Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s new indoor golf league that includes the perfect gamers from the PGA Tour throughout six groups has introduced a January 7 begin date together with a full schedule that runs by means of to the playoffs in March.
A custom-built enviornment with a large golf simulator and a inexperienced complicated constructed on a roundtable at Palm Seashore State School will play host to the league’s Monday and Tuesday evening (Tuesday and Wednesday morning AEDT) made-for-television matches, that might be broadcast on ESPN (accessible on Kayo, Fox Sports activities).
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The technology-driven golf league was based by Woods and McIlroy’s firm TMRW Sports activities in partnership with the PGA Tour to create another providing to have interaction new followers and push again towards the risk LIV Golf possesses to the standard US Tour.
It’ll actually do issues in a different way to the staple 72-hole stroke play food plan of the PGA Tour with six totally different American cities represented by groups of 4 gamers within the two-hour weekly competitions – which is able to observe broadcasts of the NFL and school soccer within the US.
Gamers might be carrying microphones to supply higher perception into the thought course of behind every shot as effectively absolutely selecting up some light-hearted banter.
Three of every crew’s 4 gamers will compete over 15 holes in 15 matches earlier than the semi-finals are held on March 17-18 and a best-of-three remaining on March 24-25 acts because the start-up’s showpiece.
TGL suffered a false begin after initially planning to launch in 2024 however that was postponed as a consequence of injury to the world throughout building.
The PGA Tour’s most interesting haven’t been disheartened nevertheless, with main champions Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry and Hideki Matsuyama in addition to Australians Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee locked in to assert their share of the US$21 million in prize cash on provide – US$9 million will go to the successful crew.
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HOW DOES TGL WORK?
In contrast to a daily golf simulator, TGL gamers won’t all the time be hitting from artificial grass into the display.
They are going to hit from actual grass – each shorter fairway grass and thicker tough relying on the place their ball finally ends up – in addition to sand – in the event that they find yourself in bunker – into the display which is roughly 24 instances larger than a standard golf simulator.
From roughly 50 yards or much less, the gamers will transition into the “Inexperienced Zone” an space bigger than 4 basketball courts which is able to options the biggest ever adaptable placing floor.
The inexperienced will change its slopes and undulation each gap to create selection like on an actual golf course.
Thirty model new holes have been designed for the world with a random assortment of 15 holes for use in every match.
WHAT IS THE FORMAT?
The 15-hole matches might be break up into two sections.
Two groups made up of three gamers every will begin with Triples for the primary 9 holes – which three versus three alternate shot.
The alternate quick format is generally performed in pairs – as seen within the foursomes on the Ryder and Presidents Cups – however it can observe the identical formulation, solely with an additional participant.
For instance, McIlroy, Scott and Keegan Bradley are all on the identical crew – Boston Widespread Golf – so if McIlroy tees off on a par 4, Scott will hit the method and Bradley will putt or chip, after which it reverts again to McIlroy and so forth.
For the ultimate six holes, it can revert to singles.
One-on-one, head-to-head with every member of the crew to play two holes.
For instance, McIlroy will play the tenth, Scott the eleventh, Bradley the twelfth and so forth.
The crew that wins every gap will get some extent, and probably the most factors on the finish of the 15 holes win the match.
The winners of the match – whether or not in regulation (within the 15-holes) or in over-time (a playoff) – obtain two factors to season standings, whereas the loser will get some extent if they’re crushed in over-time, however zero factors in the event that they go down in regulation.
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HOW DO THE PLAYOFFS WORK?
On the finish of the common season, first place within the standings will play towards fourth in a semi-final, whereas second and third will go head-to-head within the different semi-final.
The winners of every semi-final will then meet within the best-of-three finals to resolve the inaugural champions.
WHO ARE THE TEAMS?
The groups have been named after totally different US cities with the gamers blended up all through, and the thought in the long term that golf followers will choose a crew to observe.
Just like LIV’s crew construction the place Ripper GC – Cam Smith’s all-Australian crew – have developed a cult following on the LIV Adelaide occasion.
Atlanta Drive GC: Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel, Lucas Glover
Boston Widespread Golf: Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Keegan Bradley, Adam Scott
Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership: Tiger Woods, Max Homa, Tom Kim, Kevin Kisner
Los Angeles Golf Membership: Collin Morikawa, Sahith Theegala, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood
New York Golf Membership: Matt Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele, Cameron Younger
The Bay Golf Membership: Ludvig Aberg, Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee, Shane Lowry
WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE?
Match 1 – New York Golf Membership vs. The Bay Golf Membership – Tuesday, Jan. 7
Match 2 – Los Angeles Golf Membership vs. Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership – Tuesday, Jan. 14
Match 3 – New York Golf Membership vs. Atlanta Drive GC – Tuesday, Jan. 21
Match 4 – Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership vs. Boston Widespread Golf – Monday, Jan. 27
Match 5 – Boston Widespread Golf vs. Los Angeles Golf Membership – Tuesday, Feb. 4
Matches 6-8 – Presidents’ Day Tripleheader – Monday, Feb. 17 – Atlanta Drive GC vs. Los Angeles Golf Membership; Atlanta Drive GC vs. The Bay Golf Membership; and The Bay Golf Membership vs. Boston Widespread Golf.
Match 9 – Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership vs. New York Golf Membership – Tuesday, Feb. 18
Matches 10-12 – Monday, Feb. 24 and Tuesday, Feb. 25 – Los Angeles Golf Membership vs. New York Golf Membership after which Boston Widespread Golf vs. Atlanta Drive GC on Monday. Tuesday’s match options The Bay Golf Membership vs. Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership.
Matches 13-15 – Monday, March 3 and Tuesday, March 4 – The Bay Golf Membership vs. Los Angeles Golf Membership within the first match and New York Golf Membership vs. Boston Widespread Golf within the second match. The ultimate match of the common season is Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership vs. Atlanta Drive GC on Tuesday.
Semifinals – Monday, March 17 & Tuesday, March 18
Finals Sequence – Monday, March 24 & Tuesday, March 25