With the world of golf split in two by the irruption of the controversial LIV Saudi Golf, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroand announced this Wednesday the creation of a new league in collaboration with the PGA Tour that will try to incorporate the latest technology into this sport.
Under the name TGL (The Golf League), This new competition will complement the PGA Tour calendar and is scheduled to start in January 2024.
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TGL will feature six teams of three PGA Tour players each, It will be played on Monday nights in fifteen different weeks and will also have semifinals and a final. One of the keys to TGL, according to its promoters, will be the application of technology to the world of golf to improve and enrich the experience of television viewers.
The idea is clear
Golf Magazine shared several renderings (computer-generated image) of the venue in which it would be played, which would be more like a television set than a regular course and would also incorporate virtual simulation.
The TGL matches would have a total duration of two hours with the commitment that the action would be televised from start to finish. “TGL is the next evolution in professional golf and I am committed to helping lead it into the future,” Woods said in a statement.
“Leveraging technology to create this environment Unique gives us the ability to consistently bring our sport into primetime alongside many other major sporting events. As a huge sports fan, I’m excited to marry golf with the technology and equipment items common in other sports,” he added.
For its part, McIlroy explained that TGL wants to bring golf into an “exciting” environment and fan-centric that is “comparable to sitting courtside at an NBA game.”
“TGL will broaden the appeal of golf to younger fans and diverse will serve as another gateway to introduce people to the sport that I love,” he added.
In addition to promoters of this initiative, Woods and McIlroy are the first two players who have committed to participate in TGL, but for now it is not known who will complete the list of golfers in this new initiative.
TGL is part of the PGA Tour’s response to the LIV Golf offensive promoted by Saudi Arabia, which, with significant economic incentives for its players, aspires to organize a circuit that rivals the US-based tour in terms of quality and prestige.
In May, the PGA Tour denied permission for players on its circuit to compete in LIV Golf, which led to disciplinary measures and the abandonment of the PGA Tour on the way to LIV Golf by golfers such as Spaniard Sergio García, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Brooks Koepka, the Mexican Abraham Ancer or Louis Oosthuizen, among many others.
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