Atlanta Drive grabbed a 1-0 lead over New York in the best three TGL final after the last bird of Patrick Cantlay provided a 6-5 nail bitten victory on the opening leg.
Cantlay drained a flock of six meters before New York’s Xander Schauffle was lost from a similar string while his attempt left.
Atlanta will seek the inaugural title if they win the second tire on Tuesday night (11:00 am in the UK and Ireland), while the match will go to a third crucial match (1am on Wednesday) if New York Triumph in Game Two.
TGL champions will receive $ 9 million (7.08 million) divided between four players, while the contestants will be allocated $ 4.5 million (3.54m).
Boston Boston’s Jupiter links of Rory McIlory and Tiger Woods’ Jupiter collapsed in the group phase after finishing respectively after all.
New York defeated Los Angeles in the semifinals while Atlanta without breast.
Horschel stars like Atlanta capture the advantage of TGL
At Monday’s opening competition in the final, Cameron Young made a nine-foot kick in 10 for Trump Justin Thomas and gave New York a 4-2 lead, with his double-value attempt after the hammer was played.
Billy Horschel then threw the hammer for Atlanta at 11 and converted a 12-meter blow to level the match at 4-4 before celebrating savagely.
Young won the 13th hole for New York after Thomas failed to drain a blow from within eight meters, before Rickie Fowler reject the hammer at 14 after Horschel hit his sweatshirt within five legs.
This ensured that a point was accepted by New York and that the match went down to the last hole.
View match two of the TGL finals directly Sky Sports Golf From 11:00 on Tuesday. The third and last leg will take place from 1am on Wednesday if required.