TGL: Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s high-tech indoor golf league to tee off in January
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TGL, the high-tech indoor golf league spearheaded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, is set to tee off at last on January 7, 2025, after a schedule was released Monday.
TGL, the high-tech indoor golf league spearheaded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, is set to tee off at last on January 7, 2025, after a schedule was released Monday. Originally slated to begin in January 2023, the televised venture was delayed by two years after the inflatable dome of its custom-built Florida venue – the SoFi Center – collapsed due to a power failure last November. Six teams comprising 24 mic’d up stars of the PGA Tour will compete across a 15-match regular season at the 1,500-capacity arena in Palm Beach Gardens before the postseason begins, culminating in a best-of-three Finals Series showdown for the SoFi Cup on March 24. Televised on ESPN, the venture is the brainchild of TMRW Sports – a company co-founded by Woods and McIlroy – and is aiming to attract a younger audience to golf through its virtual course and stadium concept. Golfers on each four-player team will hit tee and approach shots into a 64-by-53-foot simulator before moving to the GreenZone; a green that can be uniquely rotated and sloped on each hole thanks to a turntable and actuators under its surface. Tickets for single matches, which are contested over two sessions and 15 holes, start from $160 and will go on public sale from October 29.