1. WHAT IS TGL?
Capitalizing on the huge popularity of simulator golf, TGL, in partnership with the PGA Tour, will pit some of the world’s greatest golfers in a high-tech, high energy environment with a live audience. The players will be hitting shots into a screen similar in size to a large movie theater screen. Closer range shots will be played “greenside” in the stadium (see below). TGL will feature six teams of PGA Tour players competing in two-hour tournaments.
2. WHO’S PLAYING TGL?
Players who have committed to play, include:
Tiger Woods
Rory McIlroy
Justin Thomas
Collin Morikawa
Adam Scott
Matt Fitzpatrick
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Justin Rose
Xander Schauffele
Rickie Fowler
Patrick Cantlay
Wyndham Clark
Lucas Glover
Min Woo Lee
Tyrrell Hatton
Tommy Fleetwood
Shane Lowry
Tom Kim
Keegan Bradley
Sahith Theegala
Cameron Young
Kevin Kisner
3. WHERE WILL TGL PLAY?
An indoor, custom-built, 2,000-seat arena set on a 10-acre parcel in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on the campus of Palm Beach State College. The venue will be covered by an air-supported dome that reaches a height of 75 feet and outside the venue will be two plazas to host pre-match festivities for fans. Mic’d up players will hit shots from about 35 feet away to a mammoth 64-foot high/46-foot wide screen, powered by Full Swing technology. (Approximately 20 times the size of a standard simulator screen.) Alongside the simulator inside the venue will be a dynamic, data-rich short-game complex that includes three sand bunkers and three individual 15 feet x 27 feet Virtual Greens within a massive 3,800 square-foot putting surface. The short-game complex will be approximately the size of a basketball court, while the entire playing surface inside the venue (simulator area and short game complex) will be 97 yards by 50 yards, roughly the size of a football field.
4. WHEN DOES THE FIRST SEASON START?
The inaugural TGL season begins early 2025. A 15-week regular season will be followed by playoffs and championship match. Each team will play 5 matches during the season. The events will take place on Monday evenings throughout the year and will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN+ in the U.S.
5. WHO CREATED TGL? WHO ARE TEAM OWNERS?
The league is the brainchild of sports executive Mike McCarley, a former Golf Channel president, and golf superstars Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy under a corporate umbrella called TMRW Sports. Currently four of six ownership groups have been announced.
- Atlanta Drive GC: led by Arthur M. Blank, AMB Sports and Entertainment (Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United, PGA TOUR Superstores)
- TGL Boston: led by John Henry, Tom Werner, Mike Gordon, and Fenway Sports Group (Boston Red Sox, Liverpool FC, Pittsburgh Penguins, RFK Racing)
- Los Angeles Golf Club: led by Alexis Ohanian (Angel City FC), Seven Seven Six, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams; as well as limited partners the Antetokounmpo brothers, Alex Morgan, Servando Carrasco, and Michelle Wie West
- TGL New York: led by Steven A. Cohen (New York Mets), Cohen Private Ventures
- TGL San Francisco Investment group includes Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala and former Milwaukee Bucks owner Marc Lasry.
