A rendering for the TGL expertise forthcoming at SoFi Heart.
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It could have been delayed a yr however the TGL is coming. And straight to your tv.
TGL, the long-awaited mixed-reality golf league based by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy has lastly introduced its schedule, which begins Tuesday, Jan. 7 on ESPN, in primetime. That evening’s matchup will characteristic New York Golf Membership — Xander Schauffele, Cam Younger, Matt Fitzpatrick and Rickie Fowler — going up towards The Bay Golf Membership — Ludvig Aberg, Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee and Shane Lowry.
Wait, the place’s Woods and McIlroy, the 2 greatest stars within the sport, who based the league? Honest query. Woods is being saved for the second week of TGL motion, on Jan. 14, when his crew of Max Homa, Tom Kim and Kevin Kisner will play Los Angeles Golf Membership — Collin Morikawa, Sahith Theegala, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose. That will even be on ESPN, scheduled to come back the day after the community’s wild card NFL playoff recreation and gobble up a number of hours ever-valuable promotion in entrance of the NFL viewers. McIlroy followers must wait till January 27 to see his digital golf debut, when he faces Woods’ crew.
The TV schedule for a made-for-TV, mixed-reality golf league is extraordinarily purposeful (you’ll be able to learn it in full under). The league hopes to draft off the unbelievable viewership that ESPN receives in January from soccer followers and ship them one thing we’ve by no means seen earlier than. All matches can be performed in Palm Seaside Gardens, Fla., at a purpose-built venue named SoFi Heart. Sixty-five p.c of the matches will characteristic on ESPN, together with all of Tiger Woods’ matches.
The schedule made for tough logistics. The gamers concerned have their very own full-actuality golf schedules to work round, and the whole thing of the league schedule is to be accomplished prematurely of the primary main championship of the yr, The Masters, in early April. Meaning making absolutely the most of PGA Tour visits to Florida in February.
Monday, Feb. 17 — Presidents Day — is ready as much as be the most important day within the league’s nascent historical past. It can characteristic the season’s solely triple-header, together with two matches involving Justin Thomas’ crew, Atlanta Drive GC, and two matches that contain The Bay GC. The Presidents Day matches are a not-so-silent acknowledgment that these guys are busy. The triple-header arrives a day after the tip of the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles — a Signature Occasion prone to embody most, if not all TGL opponents — however the week of the Mexico Open, an alternate-field occasion unlikely to incorporate any TGLers. Meaning if Collin Morikawa wins the Genesis in LA, he’ll be anticipated to be throughout the nation solely 14 hours later, hitting balls into a large simulator display screen in Southern Florida.
TGL Season Schedule, TV information
Jan. 7, 9 p.m. ESPN: New York GC vs. The Bay GC
Jan. 14, 7 p.m. ESPN: LA Golf Membership vs. Jupiter Hyperlinks GC
Jan. 21, 7 p.m. ESPN: NY GC vs. Atlanta Drive GC
Jan. 27, 6:30 p.m. ESPN: Jupiter Hyperlinks GC vs. Boston Frequent Golf
Feb. 4, 9 p.m. ESPN: Boston Frequent Golf vs. LA GC
Feb. 17, 1 p.m. ESPN: Atlanta Drive GC vs. LA GC
Feb. 17, 4 p.m. ESPN: Atlanta Drive GC vs. The Bay GC
Feb. 17, 7 p.m. ESPN2: The Bay GC vs. Boston Frequent Golf
Feb. 18, 7 p.m. ESPN: Jupiter Hyperlinks GC vs. New York GC
Feb. 24, 5 p.m. ESPN2: LA GC vs. NY GC
Feb. 24, 9 p.m. ESPN2: Boston Frequent Golf vs. Atlanta Drive GC
Feb. 25, 9 p.m. ESPN: The Bay GC vs. Jupiter Hyperlinks GC
March 3, 3 p.m. ESPN2: The Bay GC vs. LA GC
March 3, 7 p.m. ESPN 2: New York GC vs. Boston Frequent Golf
March 4, 7 p.m. ESPN: Jupiter Hyperlinks GC vs. Atlanta Drive GC
March 17-18, 7 p.m.: Semifinals Matches
March 24-25: Remaining Sequence
How you can see it in individual
Golf followers can be given loads of alternatives to tune in to the TGL, however how about seeing the motion in individual? The SoFi Heart was particularly constructed to deal with the league — that includes a 3,400-square foot display screen and built-in brief recreation space — in entrance of a stay viewers. In whole, TGL compares the indoor venue to “concerning the dimension of a soccer area,” leaving house for 1,500 followers to take a seat. Or stand.
The value to be a kind of 1,500 for any single match begins at $160. Tickets go on sale for the general public at 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 29, however can be obtainable through presale on Oct. 28.
