: Playing 253 yards, The Plank is a drivable par 4 that gives players plenty to think about off the tee in a tight match. That’s also true of the 14th, The Last Toll, where there are multiple options - all of them requiring a well-executed shot shape.
Lottie Woad vs. Albane Valenzuela: Woad and Valenzuela start the anchor match at SOS, a visually spectacular par 3 that’s new in the rotation for the first season of WTGL. They finish at Quick Draw, a par 5 with a new tee box for WTGL that adds even more options and brings eagle into play with two stellar shots.
THE COURSE
Boston gets the first crack at its Team Hole, Storrowed, a par 5 with plenty of New England flair. All WTGL teams have one designated Team Hole that they will play once in every match.
No. 6, the par-4 Alpine, has been firmly in the rotation since TGL’s inception, for good reason - the heavily downward-sloping fairway produces huge driving numbers and a great birdie opportunity for tee shots placed into the speed slot. Players that miss the mark with driver face a lengthy second shot as par becomes a serious challenge.
The par-4 Flex, No. 8, gives players safer options with generous fairways to either side, but dares them to risk it all with a small middle fairway requiring a 230-yard carry to set up a great birdie opportunity.
HOLE SPOTLIGHT
No. 2, The Spear, 467 yards
It’s back, baby! A fan favorite, one never knows what to expect when players step up to the par-5 The Spear.
It’s a spectacular hole both visually and in terms of strategy, with an hourglass-style fairway that pinches in from both sides in the middle and gives players plenty to think about. Some in TGL like to approach this as a three-shotter, such as LAGC’s Tommy Fleetwood, while others like Boston’s Rory McIlroy have had success smashing driver.
We’ll see how the WTGL players approach what has become one of the most anticipated holes in the rotation.