Tiger
Woods
is
gearing
up
to
debut
TGL,
a
new
“tech-infused,
team
golf
league”
he
co-founded
with
fellow
pro
golfer
Rory
McIlroy
next
year.
The
first
matchup
at
the
SoFi
Center
in
Florida
will
premiere
on
ESPN
and
ESPN
Plus
on
January
7th,
the
league
announced
today.
TGL
is
essentially
a
big-budget
version
of
Top
Golf
that
happens
in
a
stadium
setting.
In
matches,
two
teams
of
golfers
will
drive
balls
into
a
3,400-square-foot
screen
until
they
get
within
50
yards
of
the
“hole.”
Then
they’ll
switch
to
a
football
field-sized
artificial
green
that
morphs
between
holes
using
“nearly
600
motorized
actuators”
and
a
41-yard-wide
rotating
section.
Each
match
is
expected
to
take
about
two
hours
and
will
see
three
of
each
team’s
four
players
competing.
The
video
below
explains
more.
TGL,
which
was
supposed
to
launch
in
January
this
year
before
its
dome
collapsed
two
months
earlier,
is
comprised
of
six
teams.
Those
include
Tiger
Woods’
Jupiter
Links
Golf
Club
and
Rory
McIlroy’s
Boston
Common
Golf,
but
the
first
match
will
be
between
the
New
York
Golf
Club
and
The
Bay
Golf
Club.
The
TGL
schedule.Image:
TGL
You
can
catch
TGL
matches
on
ESPN
or
ESPN2,
or
stream
them
on
ESPN
Plus.
The
schedule
is
here.
In-person
tickets
to
the
Palm
Beach
Gardens,
Florida
venue
start
at
$160
and
go
up
for
presale
on
October
28th,
with
public
sales
beginning
the
next
day.
The
tournament
will
run
through
March
24th
and
25th,
when
the
last
two
teams
will
play
out
a
best-of-three
Finals
Series.
(Originally posted by Wes Davis)
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