Tiger Woods and Roy McIlroy will play in a new golf league in the foreseeable future. The two golf legends recently announced the launch of TGL, a new tech-infused golf league in partnership with the PGA Tour. The league, which will begin play in 2024, will feature six teams of three PGA Tour players competing in a tech-infused venue on Monday nights. There will be 15 regular season matches followed by semifinals and finals matches starting in January 2024. TGL is part of TMRW Sports, a company launched by Woods and McIlroy.
“TGL is the next evolution within professional golf, and I am committed to helping lead it into the future,” Woods said in a statement. “Embracing technology to create this unique environment gives us the ability to move our sport into primetime on a consistent basis alongside so many of sports’ biggest events. As a big sports fan myself, I’m excited about blending golf with technology and team elements common in other sports. We all know what it’s like to be in a football stadium or a basketball arena where you can watch every play, every minute of action unfold right in front of you. It’s something that inherently isn’t possible in traditional golf — and an aspect of TGL that will set it apart and appeal to a new generation of fans.” Here’s a look at what fans have to say about the new golf league.
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One person wrote: “So this is why Tiger has so much hate for the guys that signed with that Saudi league. He wanted those big names to play for him!”
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Another person wrote: “For everyone saying this is exciting, based off the photos it looks like we are literally going to be watching pros play on a simulator. How is this exciting?”
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One person responded: “PGATOUR making all these changes, just because of the LIV competition. They wouldn’t have changed a thing and continued to fleese the Players, had Greg not upset them.”
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Another person tweeted: “Who in the world is going to watch this?I’ve watched more golf in my life than 99% of people and I can’t imagine ever even turning this on.”
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One Twitter user asked: “Can you answer where these ‘arenas’ are going to be? Is it just one? is it multiple? are they going to be at elevated PGA Tour events? Popstrokes? Somewhere else?”
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One fan said: “Infuse all the tech you want into golf. It’s still not going to make golf cool or interesting to a younger audience.”
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And this fan stated: “I think I remember something like this in an older Tiger Woods PGA game! Was my favorite mode. Had to hit targets/complete objectives to score on your opponent. Can’t remember what it was called!”
