Tiger Woods Indoor Golf League to start in January – start postponed due to stadium roof collapse
Tiger Woods Indoor Golf League to start in January – start postponed due to stadium roof collapse
The virtual indoor golf league, founded by legendary players Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, will have its first match on Jan. 7 at a custom-built arena in Palm Beach, with players primarily playing virtual golf in front of live fans. Compete on the course. . View on our 3,000 square foot projection screen. highlight
The first match of the TGL Virtual Golf League was postponed by a year after part of the roof collapsed during construction of his SoFi Center, a 250,000 square foot arena on the campus of Palm Beach State University. Ta.
TGL’s first season will air its first game on ESPN and ESPN+ on the first 3 Tuesdays of January 2025, immediately following coverage of the NFL Playoffs and College Football National Championship. Six teams will compete in the league’s first year, but will be officially represented by Atlanta Drive GC, Boston Common Golf, Los Angeles Golf Club, and Jupiter Golf Club, owned by billionaires David Blitzer and Tiger Woods. The only four teams are Links Golf Club. League in its first season. Woods is also included as a player.
The league’s other two teams are based in New York and San Francisco, but rosters have not yet been announced. A total of 24 players participated in the league, including Woods and McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott and Xander Schauffele.
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Woods, McIlroy and sporting director Mike McCarley founded TGL, which stands for Tomorrow’s Golf League, in partnership with the PGA in 2022. The season will consist of 15 two-hour matches played virtually and in-arena. Although players tee off from a real grass tee box, play is primarily virtual, with the ball tracked through a simulation screen over a custom-designed virtual hole. Once the teams approach approximately 50 yards from the virtual hole, play transitions to real action, with each hole completed within a 22,475 square foot short game complex. The short game area changes between each hole with a 41-yard wide turntable that rotates the green, a motor that changes the terrain, and three bunkers that change the approach angle. Each team plays five regular season games each season. Woods became a billionaire in 2022 with an estimated net worth of $1.1 billion. Although McIlroy is not a billionaire, he earned about $80.8 million last year, ranking him 15th on Forbes magazine’s 2023 list of the world’s highest-paid athletes. The TGL team is owned by New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, Home Depot billionaire Arthur Blank, Red Sox owner John Henry, and hedge fund billionaire Mark Mark. It is owned by several billionaires, including Mr. Lasry and David Blitzer, who also owns stock in the Philadelphia 76ers. , Cleveland Guardians, Real Salt Lake, Washington Commanders, New Jersey Devils, and English football club Crystal Palace.
